James C. McGill
Chairman of the Board of Directors

In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board for Avansic, Jim McGill serves as Chairman of the Board of MacroSolve Inc., the parent company of Anyware Mobile Solutions.

A registered professional engineer, he graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1965 from The University of Tulsa and received 25 U.S. and foreign patents in the field of pollution control between 1974 and 1985. He has founded several companies, including an environmental technology company specializing in air and water pollution control systems, and a specialty subcontractor for natural gas pipeline construction.

He serves on the board of numerous Tulsa area organizations and civic organizations, and also is a trustee of TU. He was named Outstanding Alumnus of TU's Department of Chemical Engineering in 1987 and was admitted into the University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Hall of Fame in 1992.

Vincent LoVoi
Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Vincent LoVoi received his BA at Notre Dame in 1978, and his Juris Doctor from the National Law Center at George Washington University in 1986. He served as an Associate Attorney in Public Law and Policy at the Akin Gump law firm in Washington DC for 4 years, representing clients in the entertainment and biomedical sectors on intellectual property manners. He was the Vice President for Worldwide Government Affairs and Public Policy at the Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer), focusing on drug approvals, international price regulation, intellectual property, and cross-border trade.

Mr. LoVoi then returned to Akin Gump, serving as the Partner-in-Charge for the Brussels group where he managed the overall European public law and policy practice. Presently, he is the Managing Partner for Mimosa Tree Capital Partners. He is also member of the Board of Trustees at Holland Hall School and the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Oklahoma Policy Institute, and is a member of the Tulsa Economic Development Commission.

Joel Kantor
Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Joel Kantor has been working in the investment advisement industry for more than twenty five years. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1978 with a Bachelor in Business Administration, where he majored in Accounting. He worked as Vice President, Certified Financial Planner with AmeriTrust Investment Advisors from 1998-2000, where he managed over $40 million in portfolio assets. In 2001, he formed Mimosa Tree Capital Partners with his partner Vincent LoVoi, where he assists with initiatives including management buy-outs and entrepreneur funding. He is also a partner at Pinnacle Investment Advisors, where he continues to provide Financial Planning and portfolio management.

Mr. Kantor is active in the community, serving and past Board Member of the Day Center for the Homeless, the community relations committee of the Tulsa Jewish Federation and as a Board Member at the Jewish Retirement Center. He is currently involved with Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries and is a mayor appointed member of the Tulsa Parking Authority.

Gavin W. Manes
President and Chief Executive Officer

Gavin W. Manes, a nationally recognized expert in digital forensics, founded Avansic in 2004 to provide e-discovery services to an ever-increasing number of members in the business and legal communities looking to protect their companies and clients from exploitation.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Avansic, Manes ensures the efficiency of the company, as well as the fulfillment of the mission in conjunction with business development and expansion into new service areas.

Manes holds five National Information Assurance Education and Training Program federal information assurance certifications from the Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee. He also earned his Certified Information System Security Professional certificate ISC2. In addition, he briefed the White House, National Security Council and the Pentagon on information security.

Manes has served as an expert witness for many legal proceedings through courtroom testimony, depositions and consulting with attorneys on data preservation issues. To maintain his expert standing, Dr. Manes continues to publish in peer-reviewed journals, present at a variety of conferences and symposia, and give classroom lectures at universities. His full curriculum vitae CV can be found here www.gavinmanes.com.

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