NextBend Inc. - executive team

Tom Orr, CEO
As NextBend's resident visionary and evangelist, Orr is charged with carrying out NextBend's mission to create a reliable, expandable, and affordable platform for the convergence of all things digital.

A successful serial entrepreneur, Orr founded NextBend in 1995 to develop the intellectual property, concepts and trademarks that are NextBend's core. In 1999 he sold optical related patents and trademarks to Cornings's Serengeti Eyewear, the proceeds provided early funding for NextBend.

Orr developed one of the audio industry's first efficiency compensated A_B speaker comparitors while leading the Consumer Electronics and New Products Divisions of Electronic Equipment Company. His design, still in use today, allows audiophiles to use a handheld switch to compare any two pairs of speakers at the same audio level.

Orr studied architecture, electronics and philosophy. His rich and varied career path has included stints as a Warner Productions recording engineer, a radio disc jockey, an optician, a stage director and an owner, trainer and breeder of Arabian horses.

A past president of the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, Orr is also a charter member of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum and the Internet Business Association's Certification Committee. He continues to donate time and effort helping inventors and entrepreneurs.

Mark Hewitt - CTO / Business and Product Development
Leading NextBend's product design efforts, as well as managing the company's business and technology alliances is award-winning systems designer, Mark Hewitt.

Hewitt brings to NextBend's table a rare industry combination - strong technology skills coupled with a seasoned business mind.

With over 23 years of experience in communication technologies, Hewitt has successfully joined the engineering and business interests of three distinct fields: telecommunications, data and wireless.

His most recent work, as senior vice president of telecommunications convergence company I-Link (OTC: ILNK), focused on merging traditional telecommunications systems with data IP systems to create unified communications across pagers, wireless telephones, and networks.

Hewitt's work defining protocols, developing applications, and understanding of the Network Economy; together with successes in software design, cellular and trunked radio systems, IP telephony and switching, gives him the tools to assist NextBend in optimizing and developing its niche in the pressure-cooker environment of new technology.

As part of development teams at Motorola (NYSE: MEU) and Sterling Cellular, Hewitt pioneered groundbreaking technologies in cellular and satellite communications. He has since been recruited by CTN, SwitchCo, Inc., and Frontier Communications to further expand the boundaries of the technology spectrum.

Robert Dippong, CFO
A 30-year leader in implementing information technology in the health care industry, Dippong manages NextBend's financial programs to provide funding for operations. He also developed and controls NextBend's licensing program.

Over his career, Dippong has managed firms with revenues in excess of $100 million and more than 1,000 employees.

Dippong developed the IT strategy for the Cleveland Clinics of Florida and then led its day-to-day operations. As CEO of the Diagnostic Clinic, he led the build-out of the company's network infrastructure, hired the IT staff, and digitized all medical records.


home contact us advantages form factors the company overview problem-solution		Executive Team company \| executive team \| advisors \| partners Tom Orr, CEO As NextBend's resident visionary and evangelist, Orr is charged with carrying out NextBend's mission to create a reliable, expandable, and affordable platform for the convergence of all things digital. A successful serial entrepreneur, Orr founded NextBend in 1995 to develop the intellectual property, concepts and trademarks that are NextBend's core. In 1999 he sold optical related patents and trademarks to Cornings's Serengeti Eyewear, the proceeds provided early funding for NextBend. Orr developed one of the audio industry's first efficiency compensated A_B speaker comparitors while leading the Consumer Electronics and New Products Divisions of Electronic Equipment Company. His design, still in use today, allows audiophiles to use a handheld switch to compare any two pairs of speakers at the same audio level. Orr studied architecture, electronics and philosophy. His rich and varied career path has included stints as a Warner Productions recording engineer, a radio disc jockey, an optician, a stage director and an owner, trainer and breeder of Arabian horses. A past president of the Tampa Bay Inventors Council, Orr is also a charter member of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum and the Internet Business Association's Certification Committee. He continues to donate time and effort helping inventors and entrepreneurs. Mark Hewitt - CTO / Business and Product Development Leading NextBend's product design efforts, as well as managing the company's business and technology alliances is award-winning systems designer, Mark Hewitt. Hewitt brings to NextBend's table a rare industry combination - strong technology skills coupled with a seasoned business mind. With over 23 years of experience in communication technologies, Hewitt has successfully joined the engineering and business interests of three distinct fields: telecommunications, data and wireless. His most recent work, as senior vice president of telecommunications convergence company I-Link (OTC: ILNK), focused on merging traditional telecommunications systems with data IP systems to create unified communications across pagers, wireless telephones, and networks. Hewitt's work defining protocols, developing applications, and understanding of the Network Economy; together with successes in software design, cellular and trunked radio systems, IP telephony and switching, gives him the tools to assist NextBend in optimizing and developing its niche in the pressure-cooker environment of new technology. As part of development teams at Motorola (NYSE: MEU) and Sterling Cellular, Hewitt pioneered groundbreaking technologies in cellular and satellite communications. He has since been recruited by CTN, SwitchCo, Inc., and Frontier Communications to further expand the boundaries of the technology spectrum. Robert Dippong, CFO A 30-year leader in implementing information technology in the health care industry, Dippong manages NextBend's financial programs to provide funding for operations. He also developed and controls NextBend's licensing program. Over his career, Dippong has managed firms with revenues in excess of $100 million and more than 1,000 employees. Dippong developed the IT strategy for the Cleveland Clinics of Florida and then led its day-to-day operations. As CEO of the Diagnostic Clinic, he led the build-out of the company's network infrastructure, hired the IT staff, and digitized all medical records. company \| executive team \| advisors \| partners
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