Glen has over 30 years of experience in managing in a high-tech environment. Twenty-six of those years were with IBM where he held positions in sales, marketing and general management. His last position with IBM was General Manager of their San Diego, California operation. Glen also has extensive experience in wireless and landline communications. He was Vice President of Sales for Los Angeles Cellular, Vice President and General Manager successively for BellSouth Mobility's Louisiana and Georgia operations. Glen was also President of Interconnection Services, BellSouth's $4billion wholesale business.

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As a Kineticom co-founder and executive mentor, Paul served as the company's founding chairman between 2000 and 2004. A serial entrepreneur and active investor, Paul has over 30 years of experience in the technology and staffing industries. His love for trading began as a young teenager when he would buy, repair and sell bicycles sourced from police auctions. Naturally technically inclined, Paul completed a university degree in Computer Systems Engineering. He worked in the technical arena as both a permanent and contract employee and, over the years, had brief stints as both a London cab driver and as a mathematics teacher, before his true passion for entrepreneurism became his full-time work.

His investment ventures include projects in the wine and restaurant industries, as well as several businesses related to technology and talent. In 1979, he founded S-Com, where he served as managing director and grew the company to become a leading global telecom staffing company. In the same year, he co-founded Sypol, which became the largest European health and safety consultancy.

Since 2005, Paul has become hands on in the staffing industry once again as co-founder and Managing Director of Identify Group, which owns a set of synergistic niche talent agencies. Paul keeps fit with an active lifestyle. He has two children and is enjoying encouraging them to pursue their careers within professional golf and acting. An avid traveller, Paul splits his time between London, San Diego and Marbella.

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Steve is the Director of NISP CONNECT at the Northern Ireland Science Park, an independent, non-profit business accelerator dedicated to the rapid and sustained growth of the most promising new ventures that commercialise science and technology in Northern Ireland. NISP CONNECT is modelled on and works in close collaboration with CONNECT in San Diego, widely regarded as the world's most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success.

NISP CONNECT focuses on research institution support, business creation and development, entrepreneurial learning, access to capital, public policy advocacy, awards, recognition and networking and supports entrepreneurs in four broad areas of HiTech, Biotech, CleanTech and Digital Media & Software.

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Tom Munro is chief executive officer of Verimatrix, a leading developer of content protection and security solutions to protect digital media files. Tom brings over 22 years of experience in finance and technology to the Kineticom board and is an acknowledged expert in corporate planning. As Chief Financial Officer and then President of Wireless Facilities Inc. (WFI), Tom successfully led WFI through its public offering and the subsequent repositioning of the company as a market leader in outsourced technical and operations services for major telecom carriers. Prior to joining WFI, Tom, a serial entrepreneur, founded and ran @Market, a retail sporting goods website, and also founded and served as CFO of Precision Digital Images and MetLife Capital Corporation. Tom holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Washington. He has co-authored two college level text books on computer programming. Tom sits on the board of Pac-West Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACW), as well as a number of other high-tech companies.

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Rob Ayling is the President of Satiogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a San Diego based early stage diabetes/obesity drug development company. From 2004-2009 Rob was a Managing Partner of San Diego based Finistere Partners, LLC, a venture capital and consulting firm which leverages Rob's extensive technology, finance and international business experience. From 1988 through 2001 Rob was a partner at the Silicon Valley based law firm of Gray Cary, focused on intellectual property, technology transactions, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and international business.

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Glen has over 30 years of experience in managing in a high-tech environment. Twenty-six of those years were with IBM where he held positions in sales, marketing and general management. His last position with IBM was General Manager of their San Diego, California operation. Glen also has extensive experience in wireless and landline communications. He was Vice President of Sales for Los Angeles Cellular, Vice President and General Manager successively for BellSouth Mobility's Louisiana and Georgia operations. Glen was also President of Interconnection Services, BellSouth's $4billion wholesale business.

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As a Kineticom co-founder and executive mentor, Paul served as the company's founding chairman between 2000 and 2004. A serial entrepreneur and active investor, Paul has over 30 years of experience in the technology and staffing industries. His love for trading began as a young teenager when he would buy, repair and sell bicycles sourced from police auctions. Naturally technically inclined, Paul completed a university degree in Computer Systems Engineering. He worked in the technical arena as both a permanent and contract employee and, over the years, had brief stints as both a London cab driver and as a mathematics teacher, before his true passion for entrepreneurism became his full-time work.

His investment ventures include projects in the wine and restaurant industries, as well as several businesses related to technology and talent. In 1979, he founded S-Com, where he served as managing director and grew the company to become a leading global telecom staffing company. In the same year, he co-founded Sypol, which became the largest European health and safety consultancy.

Since 2005, Paul has become hands on in the staffing industry once again as co-founder and Managing Director of Identify Group, which owns a set of synergistic niche talent agencies. Paul keeps fit with an active lifestyle. He has two children and is enjoying encouraging them to pursue their careers within professional golf and acting. An avid traveller, Paul splits his time between London, San Diego and Marbella.

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Steve is the Director of NISP CONNECT at the Northern Ireland Science Park, an independent, non-profit business accelerator dedicated to the rapid and sustained growth of the most promising new ventures that commercialise science and technology in Northern Ireland. NISP CONNECT is modelled on and works in close collaboration with CONNECT in San Diego, widely regarded as the world's most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success.

NISP CONNECT focuses on research institution support, business creation and development, entrepreneurial learning, access to capital, public policy advocacy, awards, recognition and networking and supports entrepreneurs in four broad areas of HiTech, Biotech, CleanTech and Digital Media & Software.

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Tom Munro is chief executive officer of Verimatrix, a leading developer of content protection and security solutions to protect digital media files. Tom brings over 22 years of experience in finance and technology to the Kineticom board and is an acknowledged expert in corporate planning. As Chief Financial Officer and then President of Wireless Facilities Inc. (WFI), Tom successfully led WFI through its public offering and the subsequent repositioning of the company as a market leader in outsourced technical and operations services for major telecom carriers. Prior to joining WFI, Tom, a serial entrepreneur, founded and ran @Market, a retail sporting goods website, and also founded and served as CFO of Precision Digital Images and MetLife Capital Corporation. Tom holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Washington. He has co-authored two college level text books on computer programming. Tom sits on the board of Pac-West Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACW), as well as a number of other high-tech companies.

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Rob Ayling is the President of Satiogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a San Diego based early stage diabetes/obesity drug development company. From 2004-2009 Rob was a Managing Partner of San Diego based Finistere Partners, LLC, a venture capital and consulting firm which leverages Rob's extensive technology, finance and international business experience. From 1988 through 2001 Rob was a partner at the Silicon Valley based law firm of Gray Cary, focused on intellectual property, technology transactions, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and international business.

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