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People in the News: Josh Forsythe and Mark Pottle

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Knome has hired Josh Forsythe as its new vice president of sales and marketing. He joins the company after 10 years at Golden Helix, where held several positions including VP of business development, VP of sales and marketing, and director of marketing.


GNS Healthcare has hired Mark Pottle to be its chief financial officer.

Prior to joining GNS, Pottle was the CFO at N-of-One. Before that, he was CFO for UnitedHealth Group's Optum Insight – Accountable Care Business Unit. He has also been vice president of finance and VP of business operations at healthcare IT company Picis, which was acquired by Optum.


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