SKANEATELES FALLS — The president of Welch Allyn has accepted a new job as a CEO “in the healthcare provider space” and will be leaving the company Dec. 1. That’s according to Howard Karesh, VP of corporate communications at Hill-Rom, who responded to a Nov. 5 email inquiry from CNYBJ. Word of Alton Shader’s upcoming […]
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SKANEATELES FALLS — The president of Welch Allyn has accepted a new job as a CEO “in the healthcare provider space” and will be leaving the company Dec. 1.
That’s according to Howard Karesh, VP of corporate communications at Hill-Rom, who responded to a Nov. 5 email inquiry from CNYBJ.
Word of Alton Shader’s upcoming departure was included in a filing from Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.’s (NYSE: HRC) with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) about its fiscal fourth quarter financial results.
Shader told Hill-Rom of his plan on Oct. 30, the SEC filing says. Hill-Rom expects to name a successor “shortly.”
Shader joined Hill-Rom as senior VP and president of post-acute care in 2011, and held the position of president, North America since 2012. Shader was appointed president of front line care in September 2015.
Welch Allyn is part of Hill-Rom’s front-line care unit.
Shader spoke with reporters in May when Hill-Rom formally dedicated a $12.7 million expansion project that adds about 100,000 square feet to the Welch Allyn campus.
“So, this here is all warehouse and shipping, delivery, logistics, but it … frees a lot of space up so we could add R&D, marketing, and other jobs as well,” Shader said at the time.
The company announced in September 2016 its commitment to bring more than 100 new jobs to Skaneateles Falls, while retaining nearly 900 existing positions.
Hill-Rom, a medical-technology company, in 2015 acquired Welch Allyn, a medical-device maker, for about $2.05 billion in cash and stock.