With more than 35 years as a corporate executive, financial officer, regulatory expert, and consultant in the Communications Industry. Jim Moffit served a Corporate Officer and President of the Central Region of Contel, an independent (non-Bell) local telephone company, prior to its merger with GTE in 1991. Following the merger, he was one of the founders and the original COO of Brooks Fiber Properties, a competitive local exchange carrier, which built and acquired many fiber networks across the United States, went public and ultimately sold to WorldCom at an eight times return for the original investors. A pioneer in the independent (non Cable MSO or Incumbent Telephone Company) Broadband Service Provider Industry, he was a founder and Board Member of Everest Global Technologies and Black Hills FiberCom, sat on the Board of Altrio Communications and has worked with Knology, Inc on merger and acquisition opportunities. He is also the Chairman of GLA New Ventures, which has, or had investments in the Companies mentioned above as well as ownership of StellarRad Systems, a communications-related software provider. Jim has an undergraduate degree from Truman State University, a MBA from Washington University in St Louis, and is a CPA.

Paul E. Klein has nearly three decades of experience helping companies grow from a culture oriented around the entrepreneur and his or her vision to one with a culture promoting accountability and competency. Paul is a recognized presenter, facilitator, and advisor for companies and executives aspiring to succeed in the diverse and multi-cultural global or domestic marketplace. Unique to his approach is a calling for a blend of intuitive and systematic skills from managers and decision-making teams, resulting in improved performance, productivity, and profits.

Management consulting experience includes evaluation of management, perpetuation systems, and organizational stages; assessment; restructuring; negotiations; and creation of value-added strategies for a range of industries internationally. He has helped increase the value of his clients’ companies by guiding them to create the critical systems and resources to progress efficiently and effectively from start-up through growth into perpetuation, where the greatest multiples of value and the most choices for capitalizing on the organization are realized. Paul is the founder and director of Authentic Enterprises, Inc, and the author of several books.

He serves as vice president for Global Center for Leadership In Trust, a non-profit foundation. He was the co-founder and program chair of the International Banking Information Technology Forum, 1996, Basil, Switzerland. He is a strategy advisor to Legal Insight, Inc.

Mark Wood brings 25 years of experience in emergency telecommunications mobile networks, telecommunications, and information technology. As CellCast’s Chief Technical Officer, Mark is responsible for the technical design of the Cell@lert public warning by Cell Broadcasting service and liaison with the standards authorities, ETSI and ITU. He serves as the Honorary Secretary General, on loan by CellCast, to the Civil Emergency Alert Service Association (CEASa), advising technical departments of Network operators and governmental authorities, and to advocate the adoption of Cell Broadcasting for the Humanitarian agenda.

Previously, Mark served as senior lecturer in Mobile Network Design at the Ericsson Technical Training Center in Stockholm, Sweden, after many years working in network design and operations for a major network operator. 

Mark writes and lectures on Disaster Telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, USA and has also written or co-authored three books on the subject of disaster telecommunications. He is the author of Disaster Communications, a guide used by relief organizations around the world, including the International Red Cross and the United Nations. He is a Senior Consultant and Contributing Editor for the Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications for Developing Countries on matters pertaining to advice for regulators of developing countries, concerning the behavior of telecommunications systems during disasters, and the mitigation of such effects.

Mark serves as a technical trainer to UK police departments on voice and data public information systems. Mark also serves as a broadcast engineer for the British Broadcasting Corporation and as a special constable for the Surry Police Force and a radio Communications officer with the British Red Cross. He is the telecommunications coordination officer and a technical advisor to the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. He is a technical advisor of the UN Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications.

Mark brings a delightful blend of intelligence, knowledge, humor, and candor as he interprets complicated technologies in a way that anyone can comprehend.

After studying science (majoring in physics) at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, Kevin worked for a firm of scientific consultants specialising in marine and shipping matters. When the telecommunications monopoly enjoyed by British Telecom was removed, he recognized the business opportunity this presented to launch one of the first independent telecommunications equipment supply and installation companies in the UK.

The company became accredited dealers for manufacturers such as Panasonic, GEC, Philips, Siemens, and 3M. With the advent of cellular, the company became involved in the supply and installation of mobile telephones for networks such as Vodafone and Cellnet.

After selling this company to his fellow directors, Kevin started a software business specializing in the (then) new field of computer telephony integration. Concentrating on “niche” applications, the company developed software for Amex and Heathrow Airport and many other clients, becoming well known for its expertise in outbound messaging. In 1992 it won the contract to develop a message broadcasting system for Sussex Police. The system has been adopted by most of the UK police forces and is in use at some 400 locations throughout the UK, as well as by the German police.