May 23, 2008
ikaSystems Appoints Dr.
Robert S. London to
General Manager Role
Seasoned Industry Veteran Will Spearhead Market
Responsiveness and Revenue Generation Activities
Southborough, Mass., ikaSystems,
a premier provider of Web-based software solutions for the
managed care enterprise, has appointed Dr. Robert S. London to
the position of general manager, effective immediately.
Reporting directly to Ravi Ika, the company’s chief executive
officer, Dr. London will be responsible for the company’s
market responsiveness and revenue generation activities,
including sales, product development and marketing units.
“Bob is an exceptional leader who will bring to ikaSystems the
same operational agility and efficiency that our software
delivers to health plans across the country,” said Ika. “As we
continue to respond to rising market demand for our
ikaEnterprise product suite, Bob’s extensive experience with
major healthcare information technology companies and health
plans will support our rapid growth and allow ikaSystems to
enhance its already powerful commitment to assisting health
plans with lowering their administrative and medical costs. In
particular, in ikaMM, we have built a single, comprehensive
system to meet the business intelligence and workflow needs of
care management programs, and Bob is uniquely qualified to
communicate this product’s value proposition for commercial,
Medicare and Medicaid business lines.”
“What attracted me to ikaSystems is the passion and
intellectual capacity of the people here, the true innovation
and quality built into the ikaEnterprise product suite, and
the company’s intense focus on client satisfaction,” Dr.
London explained. “ikaSystems has succeeded in developing
nimble, flexible products that actually improve the
administrative aspects of health plan business processes while
they generate improvements in quality outcomes.”
A nationally recognized expert in healthcare management,
benefits design and medical informatics, Dr. London has spent
more than 20 years in operational, clinical and academic roles
with some of the nation’s most prominent organizations. He was
formerly corporate chief clinical officer at TriZetto, where
he led the company’s cost and quality-of-care solutions
business unit and spearheaded development of the CareAdvance
care management product suite. In addition, Dr. London held
executive leadership positions at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue
Shield (WellPoint), where he directed healthcare management
for the organization’s western region, as well as CNA
Insurance, UnitedHealthcare and NYLCare Health Plans. Most
recently, he was chief development officer for D2Hawkeye, a
Massachusetts-based provider of medical data reporting and
analytics solutions, with responsibility for product
development, marketing and revenue generation.
A frequent speaker at national and international conferences
and the author of more than 75 scientific articles in various
medical journals, Dr. London has served on the faculty of
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of
Colorado School of Business. He holds degrees from George
Washington University and University of Maryland School of
Medicine, is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and
is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists and the American College of Nutrition.
