Exhibit 10.09


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EXECUTIVE  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into
as of this 1st day of January 2001 by and between  Advanced  Business  Sciences,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter  referred to as the "Company"),  and
Michael P. May  (hereinafter  referred to as the  "Executive").  This  Agreement
shall be effective as of January 1, 2001.

                                   WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,  the  Executive has  demonstrated  unique  qualifications  to act in an
executive  capacity  for the  Company,  and  Company  expects  that  Executive's
contribution will be substantial and meritorious; and

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants contained
herein, and other good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

  1.   Employment. The Company agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive
       agrees to accept such  employment,  all in  accordance  with the terms of
       this Agreement.

  2.   Capacity  and  Duties.  The  Executive  shall  serve as  Chairman  of the
       Company.  The Executive  shall perform the duties  assigned to him by the
       board  of  directors  of the  Company  (the  "Board")  to the best of his
       ability in a diligent,  trustworthy,  businesslike,  and efficient manner
       for the  purposes of  advancing  the business of the Company and, to this
       end,  will  devote his full time and  attention  to the  business  of the
       Company. Executive also agrees that he shall not in his personal capacity
       take  advantage  of any  business  opportunities  that  arise  during his
       employment  that may  benefit  the  Company  and relate to the  Company's
       ongoing  business.  Executive  further agrees that all  reasonable  facts
       regarding  such   opportunities  must  be  forwarded  to  the  Board  for
       consideration and approval.  If the Executive is elected as a director of
       the  Company  or as a  director  of any of the  Company's  affiliates  or
       subsidiaries,  the  Executive  will  fulfill his duties as such  director
       without any additional  compensation.  With respect to the sale of any of
       the Company's  Equity  Securities by the Company (as that term is defined
       by Rule 3a-11-1 of the  Securities  and  Exchange Act of 1934)  Executive
       shall  restrict  his  participation  in such  sales to  those  activities
       permitted  by  Rule  3a-4-1(a)(4)(ii)  or  (iii)  of the  Securities  and
       Exchange Act of 1934.

  3.   Term.  The term of  Executive's  employment  hereunder  (the  "Employment
       Period")  shall commence on January 1, 2001 and continue on an indefinite
       basis, unless earlier terminated hereunder.

  4.   Compensation.

       (a)  Salary.  For all  services  rendered  by the  Executive  under  this
            Agreement,  the Company  shall pay the Executive an annual salary of
            two  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($200,000)   ("Salary")   provided,
            however,  that in the first  three  months of  employment  hereunder
            Executive's Salary shall be as follows:

            (i)  Month  One.  During   Executive's  first  month  of  employment
                 hereunder  he  shall  receive  $4,166  cash  (less   applicable
                 withholding taxes and other normal deductions  required by law)
                 and a number of shares of the Company's common stock ("Shares")
                 with a market value equal to $4,166. The number of shares to be
                 provided  pursuant to this Section 4(a)(ii) shall be determined
                 by  dividing  4,166 by the average  daily  closing bid price of
                 such  shares  on the  so-called  OTC  Bulletin  Board  or other
                 nationally  recognized  exchange  during  the  first  full week
                 immediately  proceeding  Executive's  first month of employment
                 hereunder.  For example,  if the average  closing  price during
                 such week is $1.00,  the Company will owe the  Executive  4,166
                 Shares [4166/1.00=4166].

            (ii) Month Two and  Three.  During  each of  Executive's  second and
                 third months of employment  hereunder he shall  receive  $8,333
                 cash  (less  applicable  withholding  taxes  and  other  normal
                 deductions  required  by law) and a  number  of  shares  of the
                 Company's  common stock ("Shares") with a market value equal to
                 $8,333.  The number of Shares to be  provided  pursuant to this
                 Section  4(a)(i) shall be  determined by dividing  8,333 by the
                 average  daily closing bid price of the Shares on the so-called
                 OTC Bulletin Board or other nationally  recognized exchange for
                 the  first  full  week  immediately  proceeding  the  end  each
                 applicable  month of  employment.  For example,  if the average
                 closing  price for such period is $1.00,  the Company  will owe
                 the Executive 8,333 Shares [8,333/1.00=8,333].
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       (b)  Expenses.  To the extent not otherwise paid for by the Company,  the
            Company will  reimburse the Executive for  reasonable  and necessary
            expenses  incurred in promoting  the Company's  business,  including
            expenses for travel and entertainment, such reimbursement to be made
            periodically  upon  presentation  of  appropriate  receipts or other
            substantiation.

