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Mr. Thierer is President and Chief Executive Officer of SXC, and serves on the SXC Board of Directors. Mr. Thierer is a recognized leader in healthcare, with over twenty-five years of experience in pharmacy benefits management (PBM) and healthcare information technology (HCIT) markets.

Prior to joining SXC, Mr. Thierer was the President of Physicians Interactive, a division of Allscripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading provider of Electronic Health Records, ePrescribing, and information solutions for physicians. Mr. Thierer led the strategic repositioning of Physicians Interactive from a provider of electronic detailing to a full service platform provider of on-line marketing and educational tools for physicians.

Prior to Allscripts, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with CaremarkRx, now CVS/Caremark, where he was a corporate officer and key executive in helping build Caremark into a market leading pharmacy benefits manager and specialty pharmacy company. At Caremark, Mr. Thierer held numerous senior operating positions, including Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, where he built extensive executive-level supply chain relationships with pharmaceutical, biotech, and generic drug companies. In addition, Mr. Thierer had operating responsibility for Caremark’s retail network business, developing new network service offerings for managed care and employers, as well as establishing Caremark’s contracting relationships with major chain drug stores such as Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid. Mr. Thierer began his career at Caremark in sales and marketing, where he served as Vice President, Corporate Accounts, with sales and account management responsibility for the top 125 Caremark clients nationwide, including Fortune 500 employers, coalitions, unions, and health plans.

Prior to Caremark, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with IBM, managing a sales organization dedicated to the healthcare industry. Mr. Thierer holds a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. in Marketing. He also holds the designation of CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist). Mr. Thierer is an active member of numerous industry associations including NCPDP, AMCP, NACDS, HIMSS, and PCMA.

Mr. Thierer is also an advisor to the Jeffrey Pride Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research.

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