With 20 years of wireless industry experience and a broad understanding of the challenges facing the industry, Mr. Kavanagh co-founded NewPath Networks in 2004. He spent his career prior to NewPath focused on wireless technology and gained broad experience from a service provider, manufacturer, and OEM perspective. He has consistently worked with visionary technology products to optimize the efficiency of wireless network infrastructure.

Prior to founding NewPath Networks, Mr. Kavanagh was vice-president of sales and marketing at OpenCell Corporation (now part of ADC), where he oversaw the deployment of their digital neutral host hardware platform. He was also a founding member of Metawave Communications, a cellular infrastructure company focused on improving capacity and performance through the use of smart antennas, which supported the wireless service providers. At Metawave, Mr. Kavanagh served in various executive roles in both sales and product management.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Kavanagh worked at US WEST NewVector (a wireless carrier, now part of Verizon Wireless) focusing on the commercialization of the CDMA technology. He has also worked overseas for Raytheon Corporation in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Kavanagh holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Masters in Business Administration from Seattle University.

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Shawn Cooprider is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of NewPath Networks. He is directly responsible for NewPath's revenue generation efforts as well as the day-to-day operations of the Sales and Marketing, Engineering and Network organizations. Shawn co-founded NewPath in March 2004 as its "business founder," leading the development and implementation of the company's initial business model and network organization. Since then he has brought NewPath to a level of functionality and profitability in record time.

Shawn has more than 16 years of high technology consumer and enterprise experience, holding key positions at several startups, including Cellular Wireless pioneer McCaw Communications and Smart Antenna innovator Metawave Communications.

Additionally, he gained invaluable experience while holding various corporate and regional positions in marketing, product management, and business development at AT&T Wireless, Allen Telecom Group and EMC. He is educated in Marketing and Economics from the University of Idaho and Washington State University.

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Mehta brings to NewPath more than 15 years of experience in the wireless, technology and manufacturing industries. She has held numerous senior financial management and operations positions with responsibility for taking companies from startup to significant revenue growth. In these positions, she has guided financial growth and strategic development, executed mergers and acquisitions, raised capital and debt, and has implemented various business and operational systems.

Prior to NewPath, Mehta was the CFO of RadioFrame Networks where she oversaw the company’s financial management and accounting function. At RadioFrame, she managed all areas of finance, production and administration for nearly a decade. Mehta also previously worked at Ernst & Young, where she provided management and financial consulting to clients in the finance and biotechnology sectors.

Mehta became a licensed certified public accountant while working at the San Francisco office of Ernst & Young. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988, where she earned a bachelor of science in business administration, with an emphasis in accounting and finance.

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James McLernon is a veteran of the telecommunications and wireless industry with more than 20 years experience in those fields. Prior to joining NewPath Networks, Jim held positions with several major service provider (Westinghouse and Motorola NVG) and infrastructure companies (Motorola, Metawave, Spotwave). As Director of Engineering & Operations at NewPath Networks, Jim is responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of NewPath's distributed antenna system (DAS) networks. Jim and his team work with the wireless carriers to configure and optimize the DAS network to ensure seamless integration into the carrier's macro network.

Throughout his career, Jim has focused on utilizing and applying cutting-edge technology to gain operational efficiencies, as well as the management of technical teams for successful wireless network deployments. While at Motorola Corporation, he was involved with the commercialization of CDMA and was responsible for the buildout of Greenfield networks in South America and the Middle East. At Metawave Communications, Jim was responsible for the development of a Field Engineering group that was responsible for the deployment and optimization of Smart Antennas.

Jim holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Illinois.

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Mark Reudink has worked in the wireless industry for more than 17 years in positions with several major service providers (AT&T, T-mobile) and infrastructure companies (Qualcomm, Metawave, Vectrad, Polaris Wireless). As Director of Operations and Technology at NewPath Networks, Mark is responsible for the operations of NewPath's distributed antenna system (DAS) networks and investigating new technologies that will enable more cost-effective and efficient deployments. Mark and his team are responsible for meeting SLAs by providing 365x7x24 monitoring of the DAS networks, quickly responding to outages and performing preventative maintenance.

Prior to joining NewPath, Mark was Director of Technical Operations at Polaris Wireless where he was responsible for building a scalable Operations organization by creating consistent processes and procedures and establishing relationships with outsource partners. While at AT&T, he was responsible for UMTS acceptance testing, leading up the launch of the first 3G network in North America. At Metawave Communications, Mark developed the initial Smart Antenna algorithms and led multiple customer demonstrations and acceptance tests.

Mark holds a B.S. in Engineering-Physics from Pacific Lutheran University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University. He has 16 patents granted and has authored 14 technical papers and presentations.

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