MMRF NEWS --
LOS ANGELES, CA, Dec 13, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MMRGlobal, Inc.
(OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR") today announced that Sunil Singhil has been named
Executive Vice President and a me mber of the Executive Committee, succeeding
Rich Teich, who will focus on the sales, marketing and installation support for
MMRPro and MMRPatientView, the Company's professional health IT products for
physicians, small hospitals and healthcare professionals. Mr. Singhal was
introduced to the Company by Nihilent Technologies, where he was Co-founder and
served as Chief Operating Officer of North America. In addition, Michael J.
Finley, Vice President, Worldwide Carrier Relations at Qualcomm, and John R.
Seitz, CEO of Spalding Surgical Center of Beverly Hills, have agreed to join
MMRGlobal's Board of Advisors.
Robert H. Lorsch, MMRGlobal Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Since
September of this year, Sunil has been working alongside Rich and I overseeing
the integration and development of MMRGlobal's MyMedicalRecords.com Personal
Health Record, the MyEsafeDepositBox.com online vault, and the MMRPro suite of
professional pro ducts and services. In his new position as Executive Vice
President, Sunil will also work with me and Ingrid Safranek, MMR's Chief
Financial Officer, on the day-to-day management of the Company."
Mike Finley, who Lorsch has known for nearly 18 years since he was a President
of Verizon Wireless, has been advising the Company since its initial meetings
with Sprint Nextel in Kansas City, where he was President of the West Region and
Senior Vice President of Sprint Corporation. A widely respected executive in the
telecommunications and wireless industry, necessary to the MMR operating system
and MMRGlobal's future growth in wireless, Mr. Finley's success in selling
wireless technologies to consumers is a timely addition as the Company goes
deeper into mobile health opportunities for MyMedicalRecords and MMRPro. With
the addition of John Seitz to the Board of Advisors, management has the
expertise of a recognized leader in the Ambulatory Su rgical Center industry. Mr.
Seitz heads one of the most advanced surgical centers in the U.S. and will
advise on the Company's strategy for sales of MMRPro into surgery centers and
other healthcare specialty groups.
In addition to the new appointments, MMRGlobal has increased its presence at
Associated Television International's headquarter building in Los Angeles,
adding an additional 3,000 sq. ft. for sales training, outbound telesales, and a
videoconferencing center.
Management
Sunil Singhal: Mr. Singhal, 55, has over 25 years experience in the IT products
and services industry where he is recognized for strategically implementing
innovative technologies. He has expertise in all facets of the IT products and
services business, including executive management, information strategy
planning, cross-border operations, business development, sales and marketing,
R&D, project management, and mergers and acquisitions. From 2005 until 2010, he
was head of North American Sales in the Energy, Resources, and Utilities
industry for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Prior to that, from 2001 to 2005,
he was Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, North America of Nihilent
Technologies, which is MMRGlobal's technology partner.
Mr. Singhal started his IT services career with Tata Consultancy Services in
1979 and was involved in products and tools development, project management, and
business development until 1991. From 1991 to 2001, he held a series of senior
technical, business development and executive management positions with
entrepreneurial companies. These included International Informatics Solutions
(now Xansa) as Technical Director and Member of the Board; IMRglobal Corp. (now
CGI, Inc.) as Vice President of Southwest Region and Vice President of Northeast
Region; and Hexaware Technologies, Inc. as Senior Vice President for Business
Development. Throughout his career, Mr. Singhal has established long-term
business relationships with clients in North America, the United Kingdom,
Europe, India and Singapore.
Mr. Singhal holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication
Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT, Roorkee) and a Masters
degree in Digital Electronics from NUFFIC/PII, Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Board of Advisors
Mike Finley: Prior to his current position as Vice President, Worldwide Carrier
Relations for Qualcomm, Mr. Finley was President of the West Region for Sprint
Nextel from 2006 to 2008 and a Senior Vice President of Sprint Corporation. He
joined Nextel in 2002 as Area Vice President of Southern California and was
promoted to Senior Vice President of General Business for the U.S. following the
Sprint Nextel merger. Before joining Nextel, he was a Senior Vice President of
Wingcast, a JV between Ford Motor Company and Qualcomm which develop ed telematic
products for Ford vehicles. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Finley served as President of
Verizon Wireless in Southern California, Vice President and General Manager in
Sacramento and was Vice President of Sales in Ohio for Airtouch Cellular. Prior
to joining Airtouch, he held positions with Cellular One and McCaw Cellular. He
began his career in communications in 1985 as a Co-founder of Celluland, a
national franchise which created an alternative distribution approach in advance
of consumer marketing of wireless products.
John Seitz: Mr. Seitz is Chief Executive Officer of Ambulatory Surgical Group
(ASG), an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) development and management company
headquartered in El Segundo, California. In his leadership role, he oversees
business development and operational and financial management of all ASG surgery
centers, and his financial management skills are widely sought throughout the
industry. For over 25 years, Mr. Seitz has focused on healthcare, gaining an
extensive network of contacts and earning the respect of physicians and industry
executives as a developer and manager of ASC projects. Prior to Ambulatory
Surgical Group, he has been a founder and either the CEO or president of three
successful start-up companies in the healthcare industry. Most recently, he was
one of the founders and President of Surgem, LLC, where he was responsible for
building the ASC company from start-up to success in less than three years.
During his time at Surgem, he recruited the management team, directed the
development and operation of eight ASC projects and was responsible for the
acquisition and turnaround of an underperforming center. Prior to Surgem, he was
founder and CEO of Cornerstone Physicians, a nationally recognized medical
practice management company.
About MMRGlobal, Inc.
MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidi ary,
MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (MMR), provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal
Health Records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving
consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, financial
institutions, and professional organizations and affinity groups.
MyMedicalRecords enables individuals and families to access their medical
records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports,
insurance policies and wills, anytime from anywhere using the Internet. The
MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record is built on proprietary, patented
technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted
and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or
file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform
to populate a user's account. MMRGlobal's professional offering, MMRPro, is
designed to give physicia ns' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to
digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real
time through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor
Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare
professionals. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To
learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. and its products, visit www.mmrglobal.com.
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and "continue," or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology.
MMRGlobal, Inc. disclaims any intent or obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on
MMRGlobal, Inc.'s reasonable expectations as of the date of this press release
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from current expectations. The information discussed in this
release is subject to various risks and uncertainties related but not limited to
changes in MMRGlobal, Inc.'s business prospects, its results of operations or
financial condition, government regulation and changes in healthcare
initiatives, and such other risks and uncertainties as detailed from time to
time in MMRGlobal, Inc.'s public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
CONTACT:
Bobbie Volman
MMRGlobal, Inc.
(310) 476-7002, Ext. 7015
bvolman@mmrmail.com
Michael Selsman
Public Communi cations Co.
(310) 553-5732
ms@publiccommunications.biz
SOURCE: MMRGlobal, Inc.
CONTACT: mailto:bvolman@mmrmail.com
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