Management

Bruce Noller Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Philip J. Rauch Chief Financial Officer and Board Member
Philip Verges Chairman
James Mandel Board Member

Bruce Noller
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

Mr. Noller was appointed to Chief Executive Officer of NewMarket Technology effective February 1, 2010. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Noller served as NewMarket’s President of Managed Services and Director, bringing over 25 years of Financial, Operational and Marketing experience to NewMarket. Before joining NewMarket, Mr. Noller served as President of Noller and Associates Inc., a Dallas-based Accounting and Tax firm. Prior to founding his own firm in 1994, he served as Vice President for Integrated Control Systems, a worldwide management consulting firm. During that time, Mr. Noller proposed and oversaw engagements with a variety of industries including healthcare, distribution, manufacturing, retail, banking, insurance, mining and tele-communications. Mr. Noller has international management consulting experience in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Mr. Noller holds an MBA from the University of North Texas.

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Philip J. Rauch
Chief Financial Officer and Board Member

Mr. Rauch brings substantial financial and corporate development talent and experience to NewMarket. Prior to his appointment at NewMarket, Mr. Rauch held the positions of chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Defense Technology Systems, Inc., a U.S.-based company that designed, manufactured and installed safety and security equipment for domestic and international business communities. Prior to his tenure at Defense Technology Systems, Mr. Rauch was vice president of business operations at AboveNet, and from 1993 to 1997, he served as CFO of Columbus Construction. Mr. Rauch also served as CFO for F. Garofalo Electric Co., a Local #3 IBEW engineering and construction company. Mr. Rauch holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, with a concentration in finance and accounting. Mr. Rauch has further earned a certificate in Construction Management from the Institute of Design and Construction in New York. He is currently a member of the American Management Association and the Construction Financial Management Association.

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Philip Verges
Chairman

Philip Verges is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of NewMarket Technology. Mr. Verges built the company from a technology start-up in 1997 to an international company focused on emerging technologies and emerging markets, reporting over $98 million in revenue in 2009. Mr. Verges has been instrumental in NewMarket’s successful acquisition of a number of companies in North America, Asia and Latin America, and in the formation of China Crescent Enterprises, Inc.

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Verges served in the U.S. Army with distinction in a wide variety of important engagements to include research and development of counter terrorism communication technologies and practices. After fulfilling his post-graduate military duties for the United States, Mr. Verges elected to pursue the private sector and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain.

Mr. Verges' early career after the Army included time in the Computer Sciences Research and Development Department of General Motors as an employee of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Mr. Verges' first business start-up experience was also at EDS in a new division concentrating on call center technology in financial institutions. Later, Mr. Verges added to his start-up experience at a $30 million technology services business with the responsibility to open a new geographic region.

In 2008, Mr. Verges was recognized as an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and a Tech Titans Corporate CEO Finalist. Mr. Verges is also a public speaker, giving several talks a year on topics ranging from emerging technologies to financial markets.

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James Mandel
Board Member

Chief Executive Officer and Director of Multiband Corporation (NASDAQ: MBND). James Mandel has been the Chief Executive Officer and the Director of the Company since October 1, 1998. He was co-founder of Call 4 Wireless, LLC, a telecommunications company specializing in wireless communications, and served as its Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors from December 1996 until October 1998 and as its interim Chief Executive Officer from December 1996 until December 1997. From October 1991 to October 1996, he was Vice President of Systems for Grand Casinos, Inc., where his duties included managing the design, development, installation and on-going maintenance for the 2,000 room, $507 million Stratosphere Hotel, Casino and Tower in Las Vegas. Mr. Mandel also managed the systems development of Grand Casino Mille Lacs, in Onamia, Minnesota, Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minnesota and six other casinos nationwide. He also serves on the board of CorVu Corporation.

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