Hendrik Rethwilm has been a Director since July 15, 2003 and serves on the Nominating and Governance and Compensation Committees. From 1993-1999, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its corporate finance department focusing on financial and organizational restructuring of medium-to-large sized companies. Subsequently, from 2000-2001, Mr. Rethwilm worked with a subsidiary of Ericsson, the Swedish mobile phone producer, as a financial executive advising on mobile eCommerce. During his tenure with Ericsson, Mr. Rethwilm also developed a venture capital arm within Ericsson Consulting to invest in companies developing applications for the mobile eCommerce sector. Currently, Mr. Rethwilm is self-employed and provides consulting services to various companies in the areas of corporate finance and business development. He previously served on the board of directors of Rapidtron, Inc., a company that trades on the OTCBB under the symbol RPDT, but resigned effective December 31, 2003. |