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Founders and Senior Management

Joseph Strazza, CEO
 Mr. Strazza is a co-founder & CEO of WinMill Software, and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Strazza is the strategic vision behind WinMill Software; he has grown the Company from a single office in New York City in 1994 to a company with operations throughout the Northeast. He has been the architect of the Company's successful transition from a small educational Client/Server firm to the visionary technology services company it is today. In addition to providing overall strategic direction to the Company, Mr. Strazza actively participates in the development and management of key client accounts and partner relationships. Mr. Strazza currently serves on Campaign Board of the Pattee/Paterno Libraries at Penn State. Mr. Strazza served as Director of Indirect Channels at International Software Group, was a Regional Manager for Automated Data Processing, and was responsible for direct sales at Advanced Retail Systems.
 
Kevin Kilgore, President
Mr. Kilgore joined the Company in 1996; he manages the tactical and strategic operations of the company. He has deep experience in insurance, financial services and benefit funds. Having founded WinMill's union and benefit funds practice in 1999, he remains actively involved in that practice today. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kilgore served as a Manager at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
 
Craig Lerman, President, Let's Think Wireless
Mr. Lerman brings to bear over 16 years of microwave engineering and product development experience. Craig has designed products for consumer, medical and military applications. His past work experience includes positions at Bell Labs, Becton Dickinson and Internet Cable Corporation. For the past 10 years, Craig has owned and operated several companies in the microelectronic design and wireless industry and is the driving force behind our company's leading edge reputation in representing the best and brightest manufacturers in our field.
 
John Yapaola, Board of Directors, Advisor
Mr. Yapaola has over 20 years experience in the management and growth of high-technology start-up Companies. He has held executive positions at several technology companies that had successful IPO’s in the last ten years. In his most recent position, he has served as CEO of Let’s Think Wireless, a wireless infrastructure design, engineering and installation company. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Business Development for Paytrust, Inc. In this position, Mr. Yapaola was charged with developing and implementing the business development strategy for the corporation, including all venture and fund raising activities.
 
Prior to joining Paytrust, he served as Executive Vice President of Operations for the Americas for The Fantastic Corporation, where he built the American operation and was responsible for all sales and marketing strategies as well as operations. Before joining The Fantastic Corporation, he was Vice President of Sales at Logic Works, the leader in the relational database modeling and design market, including Logic Works which had its Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ exchange in 1995, and was recognized in 1996, by Business Week magazine as the third fastest growing small public company in the United States.
 
Mr. Yapaola also held senior positions at Parametric Technology and is a founding member of New York Angels, a New York City investment group which provides capital and mentoring for early stage companies. He has BS in Marketing from St. Peter's College.