Steve Gordon

STEVE GORDON is President and Chief Executive Officer of Magnet
Communications, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Gordon joined Magnet in
late 1998 as the eighth employee of the firm. Under his direction Magnet
has grown to over 150 employees and a preeminent position in the area of
Internet application software and platform technology for the banking
industry. Prior to joining Magnet, Mr. Gordon spent seven years with
American Express Financial Corporation, initially as Vice President of
Sales and Marketing for the company’s financial institution division
where under his direction, sales climbed from $70 million to just under
$1 billion. Most recently, he worked with the ING Group, a Dutch-owned
banking conglomerate, where he headed the bank investment sales
organization.