Rick N. Newton

Overview

Mr. Newton has with more than 30 years of multi-industry experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 10 corporations. He has worked with hundreds of these projects during his career as a corporate intrapreneur and entrepreneur. He worked 16 years at IBM, the last half doing Corporate Venturing. He worked at American Express, responsible for the Investment Banking marketing and operations of small, high growth companies. Mr. Newton has a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Colorado. Over the past 5 years Mr. Newton held the following corporate positions: From March 1999 to present President and CEO of Wisdom in Action, Inc., a privately held small business; From 1987 to present Executive director and CEO of Systems Science Institute, a privately held small business. From September 2004 to present General Partner of Conscious Capital Fund LP, privately held limited Partnership. From September 2004 to present managing member of Conscious Capital Management LLC, privately held general partner of Conscious Capital Fund. From September 2004 to present managing member of Conscious Capital Consulting LLC, privately held limited liability company; From January 2002 to December 2003 Chairman of Socially Responsible Private Equity Networks, Inc., a privately held corporation; College Bound Student Alliance, Inc., a publicly traded company, chairman of the board of directors from April 1999 to December 2002, Director from April 1999 to January 2006, and Chairman of the Audit Committee from December 2002 to January 2005. From January 2000 to April 2005 member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Chartwell International, Inc., a publicly traded company; From March 2005 to January 2006 Board of Directors at Kingsley Capital Inc., a privately held corporation. From January 2002 to January 2005 Board of Directors at Pasta Fresca, Inc., a privately held corporation; From August 2000 to April 2001 Executive Director of the University of Colorado Bard Entrepreneur Center. From July 1999 to April 2001 Chairman of the University of Colorado Rutt Bridges Venture Capital Fund; From December 1998 to December 2001 Board of Directors of the Rockies Venture Club. From November 2003 to October 2004 Vice President Finance and Administration at BioCare Systems, Inc. a privately held corporation. From January 2004 to October 2005 Board of Directors of Wed Steps, Inc., a privately held corporation; From June 2000 to January 2002 founder and member of the Board of Directors of Lighthouse Enterprise Holdings, Inc., a private company.