Alex Zappani, President
azappani@zequel.com
Alex leads the strategic objectives of Zequel Technologies, Inc. and oversees the daily operations of the management team. Alex brings to Zequel extensive consulting and management experience. Prior to joining Zequel, Alex served as Vice-President of Operations for a Managed Security Service Provider with operations in the U.S. and Latin America. Alex led the development of the company's strategy including capital rising, strategic vision, operations, sales, opening local offices in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, hiring local personnel, and recruiting channel partners. Prior to this position, Alex worked with the Arthur Andersen - Technology Risk Consulting Division (TRC) for nine years out of the Chicago, Miami, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela offices. Alex has a Bachelor's Degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Buenos Aires, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), has a Certificate in Business Administration from Loyola University (Chicago), is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and is member of the Information System Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Alex is a speaker at several seminars regarding IT security and IT risk management.

Francisco Arguedas, Vice President of International Sales
farguedas@zequel.com
Francisco is presently leading all of the International Sales for Zequel including building a network of channel partners, value added resellers and customer base in Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile and Dominican Republic. Francisco has served as Managing Director for different companies including Attachmate, Citrix Systems (CTXS) and NetScreen Technologies (NSCN). In all of these companies, Francisco developed all the sales, distribution and channel development strategies from the initial operations. In addition, Francisco formed strategic alliances with companies like Unisys, Ericsson, Siemens and Damovo among others. Francisco has 22 years of experience in the IT environment and has been working with international markets for the past 16 years. Francisco has successfully built an extensive network of channel partners, value added resellers and customers. Francisco holds an MBA degree from Florida Atlantic University and a Cybernetic Engineering Degree from La Salle University.

Ron Woodward, Vice President of Business Development
rwoodward@zequel.com
Ron Woodward has served as Zequel Technologies' VP of Business Development since September of 2002. Ron is responsible for all of the business development initiatives of Zequel in the West Coast including a network of channel partners, value added resellers and customer base. Prior to joining Zequel, Ron was employed for more than nineteen years in various sales and sales management positions. From 1996 until 2000, Ron served as the Director of International sales for Allied Telesyn, a Seattle based Company specializing in infrastructure networking and management software. During his tenure, Allied Telesyn's market value increased as the company successfully completed strategic worldwide relationships with Lucent Technologies, NCR, Gateway, Siemens-Nixdorf, Reuters and IBM global services. From 1990 to 1996 Ron served as Director of Corporate and Federal sales for IBM/Tivoli, a Texas based Software Company. Prior to joining IBM/Tivoli, Ron worked for six years at Novell, where he served as a Senior Account Executive. Ron has a BA in Marketing from the University of Alaska and resides in Seattle, Washington with his wife.

Hernando Solano, Vice-President of Technology
hsolano@zequel.com
Hernando is responsible for the overall technology research and development of Zequel, including managing the software design, programming, version controls, technical support infrastructure and future products. Hernando brings over 7 years of solid technical experience in the telecommunications and Information Technology field. During the past years, Hernando has served as a Chief Information Officer of a Managed Security Service Provider, Chief Technology Officer at LD Telecom, a voice over IP Telecommunications Company and Chief Technology Officer at iMigo Technologies, an Internet Appliance company that specialized in the development of embedded Linux Operating System. Hernando attended Simon Bolivar University for an Information Systems Engineering Degree.

Carlos A. Sandoval, Vice-President of Operations
csandoval@zequel.com
Carlos is presently managing all the day-to-day operations including partner contracts, human resources, customer support, logistics, product presentations, business development support, legal and accounting issues. Prior to joining the company, Carlos served as a Director of Sales for Latin America for a Managed Security Service Provider. Carlos led the initiatives to create sales opportunities through a network of channel partners and a local direct sales force in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Prior to this position, Carlos served as President of iMigo Technologies, Inc., a developer of Internet Appliances for Latin America. Carlos holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Business from the New Jersey City University.