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Directors & Advisors

The expertise and vision of Contigo’s executive team is supplemented by an accomplished group of Directors with decades of software and services experience.

Their history of growing early-stage businesses into highly successful enterprises - including hundred-million and billion dollar public companies - is a tremendous asset to management.

Greg Peet
Chairman of the Board

Mr. Peet has been involved with Contigo since idea conception in 1993. At that time, Mr. Peet provided the financial support necessary to file a patent on the early system design. In 2002 when he saw that the key technological components behind a GPS-based mobile monitoring system were on the near-term commercial horizon, he again provided the initial funding to help launch the company. Today, Mr. Peet serves as the Chairman of the Board, providing invaluable experience and leadership to the company.

Mr. Peet is best known as being the former Chief Executive Officer of ALI Technologies (TSE: ALT), a leading medical image management solutions provider. After joining ALI in 1993, Mr. Peet grew ALI from a 14-person development company into a profitable, public technology company with 260 employees and over $40 million in annual revenue. His role in guiding the company's focus on customer satisfaction, technology leadership and service resulted in it being acclaimed as the best PACS (picture archiving communications systems) vendor in the industry, beating out GE Medical and Siemens.

In 2002, McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) acquired ALI for $330 million USD - the largest all-cash technology acquisition in British Columbia history. For these accomplishments, Mr. Peet was recognized as the 2002 Pacific Canada Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. Mr. Peet also serves on the boards of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANPI), Vital Images, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTAL), TIR Systems (TSX: TIR), Vigil Health Solutions (TSX-V: VGL) and Optimal Geomatics (TSX-V: OPG) as well as on the Premier’s Technology Council of British Columbia.

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John Mack III
Director

Mr. Mack formerly served as the Chief Executive Officer of Protection One, Inc. (NYSE: POI), the nation's second largest provider of life safety and property monitoring services. After co-founding Protection One, Mr. Mack was involved in over 200 acquisitions and oversaw the company's growth from approximately 40,000 subscribers and $10 million in revenue to more than 1.6 million subscribers, over $600 million in revenue and an enterprise value of over $2 billion.

Mr. Mack is currently the Chief Executive Officer of USBX Advisory Services, a middle-market investment bank focused on private placements and mergers & acquisitions. He co-founded USBX in 2000 with backing from The Carlyle Group and Evercore Ventures.

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David Raffa
Director

Mr. Raffa is a founder, COO and Investment Manager of BC Advantage Funds (VCC) Ltd (www.bcadvantagefunds.com). A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Raffa publishes and lectures frequently on securities and corporate law, and on launching and growing technology companies. Venues that Mr. Raffa has appeared at include UBC, SFU, UVic and a number of the local technology associations and financing forums including Acetech, BCTIA, VIATeC, MISTIC and the Angel Forum. Mr. Raffa has appeared or been quoted in various media including The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Business in Vancouver, Silicon Valley North, Canadian Lawyer, NW, News Radio and CISL.

Mr. Raffa is a member of the Board of the BCTIA and Chairman of its Capital and Investment Committee. Mr. Raffa appears as the corporate finance legal expert on T-Net (www.bctechnology.com) and as a member of the Business Advisory Board of ASI. Mr. Raffa is also an advisor to the B.C. Securities Commission and TSX Venture Exchange in respect of issues material to the technology industry. He is also Chairman of Science World's Equity Committee. Mr. Raffa currently serves as a director, officer or advisory board member of a number of private and public technology companies, including companies listed on the TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange, and is commonly asked to serve as an operating Chairman. As Chairman of ActiveState Corporation, Mr. Raffa helped lead the sale of the company to Sophos plc of the UK for $32.0M in Sept. 2003.

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John Tedesco
Director

Mr. Tedesco has served as President and a Director of Contigo since its founding in 2002 (then known as Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems). As CEO, he has oversight of all corporate functions, with a focus on sales, business operations and strategy.

Prior to Contigo, Mr. Tedesco was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of PayMyBills.com – a consumer eFinance company
he started in early 1999. Under Mr. Tedesco’s leadership, the company quickly grew into the leading bill management provider, serving nearly 40,000 customers, forging strategic distribution relationships with FleetBoston, E*Trade and Capital One, and
earning numerous industry accolades for most valuable consumer web site. Mr. Tedesco managed a 250-person workforce
and led the company through three investment rounds, raising over $35 million in capital. In September 2000, the company
completed a merger valued at over $200 million with industry rival, Paytrust with the combined entity ultimately acquired
by Intuit (NYSE: INTU).

Mr. Tedesco received his B.S., Magna Cum Laude, in Finance and Accounting from Fairfield University and his M.B.A. from
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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