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SkyWire® Media Board of Directors

Shawn D. Harris

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Harris has more than 15 years experience in software sales management, bringing with him skills acquired in the course of front-line leadership with companies at the leading edge of the software industry. This experience and a demonstrated track record of success gives Shawn a unique understanding of market conditions of meeting customers' product development needs that enhance business-to-business and business-to-consumer mobile marketing initiatives. Mr. Harris has experience in today’s e-business environments along with the understanding of e-business tools, models and best practices for internet-based businesses. Shawn has made technology a way of life and has an in-depth understanding of information systems. He is known by friends and family as "the geek with social skills".

Prior to joining SkyWire Media, Shawn was the Director of Business Development for InfoGenesis, a leader in the hospitality technology industry. Shawn assembled the number one sales team for InfoGenesis as well as led the company in highest revenue and lowest cost of sales for 8 years. Shawn honed his skills in leadership by understanding customer expectations, buyer behavior and gained expertise in understanding the importance of customer service. This experience includes structuring software systems to predict consumer buying behavior and patterns. Shawn was instrumental in the launch of eRevelation, the industry’s first ASP-managed POS solution. Shawn was instrumental in building relationships with premier hospitality companies worldwide, some of which included MGM Mirage, Vail Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Station Casinos, PGA-TPC, Mandalay Bay Resort Group, and Four Seasons Hotels.

Prior to InfoGenesis Shawn was the Major Accounts Manager for Kronos where he gained his appreciation of software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity and improve employee satisfaction. Prior to Kronos, he was the National Sales Manager for MegaWest Systems, a leader in the medical billing and clinical software business.

Shawn currently sits on the board of the Technology Business Alliance of Nevada (TBAN), a not-for-profit organization that is proactively fostering high-tech growth in Nevada. TBAN is dedicated to assisting high-tech start-ups in finding the talent, customers and financing needed to be successful. Shawn is very active in his community, including volunteering his time at various positions at his church and with the Boy Scouts of America. Shawn is continuing his education by working on achieving a Master of Business Administration/E-Business.

Richard D. Dixon

Board Secretary

Mr. Dixon is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Dixon is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation, capital funds requirements, strategic business planning and strategic alliances & relationships. Mr. Dixon is a technology veteran with 35+ years of experience in smart phone mobility applications, computer systems, telecommunications, networking and software industries. Dixon has executive management experience in General Management, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Management in Asia and Europe, Marketing and Sales in a wide-range of companies from start-ups IPO’s to fortune 200 companies such as IBM, Novell, ITEL & IKON.

Prior to SkyWire Media, Dixon was Vice President of Sales and Strategic Relations for the Me Inc. division of The SCO Group, responsible for worldwide sales and establishing strategic relationships and alliances in the mobile phone/cellular industry, including wireless carries and original equipment manufacturers such as Sprint, Cingular Wireless, ATT, T-Mobile, Verizon, Motorola and Nokia. In addition, Dixon has held positions at IKON as Director of Strategic Relations and Operations Management in a technology roll-up of the acquisition of 31 computer system integration companies across North America; He established operations for Novell in nine Asian Countries, residing in Asia for five years as General Manager and Vice President of Asian Operations; Reorganized and repositioned an “engineering-oriented” OCR technology company, increasing sales by 450% and established the IPO for DEST Corporation, as Executive Vice President; As a "turnaround" Executive, he managed and lead a non-performing business unit in a Fortune 200 company of over 1,000 employees to a return to profitability with $156 million in revenue and $53 million in profit for a 33.9% E.B.I.T. in one year as General Manager & Executive Vice President of ITEL. Dixon is an IBM veteran of 11 years with a distinguished record of performance in management and sales, exceeding sales quota by 150% - 10 consecutive years, he was voted sales manager of the year and lead the nation of over 2,000 offices in sales productivity.

Dixon was selected to present to the United States House of Representatives, Sub-Committee on the deregulation of the Power Industry. He has presented to the United States Federal Trade Commission on the Federal Investigation of Software Monopoly as one of five key expert witnesses. Dixon has led his own philanthropic endeavors, raised funds and built the first children’s burn facility at a major hospital foundation and established an electronics manufacturing facility at the California Youth Authority for job development of youth prisoners. Dixon holds degrees in Mathematics and Business from San Jose State University and advance course study from Wharton School of Business and California Institute of Technology.

Captain William (Bill) G Goff, Jr.

Board Director

Captain Goff began his forty-two year career in aviation at Auburn University in 1959. He earned a bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1963 and was commissioned as a Naval Officer upon graduation. Goff flew fighter aircraft in the Navy, on active duty and in the Navy reserve forces, retiring after 26 years of service with the rank of Captain. Hired by Delta Air Lines in 1969, after serving in the Navy on active duty for six years, Captain Goff flew as a commercial pilot for 32 years. He completed his career at Delta Airlines in October 2001 while holding the position of Lead Line Check Captain on MD-11 aircraft at the airline's Los Angeles base.

During his tenure with Delta, Captain Goff was active in the trading of vacant land in the Las Vegas Valley. Goff began acquiring strategic holdings in Las Vegas and Pahrump, Nevada in the early 1990's. During this same period he developed Whitney Mesa Business Park, a forty five acre office/industrial park. He currently controls 135 acres of master planned residential and commercial sites.

Captain Goff is the Broker/Manager of Goff Properties, LLC, a licensed commercial real estate brokerage and President of Anchor Development, Inc., a real estate development company. At present, Anchor Development has ten projects in various stages of development. Seven of the ten projects are approved Tavern sites with gaming devices to be built over the next two years. The Taverns will be managed by Boulevard Gaming Group, a newly formed company in which Goff functions as Chief Executive Officer.

Since his retirement from Delta in 2001, Captain Goff and his wife Karen have been active investors in private equity opportunities, acquiring ownership interestes in ten early stage companies. Goff currently serves as a Director of three of the portfolio companies and is an active member of the following business groups; Las Vegas Southwest Rotary, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas Business Forum, Nevada Development Authority, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) and Vegas Valley Angels.

Glenn Bonner

Board Director

Glenn Bonner was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of MGM MIRAGE from 1997 to 2006. He has more than 25 years of experience in management and business technology. Bonner lead MGM MIRAGE's corporate Management Information Systems group, which encompasses all MGM MIRAGE technology and systems, supporting over 70,000 employees in 24 locations.

As CIO, he was responsible for alignment and execution of the information technology function with the company’s longer-term business strategy. Under Bonner’s leadership, MGM MIRAGE has gained industry-wide recognition for their technology achievements and innovations. CIO Magazine recognized Bonner as one of the top 100 Chief Information Officers in 1999. MGM Mirage was also ranked as high as 68th by Information Week Magazine in the "Information Week 500" annual ranking of IS organizations in America.

Before his appointment as the company's first CIO, Bonner led the hospitality industry consulting initiative for Microsoft Corporation. As the Managing Consultant, Bonner headed up the development of Hilton Hotels’ "System 21", the core technology used to manage the guest experience at Hilton hotels worldwide. Previously, Bonner was employed at Intergraph Corporation as a product manager where he was responsible for all computer-aided manufacturing applications.

Bonner is the Chairman of the UNLV MIS Department Executive Advisory Board, a board member of Auburn University's College of Business Advisory Board and a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Hotel Technology Next Generation organization. He holds both MCSD and MCP certifications from Microsoft.

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