LENEXA, Kan., May 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDW) said it signed new two-year employment agreements with its chief financial officer, Jill H. Suppes, and Robert C. Weber, the company's senior vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel. Both agreements were effective May 20, 2005.
Ms. Suppes was promoted to her current position in November 2002. She originally joined the company in 1997-99 and then rejoined it in January 2001 as corporate controller and chief accounting officer on the turnaround team headed by the company's current chief executive officer, George "Bud" Barry, who will be departing the company this coming October.
Mr. Weber joined Mediware in his current position in January 2004 after serving as corporate counsel of Epic Systems Corporation, a private medical records software company, where he drafted and negotiated multi-million dollar software agreements and third-party vendor relationships. He previously worked at the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
"Jill and Rob are key members of Mediware's senior management organization and exemplify the talent and experience we have been able to attract to continue our leadership in the medical information systems industry," said Mr. Barry.
About Mediware
Mediware provides clinical information systems for hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery systems. It's products include HCLL(tm) Transfusion, HCLL(tm)Donor, LifeTrak(r), IIE(tm) (Instrument Interface Engine), Hemocare(r), LifeLine(tm), (Blood Bank) WORx(r), MediCOE(tm), MediMAR(tm), Pharmakon(r), and Digimedics(tm) (Medication Management), Surgiware(tm) and Perioperative Solutions(tm) (operating room), as well as the JAC Stock Control System (pharmacy) in the United Kingdom. Mediware has over 1,100 systems installed in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and elsewhere.
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