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Management Team

Jack McClurg - Chief Executive Officer

Jack McClurg is a founding member of HealthTrans, L.L.C., and serves as the chief executive officer. Prior to forming HealthTrans, Jack McClurg held the position of vice president and chief information officer of Integrated Pharmaceutical Services, the PBM subsidiary of Foundation Health Systems, Inc. (FHS), the fourth largest publicly traded managed care company in the U.S. In this role, Mr. McClurg provided executive technical and business leadership, and was responsible for operations of claim processing and decision support services for over $1.4 billion annually in pharmaceutical transactions. Before his transition to IPS, Mr. McClurg enhanced his technical career by becoming a principle consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).

Prior to PwC, Mr. McClurg was director of software engineering for Micromedex Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomson Publishing and a world leader in knowledge-based medical and clinical information systems. Preceding Micromedex, Mr. McClurg spent six years with DuPont Co., supporting large mission critical applications across global corporate data centers in the U.S. and Germany.

 

Louis Hutchison, Jr. - President

Mr. Hutchison is a founding member of HealthTrans, L.L.C., and serves as president. Prior to HealthTrans, Mr. Hutchison held the position of president of Systems Xcellence USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Systems Xcellence, Inc. of Milton, Ontario, Canada, a software development company. Mr. Hutchison also held the titles of vice president of strategic operations, vice president of corporate development, and vice president of North American sales and marketing.

Prior to joining Systems Xcellence, Mr. Hutchison owned and managed a successful business and technology consulting practice. Before opening his consulting practice, Mr. Hutchison worked for Shared Financial Systems (Now S2 Corporation), a software company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, specializing in OLTP applications for the financial, retail, and healthcare industries. Prior to Shared Financial Systems, Mr. Hutchison worked for First Texas Computer Corporation, the data processing subsidiary of First Texas Savings & Loan, where he established First Texas' ATM network, growing it from its inception of five ATMs to over 850 ATMs.

 

Kevin Donahue Kevin Donahue - Vice President of Business Services

Kevin Donahue, vice president, business services, is a software engineering professional with over 20 years experience. His responsibilities include all development, operations, systems, network, and database management.

Prior to joining HealthTrans in 2001, Mr. Donahue served in various management positions, including director of end-user products for Micromedex, Inc., where he was responsible for delivering clinical information software to the international healthcare market. His accomplishments include the development of a cross-platform, Web-ready replacement of legacy applications and the creation of a new product using Intranet technology in a standalone system.

Mr. Donahue holds a BS degree in computer information systems from Regis University, and a BA degree in mathematics from Fort Lewis College.

 

Linda Groover - Senior Vice President of Business Relations

Linda Groover serves as HealthTrans' senior vice president of business relations. With over 18 of years experience in the healthcare industry, Ms. Groover's background includes information systems, pharmacy development, and managed care sales and administration.

Prior to joining HealthTrans, Ms. Groover served as director of business development and director of sales for National Data Corporation (NDC), located in Atlanta, GA. As director of business development, Ms. Groover was responsible for the development of various products and value-added services offered under the NDC Healthcare Network Services area. As director of sales, Ms. Groover successfully increased revenue of NDC's pharmacy claims adjudication product by over 30% from 1999 to 2000, and exceeded projections for fiscal year 2000 by 131%.

Prior to joining NDC, Ms. Groover spent 15 years in the retail pharmacy industry working for Eckerd Drug Company in Largo, Florida, in various roles, including director of client services of Eckerd Health Services, Eckerd's Prescription Benefit Management Company, and sales manager of the Eckerd Managed Care Group.

 

Christopher B. Hanks - Chief Financial Officer

Christopher B. Hanks, chief financial officer, leads the senior management team in the financial and administrative management of HealthTrans. Hanks, who joined HealthTrans in November 2000 as director of finance, was promoted to vice president in 2002 and senior vice president in 2004.

From October 1995 through November 2000, Hanks held various leadership roles, including senior manager, finance, for Dura Pharmaceuticals' RxWest and Health Script units. These operations delivered PBM services to self-insured employer groups, and provided mail order respiratory medications and medical supplies to chronically ill patients.

Prior to Dura Pharmaceuticals, Hanks served in senior financial and sales analysis positions with Colgate-Palmolive's professional oral care division. His responsibilities with Colgate-Palmolive Oral Pharmaceuticals included developing and managing sales forecasting and budget management systems.

Hanks earned his MBA from Bentley College and his BS in business administration from Colorado State University. He is a member of Colorado Society of CPAs, the Healthcare Financial Management Association, and the Institute of Management Accountants.

 

Steve Groover

Steve Groover - Chief Operating Officer

Steve Groover joined HealthTrans as chief operating officer (COO) on January 1, 2006, to oversee the day-to-day operations and prepare the company for its continued growth in the marketplace as well as the industry. Groover brings more than 20 years of experience to the daily operations of HealthTrans.

For the past 11 years, Groover has served in various roles with NDCHealth Corporation and eRx Network, both transaction-based products and services organizations. While at NDCHealth he was general manager and vice president of pharmacy systems and services, vice president of healthcare data management, and vice president of pharmacy systems and services product management. At eRx Network, Groover was responsible for industry relations and marketing. Groover is a registered pharmacist with more than 20 years of experience in retail pharmacy with the Eckerd Drug Company, where he was corporate manager of third party administration.

Groover has extensive experience in technology, especially pharmacy systems and transaction-based products and services. His accomplishments include establishing the pre- and post-edit service in 1995, which has since become an industry-wide solution for the retail pharmacy market. Groover participates in a number of industry organizations leading various committees and boards, including serving as the 2001-2002 chair of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP).

Groover earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida. He is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He is also a member of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs where he has been actively involved as the co-chair of the telecommunication workgroup, drug utilization workgroup, Medicaid workgroup, and chair of the board of trustees.

 

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