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Michael W. Ferro, Jr. is the past chairman, CEO and founder of Click Commerce, Inc. Under Mr. Ferro’s leadership, Click Commerce pioneered the market for Internet portals that drove the integration of disparate systems in numerous vertical markets. Mr. Ferro is the current Chairman and CEO of Merrick Ventures a technology holding company . Mr. Ferro is also the current Chairman of Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq MRGE), the leading imaging software company in the world. In addition, Mr. Ferro is Vice Chairman of WHITIA (the World Health Imaging, Telemedicine & Informatics Alliance).
Mr. Ferro is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and is a Director with the RAND Health Board of Advisors. Mr. Ferro is also a Director on the Board of Trustees of The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, The Field Museum of Chicago, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Northwestern University and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He serves on the boards of Northwestern University, The Chicago Community Trust, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Foundation, Big Shoulders Foundation, and AfterSchool Matters. In addition to his civic and philanthropic activities, Mr. Ferro participates in several business organizations. He is the past Chairman of the Chicagoland
Entrepreneurial Center and a board member of the Economic Club of Chicago. Mr. Ferro is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization and The Commercial Club of Chicago. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. |
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Justin C. Dearborn served as managing director and general counsel of Merrick Ventures, LLC (with its operating entities and affiliates, are referred to collectively to as “Merrick Ventures”) from January 2007 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Merge Healthcare on June 4, 2008. Prior to joining Merrick Ventures, Mr. Dearborn worked over nine years for Click Commerce, Inc. (which we refer to as “Click Commerce”), a publicly traded software and services company. From May 2003 until May 2005, Mr. Dearborn served as Vice President of Corporate Legal Affairs and Human Resources at Click Commerce. Mr. Dearborn was appointed corporate secretary of Click Commerce on May 2, 2003. Prior to Click Commerce, Mr. Dearborn worked at Motorola, Inc. where he specialized in intellectual property transactions and also held management positions in Motorola’s Semiconductor and Government Groups. Mr. Dearborn and holds a B.A. from Illinois State University and a J.D. from DePaul University. He has practiced law in the state of Illinois but no longer holds a license to practice law. Mr. Dearborn has served on our Board since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Merge Healthcare on June 4, 2008. |
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Dennis Brown presently serves as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Karl’s Event Rental Inc. and previously served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Apogent Technologies Inc. (which we refer to as “Apogent”), a New York Stock Exchange company from January 2003 to December 2004. Fisher Scientific International Inc. acquired Apogent in August 2004, and after completion of a transition period, Mr. Brown retired from Apogent in December 2004. From December 2000 through January 2003, Mr. Brown served as a Financial Consultant to Apogent. Mr. Brown also served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Apogent’s predecessor, Sybron International Corporation (which we refer to as “Sybron”), a publicly traded company formerly headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from January 1993 through December 2000, at which time Sybron’s Life Sciences Group was relocated to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Sybron was renamed Apogent. Mr. Brown is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (England). Mr. Brown has served on our Board since May 2003 and previously served on our Board from the date of our initial public offering in February 1998 until May 2000. |
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Gregg G. Hartemayer has served as a Director of our Board since June 4, 2008 and is a member of our Audit, Nominating and Governance Committee and our Compensation Committee. Since May 2007, Mr. Hartemayer has served as a special advisor to Merrick Ventures. Prior to his association with Merrick Ventures, he served in various capacities at Arthur Anderson LLP, and its then affiliate, Accenture for 28 years. Mr. Hartemayer retired from Accenture in February 2004 where he was chief executive for Global Technology, Outsourcing and Global Delivery. Prior to that role, he was Chief Executive of the Products Market Unit with P&L responsibility for over 25% of Acccenture’s global business. Mr. Hartemayer holds an M.B.A. and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. |
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Neele E. Stearns, Jr. has served as a Director of our Board since June 4, 2008 and is Chair of our Audit Committee. Since February 2001, Mr. Stearns has served as chairman of Financial Investments Corporation, a private equity investment firm. From July 2004 to April 2007, he also served as the chief executive officer of Boulevard Healthcare, LLC, an owner and operator of nursing homes, of which he is still chairman. From September 15, 2003 to January 15, 2004, Mr. Stearns took a leave of absence from Financial Investments Corporation to serve as interim chairman and chief executive officer of Footstar, Inc. In March 2004, Footstar filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, at which time, Mr. Stearns remained as a director of Footstar, Inc. until it emerged from bankruptcy in February 2006. Previously, Mr. Stearns was chairman of the Board of Wallace Computer Services, Inc., then a provider of printed products and print management services, from January 2000 through November 2000 as well as serving as a director from 1996 until its sale to Moore Corporation Limited in 2003. Prior to 1995, he was president and chief executive officer of CC Industries, Inc., a diversified holding company. Mr. Stearns served on the board of Maytag Corporation from 1989 through its sale to Whirlpool Corporation in March 2006. Mr. Stearns holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. |
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Richard A. Reck is the president of Business Strategy Advisors LLC, a business strategy consulting firm, and has served in such capacity since August 2002. Mr. Reck joined the certified public accounting firm of KPMG LLP in June 1973 and remained employed there until his retirement as a partner in July 2002. He currently serves on the boards of Interactive Intelligence, Inc., a publicly held software company, and Advanced Life Sciences Holdings Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, as well as the boards of several private and not–for–profit entities. Mr. Reck is a certified public accountant and holds a B.A. in Mathematics from DePauw University and an M.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Michigan. Mr. Reck has served as a Director of our Board since April 2003. |
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Jeff Surges has served as a Director of our Board since May 4, 2010. Mr. Surges currently serves as the president of sales for Allscripts Health Systems Group and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Extended Care Information Network, Inc. (“ECIN”) prior to Allscripts’ acquisition of ECIN in December 2007. Before joining ECIN in October 1999, Mr. Surges was President and General Manager of the Resource Management Group of McKessonHBOC. Mr. Surges joined HBOC in 1997 upon its acquisition of Enterprise Systems, Inc where he served on the management team during their successful IPO and eventual sale of the company to HBOC.
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