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Thomas M Cannon CEO a" Whitehall Capital | Global Strategic Payment Advisors a" 2004 - 2010 Retained Software/Data

Services/ Payments/Transaction Processing/ Settlement/Mob ile Payments Globally Cloud Computing, SaaS (Software as a Service), deep operat ing experience and expert on most aspects of Financial Services, leverage points , cost structuring and network infrastructure. Inventor of Affinity Card Co-bra nding and Prepaid cards. 3 Time Senior Executive and Executive Officer of Fortune 100 Companies a" IBM, A merican Express, and First Data Corporation and founder CEO of GasCard Inc which he took IPO on NASDAQ. ~~~ Current Assignments a" all include purposeful Interim Roles to structure and rai se capital and refine strategies a" CEO - BlueWave Wireless OrcaTraka*, OrcaPaya* 2008 - current President Managing Director North American Operations SeerGate Ltd (Israel) a" 2 007 - 2009 Authentication and Dual-token secured Lock technology is a true break through on privacy and security. For Online and Mobile Payments, and designed for PIN Co de Debit. CEO a" Co-founder, PayCommerce Inc a" 2006 a" current Pay Commerce provides aend to enda, Corporate Disbursement/ Remittance Management as a Hosted aOn-Demanda Web Services/SOA Software Service. PCI lowers the cost for back office disbursem ent and payment processing. It also improves efficiencies, sharpens cash managem ent and provides significant management information unavailable currently in any systems. As CEO and team builder/leader, I have shaped strategy, led prioritie s, funding, banking partnerships, sales efforts, and other team-oriented efforts . It takes a team to do most things. Joined in April 2006 as pre-seed stage, F ull-time July 2006. We entered early stage funding in Q 1, 2007. CEO a" Whitehall Capital | Strategic Advisors a" 2004 - 2009 Retained Software/Data Services/ Payments/Transaction Processing/ Settlement/Mob ile Payments globallya My expertise is in all facets of Authentication, Disbursement, Remittance, for Payment acquisition, processing, Settlement. Particular knowledge and experienc e in Payment Grid internationally, and domestically and all payment forms, inclu ding Mobile wireless, with steeped knowledge of inter-workings of the corporate and banking aback officea. Expertise in RFID, varied Token types, Keyless devic es, PayPass, wireless, bar-code, ablinka, Swipe, holographic, magnetic, chip & S mart-card technologies, FOB, SMS, XML, FTPL, AJAX, P2P,& Varied Biometric interf aces; Dynamic algorithms driven, or Rules-Based. Clients included E-FOREX, Oaktr ee, Retriever Systems, By-Pass, Manta Systems, Acteva, Sun Systems, ViVoTech Wri ght Express, NPoint, Cash2Pay, and others. a On retainer, completed $ 40 Million merger/combination/acquisition, of the wor ldas largest debit card and ATM processor at the time - an Australian company, o wned by Big 4 Banks in AU/NZ. o Primarily I was selling high-level merchant banking services, on retainer, for my own behal and completed several mergers and combinations over $ 50million.. Chairman / CEO - One Network - WebCash Technologies Inc. San Jose a" 1998 a" 200 3 (merged a" private a" NDA) Recruited by Open Office Inc., changed to One Network Data Services Inc. Compl eted and funded a multimillion payments gateway platform, front-end (outsourcing API channel settlement), for ISOs, payment aggregators, large merchants. We lic ensed worldwide / $ 5 million strategic alliance deal with Verifone / Hewlett Pa ckard (Integrated Payment Systems IPS) platform. Designed/developed all API and APS flow, co-developed HP/Verifone POS Prepaid, ACH integration with XML, (PTML) , APIaS and IP. One Network had a full-scale payments and settlement platform fo r all payments type, SSL, Credit, Debit, Prepaid, Stored Value, T/E, Private Lab

