Chicago, Ill., USA - December 20, 2012, Chicago, Ill., USA - Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a healthcare provider, announced that it has named Paul M. Black as its president and chief executive officer.
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Mr. Black is the former Chief Operating Officer of Cerner Corporation and is currently an Allscripts board member. Mr. Black has served on the Board of The Truman Medical Centers for 12 years, most recently as Chairman, and as a director of Haemonetics Corporation, a global healthcare company.
Mr. Black spent more than 12 years with Cerner Corporation and retired as its Chief Operating Officer in 2007. For most of his career at Cerner, Mr. Black was Chief Sales Officer. Prior to Cerner, Mr. Black was with IBM from 1982 to 1994, in a number of senior sales, marketing and professional services leadership positions.
Since 2007, he has been a Senior Advisor with New Mountain Capital in New York and served as a Director with several New Mountain portfolio companies. Mr. Black recently has served as an operating executive with Genstar Capital, responsible for expanding Genstar's healthcare and software practices, with specific focus on healthcare technology. He received a B.S. from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Iowa. Mr. Black replaces Glen Tullman, who will step down from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and board member.
Lee Shapiro also will step down as President, effective immediately, and will serve as a consultant to Mr. Black for up to six months.
Prior to joining Allscripts, Mr. Shapiro was the Chief Operating Officer of Douglas Elliman-Beitler, a premier commercial office management and development company, where he directed all business activities throughout the United States. Mr. Shapiro also previously served as president of SES Properties, Inc., a closely held, fully integrated real estate company. Concurrently, he formed City Financial Bancorp and served as its Vice Chairman.
Mr. Shapiro serves on the boards of Medidata Solutions and Perseus Acquisition LLC (Physicians Interactive), the Qualcomm Life Advisory Council and the Kellogg Innovation Network Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Mr. Shapiro was appointed by Governor Quinn to the Illinois Economic Recovery Commission in 2009. He is also a director of the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation (GIRF). ■