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Jim Wolfinger

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Mr. Wolfinger comes to IQzone with 25 years experience in the wireless industry. He has held multiple positions with startup companies and established carriers such as Verizon Wireless and MCI/WorldCom. Mr. Wolfinger is responsible for the daily operations at IQzone, as well as development and implementation of our go-to-market strategy.

Mr. Wolfinger was President of MCI/WorldCom Wireless which became the largest reseller of wireless services in North America. As President, he was responsible for managing and delivering in excess of $1.4 Billion dollars in annual revenue with approximately 5,000 employees. In addition, Mr. Wolfinger managed several other divisions for MCI/WorldCom including prepaid long distance cards, RealCom, shared tenant services and MC Comm. He also served in several management and senior management positions at US West Cellular, now Verizon.

Richard Thorlakson

Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer

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Richard brings 24 years of senior management experience in the Software Industry, 14 of which were spent at Microsoft. At Microsoft, Richard was in charge of all technology design and development for the MSN Internet Access business worldwide. In addition, Richard founded and led the design and deployment of co-branded portals for the “Free PC”, and a web authentication system for MSN - now the Microsoft Passport network. He also helped create TechEd, which is the largest technical conference in the world. Finally, he was a team member that played an integral role in the development and creation of the first versions of Microsoft Works, Word, Excel, Visual Basic, and Access.

John Kuolt IV

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President

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Mr. Kuolt joined IQzone from GlobeNet Technologies, where he served in various capacities including VP of Business Development and Chief Database Architect for their flagship software product. Accounts he sold and implemented include State Farm Insurance, Travelers, Assurant and Fireman’s Fund with strategic partners BearingPoint, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young and Microsoft. Mr. Kuolt launched his corporate career at Informatica with direct report to CIO. He was later recruited by and directly reported to the CEO of Openwave, where he gained his extensive mobile background. He holds a degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Santa Clara University.

PicDial is the world’s first service to make your phones address book socially aware. This mobile phone application, available across multiple platforms, has combined dynamic picture caller ID and social media status updates to make the users’ phone come to life.

With PicDial, users experience full screen Facebook and MySpace profile pictures and status messages of contacts on ones cell phone during every call.

With no effort required, PicDial automatically retrieves these social networking elements and constantly updates any profile picture or status message changes that friends of the caller may make. PicDial also lets you choose the Caller ID photo others see when you call them. Select a photo from your cell phone, or have it updated whenever you change your social profile picture.

The app’s Favorites Screen provides photo dialing for your closest friends, letting you call or text by tapping a friend's picture. These images are dynamically updated from your favorite social media sites, so you can see what your friends are doing at a glance.

Back Up: Once you have PicDial setup on your mobile phone, all of your contacts are securely backed-up on PicDial servers. If you lose your cell phone or lose your contacts in any way, they can be securely accessible via the PicDial website.

Created and developed by IQzone Inc., PicDial is one of the most universal mobile applications in the world, as it is offered by AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Boost Mobile, Cellular South, Cellcom, Centennial Wireless, Cincinnati Bell, nTelos, US Cellular, and nearly every other major wireless carrier in the United States. PicDial works on smartphones such as iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and also phones manufactured by Apple, Google, HTC, Research In Motion (RIM), Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Pantech. PicDial is also located in various app stores including the iPhone App Store, Blackberry App World, Android Market, VCast App Store, GetJar, and Mobango.