Mr. Rayat has been in the brokerage and venture capital industry since 1981. Between January 1993 and April 2001, Mr. Rayat served as the president of Hartford Capital Corporation, a company that provided financial consulting services to a wide range of emerging growth corporations. From April 2001 through January 2002, Mr. Rayat acted as an independent consultant advising small corporations and since January 2002, he has been president of Montgomery Asset Management Corporation, a privately held firm providing financial consulting services to emerging growth corporations. Mr. Rayat has served, and continues to serve, as a director, officer and majority shareholder of a number of publicly traded and privately held corporations, including, HepaLife Technologies, Inc., Entheos Technologies, Inc., Octillion Corp., and International Energy, Inc. Mr. Rayat has served as one of our directors since December 4, 2000. In 2002, Mr. Rayat was appointed secretary and treasurer. On August 12, 2005, Mr., Rayat was appointed our president and chief executive and financial officer, as well as our principal accounting officer. On April 3, 2006, Mr. Rayat resigned as president and chief executive officer. On September 13, 2006, Mr. Rayat was appointed secretary and treasurer. |