2008-04-02
CENTENNIAL, Colo.— AlloSource, one of the nation’s largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures, announced today that it has added Olivia M. Thompson, a seasoned finance and operations executive, to its Executive Leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Thompson will be responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting and information technology.
For more than twenty-five years, Ms. Thompson has managed finance and general operations at fortune 500 companies including Coors Brewing Company (now Molson Coors Brewing Company), Inland Steel Industries Inc., Kraft Foods, and Honeywell. She has held positions in finance and business operations, purchasing, process development, business development and corporate strategy. Most recently, Ms. Thompson served in a number of Vice President capacities at Coors Brewing Company including Corporate Controller, Business Process Development and Corporate Excellence. Prior to her tenure at Coors Brewing Company, she worked at Kraft Foods where she held the posts of Vice President Business Analysis and Vice President Finance and Systems, Foodservice Division.
“Ms. Thompson is an accomplished business executive with a proven track record of success in all aspects of finance and corporate strategy for some of the world’s best-known companies, “ said Thomas A. Cycyota, AlloSource President and Chief Executive Officer. “ We are honored to have her join the executive team; her experience will be an asset as we continue to exert a leadership position in the tissue transplant industry and grow into one of the largest biotech companies in Colorado. “
“Joining the senior management team at AlloSource affords me the opportunity to contribute to an organization that is dedicated to life-saving and life-enhancing technologies for our communities,” said Thompson. “I look forward to helping position the company to achieve its future growth objectives in this dynamic and innovative industry.”
A proponent of corporate responsibility and community engagement, Ms. Thompson recently served as Interim Chief Executive Officer/President of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She sits on several Boards including 9 Health Fair and Delta Dental of Colorado and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council
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About AlloSource
AlloSource delivers powerful possibilities to the medical community, patients and donor families. AlloSource is a non-profit company that offers more than 200 precise bone, skin, soft-tissue and custom-machined allografts for use in a host of life-saving and life-enhancing medical procedures. As the world’s leader in fresh cartilage tissue used for joint repair and skin allografts to heal severe burns, AlloSource has become one of the largest and most respected tissue networks in the country. AlloSource delivers unparalleled expertise and responsive customer service to its growing network of surgeons, partners and the country’s most reputable organ procurement organizations. AlloSource is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) and operates three facilities, in Centennial, CO, Salt Lake City, UT and Cincinnati, OH. For more information visit www.allosource.org.