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Management
 Paul
Meyer, Co-Founder, Chairman and President
Before co-founding Voxiva, Paul Meyer was Founder and Chairman of IPKO, the first and largest Internet service provider in Kosovo. Started in the weeks after the 1999 war, IPKO was hailed by the U.N. Secretary General as "a model for future humanitarian emergencies." Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at the Markle Foundation studying efforts to bridge the global digital divide. Prior to Markle he worked for the International Rescue Committee where he launched a number of projects using technology to reunify separated refugee children and families in West Africa and the Balkans. Before that, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Endeavor Initiative. From 1993 to 1995, he served as one of President Clinton's White House speechwriters and worked on President Clinton's 1992 campaign. He has a law degree from Yale Law School and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University. He was recently named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos. MIT's Technology Review Magazine named him one of 100 technology pioneers and their 2003 Humanitarian of the Year. He was named a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute and is a member of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
 Justin
Sims, Chief Executive Officer
Justin Sims is Chief Executive Officer of Voxiva and a member of the
Board of Directors. He is a 20 year veteran of the communications
and IT industry and most recently, led AT&T's Global Services business
with responsibility for AT&T's entire international operations. As
a company Officer and President of an integrated business unit, he
managed a diverse team of over 4000 people across 48 countries. Prior
to this position he led AT&T's Wholesale Division managing an operation
that delivered services to the telecoms, cable, wireless and outsourcing
industries. Starting his career in Prestel and then Dialcom, two early
stage businesses, he subsequently rose quickly through the ranks of
British Telecom in a variety of marketing and product management roles.
He then joined Concert ultimately becoming President of Global Products
and Services and responsible for transforming the portfolio to address
the fast developing IP market. Justin has served on the Board of Alestra,
one of Mexico 's top 3 telecoms companies, and Chaired the Pacific
Partners Forum, an industry body comprising the largest telecommunications
businesses operating in the Asia Pacifica arena.
 Dr.
Anand Narasimhan, Co-Founder and CTO
Dr. Narasimhan is the founding Chief Technology Officer of Voxiva, Inc.
He was previously the founding Chief Technology Officer of j2 Global Communications,
one of the world's largest unified messaging service provider (EFAX, JFAX, Nasdaq: JCOM).
Prior to j2, he was at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York .
He has numerous patents and publications in the fields of wireless communications
and various applications of Information Technology. He has advised many global
organizations on various aspects of technology, markets and strategy. He is
actively involved with the Grameen Foundation, focused on improving access to
microfinance solutions to end poverty. He is also the founder of the Simha Foundation,
a non-profit organization focused on the improvement of educational programs in
disenfranchised communities.
 Dr.
Pamela Johnson, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
Dr. Pamela Johnson is one of the world's leading experts on electronic
government and public sector technology applications and also has
15 years experience in international public health. Before co-founding
Voxiva, she was Deputy Director of the White House Task Force on Reinventing
Government where she led many of the federal government's electronic
government initiatives and achieved $136 billion in budget savings.
As Director of the Efficiency Board of the United Nations, she led
the effort to streamline the UN's operations. Prior to her experience
with the UN, she was the coordinator for child survival at the U.S.
Agency for International Development overseeing public health programs
in 50 countries. She has a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the
University of California, Berkeley.
William Warshauer, Executive Vice President for Health and Development Solutions
Will Warshauer oversees and develops Voxiva's work supporting health and development programs in emerging
markets. Prior to joining Voxiva, Mr. Warshauer served as Executive Vice President of Population Services
International (PSI), where he was responsible for business development, new product development and
corporate strategy. Prior to that, he was responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of a $90 million
annual portfolio of PSI's international health programs in East and Southern Africa. Prior to PSI, Mr.
Warshauer produced a series of television shows for American public television (PBS); he worked for Ashoka,
a philanthropic organization, in West Africa; and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone.
