Darrell Johnson will join Cerner as chief marketing officer, a newly created role at the company.
Four notes:
1. Mr. Johnson brings more than 20 years of healthcare and marketing and data strategy experience to the new role.
2. He will oversee Cerner's global marketing, corporate communications and market intelligence as the company pursues new growth strategies, specifically its software-as-a-service platform.
3. Prior to joining Cerner, Mr. Johnson most recently served as vice president of corporate data strategy at Medtronic, where he also served as vice president of global strategy and marketing for the medical device company's global cardiac device portfolio.
4. Mr. Johnson was general manager of telemetry and networking at GE Healthcare prior to his career at Medtronic.