Former executives discuss life after GE
Firm’s management training helps fuel other ventures

By SHELLY JANKE - GM Today Staff 

May 9, 2008


BROOKFIELD - When former GE Healthcare executive Kevin Conroy was considering taking a position with another technology firm, he felt comfortable enough to discuss the matter with his bosses.
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Conroy’s managers encouraged him to pursue the venture, and told him to call them if it didn’t work out. The company’s management training courses, along with its deep bench of talented employees, prepared him for his next role with Madison-based Third Wave Technologies, Conroy said.

"It was the type of culture where you could do that," he said. "There was no down side at all for saying, ‘I have this option, what do you think about it?’"

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Shelly Janke can be reached at sjanke@conleynet.com


This story appeared in The Freeman on May 9, 2008.