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Co-Founder
Mark de Groot is the Managing Partner of MSBi, which he founded in 2001. Mark has previously worked extensively in both the technology and the life sciences sectors. He is also a co-founder of an Ottawa-based software company (GridIron Software) on whose board he continues to serve. Mark obtained his M.Sc. from Trinity College, University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Physics from Oxford University. Thereafter he did post-doctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the University of Rome

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Telecommunications Domain Expert.
Vice President-Telecommunications at DTS, a technology consultancy. Charlotte has more than 30 years of experience in the technology and telecommunications sectors. Prior to that she was CTO and Vice President of Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc, as well as CTO and Vice President of Southern New England Telephone (SNET) Charlotte has also held various leadership positions at ITT Corporation including Manager of Support Software Services and was on the technical staff at Bell Labs.

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Mobile Security Expert
Curtis is currently Vice President & General Manager of North America for F-Secure, a leading Internet security provider. Cresta's career spans over 15 years in General Management and Executive Sales Leadership in the U.S. Software Industry. Most recently he led F-Secure's North American Sales Group, prior to that Mr. Cresta held sales and leadership positions at RadView, MicroStrategy, and FTP Software. Mr. Cresta holds a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Worcester State College and has attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program (EPGC), as well as the Thunderbird Global Leadership Program.

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Veteran Telecom Executive and Mobile Commerce Expert
Donald is currently the CEO at Essar Telecom, the second largest GSM provider in India, which is jointly owned by Vodafone. Prior to joining Essar, Donald served as Smart Telecom's chief mobile architect and advisor. Smart mobile is the Philippines leading mobile network operator, leading the globe in mobile messaging activity with over 30 billion transactions per month. At Smart, Donald played a key role in growing the company's GSM business, developing Smart's award winning mobile commerce services and its cutting-edge information technology platforms, and setting up and expanding its wireless broadband and satellite communications services. Prior to joining Smart in 1999, Donald was the Chief Operating Officer of Malaysian company Time Telecommunications SDN BHD (TTSB) and a Partner in the management consulting group of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Hong Kong. Program.