Terri Bresenham
President & CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions
Business Management
GE Healthcare
United States of America
Biography
GE Healthcare's Sustainable Healthcare Solutions (SHS) business aims to serve the 5.8 billion people in the world with little to no access to healthcare through the development of disruptive, low-cost technologies and healthcare delivery solutions relevant to multiple care settings and non-traditional users. As President & CEO of SHS, Terri’s role includes regional leadership of GE Healthcare’s operations in India and South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia, focusing on addressing customer needs across these regions and working with governments, clinicians, private operators and NGOs to support their complete healthcare system development; from start-up phase through to established healthcare infrastructure build out. In this role, she also leads GE Healthcare’s investments in affordable technologies, including the major R&D centers in China and India. Terri is passionate about healthcare and global health issues and has devoted more than 25 years to the field. She started her career as a clinical chemist, joined GE as an “Edison Engineer” and progressed through engineering and product management roles in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography. She also led GE’s US Women’s Health business, and global businesses including GE Ultrasound and GE Molecular Imaging. Prior to her current role, Terri served as President & CEO of GE Healthcare India, leading GE’s vision of “healthymagination” in India – an approach that aims to provide better healthcare for more people through solutions that bring costs down, increase access and improve the quality of healthcare. Terri earned her master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas, and her bachelor’s in Medical Technology from the University of Tennessee. She is a board member of a number of healthcare organizations and is active in community-based health projects.
Research Interest
Business