Mr. Warshauer has worked in over 40 developing countries and has consulted for international organizations
including UNICEF and UNAIDS. Mr. Warshauer is an honors graduate of Yale University and has a Masters in
Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
 Grant
Elliott, Chief Information Officer
As Voxiva's Chief Information Officer, Grant Elliott is responsible for Marketing, Public Relations,
Product Management, Product Development, Network Operations, Quality Assurance and Global Infrastructure
Deployment. Prior to joining Voxiva, he led the Global Contracting & Billing Operations organization for
AT&T, before which he was Director of Products for AT&T's global Data & IP portfolio. He has also held
roles as Director of E-business and Service at Concert, a global venture with BT and AT&T, as well as
various marketing, customer service and business development positions within BT. Born in Paisley,
Scotland he currently resides in Vienna, Virginia with his wife and two children.
 Peter Brown,
Vice President of Client Services
Peter Brown has provided program management, professional services, implementation support and service delivery
services to commercial, federal, non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations since the early 1990s. Both
as a management consultant and now with Voxiva, Peter helps his clients address strategic and operational
challenges in support of the achievement of business and programmatic goals. Some of his former clients
include Arthur Andersen LLP, The World Bank Group, MCI/Worldcom, The Department of Homeland Security, AT&T
Wireless, The Department of Defense, Unisys, The American Red Cross, Progress Telecom, Winstar Communications,
Teligent, and UUNet. Most recently, he held senior management positions with both BearingPoint Inc. and Arthur
Andersen Business Consulting LLP in the Public Services and Media and Technology practices where he focused on
business and technology strategy, business process reengineering, program management and organizational change
management. Peter holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the McDonough School of Business at
Georgetown University, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Union College. Peter also holds a
Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute.
 Hygela
Vibar, Vice President of Finance
In her role as Vice-President of Finance, Hygela Vibar is responsible for Voxiva's world-wide finance organization which
includes all aspects of accounting, financial planning & analysis, tax, and audit. Before joining Voxiva, she was
the Controller for Transnational Public Policy Advisors and International Management and Communications Corp.,
where she restructured and strengthened their information systems to ensure compliance with GAAP and FAR. In
addition, she worked with the proposal teams assisting with the preparation of proposals for World Bank, USAID,
Asian Development Bank, International Development Bank and other funding agencies. Prior to this, Hygela held
a variety of senior management positions (Internal Audit Division Manager, Director for Corporate Planning and
Control, Comptroller, Chief Accountant) at Rustan's, one of the largest retail chains in Asia and the
International Duty-Free Shops in Morocco. She has extensive experience in setting-up offices in Asia,
Africa, and the US. Hygela holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Mindanao State University and she also
has a Master degree in Business Administration. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of The Institute
of Internal Auditors(IIA).
 Melissa
Torres, Co-Founder and Director of Human Resources and General Administration
As an original co-founder Melissa Torres joined Voxiva to manage operations
and to support the founding management team. Over the past 5 years,
her responsibilities have included finance, project management, investor
relations and corporate compliance. Ms. Torres now focuses on global
Human Resources and the company's Administration and Finance Operations.
Before joining Voxiva, she enjoyed a brief stint in politics as Special
Events Coordinator for the Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
Prior to that, she was at UBS Investment Bank where her responsibilities
grew from executive administrator for the head of international corporate
finance at Dillon Read, to Sector Coordinator for the Latin America
corporate finance division. Managing a team of 12 to support over
70 investment bankers in New York, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile,
she coordinated the financial, personnel, administrative, and compliance
operations for the division as well as all travel and event management
functions. Fluent in Spanish and French, she has lived and traveled
extensively throughout Latin America and Europe and holds a BA in
Sociology and French from Tufts University.
 Guillermo
Delgado Aparicio, Managing Director, Peru
Guillermo Delgado Aparicio, was co-founder and CEO of Brain Capital,
a Peru-based B2B company focused on the design and development of
technology products and services for small and medium enterprises.
He has over 16 years of experience in senior positions at Cable and
Wireless, Banco Wiese Sudameris, NBK and other banks. As Chief Technology
Officer at Banco Wiese, one of Peru's largest banks, he developed
"Wiese Virtual," a virtual banking solution combining voice, web and
ATM technologies that delivers the largest number of transactions
in the Peruvian market. Delgado was President of the Congress for
the Automation of the Latin American Banking Industry. He is an Engineering
graduate of the Catholic University of Peru and has pursued advanced
studies in Computer Science at UCLA and business at the Harvard University
- UPC program.
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