Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
Since March 1999, Mr. Biondi has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC, an investment advisor organization.
From April 1996 to November 1998, Mr. Biondi served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Studios, Inc. From
July 1987 to January 1996, Mr. Biondi served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, Inc. Mr. Biondi is a director
of Amgen Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., Hasbro, Inc., The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and Seagate Technology. Mr.
Biondi is a graduate of Princeton University and earned a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.
John H. Chapple
John Chapple is President of Hawkeye Investments LLC, a privately-owned equity firm investing primarily in telecommunications
and real estate ventures frequently working in conjunction with Rally Capital LLC. Prior to forming Hawkeye, John Chapple
worked to organize Nextel Partners, a provider of digital wireless services in mid-size and smaller markets throughout the
U.S. He became the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Nextel Partners and its subsidiaries in
August of 1998. Nextel Partners went public in February 2000 and was traded on the NASDAQ Exchange. In June 2006, the company
was purchased by Sprint Communications. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Chapple was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Orca
Bay Sports and Entertainment in Vancouver, B.C. During Mr. Chapple's tenure, Orca Bay owned and operated Vancouver's National
Basketball Association and National Hockey League sports franchises in addition to the General Motors Place sports arena and
retail interests. From 1988 to 1995, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations for McCaw Cellular Communications
and subsequently AT&T Wireless Services following the merger of those companies. From 1978 to 1983, he served on the senior
management team of Rogers Cablesystems before moving to American Cablesystems as Senior Vice President of Operations from
1983 to 1988. Mr. Chapple, a graduate of Syracuse University and Harvard University's Advanced Management Program, has 26
years of experience in the cable television and wireless communications industries. Mr. Chapple is the past Chairman of Cellular
One Group and CTIA-The Wireless Association, past Vice-Chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and
has been on the Board of Governors of the NHL and NBA. Mr. Chapple serves on the Syracuse University Board of Trustees currently
as Chairman and the Advisory Board for the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He is also on the Board of Directors of
Cbeyond, Inc., a publicly traded Atlanta-based integrated service telephony company; Seamobile Enterprises, a privately held
company providing integrated wireless services at sea; Telesphere, a privately held VOIP (voice over internet protocol) company
based in Phoenix, Arizona; and on the advisory boards of Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC, a private equity firm based in New
York City and the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at University of Washington.
Mark Cuban
Since early 2000, Mr. Cuban has been the majority and controlling owner of the National Basketball Association franchise,
the Dallas Mavericks. In 2001, Mr. Cuban co-founded HDNet, an all high-definition television network on DIRECTV that broadcasts
high-definition sports, movies and other entertainment. Prior to his purchase of the Dallas Mavericks, Mr. Cuban co-founded
Broadcast.com in 1995 and served as its Chairman of the Board until it was sold to Yahoo! in July of 1999. Before Broadcast.com,
Mr. Cuban co-founded MicroSolutions, a national systems integrator, in 1983, which was later sold to CompuServe Corporation
in 1990. Mr. Cuban is an active investor in cutting-edge technologies and various industries, including the entertainment
industry.
Adam Dell
Since January 2000, Mr. Dell has served as the Managing General Partner of Impact Venture Partners, a venture capital firm
focused on information technology investments. He also serves as Managing Director at Steelpoint Capital Partners, a private
equity firm with offices in New York and California. From October 1998 to January 2000, Mr. Dell was a Senior Associate and
subsequently a Partner with Crosspoint Venture Partners in Northern California. From July 1997 to August 1998, he was a Senior
Associate with Enterprise Partners in Southern California. From January 1996 to June 1997 Mr. Dell was associated with the
law firm of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, in Austin, Texas, where he practiced corporate law. Mr. Dell's investments include:
Buzzsaw (which was acquired by Autodesk), HotJobs (which was acquired by Yahoo!) and Connectify (which was acquired by Kana
Software). Mr. Dell has been a director of XO Holdings, Inc., a telecommunications services provider, since February 2006,
and of its predecessor from January 2003 to February 2006. In addition, Mr. Dell currently serves on the boards of directors
of the Santa Fe Institute, MessageOne and OpenTable. He also teaches a course at the Columbia Business School on business,
technology and innovation and is a contributing columnist to the technology publication, Business 2.0. Mr. Dell received a
J.D. from University of Texas and a B.A. from Tulane University.
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