BRIAN C. CROWE SUMMARY. 13 years as President of TELE-WORX. Globally known expert on management systems for fiber-optic networks.

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1 BRIAN C. CROWE SUMMARY 13 years as President of TELE-WORX. Globally known expert on management systems for fiber-optic networks. Consults primarily on applications of network management technology in complex networks composed of SONET, ATM, access, Ethernet and wireless transmission equipment. Also consults on the design, development, and application of data interfaces, data management, generic network management functions, and customer-specific network management features that support the operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) of large, complex communications networks. Emphasized areas of consulting expertise and services include: System / human user interface (GUI) requirements and design for NOC applications; Broadband (FTTP) networks and IP service delivery including IPTV; Interoperability and verification testing such as Telcordia s OSMINE; and Standards and agreements by various National and International standards bodies and industry forums that pertain to large, complex communication networks and their design, deployment and operation. 19 years with Alcatel Network Systems, Inc. Network management system local expert. Senior Product Line Manager and Strategic Product Planner for a number of TL1 and CMISE-based network management systems including the 1320NM supporting the entire portfolio of Alcatel s telecommunications transport and switching products for sale in North America; Systems Engineer for more than $26M for microwave and fiber-optic telecommunications systems in the USA and Canada; Systems Engineer for more than $95M for microwave telecommunications systems in Saudi Arabia.

2 Resume Page 2. Several Recent Accomplishments Transformed a one million-line software product for a start-up company from a concept conversation to the finished product. Wrote detailed product requirements; specified required CORBA implementation; Defined customer usage, refined the product requirements with UML Use Cases; Optimized the user interface for specific first-customer business processes demands; Prioritized trouble resolution during the development process to address highest value features. Defined and executed a software commercialization and selling plan for a Fortune 100 corporation's first major CMISE-based software product. Communicated this plan internally and championed this plan through the required approval process; Garnered internal commitments from all affected corporate support organizations; Defined pricing, discounting, bundling, promotion, and marketing strategy; Achieved critical customer penetration and superior customer satisfaction levels, and successfully met the first year's sales, volume and cost targets. Eliminated all substantial barriers to entry for a mini-dslam product for a client. Identified and resolved complex interoperability and integration issues; Defined product deployment in the North American broadband marketplace for numerous configurations and in combination with equipment from other manufacturers; Eliminated all significant technical or business barriers to branding, sales, distribution, deployment. Defined and deployed a branding, sales and distribution plan for a start-up company's management system product line. Coached highly inexperienced sales and product management staff on overall plan strategy, detailed execution, success measures and problem resolutions to assure success; Polished product promotion material and demonstration "scripts" for compelling trade shows; Assured staff authority, credibility and ultimate success in front of their customers and their superiors; Supported first customer product rollout to insure product success was real and measurable. Defined strategic objectives for a broadband service delivery product line and the associated branding and distribution channel vision for an Asian client. Identified risks and opportunities consistent with current competencies and product offerings; Defined the most favorable OEM partnering and distribution channel alternatives; Resolved key technology issues, prioritized features, and defined aspects of the user interface.

3 Resume Page 3. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Senior Member, IEEE Member, IEEE, Computer Society; Member, IEEE, Communications Society; Member, System Dynamics Society Past participant of the following standards bodies and forums: ANSI (American National Standards Institute) T1M1 and T1X1 from 1988 to 2001; was a direct contributor to ANSI Standard T , Digital Hierarchy - Layer 1 In- Service Digital Transmission Performance Monitoring. That standard deals with SONET section, line and path performance monitoring for all types of SONET transport and cross-connect products. SIF (SONET Interoperability Forum), NSIF (Network Services Integration Forum) from 1991 to 2001; was Work Group Chairman from January 1999 to December 2000 for the Common Requirements Work Group. Was also the editor of (and a contributor to) a significant NSIF Approved Document: NSIF , Requirements for the TCP/IP Protocol Suite on the SONET Access DCN that addresses how TL1 messages are transmitted over a TCP/IP network such as a telephone central office LAN. OIF (Optical Internetworking Forum) from 1999 to 2001; TMF (TeleManagement Forum) from 1999 to 2000; ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union Telecommunications Standardization Sector) SG 4 (Lead Study Group on TMN), 12 (Lead Study Group on Quality of Service and performance) and 15 (Lead Study Group on Access Network Transport and on Optical Technology) from ; MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) Forum; and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.3ae Project Group. Has attended and participated in a number of industry conferences, including SuperComm, National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference ( NFOEC ), Global OSS Summit, IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium ( NOMS ), SMTA (Surface Mount Technology Association) and NanoTx. At NFOEC 1999, Steve Oliva, from Sprint, and I jointly presented a paper and a presentation titled, Bandwidth Management Requirements and Capabilities Today. With respect to Global OSS Summit, was a Session Chairman in 2002 and gave a presentation on New Metro Technologies: New OSS Challenges.

