Timothy Biltz :: Chairman of the Board

Tim is currently on the boards of iPCS, a publicly traded wireless services provider, and NTELOS, a publicly traded wireless and wireline services provider, serving on the Audit Committee of both companies. He has served as the Chairman of iPCS since November 2006. From 1999 to 2005, Tim was the Chief Operating Officer and Director of SpectraSite (SSI), a publicly traded wireless and broadcast signal tower company that merged with American Tower (AMT) on August 8th, 2005. From 1989 to 1999 he was employed by Vanguard Cellular Systems, ending up as their Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Vanguard Cellular System was later merged into AT&T in May of 1999. Tim also serves as Chairman of Tidal Creek Capital, a private investment company.

Paul Grim :: Director (General Partner, SunBridge Partners)

Paul is a General Partner at SunBridge Partners with an investment focus in wireless communications and retail systems. Paul co-founded SunBridge Partners and its predecessor Equitek Capital, and has been actively involved in each of the firm's investments from initial sourcing through due diligence to post-investment strategic guidance, including Flarion Technologies (QCOM), Yap, Zipit Wireless, Alien Technology, Eclipse Aviation, The New Media Group and W5 networks. Paul is currently a Board Director at Zipit Wireless and Yap, and Board Observer at W5 networks and DFT Microsystems. Prior to venture investing, Paul worked across Europe with Gemini Consulting in the Telecoms/Media and Retail sectors, where he focused on market entry strategies and new business ventures in wireless, ISPs, e-commerce and IP/broadband services. Prior to Gemini, Paul worked with Coopers & Lybrand's Financial Services Strategy Group in Paris, and CGI, an IBM company in software and IT services also based in Paris. Paul received an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.

Wayne Hunter :: Director (Managing Partner, Harbert Venture Partners)

Wayne is Managing Partner of Harbert Venture Partners ("HVP"), a venture capital fund focused on early stage growth companies in the information technology and life sciences industries in the Southeastern U.S. HVP is an affiliate of Harbert Management Corporation, an investment management firm focusing on alternative asset classes with approximately $20 billion under management.

Prior to joining Harbert, Wayne was Managing Director and Head of Wachovia's Technology Investment Banking Group. In addition, he was a member of Wachovia's Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund Investment Committee and served on Wachovia's Investment Banking Management Committee. Prior to Wachovia's acquisition of Wheat First Butcher & Singer in 1998, Wayne was the founder, Managing Director and Group Head of Wheat's Communications and Technology Group. He has more than twenty years of experience working with leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. In the November 2007 issue of TechJournal South, Wayne was named one of the publication's "25 of the Most Influential People in the Southeast Technology Community." He currently serves on the Boards of Harbert portfolio companies WindChannel Communications, BroadSource, Privaris, TapRoot Systems and Unitrends.

Wayne received a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law and a B.S., Economics, from Auburn University.

Igor Jablokov :: Director (CEO)

Igor is a 10 year veteran of IBM and formerly Program Director of their WebSphere-based multimodal and voice portal initiatives. In plain English, that means he led the team that created the world's first ever speech enabled mobile web browser. The one that stunned an audience full of Googlers and Yahooligans at the Googleplex Mobile Monday a few years back. And worked on technologies that ended up in your Honda's navigational systems. But don't blame him if it can't recognize your cursing at it, he tried giving it some personality!

Additionally, he was thrilled at being a business mentor for IBM's elite Extreme Blue incubation and internship program, and also represented the Company as Chairman over the fine folks at the VoiceXML Forum, an industry group driving an open standards-based vision of human-computer interaction. Prior to that, Igor has held positions with IBM's Pervasive Computing, PartnerWorld, Global Industries, and Microelectronics divisions. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from the University of North Carolina, and is a member of the Applied Voice Input/Output Society (AVIOS). With over twenty patent disclosures pending in speech technologies, rest assured he's working tirelessly to bring you something special.

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Victor Jablokov :: Director (COO)

Vic had over 8 years of operations, R&D, manufacturing, quality, and advanced materials product development experience prior to co-founding Yap. At Siemens Power Generation, he was a program manager charged with new product development of high performance alloys and provided engineering support to various organizations within SPG. He also helped establish and maintain SPG's global supplier base through extensive vendor qualification and auditing activities both in the US and internationally.

At Allegheny Technologies, Vic held positions in both operations/manufacturing and R&D. Most recently, he was a manager in the Titanium R&D group where he led programs to develop advanced titanium alloys. He's authored 9 technical articles in his field and has filed more than 10 patent disclosures. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Materials Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Wake Forest University.

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Mark Stabingas :: Director (Former)

Mark was our first outside director prior to returning to a senior executive role at Amazon.com. He was previously a Partner in Red Ventures, a customer acquisition marketing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to that, he served at Amazon.com as Senior Vice President of Business Development and served as a member of the Management Committee. He led the business and corporate development organizations and was instrumental in launching Amazon’s Services business. He originally joined the company as Vice President, Finance, and led the finance team for Amazon’s US Retail business. Previous to that, Mark held a variety of positions at PepsiCo, most recently serving as Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development. He began his career in corporate finance at Mellon Bank and then joined the leveraged finance team at GE Capital. Mark holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA from the University of Pittsburgh. Mark's true claim to fame though is discovering the Yap Bros pitching their business plan on a lonely university stage in early 2006!