Open EC Technologies, Inc. Announces Pieter Dorsman Appointed Director

Open EC Technologies, Inc ("Open EC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:OCE)
announces the appointment of Pieter Dorsman as Director of the Company.


The Company is pleased to announce that Mr. Dorsman has joined the Company as
Director effective April 13, 2012. Mr. Dorsman owns a consulting firm, Redpeaks
Management Inc., which provides financial advisory services. He is a co-founder
of Actenum Corp, and Tristorm Product Design Inc. He currently also serves on
the boards of VANTEC Entrepreneurs Fund (VCC) Inc. and Lambda Solutions Inc.
Prior to relocating to Vancouver, he held a number of senior positions in the
project and corporate finance division of UBS (formerly known as Union Bank of
Switzerland) in Hong Kong where he was responsible for financial advisory,
arranging and restructuring mandates in Asia. Prior to joining UBS he worked for
the structured finance and corporate banking division of Barclays Bank in Hong
Kong and London. He studied law and holds a Master's degree in Economic History
from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.


About Open EC Technologies, Inc. 

Open EC Technologies is an e-Business Information Technology company with our
corporate head office, marketing and development in Vancouver, BC, main
HealthCare IT Solutions Operations office in San Antonio, Texas and Medical
Practise Billing Operations office in Spring Hill, Florida. The company has
software development and data center hosting operations in Maine, with Sales and
Executive Management staff in Atlanta, Georgia. 


The Company's focus is to provide software solutions and transaction processing
services to assist Physicians, Hospitals, Health Plans, Insurance Brokers and
State Governments to exchange information for HIPAA EDI Health Plan Enrolment,
Health Insurance Eligibility, Health Insurance Claims, Claim Payments and
HealthCare Provider Collaboration of supporting patient referral and industry
compliance/reporting documentation.


Additional product and solution information is available on the web at
www.SoftCareHealthcare.com, www.iPlexus.net and www.softcare.com and additional
public company information is available on the web at www.openec.com. The
Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol: OCE.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Martyn A. Armstrong, President and CEO

Further information about the Company can be found on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or
by contacting Mr. Martyn A. Armstrong, President & CEO of the Company 


This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements.