Union Treatment Centers' Nick Weiss Joins ABL Organization

Santa Ana, CA — July 1, 2010 — Nick Weiss, Acting COO and CFO of Union Treatment Centers, 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.

Union Treatment Centers (UTC) is a chain of occupational therapy and physical rehabilitation clinics, headquartered in Austin, TX. Nick is helping UTC build an operating and management structure that will position the company to accelerate its opening of new clinics and pursue a national expansion opportunity.

With four clinic locations in Texas, UTC has handled federal and state workers comp injuries since 1995. Its Occupational Medicine, Pre- and Post Surgical Rehabilitation services include work hardening (through an extensive return-to-work program), along with chronic pain management and nonsurgical spinal decompression.

Previously, Nick was CFO at Nationwide Medical, Inc., a high-growth, direct-to-consumer provider of prescribed durable medical equipment and consumable supplies for the treatment of sleep apnea. There, Nick’s responsibilities included managing all finance, accounting, tax, third-party billing and collections, and strategic planning activities. Nick also created and implemented a culture of continuous process improvement, with clear performance metrics and a focus on key strategic initiatives and increased scalability.

Earlier, Nick was a VP at Barrington Associates (now Wells Fargo Securities Middle Market Investment Banking). During his eight-year career at Barrington, Nick became an expert in developing liquidity and financial options for middle market companies, helping them access a range of capital markets and strategic alternatives, including private equity and sales to strategic acquirers.

Prior to Barrington, Nick was a Research Intern at the Economic Policy Research Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, where he studied the regressivity of the South African tax code. Nick graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he completed a double major in Economics and Biology, with a concentration in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. A former college football player, he is a fan of college and NFL football, and college and NBA basketball, and enjoys playing weekly pick-up basketball games.

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 .