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Outside Board of Directors

Thomas H. Mann - Director

Tom Mann’s career spans more than 35 years with both the General Electric Company and Genworth Financial. He is currently a Senior Advisor to Genworth Financial’s leadership team, a role which he assumed in January 2010. Previously, Tom was Executive Vice President – Genworth with responsibility for the Company’s International Segment, which is primarily focused on offering Mortgage Insurance and Lifestyle Protection products in countries outside of the US. From April, 1996 until January, 2009, Tom also had responsibility for US Mortgage Insurance. Tom was a member of the GE leadership team that completed the initial public offering in May, 2004 that resulted in the creation of Genworth Financial.

Tom’s previous roles with GE included Vice President of GE Capital and General Manager of Vendor Financial Services from March, 1990 to April, 1996; Executive Vice President – Operations of GE Capital Mortgage from August, 1986 to March, 1990; Manager – Finance Operations at GE Capital’s Real Estate Financial Services Division from November 1984 to August, 1986. In addition, Tom served in various capacities as a member of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff, following completion of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP) in 1975.

Tom received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Housing Policy Executive Committee, part of the Financial Services Roundtable.

Jim Haworth - Director

Jim Haworth has been a member of the Board of Directors of Field2Base since April of 2005. Jim spent over 20 years at Wal-Mart in a variety of senior executive positions, retiring in early 2005 as the Chief Operating Officer for Wal-Mart stores. As the COO of Wal-Mart, Jim had day to day operational responsibility for 3700 Wal-Mart stores, $200 billion in sales and over 1 million employees. Jim is currently Chairman and CEO of Lotus Supercenters, the #3 retail chain in China. Jim is also assisting Field2Base with a number of significant retail opportunities both domestically and internationally.

Mick Dannin – Director

Mick Dannin, CEO of the Noël Group and its Operating Companies, is responsible for the performance of the consolidated group and its portfolio companies. Noel Group has manufacturing operations in the US, Europe and Asia with annual total sales of $225m. His responsibility includes oversight of the tactical performance of the businesses, organizational development and culture, strategic direction and development of new growth opportunities. Reporting to him are the business unit presidents and the executive team within Noël Group.

Mick is an accomplished entrepreneur and has successfully started and operated both manufacturing and service businesses. His broad background, combined with his ability to rapidly identify and improve operational efficiencies, also make him a turnaround specialist. He joined Nomaco in 1991 when his foam extrusion company Maxi Inc. merged into Nomaco and has since then served at varying times as the company’s COO, President and CEO. In early 1997, he transferred to Europe in the capacity of CEO to improve the performance of NMC S.A. After successfully completing his mission, he returned to Nomaco in 2001. He received his business education from Lund, Sweden.

Chris Smith – Director

Chris Smith joined Grady-White Boats, shortly after graduating from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1987. He spent almost ten years learning the business founded by his father, Eddie Smith. Today he is the President of Safe Harbor Family Capital and a Board Member of Grady-White Boats. Fulfilling the tradition of his entrepreneurial grandfather (founder of one of the largest mail order firms in the country) and his father, founder of Grady-White Boats, Chris took a break from the boat company in 1996 to start his own business Chain Reaction which he sold in 2002. At that time he returned to Grady White Boats and has spent the last six years leading the development and management of Safe Harbor Family Capital. Mr. Smith is Board Member of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation. He is also on the boards of the UNC Children’s Hospital and the Virginia Episcopal School Hospital. Chris has been a competitive bicycle racer since starting his on business Chain Reaction and continues to race for fun and health.

Ed Holloway – Co-Founder and Director

Ed Holloway has over thirteen years of experience designing, developing, and managing mission critical enterprise software and integration projects. Prior to co-Founding Field2Base, Mr. Holloway served as the Chief Software Architect and Technology Manager for the State of South Carolina's Voter Registration and Election System project. Prior to his role with the State of SC, Ed served as a Senior Technical Consultant and Architect for HAHT Commerce. In this role, Ed was responsible for the development and implementation of large-scale e-Commerce and wireless applications that integrated directly to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and successfully managed and implemented projects for companies such as: Kraft Foods, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Studios, Siemens, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, LAM Research, Medline and Printronix (Hewlett Packard OEM). Ed received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Western Carolina University.

W. David Mannheim - Outside General Counsel

David Mannheim has been counsel to Field2Base from its inception. He practices in the area of corporate and securities law, including venture capital financings, private placements, strategic partnerships, licensing and contracts. David represents entrepreneurs from early start-ups to public companies. He received both his B.B.A., summa cum laude, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia