SOURCE: OmniComm Systems, Inc.
July 24, 2006 17:36 ET
OmniComm Systems Appoints Simon Kooyman to Board of Directors
Announces Director Resignation
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 24, 2006 -- OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: OMCM),
one of the fastest growing companies in the EDC marketplace, today
announced the appointment of Simon Kooyman to its Board of Directors. The
company also announced the resignation of Charles E. Leonard from its Board
of Directors.
Cornelis F. Wit, Chief Executive Officer and President, commented, "Mr.
Kooyman's appointment is another example of OmniComm's commitment to
develop and maintain a distinguished Board of Directors, supporting our
strategy of becoming the EDC company of choice to pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical device companies. Simon's experience in guiding
finance and operations for several public and private companies adds
valuable knowledge and perspective to the Board. In addition we believe
Simon brings a wealth of strategic experience and will be an excellent
resource to the company in corporate governance matters."
Mr. Kooyman, who will chair the Board's Audit Committee, has spent more
than 25 years in various senior financial, operations and executive
management positions. Mr. Kooyman is the CEO of Knowledge Networks, a
leading market research provider. Until mid 2005, he was a member of the
Board of Directors and Executive Management Team of Ipsos SA, an
international survey-based marketing research company, with headquarters in
Paris. Mr. Kooyman successfully led both Ipsos in North America as well as
its international Advertising Research practice. Before that he was
President of VNU's Entertainment Group and President of Campina Melkunie's
DMV Basic Ingredients Division.
After earning an MBA degree from the Catholic University of Louvain,
Belgium, Mr. Kooyman started his career with Arthur Andersen, specializing
in finance and financial systems
The company announced today that Charles E. Leonard has resigned as a
member of the Board of Directors. As a result of this resignation,
Mr. Leonard also resigned his position from the company's Audit Committee.
The resignation was effective July 21, 2006.
Mr. Leonard joined OmniComm System's Board of Directors in May 2004.
Mr. Leonard has served as a member of the Company's Audit Committee since
July 2004.
"Mr. Leonard was a respected member of our Board and provided critical
financial insight into our operations," said Randall Smith, Chairman and
CTO of OmniComm Systems. "On behalf of the entire Board I want to thank
Chuck for the valuable service he has provided the last two years."
About OmniComm Systems, Inc.
OmniComm Systems, Inc. (www.omnicomm.com) is one of the fastest growing
companies in the EDC market place targeting its product TrialMaster® to
the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies as well as
CROs. OmniComm's growing base of satisfied customers is a direct result of
OmniComm's employee's commitment to on-time, quality and within budget
performance.
The TrialMaster (www.trialmaster.com) system, the core product of OmniComm,
provides trial sponsors with a 21 CRF Part 11 compliant Internet-based data
and trial management solution that greatly increases the efficiency,
security and integrity of clinical research data and thus significantly
reduces the time and expense involved in conducting clinical studies.
Safe Harbor Disclaimer
Statements about OmniComm's future expectations, including without
limitation, future revenues and earnings, plans and objectives for the
future operations, future agreements, future economic performance,
operations and all other statements in this press release other than
historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. OmniComm intends that such forward-looking
statements be subject to the Safe Harbors created thereby. Since these
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to
economic competitive, governmental, contractual and technological factors
affecting OmniComm's operations, markets and profitability, actual results
could differ materially and adversely from the expected results.
For more info, please contact Cornelis Wit, President and CEO, OmniComm
Systems, Inc., 954-473-1254, cwit@omnicomm.com.