Mr. Ploen will serve as director, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Jeff has been a member of the investment banking industry for over 25 years specializing in small or micro cap firms. He is a founding partner and is currently the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Iofina Natural Gas plc. He served as the former Chairman, President and CEO of Tonga Capital Corp. He was the former Chairman and CEO of Paradigm Holdings, Inc. Jeff is the former hedge fund manager of the Olive Fund, LLC. Jeff enjoyed positions with several small cap brokerage houses from 1972 through 1994 including Engler and Budd, Cohig and Associates, Neidiger, Tucker and Brunner and Institutional Securities, Inc. For the past ten years Jeff has been President of J. Paul Consulting Corp., a firm specializing in financing for small and micro cap firms. |