Joseph Loughry, III, Chairman, Director

Joseph M. Loughry, III, age 64, was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Persystent Technologies Corporation, a privately-owned Tampa, Florida software company that provides enterprise laptop and desktop standard configuration management and state enforcement capabilities to corporations and government agencies, in September 2007. He previously served as President and CEO of HTE, Inc. from January 2000 to June 2003. HTE, Inc. was eventually sold to SunGard Data Systems. Mr. Loughry’s background includes almost a decade at General Electric Information Services where he was involved in general management, sales & marketing, product management and product development. He also served as President and CEO of QuestPoint Holdings, Inc., a financial transaction processing services business, and as CEO of Nationwide Remittance Centers, Inc., a venture funded lock-box services business acquired by CoreStates Bank. As the Chairman and a member of our board of directors, Mr. Loughry brings extensive skills and experience in growing a financial transactions business and public company experience, which includes directing investor relations and public company compliance. He has extensive experience in public and privately held processing service and software companies. Mr. Loughry also possesses skills that assist us with our strategic planning and oversight and risk management. Mr. Loughry joined us as a director in December 2005 and his term expires on the date of the 2010 annual meeting.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Lock Ireland, Vice Chairman, Director

Lock Ireland, is currently a Board Director of NHB Holdings, Inc. Mr. Ireland has over 30 years experience in the banking industry. Prior to this he was the President and CEO for Resource Corporate Management, Inc. (“RCMI”) from 1994 to 2002. RCMI is a company that promotes new products and services with community banks via the bankers’ banks across the United States. Mr. Ireland has held numerous positions from Vice-President to CEO with the following banks: Bankers Trust of South Carolina, 1st Performance Bank, Republic National Bank and Resource Bancshares. His current affiliations include being a board member of the Jacksonville Economic Company and previous Board Governor for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. As the Vice Chairman and a member of our board of directors, Mr. Ireland brings many affiliations and extensive experience in the banking and financial industries. Mr. Ireland joined us as a director in July 2003 and his term expires on the date of the 2010 annual meeting.

Michael Connolly, Director

Michael I. Connolly, age 54, is the founder and currently the Chief Executive Officer of Mount Juliet Ventures. He has served in this capacity since 1990. Mount Juliet Ventures is a private company dedicated to helping management and owners of companies to create shareholder value. Mr. Connolly has helped to create value for several private and public national companies including Blockbuster, Jamba Juice, Great Clips for Hair, Chili’s, Supercuts, SoftBrands, ElderLife, BuyerZone, Insignia Systems, ElderCarelink, and The Hotel Donaldson. Mr. Connolly was also founder and President of the Tax and Business Services Division at American Express, Inc. from 1984-1989, as well as Chief Operating Officer of Trammell Crow Company’s North Central Region from 1989-1990, one of the nation’s leading developers and investors in real estate. Mr. Connolly also serves on the board of directors of Table Trac, Inc., a publically traded company engaged in the provision of technology related to the operation and management of casino game tables, a role he has filled since 2010. Mr. Connolly holds a BA in History from Pomona College and an MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School. As a member of our board of directors, Mr. Connolly brings extensive experience in working with a variety of financial and managerial issues that face public companies of different sizes including capitalization, leadership development, profit optimization tactics and exit strategies. Mr. Connolly joined us as a director in December 2010 and his term expires on the date of the 2011 annual meeting.

Robert Landis, Director

Robert J. Landis, age 51, has been the Chief Accounting Officer of Comprehensive Care Corporation since March of 2009, a publicly traded company that provides managed behavioral healthcare services. From July 1998 to March 2009, Mr. Landis served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Comprehensive Care Corporation. Prior to this, Mr. Landis was with Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., a health maintenance organization, as its Treasurer from 1983-1998. Mr. Landis also serves on the board of directors and the audit committee of Nyer Medical Group, Inc., a publicly traded company engaged in the ownership and operation of pharmacies. As a member of our board of directors and a certified public accountant, Mr. Landis brings strong financial, operational and SEC experience, and is the chairman of our audit committee. Mr. Landis joined us as a director in July 2003 and his term expires on the date of the 2010 annual meeting.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Eric S. Weinstein, Director

Eric S. Weinstein is a founding partner of Chancellor Capital Management, LLC, a private investment partnership and hedge fund concentrating on small-cap public equities formed in 2009. He is also the co-founder of Weequahic Partners, LLC, which operates under a family office structure investing in and advising companies on corporate and strategic issues. From 2003 to 2004, he was Vice President of Strategic Planning for Centennial Communications Corp. Prior to joining Centennial, he was a Director of Credit Suisse First Boston, Inc. (“CSFB”) where Mr. Weinstein served as a key advisor in numerous principal transactions, mergers, acquisitions, equity and leveraged financings. Mr. Weinstein originally joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. (“DLJ”) in 1996, prior to the acquisition of DLJ by CSFB, as the Wireless and Satellite equity research analyst. In 2000, he joined the firm’s Private Equity Group as a Principal where he focused more broadly on telecommunications investment opportunities before returning to Equity Research in 2002 as the Senior U.S. Wireless analyst. Prior to joining DLJ, he had been an equity research analyst at Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Weinstein obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

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