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Richard W. Turner, Ph.D. - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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Dr. Turner is currently our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to consulting for Pace Health Management Systems, Inc., our predecessor in interest, in May of 2006, Dr. Turner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EyeTel Imaging from January 2004 to May 2006. Prior to January 2004, Dr. Turner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BEI Medical Systems (?BEI Medical?), a company engaged in the development and marketing of a minimally invasive endometrial ablation system. BEI Medical was sold to Boston Scientific for approximately $95 million in 2002. Previously, President of the Healthcare Group for the Cooper Companies, Dr. Turner has held executive leadership positions in the medical industry for approximately 25 years, including President and Director of CooperLaserSonics, Inc., President of CooperVision,Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer/Director of Pancretec, Inc. (sold to Abbott Labs, Inc.) and President of Kay Laboratories (sold to Baxter, Inc.). Dr. Turner graduated from Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science degree, earned his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and earned his Ph.D. from Berne University.
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Edward B. Berger - Director
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Mr. Berger has served on our board of directors since March 2007 and is Chairman of our Audit Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee. For the past 25 years, Mr. Berger has been President of Berger Equities Inc., a real estate investment firm owned by Mr. Berger and his spouse. For the past two years, Mr. Berger has
been the sole owner and member of A Plus Consulting LLC. Since 2006, Mr. Berger is an executive director of American Caresource Holdings, Inc. Mr. Berger has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, having served as past President and CEO of Palo Verde Hospital, past President and member of the Board of Trustees of Kino Community Hospital, and past member of the Long Range Planning Committee of Tucson Medical Center, all in Tucson, Arizona. Until his resignation in November 2007, Mr. Berger was the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of CardSystems Solutions, Inc. ("CardSystems"), a privately-held credit card processing company. Mr. Berger became an independent director of CardSystems in June 2002. In 2006, CardSystems agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its failure to take appropriate security measures to protect consumer information was an unfair practice that violated federal law and caused security breaches, which resulted in fraudulent consumer credit card purchases. By way of settlement, CardSystems agreed to implement a comprehensive information security program and obtain audits by an independent third-party security professional every other year for 20 years. On May 11, 2006, the Board of Directors of CardSystems determined that it was in the best interests of its stockholders to liquidate its assets in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Upon the resignation of each member of the Board of Directors, at the request of certain stockholders of CardSystems, Mr. Berger became the sole director and Chief Executive Officer of CardSystems. On May 12, 2006, Mr. Berger caused CardSystems to file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As its liquidating agent, Mr. Berger oversaw CardSystems' Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidation. With the liquidation of CardSystems nearing completion, Mr. Berger resigned as the Chief Executive Officer and sole director of CardSystems in November 2007. Mr. Berger received a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School and a Masters Degree in Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and English from the University of Arizona. Mr. Berger is currently an Adjunct Professor in Political Science at Pima Community College and recently retired as Chairman of the MBA Advisory Council, Eller Graduate School of Management at the University of Arizona.
Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Compensation Committee
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Terry E. Branstad - Director
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Governor Branstad served on our board of directors since April 2007 and is a member of our Audit and Compensation Committees. Gov. Brandstad served as Governor of the State of Iowa from January 1983 to January 1999. After leaving the governor's office in 1999, he established Branstad and Associates, L.C., located in West Des Moines, and became a partner in the firm of Kaufman, Patee, Branstad & Miller, a public policy firm based in Washington, D.C. Since August 2003 he has been the President of Des Moines University. Governor Branstad also serves as a director of the Iowa Health System, Cementech, Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. and Liberty Bank FSB, all private companies. He is a public member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board. He served as a director of Featherlite, Inc., a public company, from 1999 until 2006. He was a partner in general law practice in Lake Mills, Iowa, from 1974 through 1982. Governor Branstad earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 1969 and a law degree from Drake University in Des Moines in 1974.
Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Compensation Committee
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John W. Colloton - Director
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Mr. Colloton has served as one of our directors since July 2007 and is a member of our Audit Committee. He is currently Director Emeritus of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and serves as the lead director of Wellmark, Inc. (Iowa-South Dakota Blue Cross and Blue Shield) and as a director of AmericanCareSource in Dallas, Texas. From 1989 to 2003, Mr. Colloton served as a director of Baxter International Inc. and from 2004 to 2006, he served as a director of Allion Healthcare Inc. From 1971 to 1993, Mr. Colloton was director and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and from 1993 through 2000, he served as Vice President of the University of Iowa for Statewide Health Services. Mr. Colloton received his B.A. in business administration from Loras College and holds a masters degree in hospital administration from the University of Iowa.
Member of the Audit Committee
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John Pappajohn - Director
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Mr. Pappajohn has been a Director of Pace Health Management Systems, Inc., our predecessor in interest, since 1995 and is a member of our Audit Committee and Chairman of our Compensation Committee. Since 1969, Mr. Pappajohn has been the President and principal stockholder of Equity Dynamics, Inc., a financial consulting firm, and the sole owner of Pappajohn Capital Resources, a venture capital firm, both located in Des Moines, Iowa. He also serves as a director for the following public companies: Allion Healthcare, Inc., American CareSource Holdings, Inc., Pharmathene, Inc., SpectraScience, Inc. and Careguide, Inc. Mr. Pappajohn has been an active private equity investor in healthcare companies for more than 30 years and has served as a director of more than 40 public companies. Mr. Pappajohn received his B.S.C. from the University of Iowa.
Member of the Compensation Committee
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