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Peter J. Lasensky

Mr. Lasensky utilizes “lessons learned” during his 28 years in the construction trade and 12 years in software development to create simple, yet compelling, business solutions for the construction industry. Mr. Lasensky also serves as a forensic consultant for construction operations and software.

Mr. Lasensky is co-founder, director, stockholder, and a past CEO of Pacific DataVision, Inc., a software firm whose commercial products include Contractors Command Post™, SkyLog™, NextMail™, and SkyMail™. Mr. Lasensky managed the transition of the company from a desktop software vendor to a wireless messaging application provider, resulting in distribution agreements with Sprint Nextel, Nextel de Mexico, and most recently a global reseller agreement with Motorola Inc. In 2006, Mr. Lasensky was awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,054,863 as co-inventor of an instant voice Internet messaging technology.

In 1985 Mr. Lasensky founded Peterbuilt Corporation, which became the 17th-largest commercial construction company in San Diego County (San Diego Business Journal’s Book of Lists – 2000 Edition) as well as the 12th-fastest growing privately held company in San Diego County. Peterbuilt’s construction expertise included banks, high security cash transfer facilities, dialysis centers, surgery centers, offices, schools, and data centers. Clients included Bank of America, Sun Microsystems, and National University. As past CEO of the $35 million construction firm, Mr. Lasensky’s responsibilities included strategic planning and financial management for the company, resulting in profitability nearly every quarter during his tenure. Mr. Lasensky sold Peterbuilt Corporation on December 31, 2001.

Fred McClain

Fred McClain, with his 25+ year history of innovation in the computer field, leads NoteVault’s engineering team. He has launched entrepreneurial efforts using differing business models, from consumer Internet services to ventures bridging industry and government. He has been an effective evangelist of his technology visions, garnering contracts with major computer vendors, raising tens of millions of dollars in funding, and playing a pioneering role in the commercialization of U.S. DOE technologies. His technology innovations primarily involve large-scale storage applications and their secure delivery over wide-area networks. Currently, Fred McClain is working on patents targeting the use of mobile phones as secure authentication devices.

Fred McClain is founder and former CTO of SkyDesk, Inc., a pioneer in online data backup services for the small office/home office market. Mr. McClain holds patents on the basic algorithms employed in SkyDesk’s core @Backup service. In addition to his technology leadership, he assisted the company in raising $50M in a series of angel and venture financings spanning a six year period. The SkyDesk technology was acquired by Symantec.

Prior to SkyDesk, Mr. McClain established Distributed Computing Solutions (DISCOS) in 1989 and co-founded the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) in 1984. During this period he earned a national reputation as an authority on large-scale mass storage solutions for high performance computing focusing solutions for distributed computing environments. DISCOS was acquired by OpenVision, later bought by Veritas.

Ted Bumgardner

Ted Bumgardner is an adviser to NoteVault and a Principal of Gafcon, Inc., a San Diego Based construction management and consulting firm ranked in the top 75 Agency CM Firms nationally by Engineering News Record. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and has over 30 years of experience managing the pre construction and construction phases of high-profile projects in the public and private sector. Ted has been designated as an expert witness in over 500 construction litigation cases involving contract disputes, delay claims, construction injuries, construction defects, and liability issues. Ted has been a Project Manager for Sundt Construction Co., Vice President of Beltway Construction Co., Vice President of Construction Management Technologies, Inc., Chief Operating Officer of Davidson Construction Company, and is the President of the San Diego Forensic Expert Witness Association.

John Major

John Major is an advisor to NoteVault and past CEO and Chairman of Apacheta, a mobile software solutions company. Prior to that he was CEO and Chairman of Novatel Wireless, Inc., a leading provider of wireless, data solutions. Prior to joining Novatel Wireless, Major’s corporate positions included serving as CEO of Wireless Knowledge and as EVP of QUALCOMM and president of QUALCOMM’s Infrastructure Products Division. Prior to that Major held a number of executive positions at Motorola ultimately serving as SVP and CTO.

Major holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rochester, an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. degree, with distinction, from Northwestern University and a JD from Loyola University. He has ten US Patents.

Stephen Mickelsen

Mr. Mickelsen is a lead engineer for NoteVault and is the founder and past CEO of Optionsoft, an early pioneer in biometric security and license auditing software. At Stac Electronics, Mr. Mickelsen developed award winning compression, encryption and backup software as part of the popular Stacker and Replica software product lines.

As Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Mickelsen led the development of @Backup, the original online backup service. Comprised of both client software and large scale data centers, @Backup became SkyDesk and was successfully sold in 2002. Executive management positions at venture backed startups Inetcam and Axeus followed. Most recently, Mr. Mickelsen served as Vice President of IT and Development at College Loan Corporation, one of the nation’s largest student loan providers. Mr. Mickelsen also served as a College Instructor early in his career in his native Canada. He is named in several software patents.

Paul Kreutz

Paul E. Kreutz is corporate counsel for NoteVault and he has practiced law since 1967. He started his practice in the San Francisco Bay Area with the law firm of Cooley Godward and in 1969 joined the Palo Alto firm of Ware & Freidenrich, one of Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent law firms. When Ware & Freidenrich joined with San Diego’s Gray Cary in 1994, Mr. Kreutz relocated to San Diego to build the combined firm’s emerging company practice in Southern California.

Mr. Kreutz’ practice has focused on emerging companies with an emphasis on counseling and structuring entrepreneurial enterprises poised for growth. He has served as legal counsel for such companies as Adobe Systems, 3Com Corporation, Bay Networks, KLA Instruments (now KLA-Tencor), Ross Stores, and McAfee Associates. In most of these cases, Mr. Kreutz counseled these companies from startup, through multiple rounds of private financings, to successful public offerings.

During his practice he has acted as legal counsel for many of the Bay Area’s pre-eminent Venture Capital firms including the representation of Sequoia Capital in its investment in Cisco Systems and TA Associates in its investment in BMC Software. In Southern California, Mr. Kreutz has represented Enterprise Partners, Forward Ventures, and many other Southern California venture capital firms.

Mr. Kreutz was a senior partner in Gray Cary’s emerging company practice until 2004 when he became Of Counsel to that firm (now known as DLA Piper). In 2007, Mr. Kreutz launched a boutique solo practice that offers emerging companies in Southern California the mentoring, strategic legal counseling skills, and the financial networking connections that he has acquired in his many years of practice.

Mr. Kreutz is a graduate of Yale University (BA 1964 cum laude) and Stanford Law School (LLB 1967).

John Shanks

Mr. Shanks is leading NoteVault’s direct sales. He is a third generation contractor who has focused his career to providing valuable products and services to the AE/C industry.

Upon graduating in the School of Architecture at Texas A&M with a degree in Building Construction, he worked in each of the major components of the AE/C industry. During John’s 30 plus years of experience in the industry he has been an Owner / Developer, Architect, General Contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Manufacturer and construction software provider. His understanding of what everyone brings to the table on a construction project allows him insight into the needs and expectations of NoteVault’s clients. Mr. Shanks is the Chapter President for the DBIA (Design Build Institute of America) in North Texas.

Recently, he has led several sales teams in successfully launching service based software solutions into the AE/C industry across the country.

Jeremy Foster

Jeremy Foster is an advisor to NoteVault and based in the Middle East as Marketing Director for Ericsson Communications. With over 13 years experience in the industry, spanning from New Zealand through the Asia Pacific region as well as technical roles to corporate sales, Jeremy's experience and skills are diverse as is his insight into launching and growing mobile applications.

Jeremy started with Ericsson in New Zealand, then spent 5 years in senior sales and marketing roles in Vodafone New Zealand and moved to the middle East in 2006 to undertake his current posting. Now based in the Middle East in his 4th year, Jeremy is advising NoteVault on how best to serve this dynamic and vibrant region. Jeremy has a BSC in Physics and is a regular presenter and commentator on the Telecoms Industry throughout the Middle East.

Jonathan Schwartz

Jonathan Schwartz leads NoteVault’s product management efforts. Having spent over 15 years in senior product roles at both fortune 500 companies and early stage start-ups, Jonathan brings an unique perspective on delivering products and features that solve real market problems.

Previous roles include his position as Director of Product Management at Pacific DataVision, Inc. developing and launching several consumer and enterprise web based mobile applications and services. Jonathan spent 5 years at AOL Time Warner as Director of Product Development in their voice services group launching a variety of telephony based applications and services supporting over 1 million subscribers. Prior to that he had a long tenure at GTE and Verizon developing a wide variety of consumer software products and hardware solutions.