Eclipsys Corp.

Edward Kangas is the nonexecutive chairman of Tenet Healthcare Corporation and a member of the board of directors of United Technologies Corporation. He is the former global chairman and CEO of Deloitte. In his 33 years with the firm, Mr. Kangas developed expertise in financial and strategic consulting, auditing, and corporate finance. Mr. Kangas was elected Managing Partner and CEO of Touche Ross in 1985. In 1989, he was one of the chief architects of the firm's merger with Deloitte Haskins & Sells. From 1989 to 1994, he served as Managing Partner of Deloitte & Touche (USA), spearheading the merger integration of the firm's U.S. operations. Mr. Kangas also spent five years as the National Director of Management Consulting, now known as Deloitte Consulting. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Eclipsys Corporation, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., and Oncology Therapeutics Networks. Mr. Kangas is the chairman of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania He earned a bachelor's degree and M.B.A. from the University of Kansas.

Brian Copple is the Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Eclipsys Corporation. He is responsible for all of the company’s legal affairs. Mr. Copple has been a corporate and securities lawyer for 20 years. Before joining Eclipsys, he was the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Exult, Inc., a provider of human resources business process outsourcing services, which was acquired by Hewitt Associates. Earlier, Mr. Copple was a partner with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, as well as JD and MBA degrees from UCLA.

Jay B. Pieper Directors@Eclipsys.com is 60 years old and has served on the Board of Directors since May 1996. Since May 1995, Mr. Pieper has served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury Affairs for Partners HealthCare System, Inc., the parent of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., and Massachusetts General Hospital.

In this role at Eclipsys, John Gomez helps Eclipsys successfully optimize the use of technology and architecture to support the company's strategic plan and the needs of its clients. He is charged with providing technical vision to complement the company's business vision, and develops the strategic technology plan by identifying, tracking and evaluating new technologies. He also currently manages the company's software engineering function, a responsibility he previously held from 2003 to 2007. Additionally, Mr. Gomez oversees the Eclipsys Business Development team, which is responsible for strategic partnerships, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions. He also is responsible for leading all of Eclipsys strategic business growth outside of North America. A highly respected executive in the healthcare information technology industry, Mr. Gomez brings to Eclipsys a broad scope of experience in technology strategy, e-commerce, development and architecture. He worked on the pre-releases of .NET and currently is a featured lecturer and author on .NET and advanced technology. His most-recent position was Senior Vice President and CTO of WebMD, where he was responsible for all technology-related aspects of the company's consumer and physician portals. Among Mr. Gomez's other previous positions is CTO/Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development at Brill Media Holdings in New York; Managing Consultant at Microsoft Corporation, where he was the Lead Program Manager and Architect for the MicroWarehouse e-Commerce System; Chief Architect for HRBlock Advanced Technology; and President/CEO and CTO of KYMA Technologies, Inc. Mr. Gomez has a passion for advanced math such as chaos and emergence mathematics and artificial intelligence. He is fluent in Spanish.

Frank Stearns is responsible for Eclipsys' Professional Services, Consulting, Product Support and Technology Solutions Center. In his most-recent position with Eclipsys, Mr. Stearns was Senior Vice President of Professional Services, responsible for our consolidated services offerings. Previously, Mr. Stearns led Eclipsys Consulting Services, which provides consulting and support services to clients in the areas of workflow optimization, clinical transformation, knowledge and content management, decision support, outcomes measurement, and compliance.The primary purpose of Consulting Services is to help ensure that clients derive the greatest value from Eclipsys solutions. Mr. Stearns joined the Eclipsys team in early 2003. He has spent the past 18 years in healthcare management consulting and technology. Prior to Eclipsys, he spent 3 years as a Vice President and Partner for Cerner Corporation, where he was responsible for a regional implementation and consulting practice. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Decision Technologies at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), and as a Partner with APM Management Consultants in the information resources and clinical effectiveness consulting practice. Mr. Stearns also spent 7 years in a leadership role at MediQual Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of severity of illness and outcomes measurement tools. Mr. Stearns holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maine, and a Master of Health Administration from Clark University/University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is based in the Boston, MA office.

In his role as Eclipsys Senior Vice President of Professional Services, Matt Sappern is responsible for directing all of the company’s consulting, implementation and education/training services. Mr. Sappern has been in his current role since February 2008. Previously, he was the company’s Senior Vice President of Technology Solution Services, including Remote Hosting and Platform Technical Services. He also served as a Vice President of Development, heading the Enterprise Solutions team, several clinical development teams and Product Management. He joined Eclipsys in 2003. Mr. Sappern has nearly 20 years of experience in technology, strategic planning and product development and delivery including leadership roles at WebMD, Time Warner, Primedia and Young & Rubicam. In addition to healthcare information technology, Mr. Sappern has considerable experience in global satellite, cable and cellular technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Kendall Stanley, product marketing manager for Services at Eclipsys, believes a CIO who is employed by the outsourcer "can listen to all of the hospital's business issues, discuss all the nuts and bolts and help in ways the buyer hasn't dreamed about." That's what's happening also at Spring Hill Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, where the CIO is an Eclipsys employee. If the outsourcing arrangement is a true partnership where the service provider is responsible for the deliverables, Stanley believes, the solutions will be more beneficial to the hospital if it shares strategic information with the service provider's employee serving as hospital CIO. Recruiting and retaining clinicians, nurses and pharmacists, for example, is not an IT issue but is a priority strategic item on many hospital decision makers' agendas. A service provider's employee in the position of hospital CIO, who participates in hospital executive or board meetings, can bring an IT solution to such a discussion. Surveys show that 30 to 50 percent of a clinician's day is spent on activities other than core clinical activities. In an instance where this fact lands on the strategic agenda (not the IT agenda) and the service provider-based CIO is included in that meeting, the CIO could not only suggest an IT solution but also optimally shape the solution to focus on setting up the processes to accomplish a better working environment.

Dan Crippen is 52 years old. He is currently self-employed as a consultant. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Crippen served as Director of the Congressional Budget Office. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Crippen was a founding partner of Washington Counsel, PC, a consulting firm.

Mike McGuire joined Optio as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Healthcare Sales and Services in June 2006 and is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and future growth of Optio's Healthcare organization, which develops and delivers Electronic Health Record (EHR), forms automation, clinical document management and RFID labeling solutions to hospitals and healthcare providers throughout the United States. McGuire most recently held the position of senior vice president of sales and marketing for CareCentric, Inc., a leading provider of billing, management and technology solutions for the home healthcare industry. Mike's 32-year career includes senior executive positions with several healthcare technology companies, such as QUOVADX, Eclipsys Corporation and McKesson HBOC. Mike holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in marketing from the University of Tennessee.

Jay B. Pieper , 64, has served as a director of Biopure since 2004. Since 1995, Mr. Pieper has served as Vice President for Corporate Development and Treasury Affairs for Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc., the parent of Brigham and Women s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a director of Eclipsys Corporation, a provider of software to healthcare providers. The board has determined that all members of the board, except our chief executive officer, Zafiris G. Zafirelis, and Guido J. Neels, are independent, as defined in the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market. In making this determination, the board considered all provisions of the definition in the listing standards, and in Mr. Neels case the fact that his son-in-law, Todd Wood, was an officer of the Company for a period of time spanning fiscal years 2007 and 2008.