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Keith
Cox, Managing Director. Mr. Cox has served as a consultant,
on the advisory board or on the board of directors of a number of
technology startups, including the board of OpenTable. Prior to
co-founding BrainStorm Ventures, Mr. Cox served as CEO and CFO of
World Wrapps, Inc., a West Coast restaurant chain funded by top-tier
retail venture investors that he co-founded in 1994. He left World
Wrapps in 1999 after hiring a seasoned restaurant executive to take
over as CEO. Prior to World Wrapps, Mr. Cox worked as a management
consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton and as a financial services
consultant at Deloitte & Touche, where he focused on financial
analysis, mergers & acquisitions and private company valuations.
Mr. Cox received an MBA from Stanford University in 1994 and received
dual bachelor's degrees in Business Economics and Sociology from
University of California, Santa Barbara in 1989.

Eduardo
Rallo, Managing Director. Prior to co-founding BrainStorm
Ventures, Mr. Rallo served in an acting management, advisory, and/or
board member role in several high-growth startups. Mr. Rallo also
co-founded World Wrapps Inc. in 1994 where he served as Vice President
of Store Development until 1999. Just prior to co-founding World
Wrapps, Mr. Rallo worked as Director of Special Projects with Cifra,
one of Mexico's largest retail companies, and as a management consultant
for Deloitte & Touche and Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Rallo
received an MBA from Harvard University in 1993 and his BA in Economics
from the University of California, San Diego in 1989.

Zev
Zaidman, Managing Director. Prior to co-founding BrainStorm
Ventures, Mr. Zaidman founded and managed Millennium Development
Fund, a diversified international fund with investments in the equity
and debt markets as well as in real estate and venture capital.
Previous to that, Mr. Zaidman was Corporate Finance Director for
Grupo Financiero Mifel in Mexico City, where he collaborated on
the startup of the group's commercial bank and served on the Credit
Committee. In addition, Mr. Zaidman was Associate Director for NM
Rothschild & Sons Ltd. in Mexico City, where he participated
in privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, the incorporation of
the group's investment bank and was a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr. Zaidman received a Masters in International Management from
The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird)
in 1990 and graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University
of California, San Diego in 1988.

Vince
Haley, General Counsel. Prior to joining BrainStorm Ventures,
Mr. Haley was an associate for two years with the law firm Cadwalader,
Wickersham & Taft in New York and an associate for three years
with White & Case. At both law firms, Mr. Haley engaged in the
practice of corporate law, concentrating on international project
finance and aircraft leasing. Mr. Haley earned his law degree from
the University of Virginia School of Law as well as a Masters in
Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1992. He also
received a Masters degree in European Union Law from the College
of Europe in Bruges, Belgium in 1993. Mr. Haley graduated with a
BA in Government from The College of William & Mary in 1988.

Maria
Asuncion Aramburuzabala, Advisor. Ms.
Aramburuzabala is an investor in BrainStorm and currently serves
as President of Integracion y Verificacion Analitica, a financial
investment and real estate firm. Her family operates Grupo Modelo
(Corona Beer) and she sits on the boards of some of the leading
companies in Latin America, including Televisa, America Movil/Telmex,
Banamex, and Grupo Modelo. She also sits on the board of NCUBO.
Ms. Aramburuzabala was recently featured as the Latin billionaire
in Forbes Magazine in an article in which she discussed her vision
for helping to "digitize" Latin America. She was also
named the year 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Mexican business
publication Expansion. Ms. Aramburuzabala graduated from the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México with a BA in
Accounting.

Kimball
(Kim) Small, Advisor. Mr. Small is also an investor in
BrainStorm Ventures. During more than thirty years in real estate,
Mr. Small has developed several major projects in the Silicon Valley,
including the Fairmont Hotel and Fairmont Plaza Office Building
in San Jose as well as many technology company campuses. Mr. Small's
real estate expertise led to his specializing in broadband infrastructure
companies. Most recently, Mr. Small served on the board of AboveNet
Communications, Inc. through its successful IPO and until its subsequent
sale to Metromedia Fiber Networks (Nasdaq: MFNX). Mr. Small graduated
from the University of California at Los Angeles in Business Administration
and served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Sherman
Tuan, Advisor. Mr. Tuan co-founded AboveNet Communications,
Inc., a subsidiary of Metromedia Fiber Network Services (Nasdaq:
MFNX), and has served as CEO of AboveNet since 1996. Mr. Tuan is
currently a member of the board of directors of Metromedia Fiber
Network Services. Prior to founding AboveNet, Mr. Tuan was President
of InterNex Information Services, Inc., an internet infrastructure
provider. Since 1982, Mr. Tuan has held high-level positions as
well as board seats with technology companies in the U.S. and in
Taiwan, including Acer. Mr. Tuan received an Electrical Engineering
degree from Feng-Chia University in Taiwan.

