American Electronics Association

Deirdre Hanford is Senior Vice President, Global Technical Services at Synopsys, Inc. Her organization's mission is to ensure the successful adoption of the company's technology into customers' demanding environments. Having earned a BSEE from Brown University and an MSEE from U.C. Berkeley, Ms. Hanford joined Synopsys in 1987 and has held a variety of positions, including leadership roles in applications engineering, sales and marketing. In 2001, Ms. Hanford was a recipient of the YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award. That year she also received the Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award. She currently sits on the American Electronics Association's national board of directors and the Technical Advisory Board for University of California at Berkeley College of Engineering.

Jacqui Chew is director of marketing for the Americas at Stonesoft, a global provider of innovative network security and business continuity solutions. She has spent the last 14 years developing marketing communications and brand-building strategies for companies in the technology, financial services, electronic payments and consumer products and services industries. A winner of several awards for excellence in the public relations and business communications arenas, Chew has been an active Atlanta Press Club member since arriving in Atlanta in 1997. In addition to serving on the board of the Atlanta Press Club, Chew currently also serves as a board member at Atlanta-based Women in Technology, one of the largest and most powerful women-focused technology organizations in the country. She is a past board of director at the Atlanta chapter of the American Marketing Association and is a current member of the Technology Association of Georgia. Chew is bilingual in English and Mandarin and holds a B.A. degree in Marketing from the University of Hawaii, Manoa. An avid wine enthusiast and lasped trail runner, she lives in Chamblee with her partner and her cat, Cliff.

Bonnie L. Herron is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Intelligent Systems Corporation with responsibility for financial and SEC reporting, legal and contract matters, strategic planning, corporate governance and due diligence. Ms. Herron is also Executive Director of the Gwinnett Innovation Park, the company's incubator facility. In April 2005, Ms. Herron was named "Woman of the Year in Technology" for businesses under $500 million by the Woman in Technology Association in Georgia, in recognition of her many years of leadership in and contribution to the technology industry and its entrepreneurs. Ms. Herron is past chair and a two term member of the board of directors of the National Business Incubation Association. She sits on the board of the Atlanta Venture Forum, the Steering Committee of the Gwinnett Technology Forum and on the board of directors of several of the Company’s private ventures. She is a past director of the American Electronics Association (Southeast chapter), the Technology Association of Georgia and the Advisory Council of Georgia's Intellectual Capital Partnership Program and past chair of the Growth Capital SIG and Entrepreneurial SIG. Prior to her present position, Ms. Herron was the General Manager of Datavue Corporation, Director of Planning at Quadram Corporation and Director of Planning at Intelligent Systems Corporation. Ms. Herron spent 10 years as a Director of Athletics at several secondary schools in Ontario, Canada. Ms. Herron received a B.A. in education and a B.A. in physical education from the University of Toronto and a M.B.A. from Mercer University.

Cynthia Bemis brings experience in marketing, communications and business development to the OCTANe team. As Operations Manager, Cynthia is responsible for program management, strategic communications, sponsorships and other operational approaches. Prior to OCTANe, Cynthia spent nearly five years at Ernst & Young in Irvine, California. Most currently she worked as a Marketing Communications Specialist focused on public relations for the Pacific Southwest region, which comprises Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, and Nevada. Prior to that, Cynthia served as a Sales Associate focused on the technology industry in the emerging and growth markets. She worked with Orange County entrepreneurs to help connect them with the right audit, tax and transaction services. Cynthia has a bachelor's degree in English from Chapman University. Community focused, she is the VP of Communications for the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and sits on the Public Relations Advisory Board for Chapman University. Also, she is a past member of the Sales & Marketing Committee of the American Electronics Association (AeA).

Ed Zschau, Founder & Chairman of the Board. Dr. Zschau (pronounced like the first syllable of "shower") is a Visiting Lecturer with rank of Professor at Princeton University in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Operations Research and Financial Engineering and in the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education. After serving as a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School in the 1960s, Dr. Zschau was the founder and CEO of System Industries, a Silicon Valley computer products company, from 1968 to 1982. He served as a director and Chairman of the American Electronics Association in the 1970s and as a U.S. Congressman representing the Silicon Valley area for two terms in the 1980s. In 1987, Dr. Zschau became a General Partner of Brentwood Associates, a California-based venture capital firm, and in 1988 he left to serve as CEO of Censtor Corporation, one of Brentwood's portfolio companies, until 1993, when he became the General Manager of the IBM Storage Systems Division. Dr. Zschau was a Professor of Management at Harvard Business School, teaching entrepreneurial management courses from 1997 to 2000, while also on the Princeton faculty. Dr. Zschau is the Founding Chairman, Emeritus, and a member of the National Advisory Board of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, is on the Board of Scholars of the ACCF Center for Policy Research in Washington, DC, and is a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology. Currently, he is Chairman of Princeton Power Systems, Inc. and StarTek, Inc. (NYSE), and a director and investor in several other private technology companies. Dr. Zschau received an A.B. degree from Princeton University, MBA, M.S., and PhD degrees from Stanford University, and a Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa) from University of San Francisco.

