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Advisory Board Members:

Ian Ross
Ian Ross has close to 20 years of experience in investment banking and capital markets. Since June 2002 he has been affiliated with Sonenshine Pastor, a NY based merchant banking and investment banking boutique. Prior to that Mr. Ross was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for the origination and execution of investment banking business for international and regional clients in the Latin American media and telecommunications area. Mr. Ross completed assignments for several of the leading international telecommunications companies operating in the region. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Ross was at CS First Boston in New York and Switzerland for eleven years. Mr. Ross received a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

Mark Lee
President and CEO, OSA Technologies, Inc. Most recently, Mark Lee served as Intel's Enterprise Solution Program manager, working with various Linux and open source software companies (VA Linux, Sendmail, Lotus, Novell, Inktomi, RealNetwork, etc.) in porting and tuning their software solutions for IA-64 and IA-32 next-generation microprocessors.

From 1991 at Intel, Mr. Lee was involved with software programming, chip design, IT technology standards, e-business market development, and investment due diligence for Intel Capital, a $5B+ portfolio. Mr. Lee performed technical due diligence on Ariba, US Web, HotOffice, iCat, as well as on numerous other companies. Lee has served on the advisory boards of eight Internet companies for which he has provided strategic vision and partnering connections and has helped to raise many millions of dollars from VCs and angels. Prior to joining Intel, Lee consulted for McKinsey & Company, IBM, Microsoft, MIT Sloan School, MIT LCS/AI Lab, and MIT Media Lab. Mr. Lee earned an Intel-sponsored executive MBA from Arizona State University, an MS in EECS from MIT, and BS in EE from MIT.

Jeewan Kim
President and CEO, Tennor, Inc. Mr. Kim is the founder of Tennor, Inc., a technology-focused product marketing company. Previously, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at IPC. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Kim was the Global Account Manager and District Sales Manager at Hewlett-Packard, where he was the recipient of several top sales awards, including the President's Global Award for consistently ranking #1 in sales at HP. Mr. Kim also hosted the visit of Korean President D.J. Kim to Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Kim graduated from Hankook University of Foreign Studies with a B.A. in International Communications.

David Taber
David has over 23 years of software marketing and engineering experience in direct-sales enterprise software firms. Most recently, at Sun Microsystems he ran the Forte for Java portal and business development program, with an audience of 4+ million and over 100 ISV partners. Previously, he ran Forte Software's marketing organization, responsible for all tactical and strategic marketing activities. David was the lead Forte executive working on the business development that lead to Sun's acquisition of Forte software. Before joining Forte in 1997, Taber was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at ILOG, the world's largest vendor of optimization engines. ILOG, headquartered in France, was completely repositioned by David prior to taking the company public in 1997. David was previously Group Director for Strategic Marketing at Sybase. David also held a series of commercial software marketing positions at Sun Microsystems over 7 years, most recently as director of product marketing for SunSoft. David's first marketing role was as a product planner for Pacific Telesis' information product line. Prior to business school, David was a research analyst for 7 years at Stanford Research Institute, working in their Center for Systems Development. David earned a B.A. and an MBA from the University of California.

Kerry Hill
Kerry Hill has been working in finance and accounting for nearly twenty years, mostly in high-tech companies. Most recently she held Controller positions at a wafer manufacturer and a communications semiconductor startup. Prior to that, Ms. Hill spent 10 years in various financial planning and strategic planning management positions at Xilinx, a highly successful programmable logic company which grew to $1 billion in annual revenue. At these companies, Ms. Hill was responsible for financial planning, results, investor reporting, and implementation of controls. As Director of Strategic Planning at Xilinx, Ms. Hill led the development of strategy for each division and function as well as the overall company. Ms. Hill also served nearly five years as a officer in the Air Force. Ms. Hill has an MBA in accounting from Santa Clara University, an MS from University of Southern California, and a Bachelors in Finance from University of Notre Dame. She passed the CPA exam, and is pursuing a CPA license in California.

Alex Reichl, Security Lawyer
Mr. Reichl currently counsels various small to medium sized venture funds and emerging companies as CEO of eVentures Law Group, Inc. and as a member of various boards of advisors and directors. Mr. Reichl is a founder of LiterateWorld, Inc. and eVentures Law Group, Inc. Mr. Reichl serves as General Counsel for Redwood Ventires, and was founding corporate counsel for Comstellar Technologies, Inc. In his stint with Redwood and Comstellar, Mr. Reichl was responsible for overseeing, facilitating, and creating over $500M in transactions. Mr. Reichl graduated from Westmont College in Business and Economics with departmental honors for highest achievement. Mr. Reichl graduated from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley with distinction.