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Robert M. Pons has over 25 years of senior level management experience including early stage ventures, Fortune 500 and turnaround companies. Currently, Mr. Pons is Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for TMNG, a leading provider of professional services to the converging communications media and entertainment industries and the capital formation firms that support it. Prior to TMNG he was CEO of Uphonia/SmartServ Inc. a publicly traded firm in the wireless industry. Uphonia/SmartServ was completely recapitalized and repositioned under his leadership. As an early pioneer of the competitive telecommunications industry, he was a senior level executive working with both landline and wireless systems. Originating his telecommunications experience in 1980 at MCI, Mr. Pons opened the New England markets, growing them from start-up to a $100 million division. He served as a special advisor to the President of MCI during the company's highest growth years and was featured in the book On The Line--History of MCI. In 1986, Mr. Pons was recruited by the President of Sprint to manage its Northeast Sales division with over $750 million in revenue. His wireless experience originated as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Geotek, a wireless carrier with licenses in 50 major markets. During his tenure, the company grew from a market cap of $25 million to $1.7 billion. Mr. Pons has directly overseen financing transactions from $5 million to $100 million and has extensive experience in organizing start-ups. In addition to being a member of the board of IPP, he also sits on the board of Network1 Security Solutions (OTC:NSSI.OB). | 