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Mr. Blount has served as the CEO and founder of Alpha Bay Corporation since its inception in 2005. He has more than thirty years experience in the computer industry and over twenty years senior management experience, including the roles of Chairman, President, CEO, COO, and CTO. He has a successful track record of assembling powerful teams from his vast network of seasoned professionals and successfully leading companies to achieve rapid growth and solid profits. Mr. Blount has been an executive in several public companies including Novell, Borland, Raindance Communications, TeleComputing, and JD Edwards, and began his career at IBM. He has experience in all aspects of the technology arena including enterprise software, personal productive software, Internet, telephony, data networking, wireless networking, and hardware. In addition to his technical acumen, Mr. Blount has had responsibility for sales, marketing, and operations for both international products and services, and has continually produced dramatic growth in revenues and profits. Mr. Blount has also launched new products in most parts of the world including the U.S., Europe, Canada, Japan, China, and Latin America. Mr. Blount continues to share his vision and leadership as a well-known industry expert and a frequent speaker at industry conferences in the U.S. and internationally, including COMDEX, Windows World, PC Expo, NetWorld, CeBIT, CTIA Wireless Apps, and Telecom Asia. Mr. Blount has launched three software startups, taken two software companies public, and worked closely with several venture capital firms. Mr. Blount has also executed four successful turn-arounds. Most recently, he led Dynix Corporation, where he achieved double-digit sales growth for three consecutive years. Mr. Blount has been on the Board of Directors of more than a dozen technology companies. Mr. Blount graduated from Southern Methodist University with degrees in math and computer science with graduate MBA studies at IBM’s Watson Institute. | 