Takahito Asano has been appointed VP of Japan operations for Convergence CT (Honolulu, Hawaii). Asano previously worked for Oracle Japan's pharmaceutical solutions and hospital information systems. Convergence CT is a healthcare informatics company.

Richard Begley has joined PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts) as VP and general manager of its analytical sciences business. Begley previously worked for Ensemble Discovery. PerkinElmer develops life and analytical sciences and optoelectronics.