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Flo Healthcare Creates Business Development VP Role, Names New VP of Operations

October 6, 2004 – As a result of continuing company growth and expansion, Flo Healthcare has announced two changes on the management team to strengthen its focus and leadership in the areas of product development, business development and operations.

Keith Washington, currently the Vice President of Operations and Product Development for Flo Healthcare, has been appointed to the newly created role of Vice President of Business Development. In this position, Mr. Washington will lead the company’s ongoing development of Flo Healthcare mobile wireless solutions for the healthcare market, and will also lead development of strategic alliances that will strengthen Flo Healthcare’s commitment to product innovation. He has more than 22 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, business development, operations, R&D, and program management from his tenure with EMS Technologies. During Mr. Washington’s tenure with EMS, he served as General Manager of the Healthcare Solutions unit until late 2003, when Flo Healthcare acquired the business.

Replacing Mr. Washington as Vice President of Operations is Ted Schwartz, who joins Flo Healthcare with more than 30 years of experience managing multifaceted operations as an executive with several business enterprises. Most recently he served as COO of a retail furniture chain in the Southeast U.S. Mr. Schwartz’s expertise includes highly automated warehousing, logistics, supply chain management, process improvement, customer service and support, maintenance, distribution, construction, purchasing, and catalog fulfillment.