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Exhibit 10.15

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT RELATING TO BUSINESS INFORMATION,

TRADE SECRETS AND NON-COMPETITION

     THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 28 day of May, 2006,
by and between Research Pharmaceutical Search, Inc. d/b/a Research Pharmaceutical Services,
Inc., including business entities owned, controlled, operated, or otherwise affiliated with,
related to, or a subsidiary of the corporation (hereinafter collectively referred to as
“RPS”) and Harris Koffer (hereinafter referred to as “Employee”).

RECITALS

     RPS is in the pharmaceutical and clinical research industry and its business involves 1)
business process outsourcing for research and development segment of pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies; 2) outsourcing for Phase II and III clinical trials 3) recruitment and
recruitment management for Clinical Trials; 4) personnel searches for Clinical Trials; 5) providing
services and personnel in support of projects conducted by pharmaceutical companies; 6) personnel
staffing assessment and training, and desires to employ Employee in connection with such business
activity; 7) Contract Research Organization (CRO) for Phase 2-4 Clinical Trials. RPS has expended
substantial amounts of time, money and expertise in developing, perfecting and maintaining its
confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets, and desires to impart such information
to Employee, but only on the condition that such information will be used solely for RPS’s benefit
and not in competition with or to the detriment of RPS.

     In connection with Employee’s duties, Employee will receive training and will have
access to and/or be provided with and, in some circumstances, will prepare and create confidential
and proprietary business information and trade secrets belonging to RPS.

     As a condition to Employee’s employment with RPS, RPS has required assurance by Employee that
RPS’s confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets will be fully protected
as hereinafter provided and that both during and after employment Employee will not compete against
RPS except as hereinafter permitted; and Employee is desirous of accepting the offer of employment
with RPS and the substantial benefits to Employee flowing therefrom, and as a condition thereof
Employee is willing and has agreed to abide by and faithfully observe the obligations of Employee
set forth herein.

     THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants provided RPS
and Employee, intending to be legally bound, hereby promise and agree as follows:

	1.	 	Acknowledgments of Employee.

     Employee acknowledges that, in connection with Employee’s employment and in consideration
of this Agreement, Employee will receive substantial consideration, including but not limited to
training, salary, cash bonuses and employee benefits, severance related to, and contingent upon
Employee’s compliance with, the restrictive covenants herein, and the opportunity for future
advancement in RPS. Employee further acknowledges that all benefits and potential benefits to
Employee from employment are conferred by RPS upon Employee on condition of Employee’s willingness
to commit Employee’s best efforts and loyalty to RPS, including abiding by the confidentiality,
noncompetition and other provisions hereof. Employee also acknowledges that any breach by Employee
of this Agreement will constitute a violation of the terms and conditions of the employment
relationship between Employee and RPS and may result in the immediate

      

					
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termination by RPS of the employment relationship which is “at-will”, including salary
and benefits. Employee further acknowledges that, in the event of any violation of this Agreement
by Employee, monetary damages alone will be inadequate to compensate RPS and RPS shall be entitled
to injunctive relief against Employee in addition to any other remedies provided by law or in
equity.

	2.	 	Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets

     a. Employee recognizes and acknowledges that during the term of employment with RPS, Employee
will have access to, learn, be provided with and, in some cases, will prepare and create certain
confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets of RPS, including but not
limited to business methods, trade secrets, confidential information, ideas, inventions or research
and development information; client and candidate information; client and candidate lists; and
prospective client and candidate lists and information; the terms of contracts and proposals;
product technology and product development strategies; notes, know-how, processes or techniques;
pricing policies, methods of delivering services and products, marketing and sales methods and
strategies; identities or lists of RPS employees, contractors, agents, representatives and
investors; employment, payroll and salary structure/compensation information; forecasts, budgets,
projections and other non-public financial information; information about the internal organization
and business structure of RPS and the work assignments or capabilities of RPS employees and
officers; expansion plans, management policies and other business strategies and policies, software
configurations, computer codes and instructions, computer inputs and outputs (regardless of the
media on which stored or located), and computer processing systems, techniques, designs,
architecture, and interfaces; and any other information which, if divulged to a third party, could
have an adverse impact on RPS, or on any third party to which RPS owes a confidentiality
obligation, all of which are of substantial value to RPS (the “Confidential Information”).

