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Ron Haan - Founder and CEO

Ron began his career as a salesman for Tymshare, Inc. in 1972 after graduating from college. He graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in Economics where he served as President the student body. At Tymshare, Ron became the leading salesman in the computer timesharing company, selling software to the Bell Telephone Operating Companies. Shortly thereafter, a new branch was created for him at Tymshare to focus on this vertical niche.

In 1977, Ron left Tymshare to form his own company which developed software applications for the Regional Bell Operating Companies. He operated this company, Telic Services Corporation (Telic), at a 15-20 percent profit margin for 14 years before selling the company to Computer Sciences Corporation.

In 1987, Ron purchased a start-up telecommunications company called National Telephone Services Inc. (NTS). He recruited the entire executive management team for NTS and grew the company's annual revenue from $3 million to $200 million in three years. NTS turned profitable in 1989 and was sold by Ron in October of 1990.

In 1992, Ron invested in International Telecharge Inc., a public, long distance operator service's company. At the time of Ron's investment, the company had operated at a loss for six years and had accumulated an $80 million negative net-worth. Ron took the company private, restructured the debt, hired new management and created the only company in the industry with earnings of over $20 million per year.

Through The Haan Foundation for Children (www.haan4kids.org) , Ron and his former wife Cynthia became involved in funding research on learning disabilities and concluded that with appropriate focus, early testing, and effective remediation many millions of children could be spared the effects of untreated or poorly treated learning failure. The Haan Foundation spearheaded an effort to vastly improve detection and treatment of learning disabilities.

Tom Hyatt - CFO and SVP of Operations and Customer Support

Mr. Hyatt’s responsibilities at OnNet include overseeing the company’s books and internal financial systems, operating the Media Center and Data Processing center, and developing the customer billing and service departments. Prior to OnNet, Mr. Hyatt was CEO of OCI; VP of Service and Operations at Samsung Telecommunications America; and, EVP and CFO of International Telecharge, Inc., a public telecommunications company where he began his working relationship with Mr. Haan in 1990. Mr. Hyatt holds bachelor's degrees from Davenport College and Aquinas College.

Jeffrey Eves - Senior Vice President, Content Relationships

Mr. Eves is responsible for content relationships for OnNet and serves as the principal liaison between OnNet and the motion picture studios. Before joining OnNet, Mr. Eves served for five years as president and CEO of the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA). Prior to VSDA, Mr. Eves was Corporate Vice President for two Fortune 500 multinationals where he oversaw corporate and public affairs, government relations, consumer affairs, investor relations and international relationships. Mr. Eves holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska, and did his Masters work in Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Milton Diaz - Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Diaz is responsible for the selection and development of the content protection and delivery systems for OnNetTV™. Prior to OnNet, Mr. Diaz was SVP of Engineering and Network at StarMedia Network, Inc., where he was responsible for all software development, product engineering, and technical operations for the largest network of Internet portals serving Latin America. Prior, Mr. Diaz was Vice President of Engineering at SeaChange/Guest Serve Networks where he managed the development and deployment of advanced hardware and software platforms for iTV and VOD in the lodging and cable TV industry. Mr. Diaz has bachelor's degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Art History from Columbia University.

Gwen Jones - Vice President of System Integration

Ms. Jones is responsible for the selection and development of the OnNet Media Gateway and the integration of vendor software, custom software, media content, and OnNet’s Content Protection solution. Ms. Jones has extensive experience in product development, operations, sales and customer support. Ms. Jones was Sr. Director of Web Development for Cymerc Exchange; Sr. Director of Operations for Webcast Solutions; Director of Project Management for Fabrik, prior to which she spent ten years at Sprint in sales and sales management positions. Ms. Jones holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Bates College.

Bernhard Kotzenberg - Director of Technology

Mr. Kotzenberg is responsible for directing the development of the OnNetTV™ user interface. Prior to joining OnNet, Mr. Kotzenberg was the director of Software Development at Lumenati, Inc., where he managed the software team for the development of an interactive entertainment platform. Before Lumenati, Mr. Kotzenberg founded GameForge, Inc., where he managed a software development team for the creation of interactive video games. Mr. Kotzenberg has a bachelor degree in Computer Science from the University of Stellenbosch.