       (c)  Plans.  The  Executive  will be  permitted  to  participate  in such
            pension,  profit sharing,  bonus,  life insurance,  hospitalization,
            major medical,  and other employee benefit plans of the Company that
            may be in effect from time to time, to the extent that the Executive
            is eligible under the terms of those plans.

       (d)  Taxes,  Etc.  All  compensation  payable to  Executive  hereunder is
            stated  in gross  amount  and  shall be  subject  to all  applicable
            withholding taxes and other normal payroll  deductions and any other
            amounts required by law to be withheld.

       (e)  Bonuses. Executive and the Board shall agree, on an annual basis, to
            a bonus plan under which  Executive  may earn certain  bonuses up to
            one hundred percent (100%) of his annual salary.  Such plan shall be
            tied to goals mutually established by the Board and the Executive.

  5.   Stock Incentives.

       (a)  Subject to approval by the Company's  stockholders  of the Company's
            2001 Omnibus Equity  Incentive  Plan (the "Plan"),  the Board or its
            Compensation  Committee,  the Company hereby grants to the Executive
            options  to  purchase  in  the  aggregate  5,000,000  shares  of the
            Company's  common stock (the  "Options") The Options will be subject
            to the terms and conditions  applicable to options granted under the
            Plan, as described in the Plan and the applicable notice of grant of
            stock option and stock option  agreement  and will be subject to the
            vesting requirements set forth in this Section 5. The exercise price
            of each of these Options shall be a sum equal to eighty-five percent
            (85%) of the average  daily  closing  date of the  Company's  common
            stock on the  so-called  OTC  Bulletin  Board  or  other  nationally
            recognized  exchange for the first full week  immediately  preceding
            the date on which the Options are granted pursuant to this Section 5
            (the   "Exercise   Price").   The  Options  shall  vest  and  become
            exercisable with respect to the first 208,334 shares subject thereto
            when the Executive  completes  one month of continuous  service from
            January 1, 2001 and with  respect to an  additional  208,334  shares
            subject  thereto when  Executive  completes each month of continuous
            service thereafter.

       (b)  The vesting of Options shall  accelerate  upon the occurrence of any
            of the following events:

            (i)  The Options shall vest and become  exercisable  with respect to
                 up to 4,500,000 of the shares subject  thereto as follows:  (A)
                 1,500,000 of the shares  subject to the Options  shall vest and
                 become  exercisable  when  the  average  closing  price  of the
                 Company's  shares on the so-called OTC Bulletin  Board or other
                 nationally  recognized  exchange exceeds one dollar ($1.00) per
                 share for five (5)  consecutive  trading days; (B) 1,500,000 of
                 the  shares  subject  to the  Options  shall  vest  and  become
                 exercisable  when the average  closing  price of the  Company's
                 shares on the so-called OTC Bulletin Board or other  nationally
                 recognized  exchange exceeds one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50)
                 per  share  for five (5)  consecutive  trading  days  and;  (C)
                 1,500,000 of the shares  subject to the Options  shall vest and
                 become  exercisable  when  the  average  closing  price  of the
                 Company's  shares of common stock on the so-called OTC Bulletin
                 Board or  other  nationally  recognized  exchange  exceeds  two
                 dollars ($2.00) per share for five (5) consecutive trading days
                 provided  that no Options  shall vest  pursuant to this Section
                 5(b)(i) if the average  closing  price is a result of a reverse
                 stock  split  or  similar  corporate  restructuring.  Executive
                 hereby  acknowledges  and  agrees  that no  options  will  vest
                 pursuant to this Section 5(b)(i) if such events occur after the
                 termination  of his  employment  hereunder,  for any  reason or
                 without reason.
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            (ii) The Options shall vest and become  exercisable  with respect to
                 an additional  1,500,000 of the shares subject  thereto in each
                 case when there is an incremental Net Increase in the Company's
                 Consolidated   Working   Capital   in  an   amount   equal   to
                 $1,000,000.The   Executive  acknowledges  and  agrees  that  no
                 Options  will vest  pursuant  to this  Section  5(b)(ii) if his
                 employment  hereunder is terminated prior to any applicable Net
                 Increase.  For the purposes of this  paragraph,  the  following
                 definitions apply:

                 (A)  "Company's  Consolidated  Working  Capital" means any date
                      the amount by which  Consolidated  Current  Assets exceeds
                      Consolidated  Current  Liabilities  as  of  such  date  as
                      determined by the Company's independent auditor.

                 (B)  "Consolidated  Current  Assets"  means  at  any  date  the
                      consolidated   current  assets  of  the  Company  and  its
                      consolidated subsidiaries determined as of such date.

                 (C)  "Consolidated  Current  Liabilities" means at any date (1)
                      the  consolidated  current  liabilities of the company and
                      its  consolidated   subsidiaries  plus  (ii)  the  current
                      liabilities  of any person  (other  than the  Company or a
                      consolidated  subsidiary)  which  are  guaranteed  by  the
                      Company or a consolidated subsidiary, all determined as of
                      such date.

                 (D)  "Net  Increase"  means  at  any  date  the  amount  of the
                      Company's  Consolidated Working Capital shall be in excess
                      of  the  Company's  Consolidated  Working  Capital  as  of
                      January 1, 2001

       (c)  The obligations of the Corporation  under Section 5(a) and (b) shall
            terminate  upon the earlier of (i) the vesting in the  aggregate  of
            5,000,000 Options, or (ii) the termination of Executive's Employment
            hereunder,  for any  reason  or  without  reason.  In the  event  of
            Executive's  termination  of  Employment,  all options that have not
            vested shall expire immediately.

       (d)  Company  hereby agrees that in addition to the amounts to be paid to
            Executive  hereunder,  the  Company  will pay the  Executive a gross
            amount  equal to the  highest  state and  federal  income  tax rates
            multiplied  by ordinary  income  recognized  by Executive due to his
            exercise  of the  Options  granted  under  this  section 5 (the "Tax
            Expense").  The Tax Expense  payable  under this  section 5, if any,
            shall be  subject  to all  applicable  withholding  taxes  and other
            normal payroll  deductions and any other amounts  required by law to
            be withheld  and shall be paid on an annual basis on or before April
            1 of each year. The Executive  hereby  acknowledges  and agrees that
            the  Company  shall not have any  obligation  to pay any Tax Expense
            pursuant to this  Section  5(d) if the Options (or the shares of the
            Company's  common stock received upon their exercise) are registered
            pursuant to Section  5(e) below  prior to the date such  Options are
            exercised by Executive.

       (e)  The Company shall use its best efforts to register the shares of the
            Company's  common stock  underlying  the Options issued to Executive
            upon the  request  of the  Executive.  The term  "register"  for the
            purposes of this Section 5(e) refers to a  registration  effected by
            preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the
            Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  and the declaration or ordering
            of effectiveness of such registration statement.

       (f)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  to the contrary  contained  herein,
            Executive  acknowledges and agrees that by signing this Agreement he
            agrees not to sell any of the Company's Equity  Securities  (whether
            acquired  pursuant to this  agreement or  otherwise)  at a time when
            applicable  laws,  Company  policies  or an  agreement  between  the
            Company and its underwriters  prohibit such sale.  Executive further
            acknowledges  and agrees that this  restriction  will apply,  to any
            position  that he may now, or in the future  hold with the  Company,
            whether as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or any
            subsidiary of the Company.

  6.   Termination  by Company.  The Company  shall have the right to  terminate
       Executive's  employment  hereunder  at any time for any  reason or for no
       reason at all upon thirty (30) days written notice to Executive.

  7.   Termination  By  Executive.  Executive  has the  right to  terminate  his
       employment  under this  Agreement  for any reason or without  reason upon
       thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Company.
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  8.   Board of Directors and Resignation. Throughout the Employment Period, the
       Company may from time to time cause  Executive to be elected to the Board
       and/or  the  board  of  directors   of  the   Company's   affiliates   or
       subsidiaries.  Upon the  termination of Executive's  employment  with the
       Company for any reason,  Executive shall be deemed to have  automatically
       resigned  from any position he may hold with the Company,  including  any
       offices or board  memberships  with the Company  and/or its affiliates or
       subsidiaries.  Such  resignation  shall be deemed  effective  immediately
       without the  requirement  that a written  resignation  be delivered.  The
       Executive  shall  execute  any  agreements  to  further  effectuate  such
       resignations that are reasonably requested by the Company.

  9.   Compensation After Termination. If Executive is terminated by the Company
       or  Executive  voluntarily  terminates  his  employment,  he shall not be
       entitled to any compensation following his date of termination.

