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Seahaven Associates
Text Box:   Dr. Harry M. Taxin is the President of Seahaven Associates, a consulting and advisory services firm focused in the technology sector for emerging growth businesses.  With over 40 years of technology and business management experience, Taxin provides investors and company management with planning and analysis assistance that is often missing in early-stage companies.  He also serves as an independent Board or Advisory Board member for technology companies.   In 1999, Taxin founded MegaPath Networks Inc. and served as Chairman, President and CEO until 2006.  MegaPath, through mergers and acquisitions, has advanced to become a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC) operating one of the largest end-to-end IP communications networks in the country.  Following a successful merger with Covad and Speakeasy, the company is now approaching $500 million in annual sales.   Prior to MegaPath, he formed Seahaven Associates in 1994, serving clients including General Motors, Nike, TASC/Litton, and numerous high-technology startups, building and developing their technology and business strategies. From 1989 through 1994 during his tenure as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Sony Electronics, Dr. Taxin was responsible for product research and development in North America and launched Sony's new Systems Integration business unit, growing that unit to the largest such business in North America. Previously, from 1979 to 1989 he was President and CEO of Cubicomp Corporation, a video animation company; VP of Sales & Marketing at Ridge Computers, a startup RISC-based workstation manufacturer; and VP of Marketing and Product Development at Gerber Systems Technology, a supplier of 3D mechanical CAD/CAM systems.    Taxin launched his professional career at the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1964, rising from Member of the Technical Staff to the position of Laboratory Manager, while simultaneously earning three graduate degrees at UCLA.  Dr. Taxin holds a PhD in Engineering from UCLA, a Master of Engineering (from the Engineering Executive Program, a high-tech MBA-equivalent) from UCLA, an MS Engineering from UCLA, and a BSEE from the University of Michigan.   11.10         Phone: 650-962-9696   Mobile:  650-207-2107 E-mail: hmtaxin@seahaven.net