JIM STRATIGOS Co-Founder, President and CEO Media4

Mr. Stratigos has had a distinguished career in telecommunications engineering and marketing. In addition to co-founding Media4 in 1993, he co-founded two other telecommunications firms - Encom Systems in 1982 and Tridom Corporation in 1984 (renamed AT&T Tridom after being acquired by AT&T in 1988). He is recognized as an industry pioneer and developer of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology.

As an executive at Tridom for more than nine years, Mr. Stratigos served in a variety of capacities including vice president of engineering and vice president, international marketing. Under his direction, Tridom's international business expanded into Europe, South America and Asia, growing to more than $30 million in annual sales. Previously, Mr. Stratigos held positions that called upon his expertise in satellite and microwave technology at Scientific Atlanta, Motorola and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Under Mr. Stratigos' direction, Media4 has become the leading supplier of PC-based satellite products. Media4 pioneered the technology to connect personal computers with the high-bandwidth capacity of satellites. Media4 provides MediaStreamTM technology to collect, manage and broadcast Internet and multimedia content to low-cost PC based receivers.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Stratigos earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974, and a master's degree in electrical engineering, also from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1980. He is a member of the IEEE, a frequent speaker on the subject of broadband satellite technology and markets and has co-authored books on VSAT technology and wireless multimedia networks.