USA Voice & Data Advisory Board

James Hallene, Partner, Capital Concepts Holdings

Mr. Hallene founded Capital Concepts Holdings, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm in 1998 and currently serves as its principal. He is also a partner with CapX Partners, an equipment leasing fund and a licensee of the Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company Program. Before Capital Concepts, he co-founded and later sold the data-consolidation company, MaxMiles. For 15 years Mr. Hallene was employed at American National Bank, a subsidiary of Bank One Corporation. He currently sits on several corporate boards including MB Financial Corporation, Olsen Engineering, Unilink Engineering Pvt. Ltd (India), VSA Partners Holdings, and Resource Land Holdings. He earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Illinois (Go Illini!) and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Phillip Hewes, Partner, Fitzgerald & Hewes LLP

Mr. Hewes founded Fitzgerald & Hewes in 2005. Fitzgerald & Hewes LLP are legal advisors for venture-financing, multi- media, technology consulting, telecommunications and other emerging technology organizations. Prior to founding Fitzgerald & Hewes, he was the VP and General Counsel at the Krone Group. From 1977 to 2001, he held several positions at Comdisco Inc., including Chief Legal Officer & Secretary Deputy General Counsel and Interim President and CEO. Mr. Hewes received his Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. (Go Rams!) He also holds a Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Scott Lovett, Vice President, Unified Communications Sales for North America, Cisco Systems

Mr. Lovett has been with Cisco Systems since 1994. In his current position, he leads a team of over 350 people with annual revenue responsibilities in excess of $2 billion. He is focused on aligning Cisco Unified Communications solutions with customer's evolving business requirements. Prior to his current position, Mr. Lovett was the Director of Advanced Technology Sales in the Midwest and Cisco's Directory of IP Telephony sales for the entire US enterprise market. Mr. Lovett received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. (Go Panthers!)

William Markey, President, RelevantC Business Group

Mr. Markey is the Founder and President of the RelevantC Business Group (RCBG), an advisory services firm focused on telecom, media and technology. Prior to forming RCBG, he was a co-founder of Ucentric Systems, a software start up later acquired by Motorola. At Motorola he led international business development for their Multimedia Group, establishing an international presence for their broadband and telephony products. Previous to this, he led marketing and business development activity for the broadband division of 3Com. Mr. Markey received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. (Go Hoyas!) He also holds a Master of Science from Columbia University and a Master of Arts from John Hopkins University.

Brett Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer, ETM Global

Mr. Paulson is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of ETM Global, a consulting company that provides CXO Advisory Services, Project Management Services and a wide array of Technology Consulting Services. He also is the CEO for Avadhi Finance and Technology, a trading software company. Prior to ETM Global, he held the positions of President, COO and CIO at The Clearing Corporation (formally the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation) from 1995 to 2008. Mr. Paulson has held senior level technology positions at CS First Boston, Continental Bank, IBM, Harris Bank and International Harvester. Mr. Paulson received his Bachelor of Arts from Lewis University. (Go Flyers!) He also holds an MBA from DePaul University.

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