4 Resume Page 4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1995 to Present Talus Atomics Corp. doing business as TELE-WORX President Responsible for total operational functions of this business. Maintain a workforce of employees and contractors as business demands. Manage client employees as required including task direction, skill set building, goal setting, coaching and performance appraisal. Establish budgets and state pro forma and actual financial measures as an ongoing process. Insure compliance with local, state and Federal regulations and associated information reporting requirements and tax filings. Protects company assets, intellectual property and confidential information according to various agreements in force. Principal consultant on all aspects of data communications and telecommunications networks of transmission, switching, routing and network management products to manufacturers and service providers. Contribute directly to the opportunity identification, business case formulation, specification, design, development, production, promotion, sale, distribution and deployment of computing products and software, user interfaces, functions and customer-specific features that complete a salable solution. Specific areas of consulting expertise include the following technology areas: Contemporary communication networks including broadband, FTTP, FTTC, FTTH (fiber to the premises, curb or home) and services including Internet and IPTV; Communication network architectures, protection strategies and vendor selection; Data network architectures, protection strategies, vendor selection, and service provider selection to support network management; Transmission products, including wideband, broadband, and optical cross-connects, SONET ADMs, MSPPs, and ATM edge switches and routers; Technical network management strategies incorporating TMN, OSI and CORBAbased architectures and human user interfaces including detailed specification of network management features, functions and interfaces throughout a network; Deployment of management functionality throughout a network in a variety of products with layer implementations in the network element, element management, and network management layers of the TMN architecture, and associated network element functions; Object oriented design of MIBS applying use case techniques and producing conformance statements, and applying modeling methodologies including OMT, UML, and syntaxes including GDMO, and ASN.1; Interoperability testing of network management solutions including all aspects of test plan design, test execution, results statement and analysis; National and International standards bodies and forums activities focused on the standardization of TMN (Telecommunications Management Network) and related standards areas, and standards and industry agreements and specifications including X.25, TCP/IP, FTP, SNMP, other IETF RFCs, CORBA, TL1, CMISE, ITU and OSI standards and Telcordia GRs;

5 Resume Page 5. Product management of network management software products, including market research, competitive analysis, product feature definition, product introduction and life cycle management; Network management issues of public networks and private networks, including network integration and interoperability testing programs such as Telcordia s OSMINE process. Past and current clients include Applied Innovation, Inc. (in association with another consulting company); Alcatel; Apple, Ciena; Codestream; ExTel; Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc.; Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Yokohama, Japan; IPITEK; National Telecommunications Alliance; Metro-Optix; Samsung; Siemens (in association with another consulting company); Sprint (in association with another consulting company); Tampa Electric Company; Teklicon; and Telica (now a division of Alcatel-Lucent, in association with another consulting company) to 1995 Alcatel Network Systems, Inc., formally a division of Rockwell International, and formally, a division of Collins Radio Company. Focused on the design and engineering of telecommunications networks and on network management technologies employed in all of Rockwell and Alcatel s North American telecommunications products. Products worked on included the 1633 SX, 1631 SX, 1603 SM, 1612 SM, 1648 SM, 1301 NM, 1320 NM and several other products. Became the authoritative source within Rockwell and Alcatel, and was presented to customers as such, with respect to the network management features of the above products. In that role, gained in-depth knowledge as to the switching, transport, and multiplexing functions of the above products and how those functions were deployed in a wide variety of the networks. Directly responsible for the introduction of new TMN (telecommunications management network) standard, CORBA-based management interfaces, management functions, and particular ANSI, ITU-T, and NMF compliant network management features in all Alcatel/Rockwell communications standards-oriented products including cross connect products, SONET fiber optic transmission products, network management systems and craft devices. Championed all TMN issues at Alcatel. Coordinated the advancement and rollout of network management capabilities in the entire portfolio of communications products to 1995 Senior Product Manager for the 1320 NM network management system and a Product Planner Manager for future network management products, was directly responsible for product definition for network management products including: Aspects of the user interface including data hierarchy and containment presentation and user interaction; Aspects of the network interface including physical, electrical and protocol considerations; Aspects of data retrieval from and synchronization with the network, data maintenance and management, and the database management system;

