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Ulysses S. Curry Jr., Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Curry has over 25 years of corporate lending and financing experience as a credit officer and analysts with several of the largest U.S. banks and financial services companies – including Bank of America, Citicorp, Xerox Credit Corporation, and ITT Capital: and, has completed institutional financings exceeding $800 million in alternative energy projects, medical devices, health care, technology, and commercial real estate investments to development stage, emerging growth, and middle market companies. Mr. Curry is formerly Chief Financial Officer of Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ:ARAY), a medical device company, where he helped to restructure the company’s equity, raised additional capital to support growth, and directed operations enabling the company to meet its operating and financial objectives at a critical period in the company’s development. Mr. Curry holds a MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a BA degree in Economics from Bishop College, Dallas, Texas.
Carl Page, Chief Technology Officer: Mr. Page, chief technology
officer and director, was a co-founder of eGroups, Inc., where he helped build
a network of 14 million users who relied on eGroups to support Web-based collaborative
work efforts. eGroups was eventually acquired by Yahoo! in 2000 for more than
$425 million and is today known as Yahoo! Groups.
In addition to Ulysses Curry and Carl Page, the following
persons serve on our Board of Directors:
Bill Keating, Director: Mr. Keating has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since October 2004. Since 2006, Mr. Keating has been a private management consultant focused on the clean technology industry advising clients with regard to business strategy and capital raising. In 2005, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Xtend Networks, a division of Vyyo, Inc., a provider of cable television multimedia service router bandwidth solutions. Mr. Keating is a founding member of Nekei, a venture catalyst consulting company formed in 2002, and is a 25-year veteran of the technology industry. A number of recent business ventures for which Mr. Keating helped to arrange funding have either gone public or been successfully acquired. These include Moxi Digital (sold to Paul Allen in 2002) and WebTV (sold to Microsoft in 1997). In addition, from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Keating was General Manager at Microsoft TV, a division of Microsoft that provided broadband middleware for worldwide cable, telco and satellite television. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Keating was Senior Vice President at General Magic, a leading supplier of PDAs and intelligent online services. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Keating was Vice President and General Manager at Rational Software, a leading supplier of software development tools. From 1985 to 1991, he was Director of Technology Marketing at Sun Microsystems, a leading supplier of workstations, servers and enterprise software platforms.
John Durham, Director: Mr. Durham joined our board of directors in September 2008 and has over 20 years of marketing and sales experience specializing in digital media. From July 2007, he has served as Managing General Partner of Catalyst – a strategy firm for digital start-ups and early funding companies. From June 2006 through July 2007 he was the President of Jumpstart Automotive Media an advertising rep firm based in San Francisco. From July 2003 though March 2006, Mr. Durham served as the Executive Vice President, Business Strategy at Carat Fusion, an advertising agency with offices across the country including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was a founder of Pericles Communication, a political digital firm that helped advocacy and political groups tap into interactive marketing. Durham handled the online advertising strategy for five candidates, including the President and four Senate races, and all five won. Mr. Durham is a Founder and Co-chairman of BIG, The Bay Area Interactive Group and is a Professor of Marketing at the University of San Francisco. Mr. Durham currently serves on the Board of GoFish.com (OTC BB: GOFH), a leading entertainment and media company with a focus on reaching kids, teens and moms. In addition to his board responsibilities, Mr. Durham serves on the Audit, Compensation & Nominating committees.
Mart Bailey, Director: Mr. Bailey founded Callaway Private Equity Partners in 2000 to serve the private financing needs of emerging growth companies having worked on over $300 million in venture capital and private equity transactions in the U.S. and China. Prior to Callaway, Mr. Bailey was with Bear Stearns and a Bear Stearns spin-off, The Shemano Group, serving as director of private equity. Currently, Mr. Bailey is the founder of the US China Green Tech Conference Series in San Francisco, Shanghai and Beijing, a dialogue between U.S. and Chinese business leaders working on energy efficiency and renewable and clean energy. He serves on the boards of the Berkeley China Initiative (BCI) and the Berkeley Chinese Alumni International Association (BCAIA), and is an advisor to the Bay Area Council and the Asia Society of Northern California. Mr. Bailey is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Beijing University, with majors in East Asian Studies and Chinese. Mr. Bailey serves on the Audit and Compensation committees.
Jason Lyons, Director: Mr. Lyons has an extensive and diversified career in the financial services industry. From July 2003 to the present, he has served as Chairman of Lyons Capital, which is engaged in strategic consulting and venture capital. Earlier in his career he was a Managing Director at Sunrise Securities Corporation, an investment banking firm assisting public and private firms in obtaining financing, facilitating SPACs, launching IPOs and overseeing PIPE transactions. Mr. Lyons has also held various senior levels positions with investment banking firms, including CIBC, Oppenheimer & Co. and Bear Stearns. During his career he has assisted many public and private companies in various capacities, and has also overseen investments on behalf of institutional clients and high net worth individuals. He is a graduate of Touro College in New York City. Mr. Lyons serves on the Audit Committee as the financial expert, and the Nominating Committee.
Mark Mansfield, Director: Mr. Mansfield is currently the Managing Member of Pacific Ridge Capital, a boutique investment banking platform focused on middle-market M&A primarily in the technology, aerospace/defense and healthcare sectors. Prior to that he served as President of an investment banking platform, Meridian Capital Group Inc., during which he actively oversaw a broad portfolio of investment companies. Meridian Capital Group Inc. was subsequently purchased by E*OFFERING, the investment bank of E*TRADE Corp. After the sale of Meridian, Mr. Mansfield was recruited as a turnaround manager to facilitate the exit of stressed companies within a venture capital fund’s portfolio. Additionally, he designed and facilitated strategic planning workshops throughout the world for the senior management of companies such as Bell Canada, Dow Corning, Kodak, Casa Cuervo, Covance and Pep Boys. He has been a guest lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Webster University and Santa Ana College, and is a member of the advisory board for the Center of Unconventional Security Affairs, University of California, Irvine (UCI). Mr. Mansfield received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BA (Top Honors) from the Royal Military College of Canada; after graduation he was commissioned and served four years as a naval officer. He is on the Board of the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) and is the Co-Chair of the HBSAOC monthly networking breakfast. In addition to his board responsibilities Mr. Mansfield serves the Nominating and Compensation committees.
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