  10.  Confidential Information.  The Executive acknowledges that he has had and
       will  have  access  to  certain  information  related  to  the  business,
       operations,  future plan and customers of the Company,  the disclosure or
       use of which  could  cause the Company  substantial  losses and  damages.
       Accordingly, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter,  Executive
       shall keep secret and retain in the strictest confidence,  and shall not,
       without the prior written consent of the Board,  furnish, make available,
       or  disclose  to any third party or use for the benefit of himself or for
       the  benefit  of  any  third   party,   any   Confidential   Information.
       "Confidential  Information"  shall mean any  information  relating to the
       business  or affairs  of the  Company,  including,  but not  limited  to,
       information  relating  to  financial  statements,   customer  identities,
       potential customers,  employees, suppliers, servicing methods, equipment,
       programs, strategies and information,  analyses, profit margins, computer
       programs  and software  (including  object code and source  code),  past,
       current,  and  planned  research  and  development,  market  studies  and
       business  plans,   all  inventions  and  ideas  (whether   patentable  or
       unpatentable  and whether or not  reduced to  practice),  trademarks  and
       service marks, corporate logos, or other proprietary  information used by
       the  Company  in  connection  with  its  business  operations;  provided,
       however, that Confidential  Information shall not include any information
       which is in the public domain or becomes known in the industry through no
       wrongful act on part of the Executive.  Executive  acknowledges  that the
       Confidential   Information   is  vital,   sensitive,   confidential   and
       proprietary to the Company.

  11.  Inventions.  Each Invention shall belong exclusively to the Company.  The
       Executive acknowledges that all of the Inventions are works made for hire
       and the property of the Company,  including any copyrights,  patents,  or
       other  intellectual   property  rights  pertaining   thereto.  If  it  is
       determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive
       hereby assigns to the Company all of the Executive's  right,  title,  and
       interest,   including  all  rights  of  copyright,   patent,   and  other
       intellectual  property  rights,  to  or  in  such  Inventions.  The  term
       "Invention"  shall  mean any idea,  invention,  technique,  modification,
       process,  or  improvement  (whether  patentable or not),  any  industrial
       design  (whether  registerable  or not), any mask work,  however fixed or
       encoded,  that is  suitable  to be fixed,  embedded  or  programmed  in a
       semiconductor  product  (whether  recordable  or  not),  and any  work of
       authorship  (whether or not copyright  protection may be obtained for it)
       created,  conceived,  or developed by the Executive,  either solely or in
       conjunction with others,  during the Employment  Period, or a period that
       includes a portion of the Employment Period,  that relates in any way to,
       or is useful in any manner  in, the  business  then  being  conducted  or
       proposed to be conducted by the Company, and any such item created by the
       Executive,  either  solely  or  in  conjunction  with  others,  following
       termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, that is based
       upon  or  uses  Confidential  Information.   Furthermore,  the  Executive
       covenants that he will promptly:

       (a)  disclose to the Company in writing any Invention;

       (b)  assign to the Company or to a party  designated  by the Company,  at
            the Company's request and without  additional  compensation,  all of
            the Executive's right to the Invention for the United States and all
            foreign jurisdictions;
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       (c)  execute and deliver to the Company such  applications,  assignments,
            and other documents as the Company may request in order to apply for
            and  obtain  patents  or other  registrations  with  respect  to any
            Invention in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions;

       (d)  sign all other papers necessary to carry out the above  obligations;
            and

       (e)  give  testimony  and render any other  assistance  in support of the
            Company's rights to any Invention.

  12.  Return of Company Materials Upon Termination. Executive acknowledges that
       all price lists,  manuals,  catalogs,  binders,  customer lists and other
       customer information,  supplier lists, financial  information,  and other
       records or  documents  containing  Confidential  Information  prepared by
       Executive or coming into Executive's  possession by virtue of Executive's
       employment by the Company is and shall remain the property of the Company
       upon  termination of Executive's  employment  hereunder.  Executive shall
       return  immediately  to the  Company  all such  items  in his  possession
       together with all copies thereof.

  13.  Right to Injunctive  Relief. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that a
       violation of the covenants contained in Sections 8, 10, 11 and 12 of this
       Agreement will cause  irreparable  damage to the Company,  and that it is
       and will be  impossible  to estimate or determine the damage that will be
       suffered by the Company in the event of a breach by the  Executive of any
       such covenant.  Therefore, the Executive further agrees that in the event
       of any violation or threatened  violation of such covenants,  the Company
       shall be entitled as a matter of course to an injunction out of any court
       of  competent  jurisdiction  restraining  such  violation  or  threatened
       violation by the Executive,  such right to an injunction to be cumulative
       and in addition to whatever other remedies the Company may have.

