YouMed - Clinical Intelligence without the labor pains!

NEWS ITEM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 31, 2008

YouMed announces the appointment of Ron Hooper as President.

SAN RAFAEL, CA – Ron Hooper was appointed president and CEO of YouMed, Incorporated in San Rafael, CA. Hooper has been a consultant to the company since March 2008.

“Ron is a great fit for YouMed. Not only is he a seasoned enterprise software executive with strong business growth skills, he also has the service industry experience to take the company to the next level,” said Dr. Erwin Szela, Chairman and Founder. “It’s always great to find talented people; in this case, it’s a pleasure to work with Ron and know the company is in good hands.”

Ron Hooper has over 30 years experience in building technology companies. He was formerly the Chief Strategy Officer and founding Board Director at Litescape Technologies an enhanced enterprise VoIP application provider for Cisco, WebEx, Avaya and others. He was also cofounder of MagnetPoint, a Web services-based communication software company, where he initiated its strategic partnerships with HP and Sun Microsystems, with customers like Hitachi America, HP, Sun Microsystems, GM OnStar and Lucent/AT&T. Hooper founded AVIRNEX Communications Group, an international long distance telephone service provider with customers in 80 countries and operating licenses in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia. He served as chairman, CEO and president until July 1997 and served as an advisor and member of its Board of Directors until it was acquired by Global Crossing and International Telecom. Hooper was a co-founder of Biztel Communications; one of the first facilities-based telephone companies after AT&T’s initial divestiture. Biztel merged with DialNet Systems covering 17 states and was purchased by LDDS WorldCom in 1992.

YouMed, Inc. is a provider of business intelligence to Healthcare Provider Groups as a web service. The company was founded in 2007 by Medical Doctors committed to provider friendly applications that streamline and capture revenue opportunities within Independent Practice Associations.

Media inquiries: Contact YouMed Corporate Communications at info@youmed.com or 866.YouMed1 (866.968.6331).