Mr. Rafael Collado
Advisor

Mr. Collado is a successful engineer and IT systems executive, specializing in the telecommunications and IT industries. Mr. Collado has founded, built and sold three companies, including: Inabox, acquired by register.com in 2000, BERN Associates, Inc., sold to Prime Cellular in 1996, and Sigma Research, acquired by FastComm Communications in 1993. Mr. Collado also founded Protocom Devices, which he took public in 1985.

Mr. Collado was instrumental in the development of Frame Relay technology and the introduction of MonoFRAD technology to customers including Pacific Bell, US West and GTE. Mr. Collado also developed network management and diagnostic systems, designing X.25 and IBM compatible communications processors for the US Government and private companies.

Mr. Collado was an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of The Cooper Union Institute in New York, and he attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn where he majored in Electrical Engineering.