Patricia Goede, President and CEO, is co-founder of VisualShare. During her 16 year career at the University of Utah, she pioneered a number of image, visualization and collaboration tools. In 1992, she co-created WebVision, one of the first content-rich biomedical and research reference tools sites on the Internet. WebVision continues to this day at the University of Utah as an international compendium for vision researchers in both clinical and basic sciences.
In 1997, she founded the electronic medical education resource group (EMERG) in the Department of Radiology, which developed image-based medical reference and decision support tools for clinicians and medical education and training. As Director of EMERG, Ms. Goede established the Utah COE for Electronic Medical Education in 1999, funded by the State of Utah COEP, with the goal of transferring technology from t he University to the private sector. Private companies to spin off from Goede’s center included, Amirsys. Globalmatics and Visual Share.
