Ray Romero was appointed to the Board in January 2007 to serve until the next annual meeting. He is currently the President of HERO Assemblers, LP, a Tier 1 supplier of wheel and tire assemblies to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas in its San Antonio, Texas automotive assembly plant. Mr. Romero served as counsel to Nighthawk Systems from 2003-2005. He gained extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and in regulatory matters while serving as Vice President and General Counsel to Ameritech International and then ATSI Communications, Inc. between 1991 and 2003. Mr. Romero was also a partner in a telecommunications consulting firm based in Chicago, Competitive Strategies Group, that specialized in providing regulatory and economic advisory services to the telecommunications industry from 1997-1999. He received his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Law School in Chicago in 1979. |