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John T. Hazel, Jr.
   

John T. Hazel, Jr.


Chairman
Mr. Hazel has been engaged in the general practice of law for more than 35 years, with involvement in various residential and commercial land acquisition, development and management activities. He is currently a principal at the Angler Companies, which provide professional services for property development.

Mr. Hazel is the former Owner and Chairman of the Board of Hazel & Thomas, P.C. who merged to form Reed, Smith, Hazel & Thomas in 1999. Mr. Hazel earned a degree in law from Harvard College in 1951. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association and the Chairman of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council.

 

Burke Cox
   

Burke Cox


Chief Executive Officer
As CEO of Stelligent Incorporated, Mr. Cox is responsible for overall financial and operational management of Stelligent. His primary responsibilities include business development, marketing, strategic planning, partner relations, corporate operations, capital acquisition, financial management and board relations.

He serves on the industry advisory board for the Auburn University Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the advisory board for the George Mason University College of Information Technology and Engineering.

 

Ron Wright
   

Ron Wright


Treasurer
Mr. Wright is Chairman of Next Century Technologies, Inc., an investment holding company based in Northern Virginia. Mr. Wright was Co-Founder, President and CEO of Neurosoft, Inc. a leading manufacturer of neurodiagnostic medical devices. He serves as Director / Treasurer of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park Authority. Mr. Wright also serves on the Board of Directors for several US and foreign companies in the healthcare and IT industries. He is a graduate of Eisenhower College.

 

Andrew Glover
   

Andrew Glover


President
As President, Mr. Glover leads the business and technology strategy for Stelligent. His primary responsibilities include the strategic development of Stelligent’s products and services and in accelerating Stelligent's position as a leader in the field of software quality.

Mr. Glover is an established expert in automated testing frameworks and tools. He is a published author for multiple online publications including IBM’s DeveloperWorks and Oreilly’s ONJava and ONLamp portals; additionally, he is the co-author of “Java Testing Patterns” published by Wiley in September 2004 and is currently co-authoring a book on Continuous Integration for Addison-Wesley. Mr. Glover is a frequent speaker at Java Users Groups around the country as well as a speaker for the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium group.

His interest in building quality into software with technologies that lower software bug counts, reduce integration and testing times, and improve overall code stability led him to found Vanward Technologies in 2001. Vanward was acquired by JNetDirect in 2005 and was renamed to Stelligent in 2006.

 

Dr. Lloyd Griffiths
   

Dr. Lloyd Griffiths


Dean of Information and Technology, George Mason University
Dr. Griffiths is the Dean of the Information and Technology School at George Mason University. Dr. Griffiths holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Stanford University. The school focuses on cutting-edge IT applications as well as fundamental engineering principles and problem-solving methods.
 
     
 

Earle Williams
   

Earle Williams


Director
Mr. Williams led BDM from 1972 through his retirement in 1992. During that period BDM grew from $7.7 million in sales and 430 employees to sales of $420 million and 4,500 employees. Mr. Williams remained on the board of directors until BDM was acquired by TRW in December 1997 and holds an Engineering Degree from Auburn University.

 

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Mark Belles


Vice President, Vignette
Mark E. Belles is vice president of strategic alliances and business development at Vignette, where he leads the strategic development and maintenance of the company's expanding partner program. Currently, Belles focuses on the development of an OEM network as well as nurturing and enhancing relationships with strategic technology and consulting partners.

Prior to Vignette, Belles served as vice president of global alliances for Dimension Data Holdings, plc, a leading technology services company. In this role, Belles oversaw the $2.5 billion company's partner program, leading strategic alliances programs across the five global regions and successfully integrating the alliance teams of eight companies acquired by Dimension Data.

Belles joined Dimension Data through the company's acquisition of Proxicom, where he established the company's alliance program, developing partnerships with leading technology and service companies. Belles gained experience in the partner organizations of PaylinX Corporation and IBM, where he worked for nine years in a variety of roles.

Belles is a graduate of St. Olaf College with a BA in mathematics and economics, and studied at Cambridge University and the University of Lancaster in England.

 

Dr. Stephen Crocker
   

Dr. Stephen Crocker


Chief Executive Officer, Shinkuro
Mr. Crocker has worked in the Internet community since its inception. As a UCLA graduate student in the 1960's, Steve helped create the Arpanet protocols which were the foundation for today's Internet. For this work, Dr. Crocker was recently awarded the 2002 IEEE Internet Award.

In early 2002, Mr. Crocker co-founded Shinkuro, a research and development company with a strong interest in information sharing across organizational boundaries.

 

Michael Mannix
   

Michael Mannix


Partner, Holland & Knight, LLC
In addition to serving as primary legal counsel for JNetDirect, Mr. Mannix is a partner in the Reston, VA office of Holland & Knight, LLP. He practices in the areas of general corporate law and corporate finance. Mr. Mannix has represented public and private companies in a variety of business transactions. His experience includes stock arrangements, licensing, vendor and OEM arrangements, complex agreements, corporate finance, business and tax planning and employment. In addition, he has extensive experience in the areas of venture capital transactions, and exempt (Regulation D) offerings, corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions.