A brief history of our company, the founders, and our goal:
Mr. James Wasko and Liisa Pekonen are the visionary founders of ASAP Medical
Systems, Inc. (ASAP) and the driving force behind the creation of ASAPOnline.
ASAP is the outgrowth of the successful efforts of Mr. Wasko and Ms. Pekonen
to develop a business that provides high quality health care management tools.
During the five years (1995-2000) that the predecessor company resold
proprietary claims processing software, our founders developed a plan to
release a fully integrated Practice Management System, centered on the concept
of (Code Compliant) On-line claims processing for the Medical Industry.
Now almost seven (7) years after our founders, initial vision, the stage has
been set.
Through the combined skills of the founders, our board, and other key senior
personnel, and with recent advances in .Net applications, and the Internet,
ASAP is uniquely positioned to become an overnight industry leader with the
August 2003 release of the HIPAA Compliant ASAPOnline Version 1.0.
James R Wasko, B.S.E.E & MCS
CEO and President, Chairman of the Board
James Wasko, ASAP Medical CEO, co-founder is a Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and software developer. He has two medical
billings software builds to this date and has drawn upon his previous experience
with network administration, network security and 10 years Medical to help develop the technical
specification for ASAPOnline, a web-based medical management service.
Liisa Pekonen
Senior VP,
Corporate Director
ASAP Medical co-founder Liisa Pekonen initiated the search for an integrated
practice management tool that could be scaled for use in small, medium, and
large medical operations. Pekonen’s experience from the operations side of the
medical clinical management help develop the technical specification for
ASAPOnline.
Meade Hallock, BSBA & MSW
Healthcare Operations, Corporate Director
Meade Hallock is a professor at West Hills College in
California, where he instructs courses in Business Administration, Business
Communication, and Introduction to Business, Business Entrepreneurship, and
Business Computers. Hallock has provided overall administration including long
and short range planning, agency restructuring, budgeting, and program
planning at healthcare institutions. In June 2001, he began work as a
self-employed consultant to hospitals, agencies, clinics, and medical
providers. Trouble-shooting management problems for healthcare providers and
facilities, he has established himself as a turn-around expert among
healthcare providers and facilities. Hallock will be responsible for
consulting services and sales support on large contracts at ASAP.
John Pekonen, MBA, CPA,
Corporate Director
John Pekonen is a certified public accountant and audit
manager. Pekonen’s responsibilities have included managing audits of small and
medium sized companies, including publicly traded companies in the pulp and
paper, telecommunication, and banking industries.
Pekonen currently serves as interim Chief Financial Officer at
ASAP Medical, and serves on the ASAP Medical Board of Directors.
Kamal Fouad Aboulhosn, M.D.
Corporate Director
Dr. Kamal Aboulhosn has practiced medicine since 1980, and has
owned and operated a plastic surgery center in Yakima, Washington since 1985.
Dr. Aboulhosn serves on the ASAP Medical Board of Directors.
Eileen Kirkpatrick
Administrative
Manager, Corporate Secretary
Eileen Kirkpatrick previously worked at a Nuclear Power facility, where she
was a Level II Engineer. Kirkpatrick interpreted complex governmental code and
regulations, and wrote procedures for inspection and review activities.
Kirkpatrick will be responsible for administrative tasks at ASAP.
Alfred L. Durfee
Corporate Director
Mr. Durfee has 24 years experience as a business owner in Kennewick,
Washington, and serves on the ASAP Medical Board of Directors
