VQ OrthoCare's Chief, Jim Knape, Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — June 1, 2010 — Jim Knape, Co-Founder and CEO of VQ OrthoCare, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

VQ OrthoCare isa leading provider of noninvasive medical solutions focused on bone, joint and soft-tissue conditions. Founded in 1989, VQ OrthoCare’s drug-free product offering includes manufacturing and distribution of non-invasive neuromodulation (electrotherapy) devices, braces, bone growth stimulation, continuous passive motion, cold therapy and traction. Services include in-home patient fitting of braces and electrotherapy devices, technology-enabled prescription compliance monitoring, physician and payor support, and around-the-clock care for orthopedic patients. Headquartered in Irvine, VQ OrthoCare has a sales force and distribution partners in 26 states and nine countries.

VQ OrthoCare is licensed by the California Department of Health Services as a medical device retailer and manufacturer, approved to dispense medical devices in hospital biomedical departments and in the surgical suite at all major facilities. The company is also registered with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer and specification developer; is a member of the Advance Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed); and is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program for Home Medical Equipment (CHAP).

Jim is a proponent of noninvasive, nonpharmacological orthopedic and pain management healthcare solutions. Previously, he was a healthcare consultant with Price Waterhouse Coopers.

A certified public accountant, Jim earned his BS degree in Accounting from Arizona State University. Jim's wife, Dorian, is Co-Founder and Chairman of VQ OrthoCare. In his personal time, Jim is interested in mixed martial arts.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .