Mr. Valles joined Scytl in March 2004 after spending most of his professional career in the United States. Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Valles was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of GlobalNet, a NASDAQ publicly-traded telecommunications company headquartered in Chicago. Mr. Valles assisted GlobalNet in becoming one of the leading providers of Voice-over-IP in the world and was instrumental in the successful sale of the company to the Titan Corporation, a NYSE defense company. At GlobalNet, Mr. Valles was responsible for designing and executing the strategic plan that led to an increase in revenues from US$ 25 million to over US$ 100 million and brought the company to profitability. Previously, Mr. Valles had worked as Senior Manager for KPMG’s Mergers & Acquisitions group in Los Angeles and Miami providing financial and strategic consulting services to private equity groups and corporations involved in acquisitions in the United States, Latin America and Europe. During his career at KPMG, Mr. Valles actively participated in more than 20 transactions in the telecommunications and technology areas. Mr. Valles has a bachelor degree in Economics and a bachelor degree in Law from the University of Barcelona and a MBA (summa cum laude) from Indiana University.

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Mr. Sarrias joined Scytl as VP of Sales & Marketing in May 2006, after having spent most of his professional career in Germany. Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Sarrias was Business Manager at Hewlett-Packard, having responsibility over the OpenView Telecommunications family of software products in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. At Hewlett-Packard, Mr. Sarrias was responsible for designing and executing an international go-to-market plan that led to a sustained increase in revenues of over 30% year over year, being the largest growth ever experienced by this product line. Previously, Mr. Sarrias worked as Senior Solution Architect at Hewlett-Packard and DaimlerChrisler Information Services, and as Senior Network Project Planner at Amadeus Data Processing, the leading travel reservation provider. Mr. Sarrias has a Masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

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Mr. Puiggali has headed Scytl’s Research & Development Department since the formation of the company. Mr. Puiggali has been instrumental in the development of Scytl’s technology and intellectual property, co-authoring numerous international patents on application-level cryptography and e-voting security.  Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Puiggali was the Technical Director for PKI and security projects at the IT department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.  Mr. Puiggali has also actively collaborated with the cryptographic research group of the Department of Computer Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona where he co-directed research projects on PKI and applied cryptography.  Mr. Puiggali is a security expert and has participated as a speaker and lecturer in numerous international conferences on computer security and applied cryptography.  Mr. Puiggali has a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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Mr. Barriga joined Scytl as VP of Finance in March 2004. Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Barriga was a consultant on corporate governance issues for institutional investors and publicly-traded companies at Soler Padró Morrow, a prestigious law firm. Previously, Mr. Barriga was Director of Finance and Administration at Asein Ingenieros SL and was actively involved in the international expansion of this Spanish corporation. Mr. Barriga has also held numerous accounting and financial positions in the Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz Pharma (now Novartis). Mr. Barriga is a lecturer and professor of financial analysis at the Catalan Institute of Technology. Mr. Barriga is a European Certified Financial Analyst (CEFA) and has a bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona and a Master in Finance from the Institut d’Estudis Financers (IEF).

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Mr. Dos Santos joined Scytl as Technical Manager in March 2004 and is currently the Director of Software Engineering.  In his current position, Mr. Dos Santos is responsible for the software development and engineering of Scytl’s family of software solutions and for the implementation of these solutions in commercial projects.  In his previous position at Scytl as Technical Manager for Pnyx.core, Mr. Dos Santos was instrumental in the development and evolution of Scytl’s core security solution for Internet voting and participated in numerous projects in Europe, Asia and America.  Mr. Dos Santos has over 10 years of IT experience in software development working for companies in Spain and Argentina in projects for the United Nations, Bank Boston, Banco Sabadell, T-Systems and the Catalan government.  Mr. Dos Santos holds an M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires.

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Miquel Comas joined Scytl in July 2004 as System Administrator and is currently Director of Systems Engineering. In his current position, Mr. Comas is responsible for Scytl’s systems and infrastructure, the execution of R&D projects and the development of prototypes.  Before joining Scytl, Mr. Comas worked as a systems engineer for Tecnosistemi S.P.A., an Italian multinational that manages the systems of the public transportation company of the City of Barcelona.  Previously, he was responsible for the systems of RSB, executing several telecommunications projects for AMPER and the State of Madrid. Mr. Comas is a Telecommunications Engineer from EUPMT and has taken several courses and post-graduate studies on networks, systems and technical management.

