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George Sidman, Chairman and Chief Technology Architect

George Sidman is a proven entrepreneur with a 27-year track record in launching and growing successful software and Internet companies. He has prior successful experience as the founder of five other technology start-ups, and as the founder, Architect, and developer of two sports facilities. He has participated in private and public offerings, and is experienced in leading high technology development teams and product-to-market software successes. He is a recognized authority on complex large-scale object databases, computer-based Intellectual Property management, and a public speaker on emerging computer and security technologies.
His technology experience spans large-scale library and information automation, commercial ISP services, and Internet security and privacy technologies. He is the inventor of the WebLOQ technology, participates on the company’s management team and provides leadership for technology innovation.

Neal Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Neal has over 30 years of professional management, marketing and sales experience and a solid technology background. He has participated in the startup, financing and management of several Internet and software companies. Neal’s career spans 11 years at IBM in management, sales and training positions and management at Wang Laboratories, Phillips Information Systems and Hexxis Corporation.
Between 1987 and 1996 Neal was involved in starting and managing a number of golf and ski resort development enterprises including Senior VP of Marketing and Sales at Snowbird Corporation, Managing Director of Pisa International, Inc., President of Private Clubs International in Tokyo, Japan, and as the U.S. Managing Director of the Gary Player Club. Prior to participating in the founding of WebLOQ, Neal was President and CEO of Virtual Visits, Inc., the premier on-line multimedia Web Site developer for many of the nation’s most recognized golf resorts, spas, ski resorts and real estate communities, and a sales consultant to Internet companies.

Governor Tommy Thompson, Director

Tommy Thompson is the former secretary of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services and former Governor of Wisconsin. During his 14 years as governor, he focused on revitalizing Wisconsin's economy. He also gained national attention for his leadership on welfare reform, expanded access to health care and education for low-income people. As former Health and Human Services Secretary, Gov. Thompson was the nation's leading advocate for the health and welfare of all Americans. He was the 19th individual to serve as Secretary of the department, which employed more than 60,000 personnel and had a fiscal year 2001 budget of $429 billion.
Governor Thompson is currently a partner at the Washington DC law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP. He also serves as president of Logistics Health Incorporated, and is the independent chairman for the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Most recently Governor Thompson has assumed a new role as Global Ambassador of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. This project is backed by a $3.8 Million Grant from the Gates Foundation.
Governor Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

David V. Milligan, Ph.D., Director

Dr. Milligan began his career at 3M Company in 1967 and retired from Abbott Laboratories at the end of 1996 as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. During Dave’s 17 years there, he led the Diagnostics Products Research and Development organization and later assumed responsibility for global Pharmaceutical R&D.
Prior to joining Abbott, Dr. Milligan also held a variety of key management positions with Xonics Medical Systems, Litton Dental Products, and Litton Medical Systems as well as 3M Company. Dr. Milligan has been a director of Diametrics Medical, Maxia (acquired by Incyte), Galileo Pharmaceuticals, Vicuron (acquired by Pfizer) and ICOS Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Lilly). Dave is currently a Principal with Bay City Capital and member of its Business Advisory Board. In addition he currently serves as a director for Caliper Life Sciences, Pathway Diagnostics, Reliant Pharmaceuticals (founded by Bay City Capital and now being acquired by Glaxo Smith Kline) and WebLOQ Inc.
In addition, Dr. Milligan is a member of Princeton University’s Chemistry Department Advisory Board as well as the Chemical Sciences Leadership Council of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Milligan graduated from Princeton University in 1963 with an A.B degree in Chemistry (summa cum laude). He then received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois in ’65 and ’67 respectively.

Robert K. Ditmore, Director

Bob Ditmore began his career with ten years at Stanford Research Institute [SRI] where he was recruited by Dr. Paul Ellwood, the "father of the HMO movement", to help form InterStudy, a non-profit Research Institute patterned after SRI. InterStudy was used as a platform to study the national health care system that led to the initial development of the HMO Industry in the early 1970s.
In 1983 Bob founded Share Development Corp (SDC), a holding company which formed and managed 6 HMO's in the mid-west. SDC was part of the "merger of equals" to form United HealthCare. As a co-founder of United HealthCare Corporation (UNH) in 1985, Bob served as President and Chief Operating Officer through 1991 and as a Director through 1996. In 1993 Bob led the HMO component at Primary Health, a privately held, venture capital-backed HMO/Medical Group, where he was a Director and subsequently Chairman of the Board. Currently, Bob is the Lead Director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Centene Corporation, an NYSE listed managed HealthCare company serving the Medicaid population in approximately 10 states.