BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Louis Cole
Mr. Cole was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Legato Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software. Mr. Cole served at Legato from July 1989 through October 2000. During this 11-year period, he saw the company through its initial public offering, and grew annual revenue to $251 million. He serves on the boards of a number of high technology and storage companies.

Kent Smith
Mr. Smith is Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for Wily Technology.  Previously he served as Chief Operating Officer at Legato systems where he was responsible for the company's worldwide sales, marketing, support, development and product management departments. Mr. Smith also brings 19 years of experience from IBM where he served in the sales organization of the Data Processing and National Accounts Division culminating with his role as San Francisco regional manager. Additionally, Kent served as General Manager, IBM China where he was responsible for all IBM operations in China.

Mark Diamond
Mark Diamond was one of the early pioneers in the storage services industry. Mark founded Contoural, and under his leadership the company has grown to be the industry leader in data consulting services. Previously Mark was co-founder of the Professional Services group at Veritas (OpenVision), and subsequently founded and built the worldwide professional services and education organizations for Legato Systems. He was also Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services at RightWorks. Mark was one of the industry leaders in applying the life-cycle services approach to storage, and has been a management consultant to numerous storage vendors. He is a frequent industry speaker on compliance, data policy, storage strategy and archiving. Mark is also President of the Alumni Association for the University of California San Diego.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Scott Genereux
Mr. Genereux is Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Global Channels for Hitachi Data Systems, where he spearheads Hitachi Data Systems' strategic initiatives to accelerate the growth of sales through channels and continue to enhance the company's leading position in the industry. With more than a decade of experience at Hitachi Data Systems, Mr. Genereux draws upon a broad base of expertise in the storage industry. In his former capacity at HDS as Vice President of U.S. Sales, Service, and Support, Scott Genereux grew sales revenue by over 20 percent in an extremely tough economic climate, and built a premier customer set that includes more than 50 percent of the Fortune 100 corporations.

Kevin Laughlin
Mr. Laughlin serves as All Covered's Chief Executive Officer overseeing all aspects of the company's operations. He joined All Covered in November 2002 as Chief Financial Officer, was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2003 and to CEO in February 2004. Mr. Laughlin brings more than twenty years of experience in the areas of corporate strategy and financial management. Previously held positions include Chief Financial Officer at International Network Services, a publicly held provider of network consulting and network management software; Controller at Electronics for Imaging, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer of  printer controllers; Accounting Manager at Oracle Corporation and various audit positions at Ernst & Young.

Hank Leingang
Mr. Leingang is a management consultant to developing Information Technology (IT) companies and Global 2000 class companies. He is the former CIO of Bechtel, Viacom, and Triangle Industries. Mr. Leingang's reputation in the IT industry as a high impact professional has been fostered by more than 20 years experience leading major operational and strategic changes in companies by leveraging information technology.

Thomas F. O’Neil III
Thomas O’Neil is a Partner at DLA Piper in the Washington, DC. and New York offices. Thomas is the former senior vice president and general counsel of the MCI Group, co-chairs the firm's Government Controversies group, and is a member of DLA Piper's firmwide Policy Committee. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Thomas acquired extensive public and private sector experience in a number of positions. He served as a legislative assistant to Representative Stewart B. McKinney, a clerk to U.S. District Judge Alexander Harvey II, and served as assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, he received the U.S. Chief Postal Inspector's Special Award and the U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award. Thomas is an adjunct member of the faculty at the American University Washington College of Law and a member of the Board of Regents of Georgetown University, the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University Law Center and the Advisory Board of the Georgetown Corporate Counsel Institute. In 2006, Washington SmartCEO magazine named Mr. O'Neil to its short list of Greater Washington's Legal Elite.

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