LARRY FIORINO

Larry Fiorino founded G1440 in April 1998 with no outside capital and no office space. He started the company with his savings, a mobile telephone, a laptop and a Chevy Tahoe.

From this small beginning, today G1440, Inc. has over 60 employees and has served over 500 clients including The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Deutche Banc Alex Brown, Crown Central Petroleum, Johns Hopkins University, CBS Radio, Starbucks Coffee, MileOne, Comcast and Warner Brothers.

G1440 offers technology development, marketing & design and technology staffing services. When working with G1440's client, Larry's primary focus is helping companies use information technology as a competitive tool to generate revenue and cut costs.

Larry began his career in accounting and moved into technology during his 5-year career in the Management Consulting Group of Price Waterhouse. A 15-year veteran of the information technology industry, Larry spent 4 years as the National Vice President of Systems and Technology for the Ryland Group where he managed a staff of 100 to provide all the technology for 2300 employees of Ryland Homes, Ryland Mortgage and Cornerstone Title. Larry graduated from Towson University in 1984 with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting, has an MBA with concentration in Management Information Systems from Loyola College and is a CPA in Maryland.

Larry serves on numerous boards including the Board of the Emerging Technology Centers, the Mayor's Technology Advisory Board, Columbia Foundation Board, Towson University's College of Business and Economics and the University of Maryland's Library Advisory Board.

Larry was named in the Baltimore Business Journals "40 under 40" Listing - recognized by Baltimore Business Journal as one of Greater Baltimore's Emerging Leaders and was named a "Revolutionary" by the Greater Baltimore Tech Council, a title reserved for individuals making strides to put the Baltimore region on the map as a viable area for technology companies. While at Ryland, Larry was named to the Information Week 500 for leading them to being one of the Top 500 companies in the US for their use of technology.

Larry appears every Tuesday morning and Saturday evening on Fox news as a technology reporter and has a weekly column in the Daily Record.