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Directors
  Board of Directors  
Eric Mathewson Kathy Crawford Brian Lilly
Nick Trigony    
  Legal Counsel  
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
  Eric Mathewson
   Eric founded WideOrbit in 1999 after discovering that the software systems supporting media companies were very archaic. The goal of WideOrbit since its inception has been to build world-class software solutions for media companies. Eric is also Managing Director of Prescient Capital. He has been an active private equity technology investor since 1994. Eric is the majority investor and owner of WideOrbit.
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  Kathy Crawford
  

Kathy is a 30 year veteran of the local broadcast business.  She started her career in the TV rep business in New York and then station side at WTTG in Washington.  After a seven year stint in Los Angeles with Western International Media as a broadcast supervisor Kathy went back into sales for TeleRep and Petry TV in both Los Angeles and Denver.  In 1987, she moved to Phoenix and rejoined Western and founded its DR division working on such accounts as Brinks Home Security, The Church of the Latter Day Saints and Jenny Craig to name a few. 

In 1998 she moved back to Los Angeles as EVP, Director of Local Broadcast for Western International (now Initiative Media) where in 2001 she earned the Media All Star award for Spot Television.  In June of 2003 she was named President of Local Broadcast for MindShare in New York.  Kathy was named a Media Maven in December of 2003.
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  Brian Lilly
   Brian Lilly is a second-generation television broadcaster and has been actively involved with WideOrbit since its inception. Brian is a Founder and Co-Owner of Lilly Broadcasting. Brian started his career at TeleRep, owned by Cox Communications. Lilly Broadcasting is a rapidly growing television broadcasting group.
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  Nick Trigony
   Nick Trigony retired as President of Cox TV, Radio and their respective Rep firms in Dec 2000. Nick is WideOrbit's first outside Director. Prior to retiring from Cox Enterprises, Nick held the position of President of Cox's 13 television and 80+ radio stations. He also had oversight of TeleRep, HRP, MMT and Cox Interactive, Cox's TV broadcast representative firms. Nick is Past President of the National Association of Programming Television Executives (NAPTE) and has served on the Board of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).
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  Legal Counsel    
       
  Wilson, Sonsini,
Goodrich and Rosati
   Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati have provided legal counsel to WideOrbit since its inception in September of 1999. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the leading Silicon Valley based law firm representing technology companies. Wilson Sonsini is also a shareholder of WideOrbit.
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  Boies, Schiller
& Flexner		   Boies, Schiller & Flexner is on long-term retainer to WideOrbit. Boies, Schiller & Flexner is a national firm representing corporate clients and financial institutions in variety of areas including complex financing transactions, significant merger and acquisition, anti-trust and project financing transactions. Boies, Schiller & Flexner is also a shareholder of WideOrbit.
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