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Proxity-EC
a company founded in 2005
with the goal of becoming the leader in providing information systems dealing with
Government logistics databases as well as vendor awareness of business opportunities
in selling both to the Government as well as industry. The founders of Proxity EC
are the originators of the current systems of logistics used by industry and the
Military including FEDLOGS, Haystack and the ILI Logicom parts database.
The PECS databases
provide information on 12 million parts, their suppliers, Government specs and standards
as well as non Government standards which are linked from the database to the cited
standards. The system also provides an alert service on sales opportunities to the
Government’s 400,000 contractors as well as requisite data used by the Military.
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Management Team
Mr. Barry C. Nelsen - President Proxity
Electronic Commerce Systems
Proxity has appointed Barry Nelsen
as President of Proxity Electronic Commerce Systems (PECS), a new company located
in Virginia Beach, Virginia. PECS will also house the corporate offices of Proxity.
Mr. Nelsen has been influential in
the sales and marketing of information products and services since 1970. A leader
in the design and sales of information products used by the U.S. Military, building
systems for the DoD which replaced paper systems for much of the military’s procurement
effort, Nelsen also built industry systems such as Haystack, FEDLOGS (for Department
of Defense), and the ILI logistics system.
Barry has been an innovator in developing
scanning systems used to convert paper databases to digital form.
Mr. Nelsen was the agent for Beyond.com
selling the first enterprise-wide EC downloaded software to the DOD, this consisted
of Microsoft products used by all DoD procurement and the Defense Logistics Agency.
This the sale was valued $50 million.
Mr. John B. Ford – Chief Information
Officer
John Ford joins Proxity bringing more
than 25 years of management and information technology experience with the last
13 years focused primarily on the U.S. Department of Defense and the Aerospace Industry.
He began his career with AT&T
in the government communications group with the White House and DOD Command and
Controls communications. In the Information Technologies arena John was the Project
Manager for a startup company Intressa Technologies Group's SpecFinder. SpecFinder
was eventually purchased by AT&T.
For the past 6 years John has been
with USA Information Systems and IHS in various marketing, customer service and
content management capacities
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About Proxity Inc.
Proxity, Inc.
(PRXT) is a developmental holding company specializing in the deployment and marketing of security protection technology and
government contract fulfillment. Proxity formed Proxity Electronic Commerce LLC and owns 43.5%. The company also
owns approximately 17,000,000 shares of Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. (CYDF). Proxity seeks to
acquire and develop both internet based business opportunities and security
technology. The Company plans to enter
into developmental, teaming and exclusive and nonexclusive marketing and distribution agreements
with products developed for Government, commercial, military and homeland defense areas.
Proxity Website
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Other Proxity Companies
Cyber Defense is the first Proxity subsidiary to be spun off as a publicly
traded company. The web site http://www.cduav.com details the three basic unique products the company provides
or soon will provide that the company feels will change the way our country fights
terrorism.
Cyber Defense Website
William C. Robinson
- Founder/Chairman/CEO/CFO/Proxity, Inc./Cyber Defense Systems, Inc.
Mr. Robinson has more than 20 years
experience in the public equity markets including management positions at Paine
Webber, and Prudential Securities. Mr. Robinson has performed as a successful start-up
entrepreneur, and as a corporate officer and director of eight public companies.
He brings seasoned operational, fund-raising, and merger and acquisition skills
to the Proxity team. As a principal, he has been responsible for initiating and
negotiating more than $100,000,000 worth of merger and acquisition transactions
and has developed, bought, and sold more than 20 companies from the initial start-up
stage taking eight to full public company status.
Joseph A. Grace, Jr.
- Founder/President/Director/Proxity, Inc./Cyber Defense Systems, Inc.
A 1980 graduate of the United States
Naval Academy. He received his MBA from the University of New Orleans. After serving
almost nine years as a nuclear submarine officer, he left the active duty Navy to
take a position with a Fortune 500 Electronics firm in California, where he held
various positions in sales and sales management. He came home to Louisiana in November
of 1994 to become the founding President of the LTC, a technical trade association
committed to transforming the Louisiana Technology Industry. During his tenure as
President, the LTC emerged as a technology leader for Louisiana and the Southern
States. He has been actively involved in raising Millions in venture capital funds;
has participated in the start up of over 150 companies; and has personally formed
over 20 companies. He is nationally recognized for his innovative marketing and
business strategies. In Mr. Grace has remained active as a Captain in the United
States Naval Reserve. In 2001 Captain Grace assumed the Reserve position of Special
Projects officer and spokesperson for the Navy's $8Billion enterprise rollout of
the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. He has since been fully recalled to Active Duty
in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, as the hand selected Chief Information
Officer for Navy Medicine. His responsibilities include all operational Information
Management and Information Technology in support of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
for the Surgeon General. He is active on many Boards and Committees and is a recognized
leader of the business community of Louisiana
Marinko Vekovic - Director/Proxity,
Inc./Cyber Defense Systems, Inc.
Mr. Vekovic is the President of the
management consulting company Alpha Medicals in Irvine, California. Was Senior VP
Marketing and Sales at ICN (NYSE: VRX), President of MVC Consulting, Over ten years
with Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) from US to Latin America and Europe / Director of Operations
Europe Middle East Africa region /; Over 25 years of multidimensional expertise,
both domestic and international, in General management, Business development, Strategic
planning, Marketing and Sales. Experience with Global and start up companies. Managed
businesses from $3 million to $850 million. Started Companies on London Stock Exchange
and NYSE and NASDAQ. Proven record of success leading turnarounds and high-growth
operations worldwide. An MBA in General Management from IMD -Lausanne Switzerland
and B.S. in Economics from London University UK, complement a history of outstanding
results.
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