     b. Employee understands and agrees that if, during employment or at any time thereafter,
Employee discloses to third parties, uses for Employee’s own benefit or for the benefit of third
parties, or copies or makes notes of any of the Confidential Information except as may by required
by Employee’s duties with RPS or by law or legal process, such conduct shall constitute a breach of
the confidence and trust bestowed upon Employee by RPS, and Employee expressly agrees that
injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedies provided by law or in equity, shall be
necessary and appropriate.

     c. Employee agrees that she will not, at any time, whether during or after her employment with
RPS, directly or indirectly, use, publish, disclose, reveal or otherwise make available in any
manner whatsoever to any person or entity, whether in oral, written, graphic, electronic or other
form, any Confidential Information, except that which is public knowledge, of or relating to the
business of RPS without the express prior written consent of RPS, unless required by law or legal
process.

     d. In the event Employee is served with a subpoena or other legal process that may
require Employee to disclose Confidential Information, Employee agrees to immediately provide the
Company with notice of such event in order to permit the Company an opportunity to seek appropriate
relief to prevent the disclosure of its Confidential Information.

     e. Employee agrees to return to RPS, either before or immediately upon the termination of
Employee’s employment with RPS (regardless of the manner of such termination), or at any other time
upon the request of RPS, any and all written information, materials or

      

					
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equipment which constitutes, contains or relates in any way to the Confidential
Information and any other documents, equipment and materials of any kind relating in any way to the
business of RPS which are or may be in the possession, custody and control of Employee and which
are or may be the property of RPS, whether confidential or not, including any and all copies
thereof.

	3.	 	Non-competition.
	 
	 	 	Employee agrees that:

          a. During Employee’s employment with RPS, Employee will not compete in any way with RPS,
directly or indirectly, and will not consult with or accept employment with or have any interest in
any business, firm, person, partnership, corporation or other entity (“Business”), whether as an
employee, officer, director, shareholder (with the exception of less than 5% of the shares of
public companies whereby Employee’s ownership existed prior to the date of this Agreement), agent,
security holder, creditor, consultant or otherwise (“Interested Person”), which engages in the
performance of or provides the same or similar service or products as provided by RPS to any
individual or entity or which competes with RPS, directly or indirectly, in any aspect of RPS’s
business.

          b. During the Employee’s employment with RPS, and (i) to the extent Employee is terminated by
the Company under circumstances that would permit the Employee to receive severance, or Employee
terminates for Good Reason then for the period during which severance is payable to Employee (which
period shall be either six or twelve months pursuant to the terms of the Employee’s Employment
Agreement); and (ii) for the twelve month period following Employee’s resignation from employment,
for other than Good Reason or termination for Cause (as defined in Employee’s Employment
Agreement), Employee, without the express prior written consent of RPS, will not compete in any way
with RPS, directly or indirectly, and will not consult with, accept employment with, or have any
interest in any Business, whether alone or as an Interested Person, which engages in the
performance of or provides the same or similar services as provided by RPS to any individual or
entity or which competes with RPS, directly or indirectly, in any aspect of the business of RPS
within the United States. Employee specifically agrees to the above geographic restriction since
the principal means by which RPS business is conducted is through email, telephonic and mail
communications. The time periods identified in Sections 3(b)(i) and (ii) herein shall be referred
to as the “Restricted Period”).

          c. During the Employee’s employment with RPS and for a period of twelve (12) months) following
the date that Employee ceases to be employed by RPS for any reason, Employee will not, without the
express prior written consent of RPS, directly or indirectly, whether alone or as an Interested
Person, solicit, induce, divert, take away, or render competing services to any current client or
recruitment candidate of RPS or a prospective client or recruitment candidate of RPS with whom RPS
dealt, contacted or solicited within two (2) years preceding Employee’s termination of employment
with RPS.

          d. During the Employee’s employment with RPS and for a period of twelve (12) months Employee
ceases to be employed by RPS for any reason, Employee will not, without the express prior written
consent of RPS, directly or indirectly, whether alone or as an Interested Person, solicit, induce,
divert, take away, or render competing services to any current client or recruitment candidate of
RPS or a prospective client or recruitment candidate of RPS with whom Employee dealt, contacted or
solicited on behalf of RPS within two (2) years preceding Employee’s termination of employment with
RPS.

