Bob Hong
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Bob Hong has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since October 7, 1999. His responsibilities include managing the Company’s vision and direction, securing sources of financing for its expansion and operation, and developing contacts and strategic relationships necessary to assist in developing and expanding the Company’s business and operations in the Asia Pacific region.  Since 1985, Mr. Hong has served as Chairman of TCI Group, LP, a firm located in Pasadena, California, with investment interests in hi-tech and telecommunications in Asia and the United States.  He also serves as a Director of Bridge Technology Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed company also located in Pasadena, the subsidiaries of which supply data backup systems and mass storage systems and sell computer components. Mr. Hong has also served since 1999 as Chairman of Global Bridge E-Net, a technology and broadband wireless network firm, and as Chairman and majority owner since 1984 of West Covina Office Building LLC, a Southern California real estate investing and development concern.  From 1997 to present, he has served as Co-founder and Senior Director of the Board of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy Analytical Service and Research Laboratories and as Chairman of Beijing Wells Medical and Healthcare Consultant Co., an importer and distributor of healthcare products with offices in China.  From 1998 to present, Mr. Hong has also served as Managing Director for C-Net Cottesole Capital Corporation, a due diligence consulting and investment banking firm to small businesses.  From 1979 to 1998, he served as Chairman and President of Great Asia Corp., a Taiwanese helmet maker. From 1980 to 1983, he was Co-founder and Managing Director of Pan Overseas Trading Co., the first of the so-called “Big Trading Firms” in Taiwan. Mr. Hong received a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Ten Jeng University in Taiwan.