George S. Dunlop - Chairman

George S. Dunlop - Chairman George S. Dunlop is a founding member of Washington Capital Partners and a founding investor in MicroBanx Systems. Currently he is a senior official in the Bush Administration. Previously, he was CEO of Century Communications, Inc. (CCI), a privately-held corporation that provides sales and marketing, management consulting and government relations services to businesses and non-profit organizations and undertakes private investments, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Mr. Dunlop was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment for President Ronald Reagan and served four years as President and CEO of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. Mr. Dunlop was a senior officer of the United States Senate from 1973 to 1986, including service as Chief of Staff for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1966 to 1968 and in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1970 to 1978. He holds a 1970 BA degree from Catawba College, a 1972 MA from Lehigh University and graduated from the Duke University Institute for Policy Sciences in 1973. He serves on the Board of Visitors for George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and is a member of the Board of Christian Freedom International.

The Honorable Tidal W. McCoy

The Honorable Tidal W. McCoy, Chairman and Founder of Washington Capital Partners, is Chairman of the Space Transportation Association (STA) of the USA. He served intermittently as Acting Secretary and Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force from 1981 to 1988; Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Readiness Support, and Assistant Secretary for Manpower Reserve Affairs and Installations from 1981 to 1988; National Security Affairs Assistant to Senator Jake Garn from 1979 to 1981; Scientific Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Engineering and Systems in 1977; and Deputy Assistant and Staff Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1977. In 1972, Mr. McCoy served on the National Security Council at the White House and at the CIA. He was a Founder and Vice Chairman of the George Washington National Bank and serves as a director of MicroBanx and on numerous boards. The Honorable Tidal W. McCoy has received many of the highest military and civilian awards in the United States. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, in 1967 with a BS in Engineering, and George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 1975 with a MS in Business Financial Management.

Richard Moss

Richard Moss is Chairman of MACOSA, the developer of COBIS and has lived in Ecuador for 45 years. He was born and reared in Japan, and attended The American School in Japan and Amherst College. During World War II, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy’s Japanese Language School and, graduating with a commission in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, served as a combat Marine Japanese Language Officer. He transferred to the Inactive Reserve in 1946 and entered the employment of The National Cash Register Company (NCR) in New York City. In 1949, he was recruited to serve in the Executive Office at NCR’s headquarters. Mr. Moss left NCR in 1953 to work in his father-in-law’s firm in Paraguay, returning to the NCR business in 1956 when NCR offered him its distributorship in Ecuador. Mr. Moss was honorary consul general of Japan for 28 years, receiving from the Emperor the Third Class Order of the Sacred Treasure for his distinguished services, and he is presently the honorary consul general of Paraguay in Quito, Ecuador. He was formerly a member of the U.S. Defense Orientation Conference Association. Mr. Moss initiated the activities of Mitsubishi Corporation in Ecuador and served as consultant to that company and to The Bank of Tokyo. He is engaged in various public and charitable activities and serves on the boards of several companies.

Edwin Peck

Edwin Peck, native of Florida, is the President and Founder of Peck & Associates Construction, Inc., a commercial general contracting firm in the state of Florida for the past 28 years, President and Founder of Peck Leasing Corporation, Chairman of the Board and President of Inlet Harbor Marina & Restaurant. In addition, Mr. Peck was Chairman of the Board and Board Member of Halifax Medical Center, President and Founder of Peck Drywall & Plastering, President of Aberthaw-Peck Construction, President of Atlantic Travel Agency which won the INC 500 award in 1992 for being raked 129th fastest growing company in America, was also President of Fun Vacations Travel Centers and President of Atlantic Travel Special Ties. Mr. Peck is a Florida State Certified General Contractor, a Florida Real State Salesman, and Emergency Medical Technician and a General Contractor State of Alabama. Mr. Peck has received many personal honors including the Joint Civilian Operation Conference 51, LeRoy Collins Award and Distinguished Alumni Award. Mr. Peck has served in several Boards including Halifax Medical Center, Public Offices, Societies, Associations, Chamber of Commerce, Daytona Beach Community College, East Central Building Industry Association, National Commercial Builders Council and Condominiums. Mr. Peck graduated from Daytona Beach Community College with an AS in Building & Contracting Technology.

William C. Moss – Founder & CEO

William C. Moss is President, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer of MicroBanx, a founding member of Washington Capital Partners and of Interamerican Merchant Investors, LLC, an international e-business and investment development firm. He is an experienced manager, with a strong professional background that includes high-tech start-ups and established companies in the U.S. and Latin America. He is deeply rooted in information technology, having spent fifteen years with MACOSA, a prestigious builder and marketer of banking systems (COBIS), as Corporate CEO and as President of its U.S. and Latin American subsidiaries, with major Inter-American business development responsibilities. Mr. Moss has also served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Washington, DC, and Vice President for Investment Management of CoMat, LLC, an international private equity fund. He graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, with an MBA (1984) and a BS in Economics (1977). He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Mark Ryland – Chief Technology Consultant

Mark Ryland retired from Microsoft Corporation in 2000 after filling a variety of top technical positions of increasing responsibility. From 1998 to 2000, he was Microsoft's Director of Standards Strategy in which, at the request of senior management, he established a new organization for cross-corporate analysis and coordination of the company's involvement with standards organizations. He played a major role in formulating strategic standards initiatives at W3C, IETF, and ECMA. Mr. Ryland's last major project was to initiate and convince senior management to proceed with the C#/CLI ".NET" standardization project at ECMA, which was successfully concluded in December 2001. He also served as Microsoft's representative to a variety of standards organizations such as ANSI/NCITS, ECMA, ISO/IEC, JTC1, US TAG, OMG and other groups. Prior to 1998 he served as Senior Technical Evangelist, Developer Relations Group; Lead Program Manager, COM/DCOM, within the Windows product development team; Senior Program Manager within the "Cairo" advanced operating systems project; and Senior Architectural Engineer, Microsoft Federal Systems. Before joining Microsoft in 1991, Mr. Ryland was an attorney in private practice in Washington, DC. Since retiring from Microsoft, Mr. Ryland has been President of AMDG Systems (www.amdgsystems.com), an IT consulting firm. Mr. Ryland also serves as Chief Technical Officer for Mpower Media, LLC, a firm developing products that provide information and entertainment choices in both television and Internet environments.