           

					
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          e. During the Employee’s employment with RPS and for a period of two (2) years following
the date that Employee ceases to be employed by RPS for any reason, Employee will not, directly or
indirectly, whether alone or as an Interested Person, solicit, attempt to solicit or otherwise
influence or attempt to influence, any of RPS’s recruitment candidates or personnel (including but
not limited to RPS’s employees, contractors, consultants or agents) to apply for or accept any
employment or consulting positions with Employee, any Business or other entity or individual with
whom Employee is connected.

          f. Employee shall not, at any time during or after Employee’s employment with RPS, make or
publish any negative or disparaging statements or communications about RPS or any director, officer
or employee of RPS.

	4.	 	Representations of Employee.

     Employee hereby represents that Employee has read and fully understands Employee’s duties and
obligations as set forth herein and that such duties and obligations would not unduly · restrict or
curtail Employee’s legitimate efforts to earn a livelihood following any termination of Employee’s
employment with RPS.

	5.	 	Remedies.

     The parties hereto agree to the reasonableness of the restrictions, duties and obligations set
forth above and acknowledge that each party has obtained all professional advice that such party
deems necessary for full understanding of the consequences hereof and thereafter voluntarily
executed and entered into this Agreement. In the event of a breach of this Agreement, Employee
agrees that RPS shall be entitled, in addition to any other available remedies, to temporary and
permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of posting a bond and to expedited discovery.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any court shall determine such restrictions to be unreasonable,
the parties agree to the reformation of such restrictions by the court to limits that it finds to
be reasonable and that Employee will not assert that such restrictions should be eliminated in
their entirety by such court. In addition, in the event that Employee breaches paragraph 2 and/or
paragraph 3 of this Agreement pertaining to Confidential Business Information, Trade Secrets and
Noncompetition, or violates or fails to fulfill and perform any terms or conditions of those
paragraphs, Employee agrees that the damages arising as a consequence of each violation or breach
may be difficult to ascertain and that therefore RPS shall be entitled to liquidated damages in the
amount of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars or shall be entitled to its actual or real damages, as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Further, if RPS enforces any of the above
provisions that have a fixed term, then such term will be extended for a period of time equal to
the duration of the breach and the damages resulting therefrom.

	6.	 	Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights.

     a. If at any time or times during Employee’s employment, he shall (either alone or with
others), make, conceive, create, discover, develop, invent or reduce to practice any invention,
drawing, model, contrivance, structure, specification, modification, discovery, creation, idea,
concept, design, development, improvement, process, software program, work of authorship, patent,
patent application, documentation, research, information, formula, data, or any other items, work
or contribution (“Developments”), whether patented or patentable (whether by renewal or otherwise),
registered or registrable (whether by renewal or otherwise), or protected or capable of protection
under patent, copyright, trademark or similar statutes or subject to

      

					
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analogous
protection (“Legal Protection”) that (i) relates to the business of RPS (including,
without limitation, any of the products or services being developed, manufactured or sold by RPS)
or any client of, or supplier to, RPS, or which may be used in relation with any of the foregoing;
(ii) results from tasks assigned to Employee by RPS; or (iii) results from the use of premises or
personal property (whether tangible or intangible) owned, leased or contracted for by RPS, such
Developments, and the entire unencumbered right, title and interest that Employee may have or
acquire therein in any country throughout the world, and their resulting benefits (collectively,
“Rights”) are and shall immediately become the sole and absolute property of RPS, as ''work made
for hire” or otherwise.

     b. To the extent that any Rights in or to any Development do not vest automatically in RPS
under this Agreement or at law Employee shall, at the request of RPS, promptly assign and transfer
to RPS or its nominee all Rights in or to such Development.

     c. Employee hereby irrevocably assigns to RPS, without further compensation, all of Employee’s
Rights with respect to the Developments. To ensure RPS’s ownership of the” Developments, Employee
shall promptly:

	 	i.	 	Disclose each Development to RPS (or any persons or entities designated
by it), and without disclosing the same to others, communicate to RPS, without
cost or delay, and without disclosing the same to others, all available
information relating to the Developments (with all necessary plans and models);
and

ii. During Employee’s employment and at any time or times thereafter, at the
request of RPS, sign, execute, make and do all such deeds, documents, acts and
things as RPS and its duly authorized agents may reasonably require to (a) apply
for, obtain, register, vest, renew and restore, in the name of RPS alone (unless
RPS otherwise directs), any Rights with respect to the Developments under Legal
Protection in any country throughout the world; and (b) provide reasonable
assistance to RPS in defending any judicial, opposition or other proceedings,
petitions or applications in respect of such Legal Protection relating to a
Development, or the revocation thereof at RPS’s cost and expense.