Martin
Haeberli, Advisor.
Mr. Haeberli advises startup companies, including current clients
AmadonLabs, BIAP Systems and KeyAssets.com, as well as former clients
Fuse Systems and TeraBeam Networks. He is a board member of Bootstrap
Alliance founded by Doug Engelbart and is a former board member
of iCast, a venture-funded company sold to First Virtual. Mr. Haeberli
co-founded and was CTO of OverSea Systems, an internet-based service
for the container shipping industry. Previously, he was Director
of Education Marketing and Director of Technology under Marc Andreessen
at Netscape from 1996 through 1998. He also spent 15 years in key
roles at Apple Computer working on the original Macintosh team designing
custom chips and applications software, leading technical marketing
efforts in education and business development and championing Apple's
use of Internet Protocol ((IP) and developing Apple's first Internet
commerce pilot. Mr. Haeberli also worked at Xerox PARC on chip design
and testing as well as software applications, and at BBN in Cambridge,
MA on early packet switches and Internet routers. Mr. Haeberli studied
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, and pursued some graduate studies at MIT and
Stanford.

Sergio
Rosengaus, Advisor. Mr. Rosengaus is the CEO of KIO Networks,
an IDC & Internet infrastructure provider located in Mexico
City as well as the co-founder of NCUBO, a technology development
and investment company also based in Mexico City. Previously, Mr.
Rosengaus worked in the construction industry as the CEO of ITISA,
one of the largest infrastructure/railroad companies in Mexico.
Mr. Rosengaus also founded Ferromix and Preansa, two other railroad
companies located respectively in Chile and Argentina. Mr. Rosengaus
was also the co-founder of Sistemac, the largest dealer of Apple
Computer in Mexico and the co-founder of El Buro, a digital prepress
services bureau. Mr. Rosengaus received a BS in Industrial Engineering
at the Universidad Iberoamericana- Mexico D.F. in 1988. He later
received a MBA in Finance at the Universidad De las Americas in
Puebla in 1991 and completed the Executive Management Program AD-2
- IPADE in 1998-1999 in Mexico.

Antonio
Rallo, Advisor.
Mr. Rallo is the co-founder and CEO of Grey Interactive Mexico and
is the Chairman of the Board of NCUBO, a technology development
and investment company based in Mexico City. Mr. Rallo has been
involved for more than fifteen years in new media research, development,
and deployment projects. Prior to his current activities, Mr. Rallo
was an entrepreneur in three other companies: MacWare, the largest
third party Macintosh hardware and exclusive software distributor
in Mexico; Iweb, a high end web design firm; and Digital MediaStudio,
a development services company for digital media, CD-ROM, and touch
screen kiosks. Digital MediaStudio and Iweb were both sold to Grey
Interactive in 1999. Mr. Rallo is a board member of El Buro, a digital
prepress services bureau and also a board member in North American
Software (NASOFT), a software factory deployed as a cross-border
company focusing on developing software and outsourcing services
for the U.S. and Mexican markets. Mr. Rallo worked for six years
at Apple Computer, three as Multimedia Technologies Manager, Apple
Europe, and three as Solutions Integrations Manager, Apple International.
Mr. Rallo received a BS in Marine Biology at the University of California
San Diego, in 1985. He later earned a Graduate Research Fellowship
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography where Mr. Rallo studied the
navigational skills of the Hammer Head shark in the Sea of Cortez.

Juan
Pablo Andrade, Advisor. Mr. Andrade is a Private Asset
Manager and Financial Consultant for Integracion y Verificacion
Analitica, a financial investment and real estate firm. Previously,
Mr. Andrade worked in the banking industry with important banks
and financial institutions such as Banco Santander, Banamex, and
Invermexico. He also serves on the board of directors of Grupo Modelo,
Televisa, and NCUBO. Mr. Andrade graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico
Autónomo de México with a BA in Economics.

Catherine
Gonzales, Advisor. Ms. Gonzales was the co-founder and
CEO of Holiday Channel, Inc., a holiday-driven e-commerce portal
that included the high-ranking Santa.com site. Prior to founding
Holiday Channel, she was co-founder and director of marketing and
sales for ZAPATA Communications, a strategic communications consultancy.
Ms. Gonzales also spent 16 years as a small business trainer and
independent business consultant where she worked with over 1,100
small business owners throughout the U.S. Ms. Gonzales' expertise
with the computerized management information systems used by these
companies has allowed her to help owners refine business data, understand
customer needs, and create and manage effective marketing and new
business strategies. Ms. Gonzales' work has led to her participation
in numerous small business workshops and seminars as well as to
speaking engagements on a national level.

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