Advisory Board

Lawrence P. Howorth

Lawrence Howorth has over 29 years of multinational management experience in business development, operations and finance in the software development, Internet-based commerce, banking, consulting, manufacturing, business services and technical-training sectors. Lawrence is the Principal of Global Management Solutions, a consulting and contract-executive management firm. He provides Business Development and Executive Management services to Hostedware Corporation. His expertise includes building new organizations, re-positioning and re-structuring existing organizations and he sits on several Advisory Boards.

Prior to Global Management Solutions, he was the co-founder, Chief Operating and Financial Officer of Event411, Inc., a software development company in the multi-million dollar travel and events industry, and the founding President and Chief Financial Officer for SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing, a pioneer in online marketing and advertising technology and sales. Prior to SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing, Lawrence served as President of the Pacific Rim Operations for Learning Tree International (NASDAQ: LTRE), a global leader in developing and delivering technical training in the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada. He oversaw the development of the Company's Asia-Pacific sales and operations, and he also served as a Director and Chief Financial Officer for the Company.

Prior to Learning Tree, Lawrence held senior management positions for Smith International (NYSE: Si'). There he managed operations in Canada and oversaw the implementation of multinational finance and management systems, manufacturing and service infrastructure and participated in the negotiation and management of joint ventures and new businesses in over 22 countries.

In the early part of his career he spent seven years with Nu-Central Homes and KPMG. A Canadian Chartered Accountant, (B. Comm, University of Saskatchewan), Lawrence has lectured on multinational business development and other technical and business operations subjects at the University of Southern California, California State University, Long Beach and various conferences.

Daniel T.Y. Ling

Mr. Ling is currently Senior Vice President and Board Director for Straight Ventures Olympic; a global investment banking and management consulting firm. Daniel was SVP of Sutro & Co overseeing and advising high net worth individual and corporate clients on money management, asset allocation, insurance and estate planning activities. He was Senior Vice President with Paine Webber (94-98) , and before that, Vice President with Prudential securities (89-93) and Drexel Burnham Lambert (83-88).

Mr. Ling co-founded Synacord Capital in 1998, focusing in funding California startups technology companies. Since inception, Synacord had facilitated financing for 14 startups from 100k to 2-3M each in Software, Hardware, Semiconductor Chip Design, Internet B to B Portal, DSL Telecom Equipment, Biotech, and Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery to Discovery. Mr. Ling received a Doctorate Degree with top honors from USC Pharmacy School in 1981 as a member of Rho Chi Honor Society.

Winston Lee

One of the most highly regarded Asian American investment bankers, Mr. Lee is Chairman and CEO of Straight Ventures Olympic, a global investment banking and management consulting firm. Winston was Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, stationed in Hong Kong during the 1980's, specializing in the telecommunications and multimedia industries.

Entrepreneurial and creative, he later founded Gateway Communications (HK) Ltd. and investment banking firm Strait Ventures Inc. Mr. Lee is responsible for winning many important telecommunications licenses in Asia, including the two most valuable mobile licenses in Taiwan - FarEastTone Telecommunications Corp. (JV of AT&T Wireless and Far Eastern Group). Mr. Lee received his architecture degrees from Rice University and MBA from Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.

Rob Donahue

Rob Donahue participated in the founding and startup of Hostedware, and was instrumental in attracting some of Hostedware's key customers. In addition to providing ongoing consultation services to Hostedware, Rob is currently Rental Manager and Information Technology Specialist for Donahue Transportation Services Corporation (his family's business).

Rob's product management and customer service experience in fast-paced, growth-oriented companies, along with the familiarity with the market and their needs, have provided important insight to our management and development teams. Prior to Hostedware, Rob served in various product management, software marketing and business development capacities with Sage Publications, a $100M publisher and distributor of academic books, journals and research and analysis software. Rob has a degree in research methods from Claremont McKenna College.

Karen Fraser

Karen Fraser is an experienced educator in the fields of mathematics and science. She is currently a Leadership Participant with the Monterey Bay Area Mathematics Project. Prior to the Mathematics Project, she was the Coordinator for the Community Teaching Fellowships in Mathematics and Science Program at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Learning Skills Specialist in Mathematics and Science at the Sonoma State University. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego (mathematics and literature), Ms. Fraser has presented papers in the areas of Cryptography, Mathematics, Teaching Mathematics to LD Students and Geometry, among others.

She has published original works and historical research, and in particular has co-authored "Learning to Learn: Specialists Collaborate to Teach Success," which appeared in Opportunity Outlook, National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations (1996). She has been active in the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel (WESTOP), National Association of Developmental Education (NADE) and the Mathematics Association of America (MAA).

Enid Erika Berglund

Erika Berglund, SPHR, CPT has over 20 years of professional experience leading global organizations in education, business development, performance improvement, process reengineering and training. She is currently a Vice President with Clark Consulting's (NYSE:CLK) Management Science Associates practice. She works with healthcare clients in the areas of human resource strategy, organizational effectiveness, performance improvement and leadership development to support the successful execution of business strategies.

Prior to Clark Consulting, Ms. Berglund was a Manager in the Business Consulting practice of Arthur Andersen, LLP where she led organizational development and training strategies for multinational clients undergoing large-scale business change. Prior to Andersen, she founded Performance by Design, a performance consulting and training firm where she developed training strategies and programs for a broad range of clients in diverse industries.

Ms. Berglund has held management roles in training and business development with CalFirst Bancorp (NASDAQ:CFNB), Learning Tree International (NASDAQ:LTRE), Ibax Healthcare, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals and Baxter Healthcare. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.S. Honors, Education) and the University of Southern California (M.S. Instructional Technology).

Erika is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She also received her Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) credential based upon her work with clients to systematically and systemically identify and remove barriers to individual and organizational performance. She is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She has published articles and spoken on the subjects of training, change management, communications and performance management.

Ana P. Nunes

Ana Nunes has managed numerous research and investigative projects including plan development, identification of the target constituency of respondents, organization of the staff support teams and the provision of data analysis and interpretation. She is currently a Program/Research Coordinator with the Discrimination Research Center, part of the Impact Fund of Berkeley, CA. Prior to the Discrimination Research Center, she served as a specialist and consultant with Project Sentinel, Palo Alto, CA and Pacific Community Services, Inc., Pittsburgh, CA.

Ms. Nunes is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz and has several publications to her credit including "Treatment of Caucasian and African-American Applicants by San Francisco Bay Area Employment Agencies; Results of a Study Utilizing "Testers" (1999) and "A Study of the Treatment of Female and Male Applicants by San Francisco Bay Area Auto Service Shops" (2000).