Board of Directors

Robert D. Garces
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Garces (age 55) is a co-founder of the Company and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the Company was organized. Mr. Garces also serves as Chairman of NovaNet, Inc., a company he founded in 1994 that provides a network of physicians, hospitals and other ancillary health services to self-insured employers and insurance companies. In 1996, Mr. Garces co-founded Better Image, Inc. a consolidation of Plastic Surgeons around the United States. In 1974, Mr. Garces started the Atlanta company of Southeastern Medical Consultants, a physician billing and management company. During this same period he also founded two companies, which grew into one of the largest physician billing companies in the southeast. (i) ARTAC, a software and receivables management company for hospital business offices; (ii) Southern Medical Imaging, a mobile imaging company comprising 41 mobile CT units and 40 mobile MRI units. In 1989 he developed a management company for anesthesia departments for hospitals.

Thomas W. Kiser
Director and President

Mr. Kiser (age 41) is a co-founder of the Company with Mr. Garces and has served as its President since the Company was organized. In 1996, Mr. Kiser founded TWK Enterprises, Inc., a real estate acquisition and development company in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kiser also serves as President of TWK Enterprises, Inc., however, operations are handled by outside property management, reporting to Mr. Kiser. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Kiser formed two franchise companies, MKM, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, and TC Concepts, Inc. in Orlando, Florida which were sold in 1994 and 1997 respectively. From 1989 through 1991, Mr. Kiser held retail and institutional sales positions with Bear Stearns Company and Shapiro Carter and Company. In 1988, Mr. Kiser joined Marshall and Company, an Atlanta based regional investment banking firm specializing in the private placement and underwriting of securities of small-capitalization southeastern companies. From 1986 through 1988, Mr. Kiser was an assistant manager with Stuart James Co, an investment banking and brokerage company.

Howard C. Chandler, Jr. M.D.
Director

Dr. Chandler (age 41) has served as a Director since the Company was organized. Dr. Chandler is a Board Certified practicing neurosurgeon and is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montana Neuroscience Institute, located in Missoula, Montana. He is also founder and Chairman of Interwest Health, LLC, a managed care organization that develops and maintains networks of physicians, hospitals and ancillary health services used by insurance companies and self-insured employers. He has been the program director of the Montana Neurosurgery Symposium since 1995.

Richard L. Jackson
Director

Mr. Jackson (age 50) has served as a Director of the Company since November 30, 1999. Mr. Jackson is currently the President of Surgical Information Systems, which he founded in 1997. In 1992, Mr. Jackson co-founded Premier Ambulatory Surgery Center out of Pasadena, CA, which became the 3rd largest surgery center company in America and recently became a part of HealthSouth. In 1987, Mr. Jackson founded and served as chairman of the board of a hospital staffing firm that subsequently became Premier Anesthesia, one of the largest anesthesia contract management firms in the industry. In 1978, Mr. Jackson founded Jackson & Coker, a physician recruiting firm.

Larry G. Gerdes
Director

Mr. Gerdes (age 55) has served as a Director of the Company since February 1, 2001. Mr. Gerdes has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Transcend Services, Inc. since May 1993. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Gerdes was a private investor and from May 1992 until January 1995, Mr. Gerdes was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the former Transcend Services, Inc. For the five years prior to 1991, Mr. Gerdes held various executive positions with HBO & Company, including Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Gerdes also serves as a Director of EBIX.Com, Inc.