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S. Jay Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mark Hahn, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration
Douglas Lockie, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
James Kennett, Chief Marketing Officer
Mike Hinton, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Tony Breland, Vice President of Field and Sustaining Engineering
Don Peck, Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing
S. Jay Lawrence,
Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Lawrence joined Gigabeam in March 2006 as the Vice President of Government Sales.
His contributions to GigaBeam’s largest market verticals earned him his subsequent roles as Vice President of National Sales,
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, and President & Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining GigaBeam, Mr. Lawrence
served as Executive Director for Loea Corporation, the first entrant into the 70/80GHz fixed wireless communications marketplace.
At Loea, Mr. Lawrence was instrumental in profiling the fixed wireless market and the impact of the 70/80GHz technology, along
with driving some of the early policy developments for rulemaking and initial customer placements of this technology. Prior to
Loea, Mr. Lawrence was a Senior Executive at Mueller Electric, a privately held passive component business. At Mueller, Mr.
Lawrence lead a restructuring and resultant turnaround accomplished by migrating production offshore to China, capping costs of
operations and bringing new products to market to meet customer needs. Mr. Lawrence has also held senior positions at Clare
Semiconductor, where he participated in the reconstruction and sale of a product division of high frequency switching and relay
products to Sumida. He held positions in Product Engineering and Business Development for EXOS, a Boston-based start up, which
pioneered tactical feedback robotics technology that was later sold to Microsoft. Mr. Lawrence holds an Electrical Engineering
degree from Boston University.
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Mark Hahn,
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration Prior to joining GigaBeam, Mr. Hahn was CFO at
BuildLinks, Inc., a provider of construction management software to the residential construction industry, where he led the
development of that company's strategic plans and drove the closing of several rounds of venture capital investment. Prior to
BuildLinks, Mr. Hahn was CFO at Performaworks, Inc., a provider of performance management software, and Charles & Colvard, Ltd.
At Charles & Colvard, Mr. Hahn led the growth of the firm from three to 75 employees and spearheaded that company’s $45 million
IPO and subsequent SEC compliance. Prior to Charles & Colvard, Mr. Hahn spent 12 years with Ernst & Young where he held a variety
of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Manager. At Ernst & Young, Mr. Hahn led project management,
engagement planning, client relations and the development of both public and private growth oriented companies. He holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a Certified
Public Accountant in the State of Maryland.
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Douglas Lockie,
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of GigaBeam Corporation, Mr. Lockie is a nationally respected expert in millimeter wave
technology. He has authored or co-authored 12 patents in the field of microwave and millimeter wave communications components
and systems. Mr. Lockie served as an Avionics Officer in the US Air Force and was instrumental in introducing Gallium Arsenide
microwave circuitry into radar (the F-15) and missile systems (AMRAAM AIM-120). Mr. Lockie has worked for Watkins-Johnson Company,
co-founded Pacific Monolithics, and founded Endgate Corporation (which became Endwave Corporation). Mr. Lockie led the development
of microwave and millimeter radio subsystems at 12, 15, 18, 23, 28, 38, and 60 GHz. He was a member of the FCC rulemaking
committee for LMDS, has served on the FCC Spectrum Application Panel and is presently Co-Chair of the Wireless Communication
Association “Above 60 GHz Spectrum Initiative”. Mr. Lockie received a BSEE from Montana State University.
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James Kennett,
Chief Marketing Officer Prior to becoming Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Kennett served as the Vice President of Business
Development and has been instrumental in developing GigaBeam’s global market. Prior to GigaBeam, Mr. Kennett founded,
developed and sold a number of successful companies in the security and communications sectors, and is regarded as a pioneer
in the LEO space industry. He has over twenty years of international market development and regulatory experience, and was a
member of the ASEAN Business Forum, and Federal Vice President of the Australian Small Business Association. He has served on
the Boards of the Queensland University of Technology School for Satellite Navigation, and the Griffith University Centre for
Microwave Studies
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Mike Hinton,
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Mr. Hinton has been employed at GigaBeam since October 2007, as Director of
Channels and Alliances. Prior to GigaBeam, Mr. Hinton served as President of ONS Communications in Raleigh, North Carolina
where he was instrumental in building global sales channels for a battery of communication hardware products, including Free
Space Optics. Mr. Hinton has held senior positions with Optelligence, Ulanguzi, and InterLan. Mr. Hinton holds a degree from
North Carolina State.
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Tony Breland,
Vice President of Field and Sustaining Engineering, Mr. Breland has been employed at GigaBeam since June 2006, and has been a
pivotal leader in the construction of field engineering, services and product enhancements. Prior to Gigabeam, Mr. Breland
served as Principle Network Architect at Cyveillance Inc, where he designed a state of the art ASP network solution which
enabled the company to improve its competitive edge in the market place. Mr. Breland also has held senior management and
technical roles with AT&T / NorthPoint Communications, Alcatel Lucent / Xylan Corporation, and Verizon / GTE.
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Don E. Peck,
Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing. Prior to joining GigaBeam, Don served as Director, RF-Micro-Millimeter
Wave Engineering and RF Manufacturing Technologies from January 2001 until May 2004 and Director, Microwave Components
from August 1996 until December 2000, of Harris Corporation, an international communications equipment company focused
on providing product, system, and service solutions for commercial and government customers. From 1980 until 1996, he held
various positions at Watkins-Johnson Company, a company that manufactures semiconductor equipment and wireless communication
products. At Watkins-Johnson, Mr. Peck led the team that engineered and then transitioned to production of the AIM-120
AMRAAM missile front end. Mr. Peck received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Science
degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and the degree of Electrical Engineer (professional degree)
from the University of Michigan.
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