Mr Benton will succeed William Claypool, who is leaving Phoenix Data Systems to start a pharmaceutical development consulting company, Pennmark Associates.
Most recently, Mr Benton was COO of a publicly traded eClinical technology services company, where he was responsible for overall operations including project management, applications development, quality control, customer support and technology integration.
Mr Benton holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Weinstein, president and CEO of Bio-Imaging, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Peter to our senior management team and believe that Peter possesses the domain experience and leadership skills necessary to strategically position the company in the eClinical market.”