Vidacare Corporation Expands Management Team with Three Hires and One Promotion

  Vidacare Corporation Expands Management Team with Three Hires and One
  Promotion

Business Wire

SAN ANTONIO -- February 14, 2013

Vidacare Corporation has expanded its management team with the hiring of three
executives and the promotion of a fourth.

Key managers new to Vidacare include:

  * Stewart Strong - Vice President, U.S. Sales
    Strong brings over 15 years of sales management and leadership experience
    in the medical device industry, including positions with Atricure, Ethicon
    Endo-Surgery (division of Johnson and Johnson) and Medtronic. Strong holds
    a BA from the University of Connecticut.

  * Nigel Bark - Vice President, International
    Bark brings over two decades of experience in the medical device industry
    with international sales and management positions at Carefusion
    Corporation, Cardinal Health, Alaris Medical Systems and Johnson and
    Johnson. Bark holds a BS from the University- West of England – Bristol.

  * John Farugia – Senior Director, Global Marketing
    Farugia has nearly 25 years’ experience in international sales and
    marketing efforts for medical device organizations, including Kinetic
    Concepts (KCI), Zimmer and Jobst. He has a BS from Bradley University.

In addition, Jay McElhenney has been promoted to Vice President, Manufacturing
& Quality.

  * McElhenney’s 27 years of experience in the medical device industry include
    positions at Ethicon Endo-Surgery and Cordis Corporation (both Johnson &
    Johnson companies), Kinetic Concepts (KCI), and Bard Electro-Medical
    Systems. McElhenney holds a BS from the University of Colorado at Boulder,
    and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Established in 2001, Vidacare Corporation is the pioneer of a broad technology
platform for accessing the intraosseous (inside the bone) space. Current
products include the EZ-IO^® Intraosseous Vascular Access System, the
OnControl^® Bone Marrow System and the OnControl^® Bone Access System.
Applications include vascular access, emergency and disaster medicine,
hematology/oncology and spinal procedures. Privately held, the company is
based in San Antonio, Texas, and its products are marketed in over 50
countries worldwide.

Contact:

Vidacare Corporation
Lisa Owens, 210-601-6647
lisaowens@regval.com