Sky440 Names New Board
February 20 2008 - 12:39PM
PR Newswire (US)
ORANGE, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sky440, Inc.,
(Pink Sheets: SKYF), announced today that it has named John Harris,
Chet Hong and Barry Nester to its Board of Directors. Mr. Harris
will also serve as President and CEO. The new members will serve on
the board until the next annual stockholders meeting. John Harris,
President and CEO, has more than 22 years of experience in
executive management positions. From 1985 to 1991 he held senior
management and staff level positions with several National Mortgage
Corporations. Mr. Harris Founded Western Hills Mtg. Corp. in 1991
where he managed operations, technical services, business
development, marketing, finance, and human resources. Mr. Harris
Founded Silver Bay Mortgage Corp., in 2004 as a diversified
brokerage firm consisting of Real Estate, Finance, Escrow, and Land
Development operations. Mr. Harris Founded American Homes Direct
Lending Corporation in 2005 as a joint venture agreement with an
established home building company, where Mr. Harris was responsible
for developing the corporate strategy, continuing sustainable
business plan growth, and overseeing all corporate activities. In
2005 Mr. Harris Assisted in Real Estate acquisitions, finance
operations, and escrow operations of Silver Bay Mtg. Corp., and
then he created Silver Bay Development as a wholly owned Subsidiary
of Silver Bay Mtg. Corp. His diversified experience in land
acquisition, finance, and project management enables him to assist
clients with sourcing both debt and equity capital for their
development and construction projects. At present time Mr. Harris
continues to oversee and manage ongoing land acquisitions,
entitlements, and land development transactions as well as
consulting with clients on other projects. Chet Hong, at-large
Director, is the founder and Managing Director of the Elixiant
Group, a management consulting organization focused on business and
corporate development, licensing/technology acquisition strategies
and market development. He was formerly an executive consultant for
Fujitsu Software, the $2Bn software arm for Fujitsu Limited $40Bn
in annual revenues, where he ran their Business
Development/Strategy and Compliance practices. Mr. Hong was also
retained by Forrester Research's to help develop their Greater
China strategies and was the VP of Business/Corporate Development
for China.com in charge of their US arm of a $500MM venture fund as
well as their strategic alliances. Mr. Hong was also the VP of
Business Development for MediaWay, an enterprise software developer
of media and brand asset management and previously ran Visioneer's
$25 Million software division where he launched software titles
targeted at the consumer and business segments. Additionally, he
was the co-founder of two digital imaging technology companies,
XRS, acquired by Kodak, and ITG, acquired by a large Global Asian
business concern. Barry Nester, an executive with over 25 years
sales and marketing expertise in the IT space, was formerly the VP
of Channel Sales for Anixter, a $2.5 billion IT leader in supply
chain services and distribution of communications and networking
products, where he was instrumental in developing the Higher
Education and Local Government channel. In addition, Mr. Nester was
the VP of Sales and Marketing for Swiftcomm, a leading provider of
data collocation, high speed broadband, web/mail hosting and hosted
IT services where he secured Fortune 500 accounts such as Boeing,
Disney Entertainment, Edison, Lockheed, ABC Entertainment and
Grumman and was a key contributor in its acquisition by SBC. His
tenure also included stints at Cisco, a leading supplier of
networking equipment, where year after year Mr. Nester was in the
top 10% of sales representatives and grew his region from $200K to
$13M in (3) years and AudioTek, a subsidiary of Toshiba, that
distributes electronics and computer hardware, where he ran the US
Western Region. About Sky440 Sky440, Inc., based in Orange,
California, is focusing on the electronic hardware and computer
component industry. Sky440 is in the business of acquiring and
operating regional North American distributors of networking
hardware and other computer related components. More information
about Sky440, Inc., can be found at: http://www.sky440.com/ Notes
about forward-looking statements: Except for any historical
information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press
release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Certain Statements contained in this release that
are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements,
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created
by that Act. Reliance should not be placed on forward-looking
statements because they involve unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as
"estimates," "anticipates," "projects," "plans," "expects,"
"intends," "believes," "may," "should" and similar expressions and
by the context in which they are used. Such statements are based
upon current expectations of the company and speak only as of the
date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date when they are made. Contact: Chet Hong 650-557-2182
DATASOURCE: Sky440, Inc. CONTACT: Chet Hong of Sky440, Inc.,
+1-650-557-2182
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