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| George
Sidman, Chairman and
Chief Technology Architect |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| Neal
Smith, President and
Chief Executive Officer |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| David
V. Milligan, Ph.D.,
Director |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| Robert
K. Ditmore, Director |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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