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Company Overview
The X-Change Corporation is a publicly traded
shopping, auction, and social networking venture serving the diverse and growing Hispanic markets of
North America, including Canada, the USA, and Mexico, through the
provision of services tailored to our customers' cultural expectations and
preferences. Commerce Services, Inc., a subsidiary of The X-Change
Corporation, announced a soft launch of its social networking site,
MundoTribu.com,
on May 2, 2010. The slogan of MundoTribu is "One World
• One Tribe." With links to other social
networking sites, MundoTribu enables the building of tribes,
common-interest groups such as sports, entertainment, hobbies, eating,
health, and activities. In addition, MundoTribu will soon offer a
variety of types to shop, ranging from comparison shopping to several
types of auction. The service will also offer financial services, such
as prepaid debit cards and purchase financing. The Company intends to seek out or build
complementary products that help it achieve its goals for growth and
profitability. Also see Shareholder
Information and Market Information.
Management
Senior management for The X-Change Corporation include:
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Haviland Wright, Ph.D., President & Chief
Executive Officer
Dr. Wright is an international technology consultant and
investor who served as chief development officer for Profitability
of Hawaii, a Honolulu-based software development firm. In addition,
he is a director of Ventura-based software company, Elixir
Technologies Corporation, where he was chairman from 2003 through
2006 and managed a successful turnaround. He also serves as an
Independent Director of Boston-based Compass Group of Mutual Funds,
managed by MFS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada. He
was a director of LCD display developer Nano Loa, Inc., based in
Kanagawa, Japan, which he founded with LCD pioneer Akihiro
Mochizuki. Dr. Wright was formerly chairman and CEO of LCOS (liquid
crystal on silicon) display manufacturer Displaytech, Inc. He served
as chief scientist and senior vice president of Interleaf, Inc.,
following Interleaf's acquisition of Avalanche Development Company,
an SGML pioneer that he founded in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Wright
received his B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in
mathematics and history; his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, where his areas of concentration
were accounting and systems sciences. He completed the CPA and CMA
accounting certifications, has held faculty positions at the
University of Colorado and the University of Denver, and has
authored numerous articles for research and industry publications.
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Fernando Antonio Gómez,
Executive Vice President
Mr. Gómez is a senior sales and
marketing executive with over twenty-five years of experience in
broadcasting, cable television, and news media within the United
States and international markets. His background includes strategic
marketing planning and sales and affiliate relations work throughout
his career with Maya Entertainment, Batanga.com, Starmedia/Wanadoo,
MSN Latino, Prime Deportiva, C3D Digital, Bravo International, The
Weather Channel Latin America, The Inspirational Network, Univision,
and Galavision.
Board of Directors
Directors and Officers of The X-Change Corporation include:
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Haviland Wright, Ph.D., President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Fernando Antonio Gómez, Secretary
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Richard T. Steele
Mr. Steele is President and Chief Executive of Network
Distribution Group, Ltd., a Cable Television, Satellite, Broadcast,
Media and Internet consulting company, which assists cable
television networks with their respective network distribution onto
cable television systems, broadcast stations, as well as satellite,
and assists start-up internet/media companies with financial
planning, funding and distribution. In the past four years, Mr.
Steele has become involved with a number of Spanish-language media
projects, including a children's cable television network, a cable
television shopping channel, a a web membership-based enterprise,
and an on-line shopping venture.
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Ron Vigdor, Treasurer
Mr. Vigdor is an entrepreneur and active member of his family's
international trading and investment company, where he has worked
from a young age. In the late 80's, Vigdor founded an ISP and
long-distance calling-card company and gained telecommunications and
trade-financing experience in South America and the Caribbean.
Vigdor served as lead investor and founding Chariman of the Board of
Fort Lauderdale-based Balize, Inc., an early-to-market
social-networking venture. He has served in senior executive and
directorial capacities at companies around the world. In the last
several years, Vigdor has been active in several companies,
including the Canadian e-commerce and auction processor Kyozou (www.kyozou.com),
GPS vehicle locator system Skyewatch, and safe-baby-bottle
manufacturer BornFree, Inc. (www.newbornfree.com). Vigdor is a US citizen, married with children and living in Boca
Raton, Florida.
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