     d. In the event RPS is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure Employee’s signature on any
application for Legal Protection relating to a Development, whether because of Employee’s physical
or mental incapacity, Employee hereby irrevocably appoints RPS and its duly authorized officers and
agents as Employee’s agent and power of attorney, to act for and in Employee’s behalf and to
execute and file any such applications or other documents and to do all other lawfully permitted
acts to further the issuance and prosecution of Legal Protection thereon with the same legal force
and effect as if executed by Employee.

	7.	 	General.

	 	a.	 	No failure on the part of any party to exercise and no delay in exercising any right,
power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any
other right, power or remedy.

      

					
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	 	b.	 	This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and
representations, whether oral or written. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, this
Agreement shall be read in conjunction with the Employee’s Employment Agreement and
Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement.
	 
	 	c.	 	This Agreement shall not be modified, supplemented or terminated orally, but only by an
agreement in writing signed by all of the parties hereto.
	 
	 	d.	 	Any headings preceding the text of the several paragraphs and subparagraphs hereof are
inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this
Agreement, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect.
	 
	 	e.	 	If any terms or provisions of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, the
remainder of the Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
	 
	 	f.	 	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Employee hereby consents to exclusive
personal jurisdiction and venue within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
	 
	 	g.	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee and all of Employee’s heirs and legal
representatives and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of RPS and its
successors and assigns.
	 
	 	h.	 	Any notices required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be sufficient if
hand-delivered or if sent by RPS by certified mail, postage prepaid, to Employee’s
then-current residential address as shown in the employment records of RPS, and if sent by
Employee by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the headquarters of RPS. All notices given
hereunder shall be deemed given on the day of hand-delivery or three (3) days after being
sent by certified mail. Either party may change its address and must give the other party
written notice of said change.

(Signature page is on the following page)

      

					
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have
duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

	 	 	 

	Research Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
	 
	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Daniel Perlman
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Name:

	 	Daniel Perlman
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Title:

	 	CEO
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Date:

	 	5/28/06
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Harris Koffer
	 
	Harris Koffer, Pharm.D
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	5/28/06
	 
	Date
	 	 
	 
	 	 

					
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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT signed the 17th day of June, 2010 (the “Agreement”) by and
between DRI CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”) with principal offices at
Durham, North Carolina and KATHLEEN OHER (the “Executive”).

     WHEREAS, Executive and Company desire to establish an Employment Agreement in which Executive
is being hired with benefits and consideration related to terms of severance and certain other
matters and in which Company is receiving additional benefits and consideration related to
non-competition and non-disclosure.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and mutual covenants herein
contained the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Employment. The Company agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to
serve the Company as its Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.

     2. Position and Responsibilities. The Executive shall exert her best efforts and
devote full time and attention to the affairs of the Company. The Executive shall have the
authority and responsibility given by the general direction, approval and control of the Chief
Executive Officer and subject to the restrictions, limitations and guidelines set forth by the
Board of Directors.

     3. Term of Employment. The term of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement
shall be deemed to commence on June 28, 2010, and shall continue until June 30, 2012 (the “Initial
Term”), subject to extension as hereinafter provided or termination pursuant to the provisions set
forth hereafter. The term of Executive’s employment shall be automatically sequentially extended
for additional one-year terms upon expiration of the Initial Term, or additional terms, unless
either party hereto receives 90 days’ prior written notice from the other electing not to extend
the Executive’s employment. Compensation during the term shall be that set forth in Section 5
hereof, unless one of the termination provisions overrides.

     4. Duties. During the period of her employment

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hereunder and except for illness, specified vacation periods and reasonable leaves of absence,
the Executive shall devote her best efforts and full attention and skill to the business and
affairs of the Company and its affiliated companies as such business and affairs now exist and as
they may be hereinafter defined.

     5. Compensation. The Company shall pay to the Executive as compensation for her
services the sum of $250,000 per year, payable pursuant to established Company pay policy. In
addition, the Executive shall receive such additional compensation and/or bonuses as may be voted
to her in the discretion of the Company CEO, subject to approval of the Compensation Committee of
the Company Board of Directors on the basis of the value of such Executive’s services to the
Company. Currently there is in effect a 2010 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan in which
Executive shall be eligible to participate.

