NICK KOVACIC

Operating in a consulting capacity, Mr. Kovacic has worked with executive level management in the areas of top executive development, strategic marketing, business development and high-level project ownership for such leading firms as: Teligent, SAIC, True North Technologies, Hughes Network Systems/DirectPC, Polycom, UUNET, PSINet, NetRail, Vicinity Corporation, Roku Technologies, Ventaso and Com2001.com (Alexis!).

Mr. Kovacic developed an extensive background, in the Enterprise Internetworking Industry while serving as the Senior Partner in the Venture Capital Firm, Nygmatech Ventures. He has successfully invested in, and sold several firms including WebCal.com which was sold to Yahoo in 1998. Mr. Kovacic has also participated as a seed round investor in a number of firms including; Roku Technologies, which closed a follow-on round of $6.1M with PSINet Ventures and Nextel, eGuard (Gator) which recently closed a follow on $20 Million round with Menlo Ventures; and Ventaso, which has raised follow-on funding of $30M from Norwest and others. He recently assisted in the merger of ZipZap into The Athletes Foot chain of retail stores. Mr. Kovacic's portfolio companies have raised more than $500 million dollars, from such leading firms as Morgan Stanley and Integral Partners, while assisting clients to prepare for and successfully complete their IPO's, including most recently The Vicinity Corporation in 2000.

Mr. Kovacic has been highlighted in leading newspapers such as The Washington Business Journal, The Potomac Tech Journal, and The Washington Post. In addition, he has appeared on numerous radio programs. Mr. Kovacic is an Advisor to a number of venture capital firms including The Stargazer Group, New England Partners, and Nygmatech Ventures.