ARRHYTHMIA RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY INC /DE/

Mr. Laursen brings over 25 years of experience focused on innovation in highly automated manufacturing environments in many industries such as medical devices, instrumentation, plastics, consumables and consumer products as well as experience in contract manufacturing.  His expertise in business development, sales and marketing, strategic development and operations make him well suited to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.  As the only management representative on the Company's Board, Mr. Laursen provides an insider's perspective to the Board about operations and strategy of the Company.

Marco F. Benedetti.  Mr. Benedetti has served as a director since July 2015.  Mr. Benedetti is currently Vice President for Business & Finance and Treasurer of Canisius College, a private college based in western New York with 4,000 full time students and a $100 million annual operating budget. Prior to joining Canisius College in 2013, Mr. Benedetti served nearly ten years at Greatbatch, Inc., a publicly-traded global manufacturer of components for medical devices for a variety of applications. He held a number of senior financial roles there, including Vice President of Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis, Investor Relations and Treasurer. Before that, Mr. Benedetti held senior finance positions at Ashton-Potter, U.S.A. LTD and International Imaging Materials, Inc. Mr. Benedetti is a certified public accountant and began his career at KPMG, LLP. He received a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Andrei Soran.  Mr. Soran has served as a director of the Company since December 8, 2017.  He was elected to Chairman of the Board at the Company’s May 23, 2019 Annual Meeting.  Mr. Soran served from May 2019 to September 2019 as CEO of Trident USA Health, the largest provider of mobile diagnostic services in Post Acute Care. The company employs Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Radiology Technicians, and Phlebotomists providing services at the sites where the patients reside.  He served as the CEO of Novaseek Research, Inc. (“Novaseek”), since August 2017.  Novaseek is a provider of cloud-based Clinical Data Network for Research (“CDNR”) services.  Before Novaseek, he served from July, 2016 to July, 2017 as the CEO and from April, 2016 to July, 2016 as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Verity Health Systems, a Redwood City, California multi-facility hospital, and healthcare network.  Mr. Soran previously served from July, 2014 to April, 2016 as COO and Executive VP at Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s (“Tenet”) Detroit Medical Center.  He also served from August, 2013 to June, 2014, as president of Tenet’s, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, DMC Surgery Hospital.  Prior to Tenet, from April, 2006 to June, 2013, Mr. Soran served as CEO of Framingham, Massachusetts based MetroWest Medical Center, a Vanguard Health Systems facility.  Vanguard was acquired by Tenet in 2013.  Mr. Soran holds a Bachelor degree in Physical Therapy from Tel Aviv University in Israel and a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Boston University-Metropolitan College.

The Audit Committee is presently composed of three members of the Board: Mr. Marco F. Benedetti (Chairman) Mr. Robert A. Mello and Mr. Jason R. Chambers. The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in the oversight of the audit of the Company’s financial statements and the quality and integrity of its accounting, auditing and financial reporting processes.  The Audit Committee also has the responsibility of reviewing the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and is responsible for the appointment, retention, oversight and, where appropriate, termination of the independent registered public accounting firm.  The Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee meets the criteria for independence under the applicable listing standards of the NYSE American. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Audit Committee has two members, each independent, who qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined by the rules adopted by the SEC, namely, Mr. Benedetti and Mr. Mello. 

The following table sets forth information regarding annual and long-term compensation with respect to the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, paid or accrued by the Company to or on behalf of those persons who were, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and the Company's most highly compensated executive officers serving as such as of December 31, 2019 whose compensation was in excess of $100,000 (the “Named Executive Officers”).  The dollar amount of Option Awards reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of option awards computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. A more detailed discussion of the assumptions used in the valuation of option awards made in fiscal year 2019 may be found in Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company's common stock is listed on the NYSE American stock exchange. The Board considers the status of its members pursuant to the independence requirements set forth in the NYSE American Company Guide and applicable federal securities laws. Under these requirements, the Board undertakes a review at least annually of director independence. During this review, the Board considers transactions and relationships between each director or any member of his immediate family and the Company and its affiliates, if any. The purpose of this review is to determine whether any such relationships or transactions exist that are inconsistent with a determination that the director is independent. The following current directors, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Benedetti, Mr. Friedman, Mr. Mello and Mr. Soran are each “independent” in each case as defined in the NYSE American Company Guide. The members of the Compensation Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are also “independent” for purposes of Section 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and NYSE American listing requirements. The Board bases these determinations primarily on a review of the responses of the directors to questions regarding employment and transaction history, affiliations and family and other relationships and on discussions with the directors.