     In the event of the occurrence of a “triggering event” which shall be defined to include a (i)
change in ownership in one or a series of transactions of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of
the Company, or (ii) merger, consolidation, reorganization or liquidation of the Company, and
following such triggering event either (i) the Executive elects to terminate this agreement or (ii)
the Executive’s services are terminated by the Company or the Executive or the executive’s duties,
authority or responsibilities are substantially diminished, the Executive shall receive lump sum
compensation equal to two times her annual salary and incentive or bonus payments, if any, as shall
have been paid to the Executive during the Company’s most recent 12-month period within 30 days of
the triggering event. If the total amount of the change of control compensation were to exceed
three (3) times the Executive’s base amount (the average annual taxable compensation of the
Executive for the five (5) years preceding the year in which the change of control occurs), the
Company and the Executive agree to reduce the lump sum compensation to be received by Executive in
order to avoid the imposition of the golden parachute tax as provided in the Tax Reform Act of
1984, as amended by the Tax Return Act of 1986.

     In the event the Executive is required to hire counsel to negotiate on her behalf in
connection with her termination or resignation from the Company upon the occurrence of a
triggering event, or in order to enforce the rights and obligations of the Company as provided in
this paragraph, the

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Company shall reimburse to the Executive all reasonable attorneys’ fees which may be expended
by the Executive in seeking to enforce the terms hereof. Such reimbursement shall be paid every 30
days after the Executive provides copies of invoices from the Executive’s counsel to the Company.
However, such invoices may be redacted to preserve the attorney-client privilege, client
confidentiality or work product.

     6. Expense Reimbursement. The Company will reimburse the Executive, at least monthly,
for all reasonable and necessary expenses, including without limitation, travel expenses,
professional retention expenses and reasonable entertainment expenses, incurred by her in carrying
out her duties under this Agreement. The Executive shall present to the Company each month an
account of such expenses in such form as is reasonably required.

     7. Medical and Dental Coverage. The Executive will be eligible to participate in the
Company’s employee group medical and other group insurance programs on the same basis as other
similarly situated executives of the Company. Any other benefits offered to personnel in the
Company similar to Executive shall also be offered to Executive upon the same terms.

     8. Medical Examination. The Executive agrees to submit herself for physical
examination on one occasion per year as and if requested by the Company; provided, however, that
the Company shall bear the entire cost of such examinations.

     9. Vacation Time. The Executive shall be entitled each year to a reasonable vacation
in accordance with the established practices of the Company, now or hereafter in effect for the
executive personnel, during which time the Executive’s compensation shall be paid in full.

     10. Benefits Payable on Disability. If the Executive becomes disabled from performing
services hereunder by reason of illness or other physical or mental incapacity, the Company shall
continue to pay the Executive her then current salary hereunder for the first six (6) months of
such continuous disability commencing with the first date of such disability.

     11. Obligations of Executive During and After Employment.

     (a) The Executive agrees that during the terms of her employment under this Agreement,
she will engage in

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no other business activities directly or indirectly, which are
competitive with or which might place her in a competing position to that of the Company,
or any affiliated company.

     (b) The Executive realizes that during the course of her employment, Executive will
have produced and/or have access to confidential business plans, information, business
opportunity records, notebooks, data, formula, specifications, trade secrets, customer
lists, account lists and secret inventions and processes of the Company and its affiliated
companies, which may or may not be labeled “confidential” (hereinafter sometimes referred
to as “Confidential Information”).

     Therefore, during or subsequent to her employment by the Company, or by an affiliated
company, the Executive agrees to hold in confidence and not to directly or indirectly
disclose or use or copy or make lists of any Confidential Information, except to the extent
authorized by the Company in writing. All records, files, business plans, documents,
equipment and the like, or copies thereof, relating to Company’s business, or the business
of an affiliated company, which Executive shall prepare, or use, or come into contact with,
shall remain the sole property of the Company, or of an affiliated company, and shall not
be removed from the Company’s or the affiliated company’s premises without its written
consent, and shall be promptly returned to the Company upon termination of employment with
the Company and its affiliated companies. During Executive’s employment, Company maintains
a right at all times, which is acknowledged by Executive, to examine all of Executive’s
computer files, e-mail messages and business-related documentation on Executive’s computer
or laptop provided by the Company. The restrictions and obligations of Executive set forth
in this Section 11(b) shall not apply to (i) information that is or becomes generally
available and known to the industry (other than as a result of a disclosure directly or
indirectly by Executive); or (ii) information that was known to Executive prior to
Executive’s employment by the Company or its predecessor.

