Non-Compete Provisions. The following covenants are made by Employee in partial consideration of the Company’s employment of Employee as described herein (including, but not limited to, the substantial economic investment made by the Company in the employment, education and training of Employee and the compensation and other benefits afforded by the Company to the Employee), as well as the entrustment of customer relationships/goodwill, and the provision of access to the Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. Such covenants were material inducements to the Company in deciding to invest in Employee and giving Employee access to the Company’s Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, customer relationships and goodwill.

Noncompetition. The parties agree that the Company's customer contacts and relations are established and maintained at great expense and by virtue of the Employee's employment with the Company, the Employee will have unique and extensive exposure to and personal contact with the Company's customers, and that Employee will be able to establish a unique relationship with those individuals and entities that will enable Employee, both during and after employment, to unfairly compete with the Company. Further, the parties agree that the terms and conditions of the following restrictive covenants are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the Company's business, trade secrets and confidential information and to prevent great damage or loss to the Company as a result of action taken by the Employee. The Employee acknowledges that the noncompete restrictions and nondisclosure of confidential information restrictions contained in this Agreement are reasonable and the consideration provided for herein is sufficient to fully and adequately compensate the Employee for agreeing to such restrictions. The Employee acknowledges that Employee could continue to actively pursue Employee's career and earn sufficient compensation in the same or similar business without breaching any of the restrictions contained in this Agreement. For purposes of this section 7, Company shall include any subsidiaries of the Company.