Orem, Utah-based KLAS has named Adam Gale as President of KLAS Enterprises LLC, succeeding Kent Gale.

As one of the four founders of KLAS, Gale has twelve years of healthcare experience and is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a degree in Business Information Systems. He has served as the company’s chief operating officer (COO) since 2001.

Kent Gale continues to play an active role in the company as founder and chairman of the board but has transferred all day-to-day operations of the company to Adam and other key executives which include: Jeremy Bikman (Research and Strategy), Jared Peterson (Operations), Karen Ondo (Research Integrity), Chris Wright (Technology), Jenifer Gordon (Research Quality) and Ryan Glenn (Finance).