Ciraden Hires Chief Technology Officer, Alec Palmer
Fairfax, Virginia --- January 8, 2001

To continue efforts in transforming its business to an application services provider (ASP) model, Ciraden recently hired Chief Technology Officer, Alec Palmer. Prior to joining Ciraden, Mr. Palmer was the Senior VP of Information Technology at Cadmus Communications, the world leader in printing journals for scientific, technical and medical associations. With over 20 years of conceptualizing, launching and delivering complex technology projects in a variety of businesses, Mr. Palmer brings valuable leadership and experience to Ciraden’s information technology initiatives.

Dr. Fink added, “We are excited about Alec joining our senior management team and spearheading the project development with our technical partner, Commerce One.” This initiative includes a web-native practice management system and portal, providing dental practices one of the first fully integrated suites of business products and services via the Internet.

Ciraden is one of the largest privately-held business services providers in the dental industry. Currently the company has client practices in 7 markets and generates approximately $95 million in patient revenue under management. Ciraden operates its business today utilizing a private wide-area network, with services in information technology, procurement, accounting, human resources, marketing, training, and practice management consulting.

For further information, contact David Fink at Ciraden, Inc.
703.449.1500, ext. 142 or david.fink@ciraden.com