INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced today that Jerry Kertesz has been named vice president of sales and Perry Pogany has been named vice president of account management for its National Accounts business.
Kertesz is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and health care technology. He has served as the company's National Accounts vice president of account management for more than four years. In his new role, he is responsible for new business sales and consultant and broker relations.
Pogany has more than 25 years of industry experience in sales and account management, account administration, network management and labor relations and has served as vice president for Auto and Interplan national accounts for 12 years. In his new role, he is responsible for managing existing accounts along with developing marketing strategies.
"Both Jerry and Perry are well known to our existing customers and have been instrumental members of our leadership team," said John C. Langenus, president and CEO, WellPoint's National Accounts business. "Their understanding of health care issues, plus their vast experience in working with clients and the consulting community will allow our National Accounts team to continue to deliver the products and services our customers are seeking."
Kertesz received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from California State University at San Bernardino, and an MBA from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Pogany received a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from Youngstown State University.
About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health, Care and Value. We help to improve the health of our communities, deliver better care to members, and provide greater value to our customers and shareholders. WellPoint is the nation's largest health benefits company, with more than 33 million members in its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 69 million individuals served through all subsidiaries. As an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, WellPoint serves members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), and Wisconsin. In a majority of these service areas, WellPoint does business as Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield or Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (in the New York service areas). WellPoint also serves customers throughout the country as UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.
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