Part of the Executive Management Teams of AltaVista, iAtlas, and Hotels.com

 

“EXT is the next generation internet search engine that blends the profitability of traditional search engines with the accelerated growth of social networking sites.”

 

Jeffery T. "Jeff" Black is an American chief executive officer and chief strategy officer associated with the information technology industry. He also is a programmer and inventor, holding six patents.

At school Black studied business and computer science and artificial intelligence programming. In 1984 he went on to work at Digital Equipment Corporation, where he was one of its leaders for fourteen years. During that time, he was part of the team that developed AltaVista Black served as general manager at AltaVista.  During his time at Digital, he filed several patents, with at least three in 1995 alone: a "multicontext compression system with shared data structures", a "context control block for computer communications", and a "method and apparatus for providing a variable reset interval in a transmission system for encoded data", all assigned to Telco Systems. At Digital, he also received a "top secret" clearance due to classified work for several agencies of the United States Government.

In 1998, Black quit from Digital. He became CEO of Internet Marketing Inc. (IMI), the first web mapping service on the Internet. He also established the Laurel, Maryland-based iAtlas. IAtlas established the first database on businesses on the Internet, compiling information that could be purchased by third-party groups for 5000 dollars. It also established a search engine that enabled casual users to locate businesses in specific locations, the first search engine that was able to do that. Initially relying on a business incubator provided by Doug Humphrey, within a year it had secured three million dollars of venture capital. On August 3, 1999, iAtlas secured a partnership with Ameritech (then the largest telecommunications company in the Midwest), allowing Ameritech's yellow pages search engine to use the iAtlas Registry.

In the early 2000s, Black established and then sold Hotels.com and Resorts.com. He also held management positions for BizExpense, Inc., Conomae Corporation, and Tandy Corporation.

In 2005, he founded the startup company TalkPlus, based in San Mateo, California. TalkPlus serves as a mobile phone service that allows multiple phone lines to be used from a single mobile phone, as well as make calls from an existing landline phone number. The service allowed for new phone lines to be created for as much as one-tenth the cost of creating a new landline. Applications were also seen for use in conjunction with online dating services and online auction sites, to prevent callers related to those services from gaining access to permanent personal or business phone numbers. Black was inspired to develop the concept by work he did for the government during his time at Digital. In 2007, Black stepped down from his position of CEO, in order to assume the mantle of chief strategy officer, allowing him to work on continuing to develop new technology innovations and corporate strategies. He was replaced as CEO by Michael Toepel.

Currently Black is part of the staff of Trusted Opinion, a social networking website. He also serves on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Cancer Foundation, a non-profit providing research into the causes and cures of cancer and information on its treatment. Black has also participated in Silicon Valley Open Doors technology conference, representing TalkPlus.

International lawyer, financier, and management consultant with over 30 years of public company management experience.

 

“EXT’s technology will allow individual experiences to be archived and transferred to the benefit of future participants.”

 

EXT’s Chairman of the Board and President, has been an international lawyer, financier and management consultant in the past thirty years. Previously, Mr. Shaw was a partner with Shaw and Reed, practicing in the areas of international law and finance. At Shaw and Reed, which he founded, Mr. Shaw served as legal, financial and management consultant to several small and medium sized private and public companies. Mr. Shaw graduated from Yale College in 1958 and Yale Law School in 1961. He is a former Fellow of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and was Assistant Editor of A Lawyer’s Guide to International Business Transactions, published by the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute. Mr. Shaw is a member of the New York Bar and was admitted to practice before the Appellate Division and Court of Appeals in New York, as well as the United States Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of International Trade.

Former President and CEO of Michael’s Stores, Inc.

 

“I look forward to watching this company evolve ahead of the technology curve, thereby setting the direction of internet technology.”

 

EXT’s Director and Chief Financial Officer, graduated with a BBA from Southern Methodist University. He later conducted graduate studies at the University of Dallas and Georgia State University. From there he began an audit and tax accounting career with Ernst & Young (Arther Young & Company) in Dallas, Texas from 1962 to 1968. He then continued his professional career through 1974 with East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. as assistant to the Chairman of the Board followed by a promotion to CFO. From there he became CFO of Refrigerated Transport, Inc., an AMEX company based in Atlanta, GA, where he was instrumental in obtaining a $20 million private placement for the company. In 1978, he rejoined Ernst & Young (Arthur Young & Company) as a tax partner and established and served as partner-in-charge of the Emerging Business Group in Dallas. He then joined Michaels Stores, Inc., an AMEX company, in 1984 as CFO and assistant to the chairman and vice-chairman of the Board. In 1986 he was promoted to President and CEO. For the next 4 years, Michaels grew from 40 stores and $100 million in annual revenue to 120 stores and almost $400 million in annual revenue. In 1990, he left Michaels to perform turnaround and interim management services. From 1990 to today his turnarounds include Silk Greenhouse, Inc., Pic ‘N Pay Stores, Inc, Hedstrom Corporation, Muzak LLC, and NexPak Corp. He currently operates his own turnaround consulting company, The Equity Enhancement Group in Dallas, Texas.

Board certified Oncologist and expert in Complimentary Alternative Treatment and Ayurveda Medicine

 

“EXT and Cancer.im will change the way people view and manage Cancer.”

 

Dr. Kanojia completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 1979 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama; completed fellowship in Hematology in 1980 at the University of Georgia; and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. He later joined the faculty of MD Anderson and pursued a research program in Bone Marrow Transplantation and advanced chemotherapy of gastro-intestinal cancers. In 1983, Dr. Kanojia established the Julie and Ben Rogers Cancer Institute. In 1997, he established the Beaumont Cancer Institute. In 2004, Dr. Kanojia was awarded a faculty position at the SVYASA Yoga University in Bangalore, India and received a diploma in Ayurveda from Ayurvedic Institute of America.