     (c) Because of employment by Company, Executive shall have access to trade secrets and
confidential information
about Company, its business plans, its business accounts, its business opportunities,
its expansion plans and its

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methods of doing business. Executive agrees that for a period
of six (6) months after termination or expiration of employment, Executive will not,
directly or indirectly, in a same or similar employment compete with Company in its then
present business or anticipated lines of business in any geographic area in which Company
competes or has planned to do business on the effective date of termination as set forth in
its most recent Strategic Business Plan in the same or similar scope of employment Executive
had with Company. Executive further agrees that she shall not have any direct or indirect
contact with any customers of the Company for the purpose of soliciting any competing
business; and Executive shall not solicit any employees of the Company to terminate their
employment for any reason, whether competitive or not.

     (d) With respect to Inventions made or conceived by the Executive since the time she
began work with the Company, whether or not during the hours of her employment or with the
use of the Company facilities, materials, or personnel, either solely or jointly with
others during her employment by the Company or within one year after termination of such
employment if based on or related to Confidential Information, and without royalty or any
other consideration, the following shall apply:

          (i) Inventions. “Inventions” shall mean discoveries, concepts, and ideas,
whether patentable or not, including, but not limited to, processes, methods, formulas,
programs, and techniques, as well as improvements or know-how, concerning any present or
prospective activities of the Company with which the Executive becomes acquainted as a
result of her employment by the Company.

          (ii) Reports. The Executive shall inform the Company promptly and fully of
such Inventions by a written report, setting forth in detail the procedures employed and
the results achieved. A report will be submitted by the Executive upon completion of any
studies or research projects undertaken on the Company’s behalf, whether or not in the
Executive’s opinion a given project has resulted in an Invention.

          (iii) Patents. The Executive shall apply, at
the Company’s request and expense, for United States and foreign letter patent either
in the Executive’s name or

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otherwise as the Company shall desire.

          (iv) Assignment. The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the
Company all rights to such Inventions, and to applications for United States and/or foreign
letters patent and to United States and/or foreign letters patent granted upon such
Inventions.

          (v) Cooperation. The Executive shall acknowledge and deliver promptly to the
Company, without charge to the Company but at its expense, such written instruments and do
such other acts, such as giving testimony in support of the Executive’s inventorship, as
may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to obtain and maintain United States and/or
foreign letters patent and to vest the entire right and title thereto in the Company.

          (vi) Use. The Company shall also have the royalty-free right to do business,
and to make, use, and sell products, processes, and/or services derived from any
inventions, discoveries, concepts, and ideas, whether or not patentable, including, but not
limited to, processes, methods, formulas, and techniques, as well as improvements or
know-how, whether or not within the scope of inventions, but which are conceived or made by
the Executive during the hours which she is employed by the Company or with the use or
assistance of the Company’s facilities, materials, or personnel, or within the period set
forth in this Section 11.

     (e) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Section
11 to be so overbroad as to be unenforceable, then such provision shall be reduced in scope
by the court, but only to the extent deemed necessary by the court to render the provision
reasonable and enforceable, it being the Executive’s intention to provide the Company with
the broadest protection possible against harmful competition.

     12. Nonsolicitation of Employees. Executive undertakes and agrees that during the
term of this Agreement and for a period of twelve (12) months after this Agreement shall be
terminated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, she will not, without the prior written approval
of the Company solicit any other employees with regard to working for a competitor.

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     In the event the Company shall establish to the satisfaction of a court of competent
jurisdiction the existence of a breach or threatened breach by Executive of Sections 11 or 12, the
Company, in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have, shall be entitled to an
injunction restraining the Executive from doing or continuing to do any such act in violation of
this section, as well as attorney’s fees and costs of prosecution to enforce this Agreement, if
the Company ultimately prevails on the merits.

     13. Termination for Cause by the Company. The Company may, without liability or
additional obligation, terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for cause at any time upon
written notice from the CEO specifying such cause, and thereafter the Company’s obligations
hereunder shall cease and terminate; provided, however, that such written notice shall not be
delivered until after the CEO shall have given the Executive written notice specifying the conduct
alleged to have constituted such cause and the Executive has failed to cure such conduct, if
curable, within fifteen (15) days following receipt of such notice.

