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Former SVP of Bank of America and MD of RoadLoans To Help DocDoc Scale and Manage Growth
SINGAPORE, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DocDoc Pte. Ltd. (http://docdoc.com), Asia's leading healthcare platform announced today that Jon Samsel has joined the company as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with global responsibility. The appointment is effective immediately and reports to company President and CTO, John Sharp.
Samsel, who is relocating to Singapore from Los Angeles, brings two decades of marketing and business leadership experience to DocDoc having worked with leading brands such as Bank of America, Ford Motor Company and Apple. Samsel was the founder and Managing Director of RoadLoans.com, a direct-to-consumer online finance division of Ford (later sold to Santander). Samsel is the co-founder of Heardable, the standard for measuring online brand performance utilizing big data.
"We are excited to welcome Jon to the DocDoc leadership team," says Sharp. "His experience in brand management, digital marketing and technology-focused organizations makes him a perfect fit for this role. We look forward to his leadership in building out our marketing strategy as the company continues its rapid expansion."
"DocDoc is a powerful platform that provides consumers with the background information, peer insights, and available appointment times that they need to make faster, better-informed decisions about their healthcare," says Samsel. "Joining the DocDoc team is a privilege that will allow me to help the company establish their global brand through the right mix of marketing initiatives designed to achieve optimum growth."
About DocDoc
DocDoc is the fastest and most convenient way for patients to find the right doctor and book an appointment online in Asia. Currently available in Singapore, Seoul and Pusan, DocDoc is expanding throughout the Asia-Pacific region. DocDoc's angel investors include influential business leaders, doctors, and venture capital firms from both Asia and Silicon Valley, including Mr Koh Boon Hwee (former Chairman of DBS bank and Singtel), 500 Startups (leading Silicon Valley VC led by Dave McClure, formerly with PayPal and Facebook), and Jungle Ventures (a Singaporean VC, backed by the Singapore Government's NRF program).
For more details, please visit DocDoc.com.
For more information about DocDoc, please contact:
Jon Samsel, CMO, DocDoc
T: +65 6684 8880, E: jon.samsel@docdoc.com
