Mark E. Ivie

Interim President and Chief Executive Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Mark Ivie was appointed interim president and chief executive officer on June 10, 2008.  He also continues to serve as MedQuist’s chief technology officer during this period, a role he has held since June 2005. He has more than 20 years of experience in the technology field, and a proven track record of managing large development teams in tier-one companies, delivering technology solutions to the market, and driving the overall success of the business.

Ivie has strong healthcare IT experience, including healthcare clinical solutions and workflows. He was most recently the general manager, Enterprise Systems and Technology for GE Healthcare, where he was responsible for the creation and adoption of standards, and for creating the infrastructure for shared functional modules. During his tenure at GE, he was responsible for the integration of six acquisitions into a single clinical information system. Ivie was also instrumental in increasing the radiology information systems business from $50 million to about $500 million in just five years.

Prior to that position, Ivie held positions at both Lucent Bell Laboratories and AT&T Bell Laboratories. While at Lucent, he grew their telecom support software business from $6 million to $70 million, captured all major and most U.S. telecom providers as customers, and increased the engineering team from 25 to 150. He also managed integrated work in six other organizations across four states and three countries to produce synchronized, integrated deliverables.

Ivie holds a bachelor of science degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. He was named a finalist for 2008 “Public/Private Company CIO of the Year” by the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC).