DAVID CLARK

As Founder and CEO, Dave brings two decades of business experience and vision to direct the strategies and operations of MindSource and EdisonSearch. In 1994, he founded MindSource to enable Silicon Valley employers to meet their needs for systems, network engineering, and architecture. He has leveraged his technology savvy and his deep understanding of operational, management, and other business issues surrounding IT environments to successfully complete numerous high-profile security, compliance, and infrastructure engagements.

After earning his degree at California State University-Hayward, Dave began his involvement with UNIX in the mid-1980s, when he worked in Berkeley at one of the first time-share companies, Basis. He went on to be a lead on the MIS team at Arix and later became a system analyst at NASA's Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation facility. For four years, Dave sat on the Board of Bay LISA, a non-profit group dedicated to large site system administration. At Taos Mountain Software, he was key to building the organization from 25 to nearly 200 consultants and developing the "sysadmin" identity it came to enjoy. He then established MindSource to provide IT staffing and project services. He recently led the spin-off of EdisonSearch, a division of MindSource which offers staffing services for placing technical talent in contract and full-time positions.

Dave has a large network of IT professionals in Silicon Valley, due in part to his hiring of over 1,000 individuals over the past decade and from hosting 50 “Birds of a Feather”; training sessions since 1994. With MindSource's expansion to provide managed services and compliance, Dave has continued to employ his deep knowledge of the field to lead MindSource in meeting clients' critical IT and business requirements

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DAN MILLER

As General Manager, Dan Miller is responsible for expanding both MindSource's contract staffing and full time placement divisions. Dan enjoys continued success in both outside and inside sales, having sold over $50 million in contract services in Silicon Valley. With over 20 years in the IT staffing industry, Dan has broad experience in all facets of the recruiting and sales process, making him well equipped to provide the best solutions to our customers. Prior to joining MindSource, Dan was the Director of Technical Services at Essential Solutions, Inc., VP of Sales at TAOS Mountain and Director of Software Staffing at Hall Kinion. Dan has a BA from Sacramento State University.

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GABRIEL MEZA

As CFO and VP of Human Resources, Gabriel is responsible for the financial and operational management of MindSource. He joined the team in 1998 after working for C3, Hewlett Packard and The Le Baron Business Group in diverse financial management and operational positions. Gabriel has over 19 years of experience in finance, business, and human resources and has helped launch several successful companies. Besides MindSource, Gabriel has a passion for music which drove him to found “PuroRock.com”; a portal dedicated to Spanish Rock music.

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VINNIE BANDLA

As National Director of Business Development, Vinnie develops strategic partnerships and generates new revenues for our business. He provides continuing guidance and ongoing training to our sales team. Vinnie joined MindSource in 2003, and has successfully established and maintained key Fortune 500 accounts for clients such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and Network Appliance. Prior to joining MindSource, Vinnie enjoyed past success in Business Development at TMP Worldwide (Monster.com) and RITLogic. Vinnie holds a BS in Accounting from University of Madras, India and an MBA with a focus on Marketing from Clarion University, Pennsylvania.

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KATHY COPELAND

Kathy Copeland brings over 10 years experience in managed services and contract staffing industry to the table. Her vibrant approach to recruiting and upbeat personality makes her a natural leader. She currently guides our Contract Staffing Group’s efforts, and is recognized as a leading force when it comes to getting the job done. She continues to establish and retain a solid, reputable network of top talent while providing hands on leadership to the MindSource team. Kathy has successfully worked with a range of companies including Fortune 500 players such as Microsoft and Cisco as well as stealth-mode start ups. Her inate ability to see the big picture makes Kathy an invaluable asset when it comes to completing any project. Kathy has a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University.

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MARCOS DELLA

As Chief Architect and Technologist, Marcos provides invaluable enterprise project expertise. During his two decades in the computer networking industry, Marcos Della has been actively involved with nearly every aspect of the trade. He has held executive management positions including President, CEO, and Director of Engineering, and has skillfully performed hands-on field engineering, project management, network design and implementation, system integrations, security and infrastructure development. His extensive experience working with some of the top U.S. and foreign corporations culminated in his founding of CSTONE, Inc., an Internet Infrastructure company providing application platforms and integration services using CSTONE patented technologies.

Marcos served as Director of Engineering for InterNex Information Services, where the nationwide private ATM Peering network designed by Marcos Della still supports the latest merger under XO Communications. At InterNex, Marcos first developed the idea for the “pop in a box” which he ultimately designed, built, and deployed internationally. It was this early design that later morphed into the patented application platforms provided at CSTONE. He also spent two years as a Network Designer at Sun Microsystems after his software engineering careers at Borland, AT&T and Harris Corporations. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.

Marcos' favorite niche is in designing and implementing large data networks. He has installed fully redundant networks that extend across 12 countries and employ close to $30 million worth of capital equipment as well as designed and implemented multi-internet entry networks. This work has involved more than 100 worldwide peering negotiations and establishment of relationships with first, second, and third-tier ISPs. Though Marcos has designed networks with as few as four segments, he has also built multi-country WANs with over 100 segments. He has also developed a national backbone infrastructure to support T3-level customers.

As a result of his expertise, Marcos has spoken at numerous technology conferences, including APRICOT and NANOG. Topics he has addressed include security, global web distribution, redundancy, and global peering relationships (BGPs). He is also an advisor to CSU Monterey's Network Department and lectures at Cisco CCNP classes. Marcos has been a valued associate of MindSource for more than eight years and is a featured speaker at many of the company's Birds of a Feather training events.

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WILLIAM ELAM

For over twenty years, Mr. Elam has provided high level management guidance for mission critical strategic planning and implementation of programs to healthcare, electronics, high tech, and high performance data centers. Working at the executive level, Mr. Elam has provided expertise to over one hundred projects in the development, deployment, operations and support of strategic solutions in data centers and building operations. Complemented by strong leadership, team-building, training, presentation, and technical documentation skills, Mr. Elam has received awards from the Association of Energy Engineers' National, West Coast, and Silicon Valley Chapters, and by Pacific Gas & Electric. The programs have received letters of appreciation from California Governors, Pete Wilson and Jerry Brown, and the Mayor of San Jose. Mr. Elam is an active member of the Silicon Valley Mission Critical Facilities Roundtable. In January 2008, William was elected to a two-year term to the Board of Directors for Northern California Plant Engineers.

Mr. Elam recently provided high-level management expertise for the build and current operations of a 300,000 square foot, 25 Mega-watt plus data center in Santa Clara, California. He has performed power audit services for companies, including Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus, CB Richard Ellis, JDS Uniphase, Symantec, Philips, Force Computer, Electroglas, and Roche, Palo Alto. Mr. Elam as advisor to OSI International, a worldwide leader in power management solutions for the oil and gas industry at Pacific Gas & Electric, California ISO, Stanford University, Cornell University, and Microsoft Data Centers. He is widely recognized as an expert in large scale circuit power monitoring applications, and LEED audits. Mr. Elam is a polished professional consultant with deep technical acumen, and an understanding and appreciation of business drivers as they pertain to the preparation of technical responses (RFP, RFI, RFQ) for major procurements in public utility and in the private sector.

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