Edward W. Mandel,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Founder

Mandel has a proven record in the technology and business communities. Prior to co-founding NeXplore, Mandel was vice president of enterprise solutions for Concerto Software. He is the founder of Positive Software Systems, a company that received Customer Interaction Magazine's Product of the Year Award and was ranked third by Deloitte & Touche among the fastest growing technology companies in Texas in 2004. Under Mandel's leadership, Positive Software Systems sustained year-over-year growth and received substantial media coverage. Mandel guided Positive Software Systems through a successful acquisition by multi-billion dollar Concerto Software, and in 2004 he was distinguished as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Prior to Positive Software Systems, Mandel ran a successful technology consulting firm, IIT Consulting.

Dion Hinchcliffe,
Chief Technology Officer

Hinchcliffe serves as chief technology officer for NeXplore and draws on his expertise with the latest Web 2.0 technologies to drive product development and lead NeXplore’s team of engineers. A veteran of software development, Hinchcliffe has worked for two decades with leading-edge methods to accelerate project schedules and raise the bar for the effective development of software. Prior to joining NeXplore, Hinchcliffe served as president and chief technology officer of Alexandria, Virginia-based Hinchcliffe & Company, a premier Enterprise Web 2.0 consulting and advisory Firm. Hinchliffe is an industry luminary of great renown who writes prolifically on IT software and architecture and speaks at numerous industry events.

Steve Gummer,
Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller

Mr. Gummer brings to NeXplore more than 25 years of corporate finance and consultant experience. His work as a P.C., C.P.A., and financial management consultant includes serving as financial officer and/or operating officer for numerous financial, manufacturing, construction and real estate companies. In addition, Mr. Gummer partnered with Riggs & Associates, a boutique investment banking firm, to offer valuation, mergers and acquisitions and financing advisory services. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Gummer served as vice president and CFO of Integrated Composite Technologies, Inc., a $20 million plastic/wood composite extrusion company supplying the building materials industry. Mr. Gummer also served as vice president and CFO of Syntech International, Inc., where his expert financial guidance was instrumental in the computer manufacturing company’s IPO.

Mr. Gummer holds an MBA from Harvard School of Business Administration and a BBA from Texas A&M University.

Scott Grizzle,

Scott Grizzle, prior to joining NeXplore as Chief Marketing Officer, founded Ticket2Fame in 2005, and served as its President & Chief Executive Officer. Ticket2Fame.com is an internet marketing destination that connects entertainment industry talent with movie and television studios, and other talent-seeking entities in the industry. He headed up the marketing efforts of, and served as Vice President of The Aviation Company, a Dallas area-based private charter airline, from 2003 through the end of 2004, and previously served as a National Sales Manager in the Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing Group from 2001-2002.

Stewart Clancy,
General Council

As in-house general counsel for NeXplore Corporation, Mr. Clancy provides legal support and advice for NeXplore Corporation and assists NeXplore Corporation’s board of directors, executive management team and staff with an array of business, legal and regulatory issues. Mr. Clancy graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Prior to joining NeXplore, Mr. Clancy practiced with Deary Montgomery DeFeo & Canada, LLP, Winstead Sechrest & Minick, P.C., and served as an assistant district attorney and chief prosecutor for Dallas County.

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