HOST.NET

Board of Directors

Jeffrey Davis, Chairman of the Board
Thomas E. Turner, Vice Chairman of the Board
Timothy R. Lewis, Director of the Board
Randy Epstein, Director of the Board
Steven J. Davis, Director of the Board

Jeffrey Davis
Chairman of the Board

Davis founded Host.net along with Randy Epstein, and serves as its Chairman, CEO and President. He brings over 13 years of hands-on experience in systems integration, network setup and design, technical operations and management.

Prior to founding Host.net, Davis co-founded and was President and COO of Metro Fiberlink, Inc., a Delray Beach, Florida-based Data CLEC providing low-cost, high-reliability Internet service for the enterprise market. Davis was also the Senior Technology Advisor to the CEO of US Data Authority, Inc., a national T1 and T3 NSP. At US Data, Davis advised and assisted the company with their 40-market network rollout as well as in designing the company's Network Operations Center in Boca Raton, Florida.

Davis’ reputation in the business and technology community has generated invitations to speak on panels on a variety of topics including VoIP, security and entrepreneurship, including participation in the South Florida Technology Alliance’s ”Meet the Tech CEO's" panel discussion. Davis has also been recognized for his ability to negotiate the difficult landscape of the technology community as a young entrepreneur.

A proponent of supporting other young professionals with similar aggressive goals and aspirations, Davis has made significant contributions to the Nova Southeastern University’s Huizenga School of Entrepreneurship.

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Thomas E. Turner
Vice Chairman of the Board

Turner joined Host.net's Board of Directors in July of 2008 when Host.net acquired WV Fiber, and was appointed Vice Chairman in March of 2010.

Turner was previously the Chairman of the Board of WV Fiber & Ultra Global Investments from September 2006 until the sale of WV to Host.net.

Turner most recently held the position of President and CEO of Itronix Corporation where he grew the business of this leader in rugged wireless computing and completed the sale of the business to General Dynamics in 2005. Turner has held a number of executive leadership positions at WhereNet Datamax Corporation, Symbol Technologies and Wang Laboratories.  Turner also serves on the Board of Pacinian Corporation of Spokane, Washington and is a Partner in the Cabo Vida Group based in Costa Rica.

Turner received a BSEE from Tufts University and attended NYU Graduate Business School.

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Lewis serves as a member of the Host.net Board of Directors since June of 2006.

Lewis is the founder and owner of Lewis Rental Properties (LRP), which he founded in 1970. LRP, based in Boca Raton, Florida, owns and operates over one million square feet of commercial and residential real estate and mini-warehouse space in the South Florida market, including the Boca Design Center where Host.net is headquartered.  Lewis also serves on the Board of Trustees of several charitable and non-profit organizations and is a benefactor at Bethesda Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Randy Epstein
Director of the Board

Epstein founded BroadbandONE, Host.net’s parent company, along with Jeffrey Davis and serves as its President. He brings over 20 years of experience in direct network design, operations, and staff management. His responsibilities at BroadbandONE include mergers and acquisitions, as well as the integration of acquired companies into the BroadbandONE network and product line. Epstein has also taken a keen interest in building settlement-free interconnection (peering) relationships with other industry-leading networks.

Epstein also serves on the Board of Directors of Open Contributors Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (OCCAID) and has been recognized for his significant donations and contributions to the organization’s activities. OCCAID is a not-for-profit education and Internet engineering network designed to create a collaborative environment that allows network researchers and individuals with self-interest in the anatomy of Internet routing to interconnect into a global network for training and development purposes. As a provider of the next-generation global IPv6 Internet, OCCAID is also an incubator for the development of the IPv6 Internet in North America providing IPv6 migration assistance to participants and industry partners.

Epstein co-founded and was CTO of Metro FiberLink, Inc., a Data CLEC providing low-cost high-reliability Internet service for the enterprise market. He also co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of Money.net Incorporated, which runs the respected Money.net business and financial web site. His background also includes Host Internet Network Services, a national high-speed Internet solutions provider he founded in 1995; WIZnet, an electronic commerce and Internet provider; Internet Gateway Connections, which he co-founded as the first company to offer Internet access using ISDN technology in Florida; and Automated Business Corporation, where he designed and developed multiple network solutions for companies including Akzo-Nobel, Sherwin Williams, BASF and DuPont.

Epstein started his career in computers and communication solutions when he founded and served as President of FASST Computronics, where he designed and developed bulletin board software for the Commodore 64 and 128 lines of 8-bit computers. FASST became an authorized Commodore Amiga reseller under his direction.

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Steven J. Davis
Director of the Board

Davis has served as a member of the Host.net Board of Directors since August 2006.

Prior to joining Host.net in 2006, he was President of Martex Distributors, a fiberglass insulation distributor and installer from its inception in 1977 until the sale of the company to Gale Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) in 1999. Davis attended the University of Miami where he majored in business administration. Davis is also the Regional Director for Masco Contractor Services, a division of Masco Corp.

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