People: Hickory Tech Corp (HTCO.OQ)

Mr. James W. Bracke is Independent Director of HickoryTech Corporation. He served as Chair of the HickoryTech Board from January 2009 through December 2010. He serves as the CEO for National Green Gas LLC, which employs a novel green technology to economically convert medical wastes into energy. Since 2006, Mr. Bracke has served as the President of Boulder Creek Consulting, LLC, a business and technology consulting firm. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Bracke served as Vice President of EPIEN Medical, a privately held medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing agents for skin disorders. From 1981 to 2004, Mr. Bracke was President and CEO and a director of Lifecore Biomedical, Inc., a healthcare medical device manufacturer. He is a director of Image Sensing Systems, Inc., of St. Paul, Minnesota, a technology company focused in infrastructure product improvement through the development of software-based detection solutions for the Intelligent Transportation Systems Sector.