Following the sale of its transactional business to GE Healthcare in May 2013, Consensys Imaging Service, a Galen Partners portfolio company, relocated its corporate headquarters to a new and improved service logistics center in Cary, Ill. This transaction and related move required the company to recruit new quality leadership, establish an independent quality management system and seek re-certification to the appropriate ISO-quality standards.
“Although we held these ISO-certifications prior to the sale of our transactional business, re-certifying so quickly and under these extraordinary circumstances underscores our commitment to delivering world-class service to our customers,” President/CEO Jim Spearman said. “A culture of quality and continuous improvement is a core-competence and differentiator that has sparked rapid growth and forged strategic alliances, enabling us to grow profitably at the fastest pace ever since our formation in 2009.”
“Consensys had pledged to sharpen its focus on customer experience and refine its offerings as part of re-branding efforts under its new name and leadership structure,” added David Jahns, managing partner at Galen Partners and Consensys board chairman. “Re-certifying to the more rigorous ISO 13485:2003 quality standard, which was developed to address customer and regulatory requirements specific to medical devices and related services, demonstrates Consensys’ ongoing commitment to the highest quality standards and a key reason why its customers consider it to be an attractive alternative to OEM Service.”
Consensys Imaging Service provide various services to the medical diagnostic imaging industry. Consensys is a portfolio company of Galen Partners, a healthcare growth equity, late stage venture capital firm based in Stamford, Conn. The firm focuses on growth equity investments in healthcare technology enabled services, medical devices and specialty pharmaceutical companies. With nearly $1 billion under management raised through five funds, Galen has invested in more than 70 companies since 1990.