ERIC A. ADOLPHE, ESQ. Eric Adolphe is a passionate, highly skilled entrepreneur and businessman with a commitment to community. He was the founder of and for 15 years served as CEO for OPTIMUS Coporation (see www.Optimuscorp.com). Adolphe led the firm in the invention of a number of significant public safety products, including one that received NASA’s prestigious “Most Innovative Software Product of the Year” awards in 1997. Adolphe has been regularly recognized for his contributions in the high-technology arena, as evidenced by his many awards. Through his leadership, OPTIMUS was named as winner of the 2003 National Capital Business Ethics Award. Other notable honors include the National Society of Black Engineers’ 2006 “High Tech Innovators and Humanitarian Award;” the 2002 Maryland High-Tech Council’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award;” and NASA’s 2001 “Certificate of Achievement for an Innovation the Significantly Advances Aerospace Technology.” Adolphe was also included as one of 11 inventors in the “Women and Minority Inventors” exhibit at the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio – where he was recognized for the invention of a technology that significantly enhanced Space Shuttle safety and mission assurance. He was also recognized for a safety system for the Federal Aviation Administration that enabled pilots to maintain contact with the control tower. He was featured in a recent PBS documentary entitled “Voices of Vision.” During his tenure at OPTIMUS (1992-2006), Mr. Adolphe assumed responsibility for the fiscal, technical and operational management of the firm. OPTIMUS grew from a one-person consultant firm in 1992 to a 400 person firm with $90 billion in annual revenue in 2005. Currently, Mr. Adolphe is an advisor and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for CenterScope Technologies. He is an advisor to the Executive Management of General Infomatics, Inc. and to Meta Media, Inc. In addition to his commitment to entrepreneurship, Adolphe is a strong advocate of community service and development and has been involved in numerous local initiatives, including programs for area schools dealing with reading, mentoring and compuer-automation. Adolphe served on the Board of Directors of NACME, the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, a non-profit organization that that operates an extensive portfolio of education and scholarship programs supporting nearly 1500 high school and undergraduate students a year. Adolphe is an advisor to the Board of Directors for the Youth Music Preservation and Promotion Association; provides voluntary legal services for natural disaster victims and also serves on the Board of Advisors for the City College of New York School of Engineering. Adolphe earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from the City College of New York in 1988. Adolphe is a cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law and is a member of the Maryland Bar. Adolphe lives in Leesburg, Virginia with his wife and four children.