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Chairman and General Counsel: John Rutherford
LL.M.. Patent and communications attorney. Gold Medallist and Masters degree in law. Former lecturer in International Law. Chairman of the New Zealand Communications Institute. He provides a unique blend of legal and technical expertise developed over thirty years. Director of national and international communications companies including chairmanship of Civic Enterprises Ltd a New Zealand Telecommunications Network Operator that operates multichannel TV stations using a system patented by him. His patents in various countries in powerline communications technologies date back to 1991.
Frequent speaker at communications conferences as chairman and a trustee of Australasian communications co-operatives. Member of a government committee on radio frequency issues, he is well known to regulators and industry luminaries in many Pacific rim
countries.
Contact: Direct dial: +64 3 3841059 Confidential fax: +64 3 3841243 Mobile: +64 21 359 376 E-mail: John Rutherford
Director of Satellite and Internet Services:
Damon Rutherford, holds a degree in computer management systems and accounting. Director of MMDS pay TV systems in New Zealand. He has 15 years communications experience in Australasia and the US and has managed PacAmTel LLC on a daily basis since 1998. As CEO of the largest satellite teleport in the Los Angeles region, which in association with its facilities in One Wilshire, the major international communications hub for the western US, delivers satellite services world wide, he brings both content and management expertise to assist in the development of powerline communications.
Director of several cutting edge technology companies, Mr Rutherford's combination of accounting, marketing and technology skills has earned the respect of senior executives of communications companies operating in a number of countries with whom he has set up strategic
alliances.
Contact: Direct Dial: +64 3 384 5085. Fax: +64 7 838 7312.
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