el, ACH, Swift, SMS, and Mobile. One Network managed its own afront enda components, Data center, all engineering functions, and was early user, inventor of XML/ PTML, tools for advanced paymen ts security, supporting a multi-level Payment Processing/ Settlement/Accounting Platform. Merged Q1- 2004 a Revenues a" and signed business development contracts exceeding 300 million, p rior to merge with WebCash. One Network was the # 1 and Preferred HP/Verifone p ayments processor status, and I set up and funded with Korean money, ($ 6 millio n), an Asian based One Network in South Korea for Asia Pacific. a Created/launched the first cradle-to-grave and successful Prepaid Co-Branded p rogram, GiftAmericarda* MasterCard Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Corporate Officer Amplicon / Ame rican Technologies Credit - California First Bank a" Santa Ana, CA a" 1991/1995 Led two subsidiaries for public VAR / High Technology NASDAQ Leasing company: Generated over one Billion Dollars in Structured debt/equity financings < 4 year s. o Increased sales revenues 300% in a recession market, $120 million to $400 Mill ion in three years. * Tripled: - Profit a' NBIT $ 25 +million - Owneras equity a' - $ 100 + million * My tenure - aHighest Revenue per employeea - State of California a"for 3 yrs s traight * aMission accomplisheda in 1995 - Accomplished every objective set out. o Recruited and trained 5-Vice Presidents, changed 150 Account Executives - pers onally replaced and upgraded all staff, and retrained all in the organization. 85 % of organization reported to me. I designed the largest tele-sales operatio n of its type. Placed debt with large FS and banks. Equity retained for us as a company. Cardiff Capital a" CEO a" 1990-92 - Led M*A and retainer only assignments for d ivestiture, Capitalization and management placement, and business combinations. Sourced and Completed largest FS deal outside US a" closed in 1992. a" Australi a. Led and arranged numerous Medical Fundings in Houston, TX a" Abbot Labs, et al. Funded management of Retriever Payments, Houston, TX, which led to largest I SO in US currently. GasCard Inc. a" LaJolla, CA a" 1985 to 1989 - CEO The most recognized National Fleet Fueling payment brand in the US Proprietary N ationwide Broadband Network, GasNet a*, supporting 4600+ sites, and 240 data cen ters in US. a Nationwide high-speed proprietary network, GASNETa* multi-nodal, supported by industrial grade Tandem/IBM data and network center a 3800 license/franchise sites (280 franchisees); 4500 company direct sites. a Backed by 4 rounds of preferred ($ 17 million) + $ 20 million in Franchise sun ken fee income before I was recruited by Korn/Ferry for Citicorp, Sears Pension, Austin Ventures, Ventana Growth Funds, and EF Hutton. Took company from -0- to gross operating profit; led over-subscribed IPO ($ 7 million in 1988). a As CEO, post IPO (oversubscribed green shoe); merger/sale to large licensees 1 989 o NDA terms to mid sized oil companies. Turned down CEO contract to continue a Revenues of GasCarda* exceeded $ 350 million. Total personnel 145 direct a" 4 50 indirect (franchisee) supporting 220 Data centers from central Utility owned and operated by GasCrd Inc. Comarc Systems a" EVP a" 1983- 1984 a" Geographical Data Base company integratin g RMS data, and layered mapping information for wide application in Natural Reso urce Management, forestry, oil, and wildlife and varied analyses in industry. Tu rn-key systems were $ 500k- $1 million+ and sold worldwide. I was recruited by VC backing. American Express Payment Products Division a" Denver, CO - 1982 a" 1983 Senior Vice President a" CMO a" Marketing/Sales/Product Development, (Amex acqui

red FDC) o $ 3 billion in Divisional Revenues. o Was the first across overa C level organizational amigranta from First Data i nto American Express 2+ years after our acquisition by AMEX. Led branding/co-bra nding marketing/sales for Payment Products. o Led all Payments- Travelers Cheques, Money Transfer, Money Orders, EDI, and Ca shiers Cheques. o Created Launched 1st PrePaid card ever, marketed all afloata products a" Prepa id Products. Three VP led sales organizations reported to me. In addition, a VP of product d evelopment and team, multiple vice president reports, 200 account representative s, 150 customer service a" total about 265 people. First Data Corporation a" Omaha, Denver - 1978- 1983 Executive Vice Pres. (CMO) Worldwide Marketing & Sales (Founding Executive Offic er Mgmt. Team) CEO/ COO of two separate divisions (founded Cash Management Division) a" 2200+ p eople Led packaged software sales and fees for services, and all processing and data services sales a" all divisions. I authored unbundling of all First Data se rvices to full functioning P/L Divisions, the first afees for servicesa working models. a Led contracting, all VPS and sales groups; closed deals as large as $ 40+-mill ion. o Direct reports included Regional VPs, Legal team, CPA team, Product Marketing/ Sales/Support a" o Co-led M*A a" West Communications, division Presidents reported to me a800 Marketing Inca, aPSIa , aNEBAa, Proven Products Division, Authorization Divisio n, Embossing Division and others. a Sales grew from $ 10 million and no backlog to $ 350+ Million; major banks - 0 to 35 % of top 100 a -Led First Data a"smaller company < $10 million to $250 million+ with a larger multi year backlog a Invented and Launched the first Affinity Card co-branded (VISA a"AAA) this exa ct affinity model became the co-branding multi billion dollar juggernaut of 80s / 90s. a Direct reports and recruitments were former CEO of FDC, Founder of Netscape, S teve Jobs # 2 man, CEO of Alliance Data, CEO of ACI, Comdata IBM Corporation - San Francisco a" 1978 a Hired of campus at 20 years old, after B.A. degree in Business/Math Top sales Rookie of the year at 23, a Branch Manager of IBM a" Chicago Enterprise office, and 1st office of new divi sion a Branch San Francisco a" managed 250 FTE, 6 marketing managers, 75 quota Accoun t Executives, - full Revenue/Expense responsibility of 10 figures P/L. Youngest Br. Manager in US a" 27 yrs old. a Left IBM, as # 1 performer. I joined with IBM colleagues to found First Data Corporation. o As top of IBMas prized Executive Resource list benefiting from advanced manage ment schooling and training CEO a" 1990 -1991 - 1995-1996 - US State Department ~ DOD a" CIA a" recruited a s CEO special US advisor and active executive for 40 Eastern EU companies, in St ate Department - Citizens for Democracy - Executive Development Program Eastern Europe a" Rumania, Czech Republic BA - Business Administration - St. Maryas University a" Minnesota Harvard University MBA School IBM Senior Executive Management School a" taught by Harvard MBA staff at Harvar d University USAR a" Honorable 442nd Rotary Helicopter Air Support

President Fraternity, Varsity Golf Team a" 100 % self funded tuition room/board

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