Ed Keible is CEO of Endwave Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA), a Silicon Valley firm that manufactures high frequency radios for transmitting microwave data. Mr. Keible serves on the Board of Directors of the American Electronics Association. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Raychem (Menlo Park, CA), a large multi-national corporation. He is also a CAItech investor.

Eric R. Giler is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Groove Mobile, the world's leading provider of mobile music commerce platforms. Mr. Giler was president and founder of Brooktrout, Inc., where he had successfully led the company since 1984. Mr. Giler also serves on the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Giler also serves on the National Board of Directors of the American Electronics Association (AeA). In addition, Mr. Giler has served on the board of the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council since its founding, most recently as Chairman. Mr. Giler has delivered keynotes and industry perspectives at shows such as VON, SpeechTEK and ComNet. Mr. Giler holds a bachelor's of science degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Eric plays guitar.

Has more than 20 years of experience in business and government. He co-founded and served as president of Sterling Semiconductor, a producer of silicon carbide substrates, and sold the business within four years achieving an eight-fold return for early stage investors. Mr. LeMunyon's business ventures have also included managing outsourced R&D programs for Duracell, GE, Kodak, Dow, Sumitomo, Toyota and other companies in a variety of technologies ranging from plastics, electronics materials, and software. He has recently served on the board of Directors of the American Electronics Association. In government, Jim served President George H.W. Bush as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the Department of Commerce from 1989-1993, where he was a senior official responsible for restricting U.S. commercial sales to adversary countries of technology with potential military or terrorist uses. Early in his career, he served as chief-of-staff to Congressman Ed Zschau from California's Silicon Valley. Jim earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics, and a computer science minor, cum laude, from Valparaiso University. He earned a M.S. in meteorology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

As CFO of Acculynk, Judi Vitale brings over 25 years of experience in financial and operational leadership to the company. In October 2005, Judi joined, as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Indus International, now known as Ventyx, Inc., a service delivery management software company. She managed the accounting and finance departments for Indus, including revenue recognition, SEC reporting, financial planning and analysis, SOx compliance, and cash management. Prior to Indus, she was with Firstwave Technologies, a customer relationship management software solutions provider, since March of 1985. She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September of 1996, and held various financial positions before that, including Vice President and Director of Finance and Administration, and Corporate Controller. Judi had been involved in the financial progress of Firstwave since its inception, including the initial public offering process, the acquisition of three companies, various bank lines of credit and preferred and private stock offerings, and SEC reporting. Judi continues to provide financial consulting to Firstwave and serves on Firstwave's Board of Directors.

Kit Gerwels began his career with Washington Mutual in 2001, completing the bank's comprehensive credit training program. He began as a commercial credit analyst, underwriting and managing middle market commercial portfolios. Prior to coming to Columbia Bank in 2004 as an Assistant Vice President, Kit owned & operated Aston Showers, heading the residential spa company’s Pacific Northwest sales division. This experience built upon Kit’s manufacturing and distribution background. He spent his time in Southern China working with the Company’s manufacturer and developed distribution agreements with wholesalers and retailers in the Northwest. Kit holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Washington Business School. He is a member of the Construction Finance Management Association, Master Builder’s Association, Risk Management Association and the American Electronics Association. Kit is an avid sports fan. While not working, he attends Huskies football and basketball games. He also plays basketball frequently and enjoys hiking at Tiger Mountain and in the Anacortes forest lands, the community in which he grew up. Kit lives with his fiancé in Mill Creek.

Dr. Sophie Vandebroek is Xerox's Chief Technology Officer and the President of the Xerox Innovation Group. She was named to this position January 2006, and became a Corporate Vice President in February 2006. Vandebroek is responsible for overseeing Xerox's worldwide research centers and for maximizing the company's returns on investment in research and technology. Previously, she was Chief Engineer of Xerox Corporation and Vice President of the Xerox Engineering Center. As Chief Engineer, a position she assumed in 2002, Vandebroek was responsible for coordinating Xerox's engineering efficiency and effectiveness, a period during which Xerox refreshed more than 95 percent of its product line and launched its flagship iGen3™ Digital Production Press. Prior to that, she served as Chief Technology Officer at Carrier Corp. From 1991 until 2000, Vandebroek held a number of increasingly responsible roles at Xerox including technical advisor to Xerox's chief operating officer and director of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada. Vandebroek is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers and served as an elected member on the IEEE Electron Devices Society Administrative Committee. She is also a Fulbright Fellow and a Fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation. She holds 12 US patents. Vandebroek has received awards from Xerox, IBM, HP, Monsanto, the Belgium National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Research Corporation, IEEE, and Cornell University. Vandebroek served as a judge for MIT's Technology Review Young Innovators awards, the Wall Street Journal Innovation awards and the FIRST Lego and Robotics competition regional awards. Vandebroek is a member of the Board of Directors of PARC Inc., and currently serves on several university and professional advisory boards. Vandebroek was born in Leuven, Belgium. She earned a master's degree in electro-mechanical engineering from Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Cornell University.