Jeff, here is an interesting news item relating to one of the directors of UPGD - Ron Erickson. (I bought some shares of this company this morning @$.75cdn just on the basis that Mr. Erickson had gone on the board.
Ron Erickson appointed to Board of Fedora
Fedora Industries Inc FED
Shares issued 1,139,087 Jan 24 close $0.66
Mon 24 Jan 2000 News Release
Mr. David Houston reports Fedora Industries has appointed Ron Erickson to the board
of directors.
Mr. Erickson is currently the chairman of the board of eCharge, a
global leader in text generation convenient and secure on-line payments. eCharge is
headquartered in Seattle with offices in Vancouver, London and Tokyo.
Prior to joining eCharge, Mr. Erickson was the chairman,
vice-chairman, president and chief executive officer of Egghead Software Inc. He was
the co-founder, chairman and CEO of GlobalTel Inc., an international provider of
telecommunications services. He was the co-founder of Microrim Inc., a relational
database development and systems integration company and was also the chairman and
chief financial officer of NBI Inc., a software development and systems integration
company.
Mr. Erickson. has also served as a director and investor in a
number of other technology companies. Currently, Mr. Erickson sits on the board of
directors of Upgrade International Corp. (OTCBB: UPGD), a hardware and software
information technology company, Freei.net, a free Internet service provider, IBNet, a
business-to-business Internet company and Newsgrade.com, an Internet financial
information company.
"I have two passions, cycling and and building businesses," stated
Mr. Erickson, "Airbomb allows me to actively engage in, and enjoy,
both of them. I like the challenge of being instrumental in a company's rapid growth."
Mr. Erickson has worked extensively with the U.S. investment
banking community and has been directly involved in the financing and listing of
numerous companies on the Nasdaq exchange. He is a principal and partner in
Meydenbauer Capital, his own venture capital fund.
He is active in community affairs and charitable organizations,
having sat on the board of the Seattle Kingdome and the advisory board of the
University of California, at Davis Law School, He served in Washington, D.C., as a
White House staff member as well as in New York with the Rockefeller Commission on
Critical Choices.
Mr. Erickson holds a JD (juris doctor) from the University of
California, an MA from the University of Wyoming, and an BA from Central
Washington University. Admitted to practice law in Washington state and the District of
Columbia, he did so from 1975 until the late 1980s.
David Houston stated that: "Mr. Erickson is a cycling enthusiast
and understands our business opportunity. Mr. Erickson joining
Airbomb's board is a tremendous endorsement of Airbomb and its business model.
His knowledge and understanding of e-commerce will be invaluable in
guiding us through the continued and rapid growth of Airbomb.com."
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