Mr. Holliday’s recent work experience has been focused on the development and publication of major marketing and technical reports in the telecommunications network area. He has also served as a consultant in selected circumstances, founding the consultancy, B & C Consulting Services. In this role he has designed major fiber networks and has been able to assist companies in making design direction and management decisions. These consulting activities have served customers on three continents. Life in the corporate world began for Mr. Holliday with a 31 year career with GTE. At GTE he rose to the position of Vice President of Advanced Technology Planning in the Business Development Department. While in that position, he oversaw the GTE Telops Special Projects Budget ($500,000,000 annually;) worked with GTE executive management and Human Resources to develop the technology organization for the company for the 21st Century; was responsible for developing the forerunner architecture to the Verizon FiOS plan; and supervised the GTE Telops interface with GTE Laboratories (90% or the Labs’ budget.) EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND and MEMBERSHIPS BS EE and MBA (with a Marketing emphasis), University of Kentucky -1963, 1968 Professional Engineer, Kentucky, Texas Member - IEEE (Life), SPIE (Society of Optical Engineers), National and Texas National and State Societies of Professional Engineers, and many others. Invited member of Mensa. Member of the Society of Kentucky Colonels (Awarded for work with the Kentucky Department of Energy.)