Dennis Turner

Dennis Turner is an active Investor, Director and Consultant in the healthcare/life sciences, energy and technology industries. An extremely successful entrepreneur and executive, Dennis developed the original business strategy and co-founded Walsh International Inc. (NASDAQ: WSHI) to provide a new generation of information and marketing services to the global pharmaceutical industry. He took over as Chairman of Walsh and took the company public on NASDAQ in the US in April 1996 and negotiated its sale to IMS Health (NYSE: RX) in April 1998. Concurrent with this public offering, he spun off a new private company, Source Informatics Inc, which successfully developed the next generation of product and sales measurement tools for the global pharmaceutical industry. Dennis was the Chief Executive of that business until it was sold to NDC Corporation (NYSE: NDC) in December 1997 for in excess of $150 million. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of PMSI Inc. and has held senior executive positions at IMS Intenational including Senior Vice-President at IMS International and President of IMS America.