Board of Directors

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Charles Ramey

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

Mr. Ramey is Chairman, President and CEO of US Dataworks and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Mr. Ramey drives growth in the products and services offered by US Dataworks and inspires the corporate commitment to consistently providing a superior customer experience. Mr. Ramey brings extensive leadership to US Dataworks from his previous experience as President and co-founder of PaymentNet, (later acquired by Verisign), and Chairman, President and CEO of Multidata Corporation, a developer of mission critical software for business applications. Mr. Ramey also held the position of Vice President, Marketing at Dataquest Inc., a leading technology market research company.

Mr. Ramey graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics

J. Patrick Millinor, Jr.

Director

Mr. Millinor has served as a director since December 2004. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ampam, Inc. from October 2004 until his retirement in December 2005. From 2000 until he joined Ampam, he held several positions in conjunction with his association with a venture capital group. His positions included Chairman of Encompass, Inc., Chairman of ADViSYS, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Agennix, Incorporated. Between 1986 and 2000, Mr. Millinor held several executive positions, including Chief Executive Officer of GroupMAC, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of UltrAir, Inc., and Chief Operating Officer of Commonwealth Financial Group, Inc. He was a partner with KPMG LLP for eight years prior to 1986. Mr. Millinor currently sits on the boards of Ampam, Inc. and Agennix, Incorporated.

John L. Nicholson

Director, M.D.

Dr. Nicholson brings an entrepreneurial perspective and seasoned business experience to the Board of Directors. Dr. Nicholson had the vision to develop the first outpatient surgicenter in Northern California in 1976. Today, there are many surgicenters that have used his pioneering efforts as the template. He has been an investor in several startup companies, including U.S. Dataworks, Inc. as well as Commonwealth Energy. In addition, Dr. Nicholson has been successful as a land developer. He holds an M.D. from the University Of Rochester School Of Medicine. Dr. Nicholson has been in private practice since 1969. He has served on many local, state, and national medical organizations and has been an Associate Clinical Professor at Stanford University since 1969.

Thomas L. West, Jr.

Director

Mr. West has had a distinguished Insurance and Financial Services career spanning 40 years. Mr. West concluded his service with the American General Financial Group as Vice Chairman and Group Executive-Retirement Services. He also served as Chairman and CEO of the Retirement Services Division comprised of the American General Fund Group, The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) and American General Annuity Company. His previous assignment was as Regional Vice President of the Personal Financial Security Division with profit responsibility for the Southern Region. This assignment included pricing, underwriting, and claims handling for all personal lines of Property and Casualty, Life, Health, Pensions and Annuities. Mr. West's first sales management assignment was to build a start-up Life General Agency into the number one sales office in the company. Mr. West currently serves as Chairman & CEO of WestMark Ventures. Mr. West serves as Chairman and Director of the Earn Group. Mr. West received his BS degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee and completed the Columbia University Graduate School of Business-Executive Program in Management of Financial Services.

Joseph Saporito

Director

Mr. Saporito brings more than 25 years of finance, accounting, and senior-level management experience to the US Dataworks Board of Directors. Mr. Saporito is currently the Cheif AccountIng Officer for Rackspace, the service leader of cloud computing. Prior to joing Rackspace, Joseph provided executing coaching and development for CEOs and financial executives in a wide range of industries, including professional services, energy services, retail, and non-profit. Joseph's professional experience includes 15 years as partner with Arthur Andersen, including 5 years leading a business unit with revenues of $40 million. He also served 6 years as the Executive Vice President and CFO of Carriage Services, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange company during a period of operational and financial transformation. Joseph earned a B.A. in Accounting from the University of South Florida. He is also a CPA and is certified as a Leadership Coach by Georgetown University.