AeANET : Midwest Council

AeA, founded in 1943, is a nationwide trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping our members� top line and bottom line. We do this in partnership with our small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels; providing access to capital and business opportunities; and offering select business services and networking programs.

The AeA Midwest Council serves member companies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Our primary purpose is helping our members� top and bottom lines
by providing the following services:

Chairman

T. Kendall Hunt
Chairman and CEO
VASCO

Mr. Hunt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of VASCO. He served as our Chief Executive Officer through June 1999. He returned as CEO in November 2002. He has been a director since July 1997 and currently serves a one-year term. He served since 1990 as Chairman and President of our predecessor, VASCO Corp.

Hunt is also affiliated with several high-tech early-stage companies, serving as a member of their board of directors. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Global Med Technologies, Inc, listed on the OTC Bulletin Board (Symbol: GLOB).

Mr. Hunt is President of the Belgian Business Club of Chicago. Additionally, he is on the Advisory Board for the Posse Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing full college scholarships to urban minority youth leaders through its partnerships with elite universities across the U.S.

He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 1979, and a BBA from the University of Miami, Florida, 1965.

Ed Longanecker
Executive Director
AeA Midwest Council

P: 630.613.7174
F: 630.613.7175

Ed Longanecker is the Executive Director of AeA�s Midwest Council, based in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Founded in the 1943 by David Packard and William Hewlett, AeA is the nation�s largest high-tech trade association representing nearly 2,500 companies that span the spectrum of the technology industry. With 20 offices and more than 100 full time staff, AeA provides a comprehensive portfolio of resources designed to help companies operate more effectively and efficiently, with an emphasis on both bottom and top line issues. AeA's Midwest Council represents 120 high-tech companies and is dedicated to fostering growth in the Midwest region by effectively representing our industry on a host of legislative issues, promoting our region as a center of innovation and new product development, and providing high-tech companies access to AeA�s wide array of member resources.

Ed joined AeA in 1999 and relocated to Chicago from Dallas in 2004, where he spent five years as the managing director of AeA�s Texas Council.

Ed currently serves on Mayor Richard M. Daley�s Council of Technology Advisors (MCTA), BiTmaP's Board of Advisors, the Illinois Innovation Talent Advisory Board, the Illinois IT Task Force, the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council, and is a long time advocate of high tech. Ed currently represents many of our industry�s leading companies on a host of critical issues at the state and local level.

Prior to joining AeA, Ed was Vice President of Can-Tex Energy Corp., an independent oil and gas drilling company based in Dallas, TX. Ed holds an undergraduate degree in Business Management and an MBA from Amberton University. Ed currently resides in Naperville, IL with his two children and wife, Heather.