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Mr. Pereira has over 20 years of financial and operating experience in a variety of industries and environment. From 1991 through 1998, Mr. Pereira was employed by CDC Technologies as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and in 1999 he accepted the role of Chief Operating Officer. In January 2001, Mr. Pereira assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer of CDC Acquisition Corporation, a subsidiary company of Drew Scientific Group plc. Mr. Pereira remained in that position until November 2001, when he became a principal at Interim Management Solutions in Oxford, Connecticut. During his tenure at Interim Management Solutions, Mr. Pereira has acted as an interim or part-time Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operations Officer for numerous small and emerging companies. In January 2003, Mr. Pereira also became a Managing Director of Kiwi Securities, Inc., an independently owned investment banking firm, a post he held until December 7, 2004. Mr. Pereira is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK). | 