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Published on: 8/17/2000
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DALLAS, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire / -- Claimsnet.com, inc. (Nasdaq : CLAI ; BSE : CLA), a leading provider of Internet- based business to business solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the promotions of Patricia Davis and Abbas Kafi.
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Davis is promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and Kafi is promoted to Chief Technology Officer.
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As Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Kafi will provide strategic leadership and operational direction to the company's information technology function to support its day-to-day operations and long-term goals and objectives.His responsibilities include managing the development and implementation of Claimsnet.com's Internet-based applications, technical infrastructure, systems solutions, network security and data center operation and identifying new and emerging information technologies to be introduced and assimilated into the organization.
Mr. Abbas Kafi joined Claimsnet.com in July of 1998 as Vice President of Information Systems.He has over 15 years of experience in high-level management positions.Prior to joining Claimsnet.com, Mr. Kafi was senior director, business systems development for Dallas-based Citizens Communications.There he managed three nation-wide development centers and numerous vendors.Prior to Citizens Communications, Mr. Kafi held management positions at PrimeCo Personal Communications, Value-Added Communications, and USDATA Corporation.Mr. Kafi earned a master's of business administration in engineering from the University of Dallas and a master's of science in physics from the University of Texas at Dallas.Mr. Kafi is the author of the book, ``A Program Manager's Handbook : How to Manage a Program Within a Large Organization.''.
Bo Lycke, President and Chief Executive Officer of Claimsnet.com, stated, ``I am very pleased to announce these strategic promotions.Both Davis and Kafi have been critical links for this company.