Jim Panoff
Chief Development Officer
Mr. Panoff has more than 30 years of senior level experience in the areas of management, general business, business development, not-for-profits, marketing, and sales. Before joining Cogent, he served as Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Spheris, Inc. During his tenure there, INC Magazine cited Spheris as one of the fastest-growing healthcare technology companies.
Earlier, Mr. Panoff was Senior Vice President of Operations and Corporate Development for Concentra Preferred Systems. There, he was responsible for implementing quality initiatives across the company. In 2002, he was Chief Operating Officer at Health Network Systems and was responsible for deploying its technology offerings across Concentra’s customer base.
He holds a bachelor of arts in organizational communications from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.