Ronald F. Richards

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Richards serves the Company as its Chairman of the Board.  Mr. Richards is the founder and Managing Director of Gray Wolf Partners, LLC, a strategic and financial advisory firm. He previously served as a Managing Director of Viking Asset Management, LLC where his responsibilities included: (i) sourcing, conducting due diligence, and structuring potential investment opportunities and (ii) working with portfolio companies to enhance shareholder value. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Development of Biopure Corporation, a publicly traded biotechnology company developing oxygen therapeutics and as a Managing Director, Corporate Finance of Wells Fargo Van Kasper. Mr. Richards has over 20 years of experience working with public and private companies in the areas of investment banking, corporate finance, law and accounting. He has structured and executed numerous public offerings and private placements raising a total of more than $660 million. He also co-authored PIPES: A CEO's Guide to Successful Private Placements in Public Equities. Mr. Richards holds JD, MBA and BA degrees from UCLA. He is a member of the State Bar of California and a retired Certified Public Accountant.

Stanley A. Hirschman

President, Secretary, Treasurer & Director

Stan Hirschman serves the Company as its President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Director.  Mr. Hirschman is the President of CPointe Associates, Inc., a Plano, Texas executive management and retail operations consulting firm.  He is an investment due diligence specialist and works regularly with public companies dealing with the difficulties in the balance between increased regulatory requirements and reasonable corporate governance.   He is a director of Axion Power International, South Texas Oil, Datascension, Inc. and former chairman of Mustang Software, Inc.  While at Mustang Software, Mr. Hirschman took a hands-on role in the planning and execution of the strategic initiative to increase shareholder value resulting in the successful acquisition of the company by Quintus Corporation.  Prior to establishing CPointe Associates, he was Vice President Operations, Software Etc., Inc., a 396 retail store software chain, from 1989 until 1996.  He has also held executive positions with T.J. Maxx, Gap Stores and Banana Republic. Stan is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, the KMPG Audit Committee Institute and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Audit Committees in the New Era of Governance symposium.  He is active in community affairs and serves on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers.

Merrick D. Okamoto

Director

Mr. Okamoto serves the Company as a Director. Mr. Okamoto is the President and Managing Member of Viking Asset Management, LLC and has been employed in the securities industry since 1983. Mr. Okamoto performs due diligence and research of potential investments for Viking and he is responsible for research, due diligence, and structuring potential investment opportunities. He is also responsible for all Viking trading operations. Mr. Okamoto is widely recognized as an advanced trader specializing in short-term trading with sector momentum and has more than 25 years of extensive experience in technical market analysis techniques. He has been a frequent speaker at national on-line trading venues. From 1987 to 1990, he hosted the television program, The Income Report. He also has appeared on CNN and The MacNeil-Lehrer Report. Before co-founding Viking in 2002, Mr. Okamoto co-founded and was the President of TradePortal.com, Inc. in 1999. TradePortal.com, Inc. is a software development company and its wholly owned subsidiary, TradePortal Securities, Inc., a direct access execution brokerage firm. Mr. Okamoto was instrumental in developing the proprietary Trade Matrix™ software platform offered by TradePortal Securities. His negotiations were key in selling a minority stake in TradePortal.com Inc. to Thomson Financial, a US $6 billion revenue company. Prior to 1999, He held Vice President positions with  Shearson Lehman Brothers, Prudential Securities and Paine Webber, and he was the founder of First Stage Capital, Inc. (1996 to 2002), which specialized in investment banking and consulting to public and private companies.