     Grounds for termination “for cause” are one or more of the following:

     (a) A willful breach of a material duty by the Executive during the course of her
employment;

     (b) Habitual neglect of a material duty by the Executive;

     (c) Fraud on the Company, conviction of a felony involving or against the Company, or
conviction of a crime of moral turpitude that affects the integrity and name of the
Company.

     If applicable, Executive shall resign as a director and an officer of the Company if
terminated for cause.

     14. Termination by the Executive or the Company Without Cause.

     (a) The Executive, without cause, may terminate this Agreement upon 90 days prior
written notice to the
Company. In such event, the Executive shall be required to render the services
required under this Agreement

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during such 90-day period unless otherwise directed by the
CEO. Compensation for vacation time not taken by Executive shall be paid to the Executive
at the date of termination. Executive shall be paid for only the ninety (90) day period, if
actually required to work, pursuant to normal pay practices and then all obligations
regarding pay shall cease.

     (b) The Company, without cause, may terminate this Agreement. In such event, the
Company shall pay a severance allowance equal to nine (9) months of the base salary payable
at regular scheduled pay periods over the period. Said severance shall be subject to
mitigation should Employee obtain other employment during the severance period by the
amount earned by the Employee during the severance period regardless of when paid or to be
paid.

     If applicable, Executive shall resign as a director and an officer of the Company if
terminated by the Executive or the Company without Cause.

     15. Termination upon Death of Executive. In addition to any other provision relating
to the termination, this Agreement shall terminate upon the Executive’s death. In such event, the
Company shall pay a severance allowance equal to three (3) months of the base salary without
bonuses to the Executive’s estate.

     16. Arbitration. Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of, or relating to,
this Agreement and/or its interpretation, except any controversy, dispute or interpretation arising
out of §§11 and 12, shall, unless resolved by agreement of the parties, be settled by binding
arbitration in Charlotte, North Carolina in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration
Association then existing. This Agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable under the
prevailing arbitration law of the State of North Carolina. The award rendered by the arbitrator(s)
shall be final and judgment may be entered upon the award in any court of the State of North
Carolina having jurisdiction of the matter. Any controversy or dispute involving §§11 and 12 of
this Agreement shall be submitted to litigation in the Superior Court of Gaston County, North
Carolina, or to the Federal Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at the discretion of
the Plaintiff, and the employee and Company agree that venue and
jurisdiction shall so lie and that North Carolina law shall control such proceeding.

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     17. General Provisions. The Executive’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
shall not be transferable by assignment or otherwise, nor shall Executive’s rights be subject to
encumbrance or to the claims of the Company’s creditors. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent
the consolidation of the Company with, or its merger into, any other corporation, or the sale by
the Company of all or substantially all of its property or assets or assignment via
reincorporation.

     (a) This Agreement and the rights of Executive with respect to the benefits of
employment referred to herein constitute the entire Agreement between the parties hereto in
respect of the employment of the Executive by the Company and supersede any and all other
agreements either oral or in writing between the parties hereto with respect to the
employment of the Executive.

     (b) The provisions of this Agreement shall be regarded as divisible, and if any of said
provisions or any part thereof are declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction or in an arbitration proceeding, the validity and enforceability of the
remainder of such provisions or parts thereof and the applicability thereof shall not be
affected thereby.

     (c) This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written instrument
executed by Company and Executive.

     (d) This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina.

     18. Construction. Throughout this Agreement the singular shall include the plural, and
the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine and neuter shall include the feminine,
wherever the context so requires.

     19. Text to Control. The headings of paragraphs and sections are included solely for
convenience of reference. If any conflict between any heading and the text of this Agreement
exists, the text shall control.

     20. Authority. The officer executing this agreement on behalf of the Company has been
empowered and directed to do so

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by the CEO and Board of Directors of the Company.

     21. Gender. In construing this Agreement, it is the parties’ intention that
definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined,
and references to the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include each other gender.

	 	 	 	 	 
	COMPANY: 	DRI CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ David L. Turney
 	 
	 	 	Title  	Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	EXECUTIVE: 	/s/ Kathleen Oher
 	 (SEAL) 
	 	KATHLEEN OHER 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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