CHARLES C. BYER

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C-LEVEL EXECUTIVE: Consulting, New Ventures, New Business Development, Corporate Strategy SUMMARY: I am an accomplished business development and entrepreneurial executive with a positive record of successes. Proven and highly-experienced strategic management and business development professional with about 30 years of domestic and international experience in all aspects of new product, new market, and new business development; Managing creative people; 17 years at corporate and divisional levels of a Fortune 50 company:

• Business Development • Strategic Planning and Finance

• New Venture Management • Marketing/Sales Management

• Design Engineering Management • Financial (P&L) Management

• High Technology Start-ups • Operations and Program Management

• New Product Development • Business and Operating Plans

• Manufacturing Automation • International Business PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Z-Plane, Inc., Palo Alto, CA 2009 – 2018

High Technology, High-growth Startup Management –

President & CEO – Co-Founded this high-speed electronic signal and interconnection company focused on a patented (6) new architecture for 100 Gbit/sec. telecom and datacom circuit boards, raised $1.75M in initial capital, completed product designs, built and tested products, launched marketing, and secured strategic partners. PCT LLC, Palo Alto, CA 2005 – 2008

High Technology Business Development, Engineering/Product Design, and Management Consulting – President & CEO – Founded a professional business development consulting firm, initially focused on assisting start-up firms through development and launch. Activities included: assisting LandRay Technology, a vehicle mounted Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) company, to re-start by writing its corporate business plan and brochure, restructuring the company, securing new patents, and helping initiate a $4M financing; Business development consulting to InSTEDD, a non-profit Google spin-off, writing its strategic business plan, developing its financial model, and developing its project management methodology; Advised and completed studies for ClearFuels, Inc., a hydrogen and ethanol alternative “biofuels from waste” start-up. PEMSTAR PACIFIC CONSULTANTS, Inc., San Jose, CA 1998 - 2005 High Technology Consulting Management – (2002-2005) Vice President & General Manager – Following PEMSTAR’s acquisition of Pacific Consultants in late 2001, Pacific Consultants was positioned as a wholly owned subsidiary and completed a 2-year earn-out period. Responsibilities at PEMSTAR Pacific Consultants continued as detailed below, while this design engineering consulting practice produced greater than 20% earnings. In 2002, PEMSTAR sold KinderLife Instruments, Inc. (see below) to Natus, Inc., which turned around Natus’ financial performance. In late 2004, Pacific Consultants was formally merged into PEMSTAR, Inc. PEMSTAR was subsequently acquired by Benchmark. PACIFIC CONSULTANTS LLC, Mountain View, CA

High Technology Consulting Management – (1998-2002) Executive Vice President & COO – PCLLC, a rapidly growing design engineering consulting practice, specialized in the development of electronic products involving mixed signal processing. As a key member of the executive team: Managed the company growth from $1M to $30M in 3 years; In 2001, Pacific Consultants was recognized in the INC 500 list, achieving a rank of 134 out of 500; Negotiated and managed major customer programs and contracts, including the US Army’s “Land Warrior”; Built and managed a team of 120 development engineers; Managed P&L; Developed financial plans and forecasts; Re-organized PCLLC by business unit; Managed the development laboratory, limited manufacturing and inventory; and Evaluated new market potential. In late 2001, Pacific Consultants was acquired by PEMSTAR, Inc. (an electronics industry contract manufacturer). Also, during this time, served as President and CEO of an internally developed new technology start-up company, KinderLife Instruments, Inc., which was intended to be a Pacific Consultants Charles C. Byer

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spin-off. KinderLife designed and developed a revolutionary new technology product (hardware and software) for the pediatric hearing screening market.

POWER SPECTRA, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

High Growth Turn-Around Management --

President & COO, and subsequently, Interim Chairman & CEO – Joined Power Spectra, a 20 year-old public company, to turn it around by shifting the company’s high-power Gallium-Arsenide-based product lines from military to industrial markets; Managed operations; Evaluated market potential and planned new product lines; Developed new products, including Ground Penetrating Radar and an Electro-Optical laser range finder; Expanded the customer base; Raised $9+M in capital and sought an additional $7M in capital to implement a

$150M, 5-year business plan; Developed the initial product technology for LandRay Technology. BETA PHASE, Inc., Menlo Park, CA

High Growth Start-up Management --

President & CEO – Managed, restructured and expanded an aging public start-up, taking it from an engineering development company to a commercial operation over two years: Increased customer base six-fold; Increased product sales ten-fold from $200K to $2.0M; Broadened the patent estate; Developed four new products; Expanded the manufacturing base more than ten-fold; Secured commitments for $8M in a private financing to fund the company's growth for the next 2-3 years. Molex, Inc., acquired Beta Phase. EMERALD PACIFIC SEAFOODS, Inc., Bodega Bay, CA

New Venture Management --

President/Founder – Principally managed Marketing and Finance for Emerald Pacific, which included: Researching the seafood market; Defining and creating its business model; Writing its strategic business plan; and, seeking funding, while physically developing the business with two partners. E. I. Du PONT De NEMOURS & CO., Inc., Wilmington, DE Strategic Planning; New Product and Business Management – Ten years’ experience in DuPont's Berg Electronics Department: assisted in managing growth from about $120M to over $500M during the period; developed a new product, which grew to over $100M in about 5 years with a 20% profit margin. More than seven years’ experience at corporate headquarters in Wilmington, DE, in the Instruments and Development departments. Professional career focused mainly on the development of new products and technologies, new markets and new business ventures, where activities included: Industrial marketing; Manufacturing technology development; Major Account management; Innovative new product development; Sales force management; Computer systems development; Market planning; Departmental planning; International business; Venture management; and, Corporate Planning and Strategy. PECO ENERGY, Philadelphia, PA

Energy Management/Engineering --

Project Engineering responsibilities at this energy management company included: Design; Construction; Maintenance; and, Emergency repair of electrical power distribution systems as well as Nuclear Power plant operation and maintenance.

EDUCATION:

The WHARTON School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

+ MBA, Marketing and Finance

+ Wharton Public Policy Fellow, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

+ BS, Electrical Engineering

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