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	Dr. A.K. Pradeep, President and Chief Executive Officer Before founding NeuroFocus, Dr. Pradeep was the Founder and Managing Partner of Meridian Consulting, LLC a privately held California company specializing in governance consulting, and customizing and applying GE best practices to multiple industry sectors. He is also the founder of BoardVantage, a company founded in 2000 providing web based corporate governance platform for corporate boards of directors. Dr. Pradeep serves as Chairman of the Board of Wilderness Press and as Chairman of Vigiliant Privacy Corporation. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

	Dr. Robert T. Knight M.D., Chief Science Advisor Bob is the Evan Rauch Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley. He joined the Psychology Department at UC Berkeley in 1998 to develop a program in human neuroscience. After completion of a Neurology residency at the University of California at San Diego, he did post-doctoral training at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the area of human neurophysiology. Prior to moving to Berkeley he was a faculty member in the Department of Neurology at the University of California at Davis. During this period he received the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for distinguished contributions to Neurological research. Dr. Knight received his BS in Physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his MD from Northwestern University Medical School. He is an internationally acknowledged expert in the neurophysiological analysis of cognitive and emotional processing in humans.

	Caroline Winnett, Chief Marketing Officer Caroline Winnett received her MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. She went on to found Albany Associates, providing marketing services to corporate clients. Subsequently she was Publisher of Wilderness Press and Chief Marketing Officer for BoardVantage. She sits on the boards of three California corporations and is the co-author of "Corporate Governance: Five Easy Pieces."

	Dr. Ram Gurumoorthy, Chief Science and Technology Officer Dr. Ram is a Silicon Valley Technology icon. He directs all of the analysis, product development, and research at NeuroFocus. He heads up a global team of signal processing experts, algorithm developers, and product engineers. Prior to joining NeuroFocus, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Vigilant Privacy Corporation. At Vigilant, Dr. Ram was responsible for the product innovation, product development and product management of the industry leading file level enterprise security solution. His string of high-tech successes include: co-founding PersonalDisc, where he pioneered industry leading technologies for the secure digital multi-media revolution; BoardVantage, which to this day offers the most secure corporate governance platform to the elitest of clients - corporate board of directors. Dr. Ram holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

	Ratnakar Dev, EVP Knowledge and Information Services Prior to joining Neurofocus, Dev was Systems Architect of Lawson Healthcare Vertical, responsible for technical direction of the Mobile Software Suite of products. Before that, as Chief Architect, Dev led the design and development effort of an innovative plaform based suite of products for Apexion Technologies, a mobile healthcare startup company acquired by Lawson Software. Previously, at Buzzsaw.com, an Autodesk startup and Autodesk Inc, Dev, held Senior Engineering positions developing several key internet technologies for the CAD industry. Dev spent several years as a Systems Analyst with Fujitsu-ICIM Ltd. working with International clients in UK and Australia. Dev holds a Computer Engineering Degree (B.E. Computer Engineering) from University of Pune, India.

	Jack Lester, Chief Financial Officer Jack joins the company from his previous post as Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone Americas, Inc., the U.S. arm of the multinational cellular phone company. In that capacity, he was responsible for financial planning and analysis, accounting, financial reporting, cash management, investment management and risk management. In addition, he had financial governance oversight and reporting responsibilities for Vodafone investments in the Americas Asia Region including Verizon Wireless, Japan, Mexico, China, India and Korea. Jack is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. He earned an MBA from the University of Southern California.

	Andrew Pohlmann, Managing Partner Professional Services Prior to joining NeuroFocus, Andrew served in various senior leadership roles at such firms as JP Morgan Chase, Washington Mutual, Citigroup, and Alticor specializing in corporate strategy, product development, business development and marketing. He was a Partner with Meridian Consulting where he assisted numerous global brands to implement world-class management methodologies and innovation programs. His focus has spanned various industries assisting both institutional and consumer clients in North America, Europe and Asia. Andrew also helped launch BoardVantage, the leading web-based communication platform for corporate boards.

	Deepak Varma, Chief Strategy Officer Deepak joined NeuroFocus with more than 20 years of market research experience, most recently heading The Nielsen Company’s Customized Research Division in North America. He set up and ran the Nielsen New Delhi office as well as the Nielsen Customized Research office in Fremont, California before assuming responsiblity for the entire Customized Research operations for US business. Prior to Nielsen, Deepak worked in the Indian Market Research Bureau, a part of the Kantar group of companies. He has worked on studies ranging across brand & ad tracking, package testing, product & concept testing, & shopper insights for industries spanning CPG, telecom, automobile, durable and financial services. Deepak has a Masters of Management Studies from BITS Pilani, one of the premier institutes in India

	Russ Dunham, Chief Client Officer Russ came to NeuroFocus from his previous position as Executive Vice President, Strategic Sales Group at Information Resources, Inc. In that capacity, he led the company’s new business group. IRI is one of the world’s leading providers of enterprise market solutions and services. At NeuroFocus, Russ leads a sales force that encompasses teams in the company’s Berkeley headquarters as well as in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Dallas, and other domestic and international markets. In addition to his long experience in the market research industry, Russ has also held senior-level sales roles at Procter & Gamble and in the high technology and media planning categories.

	Steven Miller, Director Global NeuroLab Operations Prior to joining NeuroFocus as Director, Global NeuroLab Operations, where he is responsible for overseeing the staff and study methodologies that NeuroFocus applies to client research projects, Steve was a co-founder and Chief Scientist for Scientific Learning. Previously he served on the research faculty at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. A neuropsychologist with expertise in the assessment and treatment of developmental language and reading impairments, Steve has extensive experience in organizing large scale research studies including effectiveness studies in the US and internationally. His work has resulted in numerous patents, publications and awards. Steve earned a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bloomsburg University, a Master’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Hartford, and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He received additional training in the neuropsychology of reading at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University.

	Jeff Bander, Senior EVP Client Services Prior to joining NeuroFocus, Jeff served as Executive Vice President of Sales for the Hollywood Media Corporation based in New York. In that capacity, he increased sales and expanded the firm’s client base dramatically by creating new products and revenue streams. Similarly, in his earlier role as Senior Vice President of Sales for WorldNow, he built a national sales network of 132 teams and multiplied the company’s annual revenue from $600,000 to $18 million in one year. He has also worked as a senior sales executive for Cox Interactive and the BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation. Jeff earned his undergraduate and Masters degrees in Advertising from the University of Georgia.