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Mr. Jackson was Cognigen Networks, Inc's., Corporate Secretary and Senior Vice President of Corporate and Public Affairs until April 2004. He also served as a Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Officer and/or General Legal Counsel of Silverthorne Production Company, a publicly-held corporation, from April 1990 to 1999. Mr. Jackson was a key contributor to the negotiations that resulted in the transaction that brought Silverthorne together with Inter-American Telecommunications Holding Corporation, which then changed its name to Cognigen Networks, Inc., in July 2000.
Mr. Jackson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwest Nazarene University. He earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Denver, College of Law in 1971, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in corporations. Mr. Jackson engaged in the private practice of law until 1997, as a counselor and trial lawyer in Colorado and other states' courts, as well as in the U.S. federal courts in the 8th and 10th Circuits, primarily in the corporate and business sectors. From 1989 through 1996, he was an ad hoc arbitrator and member of the National Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association. Since 1991, he has expanded into the resolution of collective bargaining agreement disputes. In 1993 he received a Certificate of Accomplishment from the Federal labor Relations Authority; became a member of the Industrial Relations Research Association; and in 1994 was admitted to the National Roster of Arbitrators of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services. As an adjunct professor, Mr. Jackson taught Business Law, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management and Real Estate Law at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA. Prior to commencing his legal career, he founded and managed an advertising and marketing firm in Denver, CO. | 