The Quantum Group, Inc. Announces Additions to the Board of Directors
15 Juni 2007 - 12:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
Announces AMEX Application and Sets Date for Annual Shareholders
Meeting WELLINGTON, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The
Quantum Group, Inc. (OTC:QNTM) (BULLETIN BOARD: QNTM)
(http://www.quantummd.com/) announced today that during it's June
11, 2007 Board of Directors meeting, the Board unanimously approved
the expansion of the Board of Directors from seven to eleven
members and immediately elected Alberto Del Valle, CPA; Jose de la
Torre, PhD; Lawrence Fisher, Esquire; and Gregg Steinberg, MBA to
the new open positions. Alberto G. Del Valle, CPA has a Miami-based
private practice specializing in small business advisory and
financial services. Mr. Del Valle possesses a wealth of
professional experience including financial and operational audits
as well as consulting and taxes for a variety of industries which
span healthcare, energy, construction and retailing. Mr. Del Valle
has fifteen years of specialized experience in healthcare
administration, including Managed Care delivery systems.
Additionally, Mr. Del Valle has assisted in the evaluation of
medical billing and coding, medical facilities management,
collections, HIPAA compliance, as well as human resources and
employee benefits for the medical industry. Mr. Del Valle received
his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State
University. Jose de la Torre, D.B.A., is a renowned international
scholar and valued board member of numerous organizations. He
possesses over thirty years professional experience having served
as a consultant in executive development, as well as over twenty
five years lending his expertise in an academic capacity to a
multitude of universities within the United States and abroad. Dr.
de la Torre is the author of over 50 books and scholarly articles
and more than 30 case studies in the field of international
business and strategy. Since 2002, Dr. de la Torre is Dean of the
Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida
International University (FIU) in Miami, where he is also the J.K.
Batten Eminent Scholar in Strategy. FIU is a public, urban research
university with over 38,000 students that offers world class
programs including the fields of business, hospitality management,
journalism, health sciences and has recently received state
approval to develop a new college of medicine. Dr. de la Torre
received his doctorate from the Harvard Business School, following
degrees in aerospace engineering and business administration from
the Pennsylvania State University. Lawrence B. Fisher, Esquire is
among the nation's top IPO attorneys. A securities specialist, Mr.
Fisher possesses over 35 years experience serving as counsel on
hundreds of public offerings. Most recently, Mr. Fisher was a
partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP in New York, a
diversified international law firm. Further, Mr. Fisher has served
on the Board of Directors of Financial Federal Corporation for the
past fourteen years and has served on the Board of Directors of the
National Bank of New York City for over twenty years where he is
also a member of its Audit Committee. Mr. Fisher received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Columbia College
and an LLB from Columbia Law School. Gregg M. Steinberg, MBA is
President and Chief Operating Officer of International Profit
Associates and affiliated companies, which combined form the
largest consulting firm in the world delivering a broad spectrum of
services solely to the business marketplace. Mr. Steinberg is
charged with managing the operations for these companies and their
growth objectives. Mr. Steinberg is widely quoted and published on
issues relative to business in the North America and is seen as an
expert resource relative to small business and entrepreneurial
issues. Mr. Steinberg is a graduate of the University of Arizona
where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a
graduate of the American Graduate School of International
Management (Thunderbird) and has a Masters degree in International
Management, with an emphasis in Finance. The Board further approved
the following restructuring of the Board Committees. Audit
Committee: Alberto Del Valle (Chair), Lawrence Fisher and Mark
Haggerty; Compensation and Options Committee: Jose de la Torre
(Chair) and Gregg Steinberg; Nomination and Governance Committee:
Gregg Steinberg (Chair), Jose de la Torre and Lawrence Fisher;
Executive Committee: Noel Guillama (Chair), Donald Cohen, James
Baker and Alberto Del Valle. Noel J. Guillama, President and CEO of
The Quantum Group stated, "I could not be happier to have had the
opportunity to attract these top quality directors and advisors to
the company. Mr. Del Valle brings extensive financial experience
particularly benefiting our audit committee. Dr. de la Torre is a
world recognized scholar and expert keeping us on the cutting edge
in new management techniques. Mr. Fisher is a seasoned attorney
bringing a wealth of securities knowledge and Mr. Steinberg is an
expert in financial systems and business management who has
consulted with Quantum since our inception." The Company has with
Board approval, formally applied to list its stock on the American
Stock Exchange (AMEX). The Company has received comments from AMEX
and is in the process of responding. Though there is no assurance
that the Company will achieve listing its stock on the AMEX, the
Company's management is working diligently through the initial
listing application process to be able to comply with AMEX listing
requirements. The Quantum Group, based in Wellington, Florida, is
one of Florida's largest community based healthcare provider
systems. In conjunction with its subsidiary companies, including
Renaissance Health System of Florida, Inc. (RHS)
(http://www.rhsfl.com/), Quantum provides administrative and
support services to the Florida managed care industry as well as to
the physicians of Florida. Through our growing number of nearly
1,600 contracted physicians and multiple managed care relationships
in the state of Florida, we are strategically positioned to bring
increased efficiencies to the over $1OO billion Florida healthcare
industry. According to an article published in the August 22, 2006
edition of the New York Times (By Gina Kolata), "By 2030, predicts
Robert W. Fogel, a Nobel laureate at the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business, about 25 percent of the G.D.P. will be
spent on health care, making it "the driving force in the economy,"
just as railroads drove the economy at the start of the 20th
century." Certain statements contained in this news release, which
are not based on historical facts, are forward-looking statements
as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, and are subject to substantial uncertainties and risks
in part detailed in the respective Company's Securities and
Exchange Commission 10-KSB, 10-QSB, S-8 and 8-K filings, that may
cause actual results to materially differ from projections.
Although the Company believes that its expectations are reasonable
assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its businesses,
expectations, representations and operations, there can be no
assurance that actual results will not differ materially from their
expectations. Important factors currently known to management that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include the Company's ability to execute
properly its new business model, to raise substantial and immediate
additional capital to implement its continuing business model, the
ability to attract and retain personnel - including highly
qualified executives, management and operational personnel, ability
to negotiate favorable current debt and future capital raises,
ability to manage the care of its patients with reasonable medical
loss ration, ability to negotiate beneficial managed care
agreements with a diversified and expanding provider base, continue
to supply the services needed by the HMO clients as well as the
growing list of physician clients and the inherent risk associated
with a diversified business to achieve positive cash flow. In this
press release the Company has announced that it has applied for
initial listing of its securities on the American Stock Exchange
(AMEX). Though the Company's management is working diligently
through the AMEX initial listing application process, there is no
assurance that the Company will be able to comply with AMEX listing
requirements which, in turn, could prevent the Company from listing
its securities on AMEX as anticipated. In light of these risks and
uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
information contained in this press release will, in fact, occur.
Media Contact: Danielle Amodio Vice President, Corporate
Communications The Quantum Group, Inc. 561.798.9800 DATASOURCE: The
Quantum Group, Inc. CONTACT: Danielle Amodio, Vice President,
Corporate Communications of The Quantum Group, Inc.,
+1-561-798-9800 Web site: http://www.thequantumgroupinc.com/
http://www.rhsfl.com/
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