Sandata Expanding Senior Team to Strengthen Operations and Product Management

Richard Vacaflores hired as new Vice President of Product Management

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Sandata Technologies, LLC, a leading national provider of information technology solutions to the home healthcare community, today announced the hiring of Mark S. Rangell as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Rangell will be in charge of Sandata's day-to-day operations and will report directly to Sandata's CEO. He is responsible for developing and implementing Sandata's operational strategy and managing the business's recent rapid growth.

Harold S. Blue, Vice Chairman and CEO of Sandata, stated that, "Mark has hit the ground running since joining our organization originally as a consultant. His deep understanding of Sandata's IT solutions and market focus, combine nicely with his strong track record of leading technology businesses to operational success. Mark brings valuable industry experience and business acumen to Sandata's management team during this exciting time of growth."

Mr. Rangell has over two decades of leadership in the growth and management of healthcare and information technology companies, with experience spanning all phases of business maturity from startup operations through established business units. Prior to joining Sandata, Mr. Rangell served as interim COO for SpineMatrix, Inc., a venture backed medical diagnostics company; CEO of Cachet Solutions, LLC, developer of a Web-based receivables management solution for acceleration of working capital; and EVP and co-founder of Quovadx, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for enterprise application integration, claims processing, quality management and analytics to worldwide customers across the healthcare continuum. Mr. Rangell has also held senior positions in marketing and product management with Thomson Healthcare, Novartis and IBM. Mr. Rangell received his B.S. degree in Computer Applications and Information Systems from New York University and his M.S. degree in Marketing and Corporate Strategy from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Mr. Rangell commented, "I look forward to working closely with my colleagues on the management team of Sandata to accelerate the company's leadership position in the home healthcare industry, broaden our product and service portfolio and expand our delivery capabilities to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our customers."

Additionally, Sandata today also announced the hiring of Richard Vacaflores to the newly created position of Vice President of Product Management. Mr. Vacaflores brings additional depth to the management team with nearly 20 years of experience in product management, software development, implementation and customer support in the home healthcare industry. Mr. Vacaflores will be in charge of Sandata's global product strategy, and will report directly to Sandata's COO.

Mr. Blue commented, "Sandata is executing its aggressive growth plan, and we have numerous exciting operational initiatives underway. I strongly believe these two new additions to Sandata's team will further our company's goal of providing world class information technology solutions that increase our customers' efficiency and bottom line."

About Sandata Technologies, LLC

Sandata provides a complete package of information technology solutions, which includes scheduling, time and attendance, billing, payroll, compliance and clinical applications, for the home healthcare industry. Sandata's suite of products includes Santrax Telephony, the market leading time and attendance product, Santrax Agency Management and Santrax Payor Management, web-based software solutions with features including, voice biometrics to perform speaker verification, and a jurisdictional view dashboard solution for states, municipalities and the home healthcare agency market.

Sandata's solutions enable home healthcare agencies, whether Medicare, Medicaid or Private Duty, government or managed care payors as well as any organization with a remote workforce to realize administrative cost savings, streamlined operational procedures, and significantly reduced paperwork burdens. Sandata has over 1,800 customers in 47 states using its products in more than 400,000 homes and processes over 100 million telephone calls annually. Four data centers are strategically located across the country with state-of-the-art redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.

For additional information about Sandata, please visit: www.sandata.com .

Sandata Contact: Ellen Rich - erich@sandata.com - 516-484-4400 x 547

SOURCE Sandata Technologies, LLC

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