Noel B. Barnard

NOEL B. BARNARD is President and Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of HyPerformix. Ms. Barnard joined
HyPerformix in August 2000 and brings to the company over 20
years of business and management experience in the information
technology industry. A results-oriented leader with strong
financial and corporate expansion experience, Ms. Barnard offers
HyPerformix a well-balanced portfolio of skills, including
general and financial management, operations, sales/marketing,
business development, strategic planning, and professional
services. Over the past two years, Ms. Barnard has successfully
shifted the HyPerformix business model from services to software
and grew product revenues almost three fold from 2001 to 2002;
last August, Ms. Barnard completed a private placement through
Morgan Stanley, raising over $12 million. She was recognized by
the Austin Business Journal as a 2002 Rising Star and was
recently selected by the Computerworld Honors Program as a 2003
Laureate. The Computerworld Honors Program recognizes individuals
and companies whose leadership in information technology has been
especially noteworthy for the breadth of their vision and
significance of their benefits to society. Prior to HyPerformix,
Ms. Barnard was Vice President of Professional Services, Tivoli
Systems (an IBM company); National Practice Leader, IBM Global
Services; Senior Vice President of Business Development, Snyder
Communications; Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations,
AMR Services, an AMR (parent to American Airlines) subsidiary;
and Vice President of Sales and Marketing, The Sabre Group (also
an AMR subsidiary).