Joyce Howard, M.A.

Vice President

Joyce Howard, a founder of E3RS, has many years of executive experience in private business and in government. After receiving her Masters in City Management, she has served as City Council Person for the City of Irving, TX. She managed and consulted for corporations in telecommunications, in industrial/commercial office and warehouse operations.

• Ms. Howard has successfully managed the building of residential and commercial building complexes, including negotiations with financial, governmental and private agencies. Her experience and skill in managing large facilities and commercial construction projects, when added to her government experience, make it clear how valuable she is as a member of our executive team. With her help we are building and managing sustainable energy parks, commercial parks, and agricultural utilities for our clients and their communities.
• Ms. Howard has served as Exectutive VP and COO for PalomaNet International, Inc. a telecommunications company and call center operation in Odessa, TX.
• In addition, as Excecutive VP and COO for Sterling DFW International Group, Inc,. she turned around client properties from near bankruptcy to positive cash flow through refinancing, re-zoning, new marketing, etc. She was responsible for staffing, construction oversight, mortgage negotiations, budgeting, leasing, and regulatory compliance.
• As President and COO of Sterling Commercial Management, Inc, she supervised a staff of over 100 and managed a portfolio of properties worth over $25 million. She provided professional management for Dallas area owners: individuals, partnerships and institutions. Ms. Howard worked with CPA's for tax reporting, creating budgets, supervising construction and purchasing, and coordinating with city, state and county tax and licensing offices.
• When President and CEO of Indigo Builders, Inc., Ms. Howard guided the growth of this primarily residential home building company into a commercial and multi-family construction company building new construction of over $8 million per year. She was responsible for site selection, zoning acquisition, citizen concerns in neighborhood meetings, architectural design supervision, construction loans, construction bidding, construction crew supervision, sales staff supervision and mortgage loan acquisition and negotiations.
• As the City of Irving's first elected woman Councilperson, she joined the construction committee for a new City Hall building, approving bids, approving architectural design and seeing that the construction was completed on time and under budget. She served as delegate to Conferences of Mayors where she worked for additional national and state funding for city projects with less national and state oversight.

jhoward@e3regenesis.com

Clyde H. Pittman, MBA

Director: Energy and Communications Business Developer and Consultant

While monitoring the progress of the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996, Clyde Pittman began assisting clients in strategies to take advantage of this significant opportunity in a major industry. Previous experience in entrepreneurial telecommunications uniquely prepared him to deal with the needs of companies entering into this field.

• Mr. Pittman has helped steer companies in designing software systems for customer and provider interface and dealt extensively in the regulatory field on behalf of client companies. He has arranged strategic alliances between telecommunications companies to meet the needs of participants.
• Lead negotiator on behalf of client company for securing operating agreements with Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and major independent providers.
• Acted as sole spokesman on behalf of clients in testimony before various state regulatory bodies. Has prepared certification applications along with additional required documentation for numerous states while conducting resale and interconnection agreements with most RBOCs and major independents.
• Experienced in preparing local and long distance tariffs for submission to state regulatory bodies. Clients have relied on his recommendations as to advisability of seeking mediation in disputes with providers. Well versed in electronics interface systems using Internet and other computer network-based data distribution media.
  
• As former President and Chief Executive Officer of Cartesia Corporation, Mr. Pittman conceived the idea for the company and identified and designed initial software products. Cartesia has become a leader in the specialized field of tactical mapping software for the emergency response (9-1-1) industry. Cartesia is an Authorized Partner of MapInfo, Inc. Responsible for developing marketing strategies and for making presentations to potential clients.
• He continues to evaluate trends in the 9-1-1 industry and for designing products and services that Cartesia can provide in order to remain in the forefront of those trends, all of which are increasingly driven by computer and telecommunications technology.
  
• As a private real estate investor in Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Mr. Pittman worked as a real estate consultant and broker, identifying, negotiating, and financing strategic income property investments for foreign investors. Clients were referred primarily from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and some European investors. He also served as a local representative for an international private banking concern during this period and worked with this bank in underwriting loans for foreign investors.
  
• Mr. Pittman was founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of DFW Metrolink, Inc. With the assistance of the original Western Union Company of Upper Saddle River, NJ, conceived, researched, and designed the first commercial alternate local access telecommunications provider for the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Using extensive computer modeling and data base techniques, Metrolink developed optimum right-of-way routing systems for fiber optics systems to pass by the maximum number of likely broad bandwidth users at the minimum investment for right-of-way and actual fiber plant. This system was designed to appeal to users of fractional DS-1, full DS-1, and DS-3 capacity. Designed the business plan, secured market surveys, and secured local rights-of-way from local electrical utility. As a result of their early efforts, Metrolink had alternate local access fiber and electronics plant installed in downtown Dallas well in advance of competitors.
  

cpittman@e3regenesis.com

Mark Caldwell

Regional Manager