Mr. Hicks was appointed Chairman of the Board in March 2006. He became a director of the Company in December 2002.
Mr. Hicks is the Chairman of Capstar Partners, LLC, an Austin based private investment company. Previously, he founded Capstar Broadcasting and served as Vice Chairman of AMFM, Inc.
Mr. Jackson has served as a director of the Company since January 2003. Since 2002, Mr. Jackson has served as the Director of the Technical Services Group of InterCept, Inc., a publicly traded company that provides technology, products and services to financial institutions.
Prior to this he served as:
President and Chief Executive Officer of Netzee, Inc., a publicly traded company providing integrated Internet banking and e-commerce products and services to financial institutions, from 2000 to 2002; President and Chief Operating Officer of The Intercept Group, Inc., from 1996 to 2000; Chief Executive Officer of Provesa, Inc., a data processing and check imaging services company, from 1993 to 1996; Chief Executive Officer of Bank Atlanta, from 1990 to 1992 and Chief Financial Officer, from 1988 to 1990; and Audit Manager at Evans, Porter, Bryan, from 1986 to 1987; and Audit Partner at Womble, Jackson, Gunn, from 1978 to 1986.
Mr. Jackson has served on the Board of Directors of Intercept, Inc. and Bank Atlanta.
Mr. Lindgren has served as a director of the Company since January 2003. Mr. Lindgren is a senior vice president for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, overseeing the management and operations of 24 Hyatt hotels in 10 states.
Throughout his 33-year career with Hyatt, Mr. Lindgren has held a variety of management positions including general manager of several Hyatt Regency hotels.
Mr. Shifrin has served as a director since 1989, first with Prime Medical Services and later, after the merger, with HealthTronics.
Mr. Shifrin is currently the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of American Physicians Services Group (NASDAQ: AMPH). In June of 2003, he became a director of Financial Industries Corporation (NASDAQ: FNINE), a Texas-based insurance company.
Mr. Waughtal became a director of Prime Medical Services in December 2003 and a director of the Company in November 2004 upon the closing of the merger. Since April 2000, he has been a director of KMR and Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. He is also the Chairman and a limited partner of Songy Partners Limited, an Atlanta, Georgia based real estate investment company.
Previously, he served for over 30 years as Vice Chairman of Development and Operations and as Chief Financial Officer for Hines Interests Limited Partnership, a real estate and development entity based in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Wheelock is a founding director of HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc. He has served as a director since 1996 and is the former Chairman. In March 2006, Dr. Wheelock was appointed Chief Medical Advisor to HealthTronics.
From 1979 until 1996, Dr. Wheelock was a practicing, board-certified urologist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While in practice, he was engaged as a consultant by various public companies. Dr. Wheelock returned to the practice of urology in 2005.
Mr. Yudof became a director of the Company in May 2005. Mr. Yudof is currently Chancellor of The University of Texas System, a position he has held since August 2002. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, Mr. Yudof served as President of the University of Minnesota from 1997 to July 2002. Prior to such service, Mr. Yudof was a faculty member and administrator at The University of Texas at Austin for 26 years, serving as dean of the School of Law from 1984 to 1994 and as the university's executive vice president and provost from 1994 to 1997.
Mr. Richardson was elected to the board of HealthTronics in March 2006. Mr. Richardson founded Prides Capital LLC and Prides Capital Partners LLC in January 2004. Prior to that, he had been a partner at Blum Capital Partners since April of 1999. Before joining Blum Capital, he was an analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation, an investment management firm.
Mr. Richardson spent four years at Fidelity Management and Research. Mr. Richardson also managed additional registered investment companies, and performed research and analysis in a variety of industry sectors. Previously, Mr. Richardson worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Richardson has a B.S. from Babson College and a M.B.A. from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.
Mr. Whittenburg was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in August 2007. Previously Mr. Whittenburg served as President of our Urology Division, a post he held beginning in June 2006. Prior to this time, he served as President of our Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing Division from December 2005 until its sale in July 2006 and was our General Counsel and Senior Vice President–Development from March 2004 until June 2006. Previously Mr. Whittenburg practiced law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he specialized in corporate and securities law. Mr. Whittenburg is also a CPA.
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