Benedict Van founded hereUare in 2002 and serves as the company's Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer. Ben is a technological visionary with a specialty in building and restructuring high tech companies. With over 21 years of experience in a vast spectrum of industries ranging from telecom, Internet, semiconductor, alternative energies and medical instrumentation, he specializes in designing successful start up structures and nurturing the business blueprint through its developmental stages.

Testaments of Ben's strong intuition and balanced approach to the new and changing world of business are ubiquitous. In 1996, he founded E-Capital, an investment company which stands apart in the industry for capitalizing upon new technological and information explosions without forgoing the rewards of traditional investment models. This rare ability to embrace technologies with an uncanny confidence has also been responsible for the creation of Crownland Group of Companies, an international conglomerate that engaged in venture capital investments. Crownland invested successfully into Biocompatible, Inc. and Cardio Genesis. Ben received his Doctorate of Business Administration from University of the Pacific.

Jon Walls is a senior finance and operations executive possessing over 15 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies and small to mid-sized businesses. His industry expertise includes financial services, e-commerce, mobile media and private equity. Jon was a Senior Vice President of Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers with expertise inequity, fixed income and M&A. He served as President and COO at B.Wilson Partners, a financial consulting boutique with a private equity affiliate. In addition, he has also provided financial leadership as CFO for a start-up Internet Service Provider and a mortgage banking company. His functional expertise includes finance, general management, strategy, corporate development (M&A) and accounting.

Jon holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from Yale University.