  14.  Representation  by the  Executive.  The Executive  hereby  represents and
       warrants that the execution of this Agreement and the  performance of his
       duties and  obligations  hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with
       any other  agreement to which he is a party or by which he is bound,  and
       that he is not now subject to any covenant against competition or similar
       covenant which would affect the performance of his duties hereunder.

  15.  Assignment.  This Agreement is personal and shall in no way be subject to
       assignment by the Executive or the Company  without the permission of the
       other provided,  however, that the Company shall have the right to assign
       all or any part of its rights or obligations  under this Agreement to (i)
       any affiliate or subsidiary of the Company,  or (ii) the purchaser of all
       or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

  16.  Enforceability.  If any portion or provision of this  Agreement  shall to
       any extent be  declared  illegal or  unenforceable  by a duly  authorized
       court of competent jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or
       the application of such portion or provision in circumstances  other than
       those as to which it is so declared illegal or  unenforceable,  shall not
       be affected  thereby,  and each portion and  provision of this  Agreement
       shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

  17.  Notices. All notices and communications required or permitted to be given
       hereunder shall be given by delivering the same in hand or by mailing the
       same by certified or registered mail, return receipt  requested,  postage
       prepaid, as follows:

       If sent to the Company, to:       Advanced Business Sciences, Inc.
                                         Attn:  John Gaukel
                                         3345 North 107th Street
                                         Omaha, Nebraska 68134
                                         Facsimile No.: (402) 498-8812

       with copy to:                     Virgil K. Johnson, Esq.
                                         Erickson & Sederstrom, P.C.
                                         10330 Regency Parkway Drive
                                         Omaha, NE  68114
                                         Facsimile No.: (402) 390-7137

       If to the Executive:              Michael P. May
                                         7622 Fairway Drive
                                         Omaha, NE  68152

       or such other  address as either party shall have  furnished to the other
       by  like  notice.  Notices  shall  be  effective  as of the  date of such
       delivery or mailing.
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  18.  Entire  Agreement.  This Agreement  constitutes the entire  agreement and
       understanding  between the  parties in  relation  to the  subject  matter
       hereof and there are no promises, representations, conditions, provisions
       or terms related  thereto  other than those set forth in this  Agreement.
       This  Agreement  supersedes all previous  understandings,  agreements and
       representations  between  the  Company and the  Executive  regarding  the
       Executive's employment by the Company, written or oral.

  19.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  This Agreement shall be construed under and
       be  governed  in all  respects  by the  internal  laws,  and not the laws
       pertaining  to choice or conflicts of law, of the State of Nebraska.  Any
       actions or proceedings seeking to enforce any provision of this Agreement
       shall be brought only in the federal or state courts  situated in Douglas
       County, Nebraska and each of the Parties hereby consents to the exclusive
       jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objection to venue or personal
       jurisdiction.

  20.  Waiver;  Amendment.  No  waiver  in  any  instance  by any  party  of any
       provision  of this  Agreement  shall be deemed a waiver by such  party of
       such provision in any other  instance or a waiver of any other  provision
       hereunder in any instance.  This Agreement  cannot be modified  except in
       writing signed by the party to be charged.

  21.  Counterparts.  This  Agreement may be executed in multiple  counterparts,
       each of which  shall  be  deemed  an  original,  but all of  which  taken
       together shall constitute one in the same Agreement.

  22.  Headings.  Interpretation. The descriptive headings in this Agreement are
       inserted for  convenience  of  reference  only and are not intended to be
       part of or affect the meaning or  interpretation  of this Agreement.  The
       use of the word  "including" in this Agreement shall be by way of example
       rather than by limitation.

  23.  Survival. Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 shall survive and continue in
       full  force and effect in  accordance  with  their  terms and  conditions
       notwithstanding any termination of the Executive's employment hereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  Company has caused its duly authorized  officers to execute
this Agreement, and Executive has executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.

                                             Advanced Business Sciences, Inc.,


                                             /s/ John Gaukel
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             John Gaukel, President

                                             EXECUTIVE:

                                             /s/ Michael P. May
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Michael P. May