VirtualScopics, Inc. Names James Groff Chief Financial Officer

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of VirtualScopics, Inc. VSCP, a leading provider of clinical trial imaging solutions, today announced that James Groff, 44, has been named chief financial officer, effective immediately.  Mr. Groff has held the role of acting chief financial officer since August 2013.  He joined VirtualScopics in January 2006 as an accounting manager and was promoted to controller in February 2013.

"When the board of VirtualScopics asked Jim to assume the role of acting chief financial officer a year ago," said Charles E. Phelps, Ph.D., chairman, "he willingly and decisively took on the added accounting and reporting responsibilities required of a publicly traded company.  He quickly demonstrated his knowledge and abilities, leading us to terminate an executive search for a new chief financial officer at the end of last year."

"I have enjoyed working with Jim in his interim role during the past 10 months," said Eric. T. Converse, president and chief executive officer, "and appreciate the many contributions he has made to the senior management team effort since I assumed leadership of the company.  Jim has a deep understanding of VirtualScopics' business and is leading our current efforts to better understand the life cycles of our backlog to improve our ability to better forecast future revenues and profitability."

Mr. Groff has more than 20 years of managerial accounting experience in manufacturing, banking and business service disciplines.  He received a B.S. degree in Accounting from the College at Brockport, The State University of New York.  Mr. Groff is a long time resident of the Rochester, New York area, and lives here with his wife and daughter.

"I have never been more confident in the leadership of VirtualScopics, nor in the direction the company is pursuing," said Mr. Groff.  "Our 2014 awards outstanding and bookings represent 115% of the 2013 full year numbers with over a third of the year left to go.  Our recently announced strategic alliance with IXICO plc provides a multitude of opportunities and benefits that we are only beginning to realize.  I appreciate the support of the company's board of directors and am proud to be a part of this company's senior management team."

About VirtualScopics, Inc.
VirtualScopics, Inc. VSCP is a leading provider of clinical trial imaging solutions to accelerate drug and medical device development.  For risk-averse, time-constrained Clinical Trial Study Teams, Medical Directors and Imaging Scientists who require quality imaging data delivered on-time, within budget and on a consistent basis, VirtualScopics' clinical trial imaging solutions are an inspired true exception to commonly-accepted services provided by other clinical trial imaging providers.  Because of the scientific and operational flexibility and responsiveness they can offer, VirtualScopics' clinical trial imaging solutions deliver special performance advantages compared to other image service providers that offer common, everyday clinical trial imaging services.  For more information on VirtualScopics, Inc. please visit www.virtualscopics.com.

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