EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Following his distinguished career of service in Her Majesty's Royal Air Force and at Scotland Yard, Raymond Kendall joined INTERPOL in 1971. From 1985 until 2001, he served as three-time Secretary General of INTERPOL from its headquarters in Lyon, France.  

In addition to his leadership fulfilling the traditional mission of INTERPOL, Mr. Kendall initiated joint efforts globally with the private sector to address the growing threat of cybercrime and promoted the need for international cooperation to prevent abuses on the web.

Mr. Kendall served as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the European Union Anti-Fraud Office from October 2001 until January 2005.

An honors degree recipient from Oxford University, Mr. Kendall has received awards from the governments of France, Spain, Finland, the United States, Chile, Peru and Russia. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Marshall's Services and has been honored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

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PRESIDENT AND CEO

Dr. Adjaoute is a leading figure in the international cognitive science community. Prior to Brighterion, Dr. Adjaoute was the founder, President and CEO of Cognitix Technologies which became the supplier of MINDSuite, the world's most powerful tool for the development and deployment of artificial intelligence applications. For over 15 years and 500 combined man-years, software developers have been building MINDSuite.

MINDSuite provides unparalleled sets of advanced technologies. Not only are they fully integrated from a development standpoint, but these technologies also form alliances and cooperate with one another to provide a powerful business application development suite.

Dr. Adjaoute has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics from University Pierre & Marie Curie. His doctorate received the "Gold Medal" by the "PHD Research Magazine," and he was the first to bring Smart Agents Technology to the market.  Dr. Adjaoute served as the Scientific Director for the European Research Institute for 2 years.

At Brighterion, Dr. Adjaoute has driven the creation of a full suite of products for real-time fraud prevention, compliance and homeland security intelligence. He was an adjunct professor in Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence at the University of San Francisco (USF).

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

With almost 30 years strategic and executive management experience with leading companies in the banking, technology, and payment system industries, Mr. Bourely is responsible for overall strategic direction, growth and management of Brighterion Europe.

Prior to joining Brighterion, Mr. Bourely held a wide range of senior strategy positions. He began his career as an engineer in the French aerospace industry. He then created SG2 Group, a major european software and processing company and served as its President. Mr. Bourely  was also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SME Conseil, a multi-national consulting firm in payment systems, leading many corporate strategy and organization campaigns for customers as prestigious as the Germain Association of Private Banks, Central Bank of France,  Groupement des cartes Bancaires, BNP Paribas, France Telecom Mobiles, NCR and UNISYS.

Mr. Bourely earned his Aeronautical Engineering degree from Stanford University.

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SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Richard C. Stiener began his career with the U.S. Secret Service where he spent 20 years conducting and supervising criminal investigations and protecting U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents. Afterwards he continued his government service as Chief of the U.S. National Central Bureau of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). During his 11-year tenure as Chief, he oversaw expansion of the program from approximately 3500 investigations a year to over 55,000. Paramount in this growth was the application of technology to accurately process the increased caseload. While at Interpol, he was elected to a two-year term on the international organization's Executive Committee.

Subsequently Mr. Stiener was Director of the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO). He testified before the U.S. Congress on matters related to fraud, waste and abuse in government programs. In addition, he emphasized the integration of the audit and investigative functions within the GAO. The investigative examples were used to exemplify the more global audit findings during the hearing process. This approach resulted in increased caseload and a need to expand the organization.

Mr. Stiener then moved to the private sector where he was the Head of Investigations for Travelers Insurance and Citigroup. He concluded his career as a Managing Director for Citigroup's Office of Security and Investigations. Within the private sector, he emphasized the need for investigations to positively impact the company's bottom line. A return on investment (ROI) model was developed to continuously evaluate the monetary impact of the program. The ROI ranged from 4 to 1 to 8 to 1 resulting in increased growth and expansion of the service.

Mr. Stiener received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University where he majored in Police Administration and Sociology.

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VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL

Shlomo Elbaz has nearly two decades of experience in finance along with a deep understanding of the high technology and e-business sectors. He joined Brighterion after 18 years with KPMG and Nexia where he most recently served as Partner-in-Charge of international business working for prestigious customers like Japan Airlines.

During his tenure with KPMG and Nexia , Mr. Elbaz specialized in the technology industry with assignments in the European Market. He assisted many companies with the management strategy process and served as a consultant on Mergers & Acquisitions and private financing matters. His experience also includes operational analysis, new product introductions and competitive market analyses.

Mr. Elbaz has a Masters degree in Business Management from University of Paris X.

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