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Eric Carlson, President and CEO, Eric Carlson has worked in research, product development and executive management in Silicon Valley since 1972. Most recently, Eric spent the past two years as a management consultant and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology and Society. From 1994 to 1999 Eric held VP/GM positions at Silicon Graphics (SGI) including VP/GM of the Visual Computing Business Unit. Eric was with the ASK Group from 1990 to 1994 and held several executive positions including President and CEO. Prior to this, Eric was with Unisys, Convergent Technologies, Inc., and the IBM Research Division. His research at IBM resulted in more than 50 papers, 1 patent, and an IBM Outstanding Contribution Award for the Geo-data Analysis and Display System.

Eric has a Ph.D. in computer science and a master's degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His bachelor's degree in economics is from Carleton College in Minnesota.

William C. Schwegler, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chairman of the Board, has been with Telcontar since the company's 1996 inception and currently holds the titles of both Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chairman of the Board. He brings more than 17 years of computer industry experience to the company, including a period in which he founded two previous start-up companies. Bill has extensive skill in integrating new technologies to create innovative products, as well as identifying new markets and distribution channels for those products.

Jeanne Angelo-Pardo, Chief Financial Officer, joined Telcontar in June of 2001. She has over twenty years of experience in Silicon Valley, primarily in the software industry. Prior to joining Telcontar, she was the Vice President of Finance for Pensare, Inc., and has also held senior financial positions at NetManage, Inc. and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Jeanne has extensive experience in building infrastructures to support growing organizations and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jeanne became a Certified Public Accountant in 1983.

David Wood, Senior Vice President of Marketing. An early investor and board member of Telcontar, David Wood joined the company's executive staff as Senior Vice President of Marketing in late 2000. David spent the past seven years utilizing his expertise in strategic planning, research and development, and marketing as a consultant for developers of both hardware and software products. During the more than twenty years Wood spent in the imaging industry, he held a number of executive positions including Vice President of Business Development for Law Cypress Distributing Company and director of marketing for Input Software. David was responsible for pioneering efforts in the development of the first omni font OCR products from Calera Recognition Systems as well as the first client/server based document management software products from Plexus, now a division of Banctec. He has a proven track record of success in all areas of document imaging, a natural fit with Telcontar's corporate and product strategy. David holds a master's degree in interactive educational technology and a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University.

Doug Daniels, Senior Vice President of Sales, brings to Televoke a unique combination of wireless and automotive experience, as well as a proven track record in forging successful customer relationships. Prior to Televoke, Doug was Vice President at Cellport Systems, where he was responsible for sales, marketing, and management functions for the automotive segment. Before Cellport, Doug was national sales manager for SignalSoft Corporation. Doug began his career at AT&T Wireless Services, where he held a variety of senior sales positions, including Director of Sales for the Western Region, where his teams were consistently ranked in top sales status for the company. Doug received a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado and MS in Telecommunications from the University of Denver.

Richard Poppen, Vice President for Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer joined Telcontar in 1997 as its first non-founding employee. Rich holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Pomona College and a master's degree in mathematics from Stanford University, and has more than 33 years' experience in the development and analysis of mathematical algorithms, including 13 years in the digital mapping and navigation industries. Rich holds nine patents. He also serves on the board of trustees of The Good Shepherd Fund (www.goodshepherdfund.org).

Ann Cowan, Vice President of Engineering, joined Telcontar in November of 2001. She has 20 years experience in software product development engineering and management. Before joining Telcontar she worked at InterTrust Technologies, Inc. as Vice President of Engineering and then as Senior Vice President of TrustNet, an ASP service for InterTrust partners. She has also held senior management and engineering positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., ASK/Ingres, and other software companies. Her experience includes building and managing teams that successfully deliver products focused on end to end product solutions for RDBMS, network protocols, 24x7 production systems, software developer kits, web server solutions and user applications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.

Graham Page, Managing Director of European Operations, has a strong background of general management including sales, marketing, implementation and support of application software throughout Europe. Previous roles include Vice President Europe at both Sherpa Corporation and ASK Computer Systems, and Managing Director at Numetrix. In each case Graham was responsible for restructuring and building successful, profitable operations. He also has more that twenty years experience in interim management, business planning and development, B2B sales, partnerships and relocations. Graham holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, with honors.

Rick Bentley, Founder and Board Observer founded Televoke in 1998 prior to its merger with Telcontar in January of 2003. He is is intimately familiar with Internet and telephony, as well as the consumer electronics industry. Rick headed Program Management for General Magic, a well-known Silicon Valley Internet/telephony technology house. Prior to that, he was Director of Business Development for Machina Inc., a successful product design and invention house, and Director of Product Development for Sensory Inc, a fab-less integrated circuit design company. Rick earned a BS in Physics and a MS in Engineering from UC Berkeley.

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