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William Gross

Founder and Chairman, X1 Technologies, Inc.

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Mr. William Gross, Bill founded Ubermedia, Inc. in 2010 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gross serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Idealab at Energy Cache, Inc. He founded TweetUp, Inc. in 2010. He co-founded Interpet, Inc. and its Web site Pet.net, PETsMART.com's predecessor. He founded Cool Energy, Inc. in 1996. He founded Feedback.com, Inc He is the Founder and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Energy Innovations, Inc. He is founder ... of X1 Technologies, Inc and has been its Chairman of the Board since May 26, 2009. He co-founded Snap Technologies, Inc. (also known as Perfect Market Technologies, Inc) in 2004 and serves as its Chairman. Mr. Gross is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Idealab and he co-founded the firm in March 1996.He also served as a Managing Director of Idealab Capital Management I, L.L.C. since March 1998. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of eSolar, Inc. until February 1, 2010. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of X1 Technologies, Inc. Prior to Idealab, Mr. Gross started a number of companies, including GNP Development Inc., which he sold in 1985 to Lotus Development Corporation, where he subsequently served as a Software Entrepreneur. He co-founded Clearstone Venture Partners and ClearMesh Networks, Inc. He served as Managing Member of Clearstone Venture Partners since March 1998. Mr. Gross served as the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Innovations, Inc. until March 2009. He also founded Solar Devices in high school. In college at the California Institute of Technology, Mr. Gross patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of eSolar, Inc. Mr. Gross serves as the Chairman of Evolution Robotics Retail Inc., and Insider Pages Inc. He serves as the Executive Chairman at Evolution Robotics Inc. He serves as Chairman of X1 Discovery, Inc. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Director of Omnilux, Inc. He serves as a Director of Aptera Motors, Inc., and Perfect Market Inc. He serves as a Director of Duron Energy Private Limited. He has been a Director at Internet Brands, Inc. since October 9, 1998 and also serves on the Board of Directors at NetZero, Inc; and GoTo.com, Inc. He serves as a Director of Cool Energy, Inc. Mr. Gross serves on the Board of Directors of several private companies. From June 1991 to January 1997, he served as the Chairman of JumpStart, Inc. (also known as Knowledge Adventure, Inc.), which he co-founded in 1991. He has been Director of Infinia Corporation since June 15, 2007. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology, and of the Art Center College of Design. He served as Director of Connexus Corporation (formerly, Vendare Media Corporation) and RayTracker, Inc. He served as Director of United Online, Inc., Lotus Development Corp. and Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC (formerly CitySearch, Inc.). He served as Director of Petsmart.com, Inc. since May 12, 1999. He served as a Director of Eve.com, Inc., ClearMesh Networks, Inc. and Oraxion, Inc. He served as a Director of Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions since September 1997. Mr. Gross holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

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