InterAct Public Safety Systems Strengthens Board of Directors With Five Industry And Financial Veterans

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Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski, executive chairman and CEO of InterAct commented, “I am very excited to welcome Allison, Mike, Jeff, Brian and Bob to our Board as their track records in helping companies succeed are second to none. They are successful entrepreneurs, operators and investors, and provide us with a competitive edge as InterAct moves forward in the next decade. I have no doubt they, along with the continued contributions of our existing Board members, and investors, Foundation Capital, Bay Partners and SilkRoad Equity, will not only help us further strengthen our market leading position, but identify and open new channels for growth."

"In just three years time, InterAct Public Safety Systems has grown to become the largest public safety software provider on the market, with over 2,000+ customers on three continents. What has enabled this growth is our industry leading product suite – the integrated, InterAct Connections Framework™, but also our overall business strategy; relying on industry veterans for market penetration, and local assets for specific understand of customer’s needs. It is industry veterans like the four we are announcing today, who will not only open new doors, but help guide the way," Filipowski concluded.

Allison Davis is a Managing Director of Belvedere Capital Partners. Previously, Ms. Davis served as Chief Financial Officer at Barclays Global Investors, a leading institutional investment management firm, with over 3 trillion dollars of assets under management supported by operations in North America, Europe and Asia. She has 15 years experience as a consultant working in the banking and financial services sector on issues of strategy, revenue growth, cost reduction, and credit quality. She was a senior partner and Practice Leader with A.T. Kearney in the banking and financial services sector, and led the west coast practice for the firm. Ms. Davis was also a leader of McKinsey and Company focusing on the banking and financial services sectors and working closely with clients in Europe and North America.

Mike Forster is a former managing director of the Internet Capital Group, headquartered in Wayne, PA. He has over 40 years of sales, marketing, and general management experience in the information technology industry, most recently as the CEO and Chairman of CommerceQuest, Inc., a private technology company located in Tampa, FL. Mike began his career with IBM in 1964, rising through the ranks from sales representative to Division Vice President during his 2 decades with the company. In April 1993, he became president and CEO of MicroDecisionware, a privately held company in Boulder, Colorado, and completed its merger with Sybase, Inc., remaining with Sybase as senior vice president of worldwide field operations.

Jeff Hillebrand joined NorthShore University HealthSystems in 1979 and has previously served as Executive Vice President, President of NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Group, Senior Vice President, and President, of Glenbrook Hospital. Mr. Hillebrand has an MHSA from the University of Michigan and a BA from Dartmouth College. He is a Fellow of, and has served as a Regent in, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a member of the Society of Hospital Planning of the American Hospital Association, Leadership Greater Chicago, and the Young Presidents Organization. He serves as a preceptor for the University of Michigan. He is a past Trustee of the Village of Kenilworth. He has served as Vice Chairman of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago and is also President of the Northeast Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Brian McCarthy is the CEO of Trax Technologies. He brings thirty years of extensive senior leadership and advisory experience in the North American and International business markets. He recently served as Executive Chairman of 180 Connect, Inc. until it's acquisition by DirecTV in 2008, as Executive Vice President of Technology and Business Strategy at General Electric and as President, Integrated Systems Division of GE Interlogix. Before that, Mr. McCarthy served as Chief Executive Officer, Americas, at Interlogix prior to that company's acquisition by General Electric.

Robert Zollars is the Chairman and CEO of Vocera. He joined the company in May 2007 and has 30 years of experience leading healthcare and technology organizations. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Wound Care Solutions, the leading operator of outsourced chronic wound care centers. For six years prior to that, Mr. Zollars was Chairman and CEO of Neoforma, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEOF), a leading healthcare technology company focused on the supply chain that serviced 1,200 hospital and 465 supplier customers. Before Neoforma, he was EVP for Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a $75 billion healthcare product and service company, where he was responsible for five wholly owned subsidiaries: Pyxis Corporation, Owen Healthcare, Medicine Shoppe International, Cardinal International, and Cardinal's information technology businesses.

About InterAct Public Safety Systems

Founded in 1975, InterAct Public Safety Systems provides integrated multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional public safety and homeland security systems technology. The InterAct Connections Framework™ is the foundation upon which customized comprehensive public safety solutions are built and presently used by more than 2,000 government agencies and private enterprises globally. The Company’s advanced Next Generation telephony, computer aided dispatch/mapping, mobile data sharing, and records management systems deliver emergency responders the vital information they need to protect their communities. InterAct is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and all applications are available for purchase on GSA contract.

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