NexAira

Nexaira’s Senior Team has significant experience in all aspects of our dynamic industry, including: wireless and wireline data communications; IT, Internet, networking, GPS and PC peripherals technologies; marketing and marketing automation; sales, strategic accounts, channel sales, services and distribution; business development; product design, development and management; operations and international manufacturing; e-commerce, rapid growth, web-based and automated order fulfillment; finance, M&A and public company accountability. This proven and well rounded senior team provides Nexaira with the experience, knowledge and leadership to succeed in the marketplace. Nexaira’s Senior Team includes:

Mr. Sampson brings over 20 years of executive management experience in the telecommunications and information technology sectors. Since 2000 Mark has been active as an adviser, investor and operator in technology companies in Canada and the United States. During the last few years, Mark served as CEO of GeM Solutions, Inc. and President and CEO of IP Applications, a leading provider of outsourced Internet Solutions, which saw revenues grow over 300% under his leadership.

Previously, Mark was the Vice President for Pender Financial Group, a Vancouver, B.C. based VCC (venture capital corporation). Prior to Pender, Mark was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Data Services for MetroNet, (acquired by AT&T) where he led the Data and Internet Services group from inception to $70 million in annualized revenue. Before joining MetroNet, he was Vice-President & General Manager of Telus Advanced Communications, Canada’s second largest telecommunications company where he co-developed the Data and Internet Services group from less than $1 million in revenue in 1993 to over $70 million in 1998. Prior to Telus he held the position of Chief Operating Officer for CUE Data West, now operating as Open Solutions Canada. He is also a Principal of Level 10 Capital Corp, a Vancouver B.C. based investment firm that provides investment capital and business advisory services to a number of companies operating in Canada and the US.

Mark is a graduate of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Proceviat has more than 25 years of business experience spanning a number of industries including high tech, telecommunications, real estate development and brokerage and manufacturing. Ralph has held various CEO, CFO and COO positions with public and private organizations operating throughout the United States and Canada. From 2001-2005, he was Chairman and President of ThrillTime Entertainment International, Inc., a publicly traded company. Through its U.S.-based subsidiaries, ThrillTime held the worldwide patents to amusement rides operating in 70 theme park sites around the world. From 1997-2000, he was CFO for a real estate marketing firm whose major client, Intrawest, had sales over $200 million per year. From 1986-1994 Mr. Proceviat was the CEO of Cue Datawest, one of Canada's largest software developers providing banking services and products for the credit union system. While at Datawest (now operating as Open Solutions Canada) Mr. Proceviat led the rebuilding of the company, including the funding and development of a $50 million banking system that has been installed throughout the world. Ralph is also a principal and director of Level 10 Capital Corp, a Vancouver B.C. based investment firm that provides investment capital and business advisory services to a number of companies operating in Canada and the US.

Mr. Proceviat is a Chartered Accountant (Price Waterhouse Coopers) and member in good standing with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Young has more than 25 years of experience in Telecommunications and Aerospace/Defense Systems industries. Bob recently served as Executive Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Marketing for CrimeReports.com which grew to over 500 new customers in the US, Canada, and the UK under his leadership. Prior to that, Mr. Young was Executive Vice President of World Wide Sales and Marketing at HelloSoft Incorporated. HelloSoft is a global company in the software and IP market space with over 150 employees. As the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Global Telecommunications Group within SAIC, Mr. Young was responsible for strategic direction, sales and marketing and won numerous awards in SAIC’s federal and commercial telecommunications business. In this position at SAIC, Mr. Young managed 3500 people on four continents and was the Executive Sponsor for clients such as SBC, Qwest, Bell South and The County of San Diego. During his tenure at SAIC, Mr. Young directed investments in 13 telecommunications companies with SAIC’s Venture Capital Corporation, including Nuera Systems, Granite Systems, Packet Video, Solect, and numerous others.

Prior to SAIC, Mr. Young served as the Vice President for Global Services at Viasoft. He was responsible for revenue growth of $35M and for managing more than 200 employees in 55 countries.

As Project Management Executive at IBM Global Services he managed and directed the development and implementation of complex networking and ERP software projects with a staff of over 200 personnel in IBM’s Global Services organization. Prior to IBM he spent 10 years with Lockheed Martin, where for he was the Program Office Director for the F-22’s Weapon System Integrity Program. He managed and directed an engineering and support staff of more than 450 engineers.

Mr. Young has a Bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary and a Master’s degree in Engineering from Oklahoma State University and is a registered Professional Engineer and certified Project Management Professional.

Mr. Silva has more than twenty years of diversified experience in telecommunications, networking and high technology. As Senior Managing Partner and Founder with Anza Borrego Partners from 2004-2006, he designed a new VoIP Information Security (INFOSEC) practice for NextiraOne, a $500M privately-held firm specializing in PBX and VoIP. Carl was one of the founding members of VOIPSA.org. In July 2006, Carl Founded Cognigen Business Systems, Inc. (CBSi), a managed services provider for VoIP, broadband wireless, DSL and video surveillance systems for the Small to Mid-Size Retail Marketplace. At CBSi, Carl designed a VoIP and broadband strategy and architecture to provide VoIP, broadband and Point of Sale backup services for Subway franchise locations. CBSi was acquired by Anza Borrego Partners, Inc. in September 2007.

