Don Deieso, PeriGen Chief, Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — February 1, 2010 — Don Deieso, Ph.D, Chairman and CEO of PeriGen, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

PeriGen is a technology-enabled professional services company specializing in risk reduction and clinical quality improvement in obstetrics. With a database of over 400,000 deliveries, the company's PeriBirth system compares the care ordered against published standards of care, which in turn can recommend alternative care plans that incorporate best practice protocols for each patient, based on that patient's specific clinical condition as it changes over time.

PeriGen is the only OB-specific risk reduction company to provide solutions that generate immediate quantifiable and clinical value. Singularly focused on reducing risk and improving financial performance, PeriGen’s clinical decision support and fetal monitoring solutions are installed in over 100 hospitals across North America. A pioneer in clinical decision support, PeriGen provides innovative solutions and a full suite of complementary professional and consulting services that reduce risk and improve clinical outcomes.

Don has led the growth of several organizations in the healthcare information technology sector. As the CEO of EduNeering, Inc., a Princeton-based company providing compliance services and online training to the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, Don led its rapid growth and its technology solutions. In 2005, Deloitte recognized EduNeering as one of the nation’s Fast 500 Technology Companies for the fourth consecutive year. In 2007, Don led the successful sale of EduNeering to Kaplan, Inc. Before entering the healthcare IT field, Don was the CEO of several publicly-traded companies in the engineering, construction, and technology sectors. He has also held senior positions in both federal and state government, and has served on the faculty of Rutgers University.

Don holds a BSME from Manhattan College, as well as an MS and Ph.D from Rutgers University. He’s a member of both the Sigma Xi Society and the Pi Tau Sigma Engineering Honor Society.

"Don's business and industry background will add significant value to ABL," said Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .