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Optika, Inc. – showing a profit and helping other companies increase bottom line efficiency with their Acorde™ software

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Technology
Software & Programming
NASD: OPTK

Optika, Inc.

Colorado, CO

Mark K. Ruport
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

Interview conducted by:
Walter Banks
Co-Publisher

CEOCFOinterviews.com
February 2002

Bio of CEO,

Mark K. Ruport
President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Ruport has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since March 1995. Mr. Ruport has 20 years of experience in the computer software and services industry. Prior to joining Optika, he was President and Chief Operating Officer, and subsequently Chief Executive Officer of Interleaf, Inc., from 1990 to 1994, a $117 million public software and services company developing and marketing technical publishing, document management and electronic document distribution software. From 1989 to 1990, Mr. Ruport was Senior Vice President of Informix Software. From 1985 to 1989 Mr. Ruport was Vice President of North American Operations for Cullinet Software having responsibility for all North American sales, customer support, and systems Integration. Mr. Ruport was Vice President of the Federal Region of Applied Data Research from 1983 to 1985. Prior to joining Applied Data Research Mr. Ruport held various sales and sales management positions with Computer Sciences Corporation from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Ruport holds a BS in Business Administration and a MBA from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio).

About Optika, Inc.

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Optika Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTK) is a leading provider of imaging, workflow and collaboration software. Optika's Acorde™ family of software solutions allows companies to efficiently manage complex business processes and leverage and extend critical business applications.

The key to achieving business efficiency and significant Return on Investment (ROI) is the ability to gain control of your critical business content, automate complex business processes and discuss and resolve transaction discrepancies in real-time over the web. With more than 2000 customers worldwide, Optika drives business decisions for profitability in leading companies such as The Home Depot, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Airborne Express, Siemens Communications, Verizon Wireless and Clear Channel Communications.

Acorde enables companies to leverage existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and line-of-business (LOB) investments by accessing and storing multiple formats of business content, automating processes across the organization and externally with partners and customers, and enabling online, real-time collaboration around transactions. As a result, organizations can significantly improve processing efficiency, decreasing transaction cycle times, reduce operating costs while increasing productivity and enhance customer and partner satisfaction.

Products:
Acorde Context - Through powerful imaging and report management (COLD) functionality, enables companies to securely capture, store, retrieve and display transaction documents and information, regardless of source or type.

Acorde Process - Provides sophisticated workflow functionality for automating processes and delivering business transaction information, within organizations and over the web to external users.

Acorde Resolve - Allows businesses to build web resolutions hubs, which deliver collaborative tools in a virtual office environment for resolving transaction discrepancies internally and with partners and customers.

Acorde Integration Tools - Seamless integrations with leading ERP and LOB applications that enable businesses to leverage existing strategic investments.

Optika provides solutions for deployment from department to the enterprise, and beyond. The newest offering from Optika, Acorde Desktop, enables companies and departments with the full range of imaging functionality - capture, storage, retrieval and security - for an entry-level system. Easy to install, use and maintain, Acorde Desktop is a cost-effective way to immediately begin realizing the benefits of Optika's robust imaging functionality.

CEOCFOinterviews: Mr. Ruport, please give us a brief history of Optika?

Mr. Ruport: “Optika is a public software company located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We market our software to Fortune 2000 type companies. Some of our customers include The Home Depot, Verizon and Waste Management. The company was founded in 1988, we went public in late 1996.

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