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Mr. Cervello joined Scytl in September 2001 and is currently the Director of Consulting. In his current position, Mr. Cervello is in charge of a team of professionals responsible for pre-sales, project management, post-sales and special consulting projects.  Mr. Cervello has extensive experience in the electoral industry, having participated in numerous elections and projects in Europe, Asia and America and having coauthored 12 papers and 3 patents on e-democracy and e-voting.  Prior to Scytl, Mr. Cervello was an expert in web and security applications, having worked for an R&D division of Philips in the United States and ISOCO (an artificial intelligence software company) in Spain. Mr. Cervello holds a Masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

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Mr. Weissfeld, a Danish national, joined Scytl in November 2006 as Director of Sales for Northern Europe.  Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Weissfeld worked in the Netherlands for 8 years for various IT related companies, the last one being WebEx Communications. At WebEx, Mr. Weissfeld worked as an Account Manager for the UK B2B market where he had a proven track record of over achieving his targets. Prior to that, he spent 4 years as an Account Manager for the Nordics with Compuware Corporation selling their award winning products that help accelerate the application life cycle. At Compuware, Mr. Weissfeld became the top account manager in EMEA during his last year. Prior to Compuware, Mr. Weissfeld helped start up the EMEA headquarters of Interland, Inc. a total web solutions provider with hosting as their core business. Mr. Weissfeld has undergraduate studies in Philosophy from Aarhus University.

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Mr. Souto joined Scytl in November 2007 as Director of Sales for France and the French-speaking countries, bringing with him over 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the IT sector. Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Souto worked in France and Luxemburg, and spent most of his professional career at CGBI, a large French publicly-traded IT services firm where he held various senior positions and was a member of its Executive Committee. At CGBI, Mr. Souto was Director of the Insurance & Banking business unit which became the highest growth business unit in the company. Prior to this, Mr. Souto worked as Area Manager in Luxemburg and Eastern France which was the most profitable region during the 4 years of Mr. Souto’s tenure. Mr. Souto has a bachelor degree in Information Technology with a post-graduate degree in Business Administration.

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Javier Gil joined Scytl in September 2007 as Director of Sales Southern Europe.  Mr. Gil brings with him over 10 years of experience and a very successful track record in various sales and marketing positions.  Prior to Scytl, Mr. Gil worked as Senior Account Manager for AL-PI, a telecommunication company participated by France Telecom, where he was involved in complex sales to large corporate accounts and in the design and execution of a marketing plan.  Previously, Mr. Gil had worked for companies such as Esprit Telecom and Forex.  Mr. Gil has a bachelor degree in Business Administration from the International University of Catalonia and a bachelor degree in Political Science from UNED.

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Hugh Gallagher joined Scytl in February 2008 as Director of Sales for the U.S. market. Mr. Gallagher brings with him over 20 years of experience in technology based industries, and most notably the election industry. Prior to Scytl, Mr. Gallagher founded and worked as Managing Director of Virginia based Election Systems Acquisition & Management Services, Inc., an election consulting company assisting state and local election officials. Previously, Mr. Gallagher worked as Chief Operating Officer of Diversified Dynamics, Inc, a company that developed a Direct Record Electronic (DRE) voting system. Diversified Dynamics was the first DRE provider in the US to work with the disabled community on accessibility issues. Mr. Gallagher has a Master of General Administration from the University of Maryland and is a former U.S. Navy officer.

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Mr. Raymond Teo joined Scytl as Director of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region in December 2006.  Prior to joining Scytl, Mr. Teo was Senior Consultant at the Marketing Unit of Gemalto and was actively involved in digital security and electronic ID projects in South Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Teo played a key role in the successful rollout of one of the world’s first ICAO-compliant electronic passports for the Singapore Government.  Previously, Mr. Teo was Consultant at NCS, one of the largest system integrators in the Asia-Pacific region. At NCS, Mr. Teo specialized in application security and had significant exposure to large scale IT security projects. He is also actively participating in the development of IT and Infrastructure Standards in Singapore as a committee member. Mr. Teo holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from National University of Singapore and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

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