Mark Szporka, chief financial officer and director of the Company, joined the Company on August 1, 2000 and has served as a director of the Company since 2000. Mr. Szporka has over 20 years experience as an investment banker, chief financial officer, and strategic planner. During this time he has completed over 125 transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate joint ventures, initial public offerings, equity and debt private placements, real estate financings, and strategic plans.

In March of 2000, Mr. Szporka co-founded Quest Capital Partners, LC in Orlando, Florida, an investment banking firm specializing in healthcare, where he acted as a director until he joined PainCare in August of 2000. During this period of time, he also served as chief financial officer of BackGenesis, Inc., a publicly-traded healthcare company that was a client of the firm.

From September of 1999 until March of 2000, Mr. Szporka served as a director of Cloverleaf Capital Advisors, L.L.C., an investment banking firm specializing in healthcare and e-learning, located in Ocoee, Florida.

From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Szporka was a principal of a private investment company and during this period served as chief financial officer of Carpet Barn, Inc., a $40-million public floor covering company.

Prior to 1995, Mr. Szporka served as managing director of AMI Holding Corporation, Inc., a healthcare company, where he also served as chief financial officer of all affiliates. Prior to joining AMI, Mr. Szporka was director of Corporate Finance Consulting for Arthur Andersen & Co. where he established and managed investment banking practices for middle-market companies in Detroit, Boston, and Philadelphia.

Mr. Szporka was also managing director at Security Pacific Merchant Bank with overall nationwide responsibility for investment banking services for real estate and hospitality companies. Previously, he served as vice president in the investment banking divisions of Paine Webber and E.F. Hutton. In addition, he was director of Strategic Planning at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons.

Mr. Szporka received an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. He is a Certified Public Accountant (non-active) in New York.