Alex Ponnath (age 39). Mr. Ponnath attended the University of Munich in Munich, Germany where he earned a degree in Communications, then moved to the United States in 1993. In 1990 Mr. Ponnath was a founding partner of Outdoor Advertising and Sports Marketing Firm, which later he sold to Germany's largest outdoor advertiser. He moved to the United States in 1993. From 1996 through 1999 he worked for the Los Angeles based interconnect firm Nextcom and assumed the roll of Senior Network Engineer. From 1999 through 2000 Mr. Ponnath was a shareholder and Chief Technology Officer for NKOB Networks, a Los Angeles ISP. Mr. Ponnath has worked for ICCC, a related party of IElement as Chief Technology Officer since February 2000, and then IElement, as Chief Technology Officer since January 2005. Mr. Ponnath is an independent contractor.