6 Resume Page 6. Aspects of data reporting to the user on screen and on paper. During this time, was responsible to oversee all aspects of financing, development, marketing and sales of the 1320 NM and responsible for these same areas to a lesser degree for other network management products in Alcatel's product portfolio. Responsible for SONET telecommunications network management products. Successfully initiated product definition and development, defined life cycle, migration and enhancement plans. Fine-tuned product direction for a family of ANSI standard SONET OAM&P products including element managers, small network management systems and craft interface devices. Established development priorities for network management requirements throughout the entire Alcatel/Rockwell transmission products portfolio. Was responsible for inclusion of consistent seven-layer data communication network interfaces, appropriate layered network management architecture features and standard network element information models in all transmission products. Served as pre-sale and post-sale key customer contact for network management products and issues. Actively participated and contributed to ANSI T1M1 and T1X1 standards committees. Successfully established Alcatel/Rockwell as a qualified and competent OAM&P supplier in the telecommunications industry with customers such as Telecom Canada, Southern Bell and Southwestern Bell to 1988 Systems Engineer Responsible for customer interview, proposal, design and implementation of telecommunication networks for a number of diverse customers. A significant focus in these projects was the integration of new equipment into existing networks and existing network management systems to 1984 Project Engineer assigned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the Saudi Arabian Intra-Kingdom Microwave Project, a $90 million microwave telecommunications project to 1982 Assignments included circuit design and other engineering positions in the microwave transmission products development laboratory. EDUCATION MBA, Southern Methodist University, 1988 BSEE, Rice University, 1980 PATENTS Patent Number Year Issued Title 6,654, Network System and Method for Automatic Discovery of Topology using Overhead Bandwidth 60/820, Communication Manager (provisional filing)

7 Resume Page 7. LITIGATION RELATED SUPPORT 1988 Davidson v. Dickey (Collin County, TX): Role in this case was a testifying expert. The subject matter of the testimony related to noise measurement in a domestic environment. 11/1996 to 3/1997 Bell Atlantic, et al. v. AT&T, et al. (Cravath, Swain & Moore, NY, NY, Thomas Dewey III Atty): Role in this engagement was a consulting expert. Contributed to an expert report with two other individuals. Pertinent product areas included Telcordia TR-303 Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) equipment. Evaluated network requirements, equipment feature claims, and other technical and business process issues related to the litigation. Was not deposed. 12/2003 to 2/2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Alcatel USA, Alcatel S.A. (Fish and Richardson, Dallas, TX, Michael Anderson Atty): Role in this engagement was as a testifying expert. Wrote an expert report and a rebuttal report. Pertinent product areas included optical switches, optical cross-connects, broadband digital cross-connects and the network management systems for this equipment. Pertinent technical areas of expertise required included network management protocols such as SNMP, TL1 and Q3, the deployment strategies for network transmission, switching and routing equipment, and network management equipment required to support these network elements in a service provider's network. Was not deposed 9/2006 to present - Confidential matter, parties and firms not to be disclosed: Role with this engagement is a consulting expert to analyze a large number of patents and to prepare infringement claims analyses and claim charts. Pertinent product areas include telecom, datacom, switching and broadband access and delivery equipment and the network management products and software to manage this communications equipment. Pertinent technical areas of expertise required include object-oriented software, object request brokers, human user interfaces and graphical user interfaces. October 1, 2008