The Midland Corporation is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Peter Lega of Bethlehem, PA to the Board of Trustees.
Over the course of his 32-year career, Mr. Lega has worked in technology, strategy, and management, ranging from operating system development to managing director of equity trading at Bear Stearns and Vice President of Technology at c|net interactive. Mr. Lega is currently the Global Lead of IT Strategy Realization Engineering at Merck, headquartered in Rahway, NJ. Since 2005, Mr. Lega has held various leadership positions at Merck in technology and strategy including financial and management responsibilities for large programs and teams. His health care technology work has been recognized publicly with awards from the ComputerWorld Laurates program.
Mr. Lega also created and supports a health science, computer science and informatics focused mentoring program capstone projects at Moravian University. He was very active in both the Cub and Boy Scouts serving as adult leader and previously attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, along with his son.
Mr. Lega holds a BSc in Computer Science from Moravian University and completed graduate coursework in Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology.
“Mr. Lega is a seasoned professional, active contributor to the community, and life-long advocate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” says Midland President & CEO, Mr. Shawn M. McInerney. “Midland is extremely fortunate to have someone with his expertise, compassion, and family perspective serving on the Board of Trustees.”
“Midland has been an integral part of my brother’s and family’s life over the last 40 years. His journey and life speak to the incredible dedication, strategy, and execution of Midland’s vision for its community,” says Mr. Lega. “His progressive growth and opportunities fulfilled speak volumes to the work of this organization. I am humbled and excited to bring my capabilities to help such a life changing organization.”
