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The day to day management is overlooked by Hiten Patel, CEO. The advisory board assists in strategic and long term guidance. This board comprises of the following eminent persons:

Nitin T. Mehta
Nitin Mehta is an active private investor in Silicon Valley. Through his Merchant Banking and Investment Company, Mehta & Company, Inc., and as an entrepreneur, he starts and invests in companies, nurtures entrepreneurs, and does investment-banking transactions. He brings a unique blend of talent and over 30 years of experience to participate actively with founders/entrepreneurs in building winning companies:
Strong Academic Background:

- BSME degree, summa cum laude from S.D. Tech,
- MBA from the University of Wisconsin, and
- Doctorate in Business Policy from the Harvard Business School.

Deep Management Consulting Experience:

- 5 years with McKinsey & Company; led a number of client engagements and participated in formulating firm's strategy and operations practice areas.

Extensive General Management Experience:

- Part owner and SVP Ops of Royal Viking Line, one of the best cruise lines in the world; Led a staff of 1,300 cruise ship operations people worldwide; put together a $250 million Management Buyout bid with his partner after successfully turning the line around.
- Part owner and COO of Handi-Kup, a nation-wide manufacturer of foam cups with 80% market share of McDonald’s, which he successfully turned around with the founding partners and sold to James River Corporation.
- Majority owner and Chairman & CEO of Pyramid Health Group, Inc., a fast-growth, private venture-backed company that he owned with Sprout Group that was in the outsourcing of healthcare information management in medical records departments of over 700 hospitals and clinics nationwide.
- Substantial owner of QuadraMed (NASDAQ: WQMDC), a company in healthcare information systems (HIS) segment serving over 3,700 hospitals. He was President of HIM Division with sales of $125 million and subsequently in charge of M&A for QuadraMed.

Experienced Venture Capitalist:

- Was a General Partner of a $10 billion investment and venture capital firm, Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners (now LightSpeed).

Investment Banking Experience:

- In leading the sale of all of the above 4 companies, he learned the art of deal structuring, which in turn has been further honed through many of his clients and as principal in Mehta & Company, Inc. Was a co-investment banker to raise equity for Crown Pacific buyout from KKR, a $500 million transaction. In addition, at QMDC, he bought several companies and participated in major M&A transactions

Co-Founder/Board member of many companies to assist entrepreneurs in building companies:

- Consumer & Other:
  - www.VikingRiverCruises.com, the largest river cruise line in Europe, Russia, China (BOD, USA)
  - www.seasights.com, an aquarium-theme related specialty retailer (co-Founder)
  - www.SimplyArtrageous.com, the largest home décor store (co-Founder)
  - www.compexlegalservices.com, (BOD)
  - www.LegalBPO.com, a litigation support outsourcing company (co-Founder)
- Internet Infrastructure:
  - www.mindcrossing.com, a B2B Knowledge-Commerce company (BOD)
  - www.shipcomwireless.com, an enterprise EIA company (BOD)
  - www.instantis.com, an enterprise software (Advisory BOD)
  - www.eBidBoard.com, a B2B exchange company for construction industry (BOD)
- eLearning:
  - www.schoolcity.com, K-12 (ex-BOD; co-Founder)
  - www.quisic.com, eMBA and Corporate Training (ex-BOD)
- Healthcare:
  - www.gohealthcast.com, an eHealth company (BOD)
  - www.escribenet.com, a medical transcription company (BOD; co-Founder)
- Bio-Tech/Devices:
  - Series A Investor at inception of Align Technologies (www.aligntech.com)
  - www.itcube.net, software development in clinical genomics (COB; co-Founder)
  - www.Cardima.com, an atrial fibrillation medical device company
- Non-profit:
  - The Indus Entrepreneurs - TiE – www.tie.org (ex-BOD, SV)
  - Fort Mason Center Foundation (ex-BOD)
  - The San Francisco Zoo (ex-BOD)

Anil Anand
Managing director of the SCAnand Group of Companies with operations in USA and India, Anil is a technocrat with substantial experience in general management and start up of new ventures. He is a Chemical Engineer (1975) from the University of Manchester, UK and an MBA( 1981 ) from IMI, Geneva, Switzerland. He has founded and successfully managed organizations in the services, trading and manufacturing sectors.
Anil is currently the Chairman of the Polymer Machinery Manufacturing Association and on the committee of the Indian Chemical Manufacturing Association. These associations bring him into contact with some of the leading research institutes in chemicals and Bio Technology equipment manufacturers. His business interests cover all the Western European countries and extend to the Far East. In the USA, he is based in San Francisco and has interest in some of the research and development companies located in the Silicon Valley.

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