From 1996-2003, Carl held the position of Senior Vice President (reporting directly to the CEO) at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he managed SAIC’s converged network business, formulating investment strategy and venture capital expenditures. Carl served on the Boards of seven companies, managed over 300 professionals, including engineers, sales people, program managers, project managers and subcontractors and was responsible for Converged Network Deployment and Applications. He also had full P&L responsibilities for $42M a year in systems integration projects. Carl developed and implemented SAIC's VoIP and converted networks technology systems integration business, serving a broad range of clients, including: the White House Communications Agency, Clark County School District and Brown Brothers Harriman. Carl directed SAIC's investment in several start up companies including Solect, a successful IP billing company which was acquired by AMDOCS for $1.3B (netting a $425M profit for SAIC). Carl is fluent in English, French, Spanish and conversational Portuguese.

Mr. Silva holds a BS in Math and Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire.

Mr. Wright has been in the data communications industry for over 25 years, providing leadership and vision during the introduction of datacom services to the North American marketplace. Rusty has been successful in a wide range of roles including Engineering, Operations, Marketing and Sales.

Most recently, Rusty was Sr. Vice President of Sales for GEM Solutions. Previously, he has held Sr. Management positions at Netifice, Yipes and most notably, as Vice President of Data Sales for AT&T Canada (which merged with MetroNet) where he grew data revenues from start-up to $70M a year. Previously, Rusty spent 15 years at US West in Sales, Marketing and Engineering organizations. During his tenure, Frame Relay Services grew from $1.5 to $150M in annual revenue. Rusty also contributed to the development and successful marketing of the Self Healing Network Services which went on to become an industry standard for private line transport services (and to generate $100Ms in annual sales).

Prior to US WEST, Wright was part of InteCom’s engineering and marketing teams, during the development the first integrated Voice Data PBX. Previously, he was part of Xerox’s National Field Operation team supporting the original launch of the Ethernet data communications standard.

Bill Neale has over thirty years of experience in the telecommunications industry working with Carriers all over North America. Bill has been directly involved in service and product development, operations, business development and marketing for a broad spectrum of telecom technologies including wireline/wireless and fiber optics networking, voice and data switching as well as IP Networking and Enterprise applications.

Since 2000 Bill has been President and CEO of William R. Neale & Associates Ltd., a company that provides business and product advisory services to companies in Western Canada and the US. Some of these projects included the development of integrated VOIP and Soft Switch Technologies/Service. Bill has held senior management roles in Telus Advanced Communications (formerly BCTel), including Vice President of National Data Solutions. While with Telus, Bill provided the architecture for North America’s first Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), High Speed Network with an imbedded IP structure for the delivery of IP based Enterprise Solutions to the desktop. From 1976 to 1985 Bill was with Northern Telecom and Bell Northern Research responsible for development and market introduction of Nortel’s first Urban Digital Loop Carrier System.

Bill received a BASc in Engineering Physics from Ottawa University in 1976 and his MBA in 1980. He is a Professional Engineer, a past director of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP), and SIMTECH (an advanced simulation technology consortium). Mr. Neale is a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers in British Columbia and Ontario.

Mr. Yakel has more than 15 years of experience in business analysis, technical and networking functions, including the last 10 in the wireless telecommunications industry. As VP of Sales for Nexaira, Inc. he has rebuilt the team to increase sales, attract new partners and distributors, expand market penetration and develop channel awareness.

From 2006-2007, he was Sales Manager with Novatel Wireless supporting the Sprint Nextel account – where he met and exceeded his quarterly $23 million quota four consecutive quarters, averaging over $40 million per quarter. From 1999-2006, he held various positions with Sprint selling External Data Devices, telemetry products and modules. He served as Manager of software development (Connection Manager Development) where he oversaw all Lab Certification efforts and Vendor Manager for all OEM’s including Sierra Wireless, Novatel Wireless, Pantech, UTStarcom, Growell USA (formally known as Yiso), Wavecom, Ericson and Motorola.

From 1997-1999, as Information Systems Manager for Tensile Designs, Inc., he built out the company’s entire IT network infrastructure from the ground up and implemented Remote Access Services (RAS), Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity and video conferencing between Kansas City, MO and Sydney Australia. From 1988-1997 he worked in the prefabricated metal building industry as a Design and Business Analyst for Butler Manufacturing.

Tracy is a Certified Public Accountant with an extensive background in accounting, auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. She has over 22 years experience, including nine years experience in public accounting, at both a "Big 4" and local firms serving in audit, litigation and accounting service capacities most recently in controllership capacities for both publicly and privately held companies.