Donald Klein, CEO, President and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Klein brings a reputable and experienced background of entrepreneurial success to the Company and is responsible for its private equity and publicly traded investment businesses. He is Chairman of the board of directors and founder of KCM Holdings Corp.

Mr. Klein's diverse investment and management acumen lends itself to the credibility and strength of the KCM Holdings Corporation business strategy. His experience ranges from building multi million-dollar producing insurance agencies where he also held positions as managing partner and director of Insurance Services at Southwest Texas Capital, to trading for hedge funds and proprietary capital for a number of Wall Street Firms. Mr. Klein understands the necessity of building management teams for successful exponential growth and financial returns. Mr. Klein received his M.B.A. from Southern California University for Professional Studies.

Ed Kang, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Kang has many years of entrepreneurial and management experience in strategic business development on both local and international scales. In 1997 he founded media firm, K2M, with Donald Klein in South Florida. Mr. Kang was able to negotiate a strategic alliance with The International Museum of Cartoon Art, which at the time was the world's largest cartoon strip and animation museum. The multi-national Latin entertainment conglomerate Caiman Entertainment later acquired K2M. While at Caiman Entertainment, Mr. Kang served as a creative director in intellectual properties development, managing brand identities for television and recording artists, including Chi Chi Peralta who was nominated for a Latin Grammy awards.

During the same time, Mr. Kang provided branding and design work for Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, which at that time was a division of AOL Time Warner, providing support for national marketing strategies to major advertising agencies and commercial brand managers.

John F. Steen, Chief Financial Officer

CPA. Mr. Steen, a Certified Public Accountant, has over 20 years experience as a Chief Financial Officer for both publicly traded and privately held corporations. Mr. Steen has extensive experience working with private and institutional investors, and with regulatory agencies at the state and federal level. Mr. Steen is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and is currently serving as the company's Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

Chad Lefevre, Senior Director of Strategic Development

Mr. Lefevre is the former Director of Blue Energy, a marketing and communications company whose assets where acquired by KCM Holdings in early 2008. He has co-developed KCM business development strategies, stemming from his experience as an entrepreneur, business development and communications expert, and business philosopher.

Prior to managing multiple real estate pr marketing operations contributing to over $100 million in sales, he provided 12 years of business development and strategic operational consultancy services in the energy sector, and at various levels of government. He developed enterprise sales best practices and strategies to open new product markets in the oil and gas industry for Telco giant, Bell. His teaching experience includes serving as an instructor for a joint University of Calgary faculty of Communications and Haskayne School of Business program in the area of business communications

Brian Morris (Nashville)

Brian Morris is the Director of Strategic Development at KCM's Nashville office. Mr. Morris oversees the implementation and delivery of KCM's incubation services to clients in the Southern US market and abroad. His entrepreneurial and business experience ranges from managing business operations and sales and marketing to creative/concept development and systems/operational strategy implementation.  Additionally, Mr. Morris is KCM's hospitality expert, achieving enhanced business performance through enlightened understanding of the way business activities impact to human emotion.

Michael Demente (Washington)

Michael (Mike) Dement is KCM's manager of government services arm in Washington DC. Mr. Dement develops and manages KCM's government services accounts in through the continental US.

Mr. Dement earned his undergraduate degree in Business & Accounting from Portland State University, Michael has honed his skills in Business/Government Consultant skills in Consulting, Training, Management, Business Development, Out-sourcing and Sourcing Consultants, Organization Development, Strategic Planning and Federal/State Bidding, Proposal Writing, Internal Audit, turn- around negotiation, Sarbanes Oxley Act, auditing systems and problem solving while efficiently maximizing profits and enhances shareholder growth.
Mr. Dement has 20 years of experience in financial accounting, management consulting State and Federal and day-to-day operations in the service, retail, business development, staffing, manufacturing, transportation and investment areas.

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