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Alvin (Al) Hildebrandt - President & CEO, Director Alvin (Al) Hildebrandt - President & CEO, Director Shares owned: 6,224,500
Officer since: Jun. 2000
Since 1983, Mr. Hildebrandt has been involved in all aspects of marketing software solutions. Al's determination to develop a fully integrated human resource system that includes payroll and staff scheduling has been the driving force behind QHR's applications. Targeting niche-market software and emphasizing strong client services have added to his success with young companies, starting with New Horizon Technologies which he founded in June 1997. Within the community, Al was instrumental in establishing the Okanagan chapter of AceTech, a mentor group that brings together CEOs of technology corporations from across North America. He is actively involved in OSTEC (Okanagan Science and Technology Education Council) to promote technology in the region, and in 2004 he won OSTEC's Outstanding Contribution to the Science and Technology Community Award.
Tom Mamic - Chief Financial Officer Tom Mamic - Chief Financial Officer Shares owned:
Officer since: Jul. 2009
Mr. Mamic has financial experience in both public and private organizations, managing in complex, fast-paced environments and translating strategy into structure and execution. Prior to joining QHR, he has held a variety of executive and senior managerial positions in a number of technology development organizations including the President and CEO of Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., where he was a co-founder, and VP Finance and CFO of Chromos Molecular Systems Inc., where he led the company's efforts to secure over $50 million in equity capital including an initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Mamic holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.

QHR Directors

Al Hildebrandt, President & CEO, Director (see profile above)
Mr. Douglas Blakeway * Douglas Blakeway, Chairman of the Board Shares owned: 50,000
Director since: Aug. 2007
Mr. Blakeway is a business professional with forty years of executive management experience in technology business development. As an entrepreneur and investor, he has founded and operated a number of successful endeavours from service-oriented companies to high technology electronic manufacturing. Since 1982, Mr. Blakeway has been a director of several public companies and currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Wireless2 Technologies Inc., a publicly traded international wireless RFID enterprise that he founded in 1985. He serves on audit, compensation and corporate governance committees and has facilitated the successful qualification of a Capital Pool Company to a Tier 2 issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Blakeway is a member of Simon Fraser University Surrey - Business Advisory Council, BC Securities Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), Canadian Listed Company Association, Wireless Innovation Network of BC and TEC (The Executive Committee), an international organization for CEOs.
Charles (Chuck) LaFleche, CMA, FCMA * Charles (Chuck) LaFleche, CMA, FCMA Shares owned: 50,000
Director since: Nov. 2006
Mr.LaFleche, CMA, FCMA, is the Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Momentum Healthware, an 80-person Winnipeg-based healthcare information technology company. The company's US operations are head-quartered in Nashville. TN. The company develops and markets Financial, Clinical and Dietary IT solutions to several hundred clients in seven provinces and over 30 US states. In 2001, Chuck was named a Fellow of the Society of Management Accountants of Canada. In 2003, Chuck was named to the Standards Council of Canada. Chuck is a founding board member and Treasurer of the Canadian Health Information Technology Trade Association (CHITTA), and is also sits on two Canadian Standards Association (CSA) working groups that are working on standards in healthcare informatics. Chuck is Chairman of the Riel Corporation, a Winnipeg economic development organization, and he sits on the advisory board of the Saint-Boniface Hospital Research Centre.
Dr. Ernest (Ernie) Wigmore * Dr. Ernest (Ernie) Wigmore Shares owned: 940,000
Director since: July 2008

Dr. Wigmore is a Medical Doctor specializing in family medicine. He has been an active member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. serving on a number of Committees. He is a pioneer in the integration of computer based information technology into the medical clinic. He was founder and chairman of National Medical Solutions, an electronic medical records provider acquired by QHR in August 2007. While continuing to practice family medicine he is engaged in wide business interests in food processing, farm management and export marketing.

Robert (Bob) McGowan, FCA * Robert (Bob) McGowan, FCA
Director since: July 2008

Mr. McGowan is a retired business man with broad experience in public companies. He is a Chartered Accountant and has served as President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Manitoba. From 1987 to 1994 he was Chief Financial Officer of United Grain Growers Limited in Winnipeg and played a key role in the transition of the co-operative to a public company. From 1994 to 2006 he was Chief Financial Officer and VP Finance & Administration of Sun-Rype Products Ltd., a Kelowna based TSX listed company.

Dr. Tom Kinahan * Dr. Tom Kinahan
Director since: September 2008

Dr. Kinahan is a practicing pediatric and adult urological surgeon and former Chief of Surgery at the Kelowna General Hospital. He founded the Company's EMR software Accuro, a system designed to meet the needs of specialist and primary care physicians, and has previously served on the board of QHR from March 2004 to July 2007. He recently completed an MSc degree in Health Informatics through the University of Victoria, under Dr. Denis Protti and Dr. Francis Lau. Dr. Kinahan is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, UBC, and physician representative in the IMIT Steering committee for the Interior Health Authority in B.C.

  * Victoria Withers
Director since: October 2009

Victoria's career spanned thirty years with IBM in a wide range of senior executive management roles in Canada and the United States, with responsibilities in sales, government relations, communications, finance, human resources and general management. All roles involved aspects of consulting, coordinating people and projects, implementing new technologies, presenting to all levels of management and working as a team player. These assignments included working with a broad spectrum of government, utilities and commercial customers across Canada and internationally. Victoria has served on the boards of the Telus World of Science and the Vancouver Board of Trade and served as a cabinet member of the United Way. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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