BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:NVOS) (“Novo Integrated Sciences” or “the Company”) is proud to announce the Company has executed a 12-month engagement contract with Kevin Pickard, CPA, an independent management consultant with over 29 years of financial leadership and expertise in SEC compliance for US GAAP financial reporting, mergers, acquisitions and financial statement audits. Mr. Pickard will work closely with the Company’s senior management and Principal Financial Officer in a multitude of areas related to operations, financial reporting, audit reviews and analysis of potential growth opportunities.
Currently, Mr. Pickard owns and operates Pickard & Company, CPA, which he founded in 2000. Mr. Pickard has served as the CFO of several public and private US-based companies. Of particular note, Mr. Pickard was a partner with SingerLewak, LLP where he co-managed the firm’s securities practice group. Mr. Pickard also worked for nine years at Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., currently PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, with a specific focus on auditing companies in the insurance, high-tech and manufacturing industries. Mr. Pickard earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master of Accountancy from Brigham Young University.
Chris David, Novo Integrated Sciences’ President, stated, “Kevin has deep, broad industry experience and has proven time and time again that he can deliver high quality work product and analysis. Novo Integrated Sciences has already benefitted greatly from Kevin’s extensive expertise in SEC compliance and US GAAP financial reporting with its recent acquisition of Novo Healthnet Limited. Kevin’s unique experience and knowledge provides Novo Integrated Sciences with a powerful resource to draw from for both operations and evaluation of growth opportunities.”
About Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. and Novo Healthnet Limited
Effective May 9, 2017, Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (“Novo Integrated Sciences”) (formerly known as Turbine Truck Engines, Inc., an alternative-energy technology development enterprise) closed a Share Exchange Agreement with the shareholders of Novo Healthnet Limited (“Novo”), an Ontario province Canada corporation, making Novo a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary of Novo Integrated Sciences.
Novo owns a 100% stake in Novo Assessments, Inc., Novo Healthnet Rehab Limited, Novo Peak Health, Inc., and an 80% stake in Novo Healthnet Kemptville Centre, Inc. (collectively, the “Novo Family”), all of which are Ontario province, Canada companies.
Currently, the Novo Family operates within the healthcare para-medical services sector in Canada. With physical presence in over 350 locations and expanding, the Novo Family of Canadian corporations provides healthcare treatment and services to more than 350,000 patients annually in clinic, home and institutional environments.
Novo Integrated Sciences has re-directed all business operations away from the alternative energy sector and now focuses its resources and operations toward supporting a future growth strategy centered on expanding patient based whole health and wellness medical solutions through the integration of healthcare, technology and medical science.
Through an advanced virtual physician access system, Novo Integrated Sciences’ integrated healthcare platform will present patients worldwide with one-center, patient-based healthcare diagnostic and treatment solutions without compromising the traditional primary care physician platform. Novo Integrated Sciences’ emphasis on providing access to primary care medical solutions through virtual technology allows for centralization of services to occur on a micro footprint level while providing healthcare solutions to remote and small population areas, as well as underserved populations in dense urban areas.
Novo and its subsidiaries are regulated under the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and accredited through Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Compliant treatment, data and administrative protocols are managed through a very senior team of healthcare and administrative professionals.
For more information concerning Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc., please visit www.novointegrated.com. For more information on Novo Healthnet Limited, please visit www.novohealthnet.com. Also, any visit to www.ttengines.com will be re-directed to www.novointegrated.com.
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Chris David
President
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.
cdavid@novointegrated.com
(206) 617-9797