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Management
Team
William
C. Robinson - Founder/CEO/CFO, and Chairman of
the Board of Directors
Mr. Robinson
has more than 20 years experience in the public equity markets,
including management positions at Paine Webber, and Prudential
Securities. Mr. Robinson has performed as a successful start-up
entrepreneur, and as a corporate officer and director of eight
public companies. He brings seasoned operational, fund-raising,
and merger and acquisition skills to the Cyber Defense team.
As a principal, he has been responsible for initiating and
negotiating more than $100,000,000 worth of merger and acquisition
transactions and has developed, bought, and sold more than
20 companies, eight of which were from inception to full public
company status. From April 2000 until October 2003, Mr. Robinson
was CEO/CFO/President of Trivia Group, Inc. From April 2001
until October 2003, Mr. Robinson was CEO/CFO/President of
Computer Support Associates, Inc. From March 2003 until April
2005, Mr. Robinson was CEO/CFO of Cyber Aero, our former subsidiary.
In addition, prior to its merger into Cyber Defense, Mr. Robinson
was the CEO/CFO and sole Director of On Alert.
Mr. Robinson
is also the CEO/CFO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Proxity. Proxity specializes in the deployment and integration
of security protection technology and government contract
fulfillment. Trading in the common stock of Proxity is reported
in the inter-dealer quotation system maintained by the National
Quotation Bureau, Inc. and the Pink Sheets under the symbol
"PRXT." Mr. Robinson is also the General Partner
of Cherokee Raiders, L.P., a family limited partnership and
owns approximately 24% of our issued and outstanding common
stock. Mr. Robinson received his executive MBA from the University
of New Orleans in 1997.
Both Proxity
and Cherokee are affiliates of the Company.
James
Alman - President and Director
Before
joining Cyber Defense, from November 1999 to July 2004, Mr.
Alman served as the Director of Engineering for AirTran Airways
and led a group of engineers in the technical support of AirTran.
Mr. Alman has worked on the Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
project, Secure Cockpit Doors project, the Autoland project,
and various new aircraft introduction projects. As a test
engineer for the NASA Langley Research Center, Mr. Alman designed
various types of wind tunnel research hardware. He was a team
member on the Daedalus Project, a MIT-based group that designed,
built and flew three 114-foot span composite human powered
aircraft that holds three world records for human powered
distance flying. Mr. Alman received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University in
1987.
Joseph
A. Grace, Jr. - Director
After
serving almost nine years as a nuclear submarine officer,
he left the active duty Navy to take a position with a Fortune
500 Electronics firm in California, where he held various
positions in sales and sales management. He returned to Louisiana
in November of 1994 to become the founding President of the
LTC, a technical trade association committed to transforming
the Louisiana Technology Industry. Mr. Grace has remained
active as a Captain in the United States Naval Reserve. In
2001, Captain Grace assumed the Reserve position of Special
Projects officer and spokesperson for the Navy's $8 billion
enterprise rollout of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. He has
since been fully recalled to Active Duty in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom, as the Chief Information Officer for U.S.
Navy Medicine. His responsibilities include all Operational
Information Management and Information Technology in support
of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for the Surgeon General.
He is active on many Boards and Committees and is a recognized
leader of the business community of Louisiana. Mr. Grace is
a 1980 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He received
his executive MBA from the University of New Orleans in 1997.
Mr. Grace
has been President and a Director of Proxity since May 2001.
Marinko
Vekovic - Director
Mr. Vekovic
has been the President of a management consulting company,
Alpha Medical Consulting, located in Irvine, California since
2003. From 1999 to 2002, he was the Senior VP Marketing and
Sales at ICN Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:
VRX) He is also President of MVC Consulting, and had over
ten years with Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) from US to Latin America
and Europe as Director of Operations:
Europe, Middle -East, Africa Region. Mr. Vekovic has over
25 years of multidimensional expertise, both domestic and
international, in general management, business development,
strategic planning, marketing and sales, and experience with
Global and start-up companies. He has managed companies with
market capitalizations ranging from $3 million to $850 million,
and has started companies on the London Stock Exchange, the
NYSE, and NASDAQ. Mr. Vekovic received an MBA in General Management
from IMD -Lausanne Switzerland in 1987 and a B.S. in Economics
from London University UK in 1979.
Mr. Vekovic
is a Director of Proxity since October 2003.
Stephen
I. Johnson, RADM U.S. Navy (Retired) - Director
Mr. Johnson's
30-year Navy career included command of the Nuclear Fast Attack
Submarine U.S. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN-705); service as
Major Acquisition Program Manager for Submarine Electronic
Systems (PMS-401), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); Program
Director, Information Support Systems (PD-15), Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR); and Project Director, Navy
Year 2000 Project (CNO-N6Y). From June 1999 until April 2001,
Mr. Johnson has been a Vice-President of Business Development
for Integration Partners, Inc. Since January 2001, January
2002 and June 2003, Mr. Johnson has acted as a consultant
to SBS Consulting, Inc., UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering
and Asher Training, Inc., respectively.
Subsequent
to his naval service, Mr. Johnson has served commercial industry,
government program offices, and educational institutions as
a senior management consultant. Admiral Johnson is a Managing
Director of Source Companies LLC, an investment banking and
value growth consulting company providing debt capitalization
and growth advisory services to medium-sized, closely-held
businesses. He is the founder of SBS Consulting, Inc., providing
strategic planning, senior program management, subject matter
expert, and sales and marketing consulting services to commercial
customers, government organizations, and educational institutions.
Admiral Johnson also serves as a Technology and Business Advisor
to the William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and
Technology Advancement at the Jacobs School of Engineering,
University of California, San Diego.
Mr. Johnson
is a 1969 graduate of Duke University where he received a
Bachelors of Science degree in Physics. In addition, he attended
the Major Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management
College. He is certified and served as a Department of Defense
Major Acquisition Program Manager (Level III). He resides
in San Diego, California.
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