Chief Operations Officer

Linda Coogle joined CCO in September 2003 as the Director of Program Management and Finance with over 22 years in the communications and medical education industry. She was promoted to Vice President, Operations in June 2004, to Senior Vice President, Operations in September 2005, and to Chief Operations Officer in December 2007.

Prior to joining CCO, Ms. Coogle was an Assistant Director for CME activities at WebMD, the largest Internet-based medical education company today. Before its acquisition by WebMD, she served as the CME Manager for Medscape and Medicalogic and played a key role in developing Medscape's CME program, establishing the policies and procedures for the program and spearheading Medscape's successful application for accreditation by the ACCME. Ms. Coogle worked for HealthCare Communications Group (HCG) from 1996 to 1998 before HCG merged with Medscape as the CME/CE manager and Director of Finance. Prior to HCG, she worked in a variety of roles including senior project management for companies including Commodore, Apple Computers, and Xerox Corporation. She served 4 years in the United States Air Force supporting their basic research laboratories and developing and evaluating Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for computer systems.

Ms. Coogle holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She is a Certified Financial Planner.

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