Kim Lorz
Chairman

Kim Lorz, one of the founders of FreeHand Systems, Inc., has spent more than 25 years in the investment banking arena where he developed a keen sense of how to assess the management and performance potential of emerging growth companies. His understanding of strategic and tactical business planning has been applied to assist companies in financial restructuring to maximize valuation. He not only provides the nurturing and support required to develop a company from an early stage, focusing its attention on the sound fundamentals that are required for success, but has managed the overall operations of many companies. He has a keen understanding of the financial controls, procedures and structure required for a successful operation and the ability to recognize appropriate staffing talent and to motivate and incentivize employees.

Mr. Lorz is a member of the Business Advisory Council to the National Republican Congressional Committee, is the Manager of KAL Equity Capital Fund, LLC, a venture fund providing start up "second angel round" financing to technology, telecommunications and Internet companies. In addition to managing the KAL Equity Capital Fund, Mr. Lorz has mentored and managed FreeHand Systems from inception to present. He has continued to manage the financing and development of its various products and successfully completed the acquisition of a leading digital catalog company. His previous experience includes many years of association with national and regional investment banking firms in a broad spectrum of industries from telecommunications, gaming, film studios, fast food franchises and technology companies. He has managed companies from the idea stage through sale or public offerings. Mr. Lorz has formed lasting investment banking relationships that include an extensive national and international Wall Street network.

Mr. Hamilton, one of the founders of FreeHand Systems, Inc., led the initial team of engineers that developed FreeHand’s flagship product, the MusicPad Pro. He is the author of the MusicPad patent and currently manages the Operations of the company as well as developing strategic partnerships with other companies and individuals. He has held a variety of executive management and engineering positions during the past 20 years, most recently managing the engineering effort at Cylink Corp. and designing a variety of encryption/security products. He has also designed a wide range of communication products as well as precision time and frequency equipment and held a number of upper management and executive positions in the High Tech industry.

Mr. Hamilton has held technical advisory positions for both ANSI and ETSI standards committees as a subject matter expert in the area of Time and Frequency and Digital Communications. He received his Bachelors degree in Applied Mathematics from San Jose State University.

Karen Page Kupfer

Ms. Kupfer began her business career with a publicly-held insurance company where she developed expertise in operations, SEC regulations and compliance and investor/shareholder relations. She then worked for a Citicorp subsidiary where she began to hone her marketing skills. She continued to expand her marketing capabilities when she joined the oldest direct marketing agency in Los Angeles. Subsequently, she worked for one of the largest direct mail production companies in the U.S. and at a publicly-held direct mail manufacturer where she had responsibilities in both operations and sales. She has spent the last 10 years affiliated with investment banking.

Ms. Kupfer is a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Chorale, a member of American Association of University Women, Who's Who in American Business and is the corporate secretary of KAL Equity Capital Fund. Ms. Kupfer graduated from California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science where she also completed post-graduate work and earned an Early Childhood Teaching Credential.

Ms. Kupfer is an accomplished musician, having played the piano since the age of four.

Ted Schroeder

Ted Schroeder, one of the founder of FreeHand Systems, Inc., was a founding engineer at Alteon Web Systems, Inc. a world leader in content aware switching, subsequently acquired by Nortel Networks Corporation (Symbol:NT). He is a member of the Technical Advisory Board of NetOctave, a Raleigh, NC-based developer of silicon-based network security solutions and has been a regular speaker and panel member at technical conferences around the world.

Mr. Schroeder's 20 year business career includes software consulting in the data and voice networking industry and engineering and engineering management at a number of startups, primarily in data and voice networking. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math from Case Western Reserve University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and a Master of Science Degree in Computer Engineering. Mr. Schroeder is a singing member and a Director of the Santa Clara Chorale and an accomplished pianist.

Steve K. Souders

Mr. Souders joins the Board of Directors with over 20 years experience in the computer industry. He built and launched dozens of shrink-wrap and web products currently serving millions of users. His experience includes several start-up where he co-founded two and lead one of these companies from start up to acquisition. He currently serves as an engineering manager for Yahoo! Inc where he is responsible for the development of products such as: My Yahoo!, SBC Yahoo! and other personalized components of Yahoo! Messenger.

Mr. Souders has an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in System Engineering from the University of Virginia. He is also published author and conference speaker in the areas of his expertise.