About Rail Yard, Inc.

After facilitating negotiations between commercial building owners and telecom service providers, we knew that commercial building owners and their tenants needed a better way to find the right telecom services for their growing business needs. Technology spend in commercial buildings continues to grow, yet the process of researching and ordering telecom services is inefficient, costly, and frustrating.

This was the nexus of Rail Yard. Officially formed as Rail Yard, Inc. in early 2011, we are building an online marketplace to seamlessly connect commercial building owners and their tenants with the best technology services and information, delivering newfound value to our customers and partners.

We are now preparing to release Rail Yard^® Connect in the coming weeks. Stay tuned as we expand across geographic markets and count down to our launch date!

Leadership

Executive Team

Chief Executive Officer - Christopher Harman

Chris is the CEO of Rail Yard. His career spans over 23 years of commercial and corporate real estate experience and he has most recently been working on the launch of Rail Yard^® Connect. Chris founded HCP Advisors, a boutique commercial real estate consulting firm, where he advises financial institutions and large corporate clients on real estate related matters, application development and business processes. For the past 10 years, he has focused on technology infrastructure agreements in large commercial buildings on behalf of several telecommunication clients. Chris is the co-founder of CNG Foundation supporting low-income housing and health care initiatives.

Chris graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Economics and Finance. He could live on Mexican food, and spends his free time with family, eating at food trailers and boating on Lake Austin. Chris also enjoys escaping to Marfa or fly fishing in the mountains.

Chief Operating Officer - Jon Conant

Jon is COO of Rail Yard, overseeing all Operations as well as Finance. Jon has over 25 years of experience developing strategic execution plans that improve operational efficiencies, streamline processes, and reduce costs in the technology, retail, and real estate industries. He was Co-Founder and Managing Director of Westlake Commercial Investments, LLC from inception in 2001 through the end of 2010. Prior to 2001, Jon led several significant strategic initiatives at Dell, Inc. both in the US and abroad, most notably the design, development, and implementation of e-commerce capabilities for Dell's Enterprise and SMB customer segments.

Jon graduated from Babson College in Wellesley MA with a BS in Entrepreneurial Studies and a minor in Finance. He likes to attend concerts around Austin with his family, play the drums, and doesn't feel the weekend is complete unless he has tackled a yard project.

Chief Marketing Officer - Cristi Jakubik

Cristi is Rail Yard's CMO and brings 20 years of experience developing, marketing and launching tech products and services to her role. She runs point for all things marketing — including strategy, product design and development, as well as branding and communications. A recent transplant from Silicon Valley, Cristi is a veteran of several Bay Area start-ups — and has experienced the thrill of the IPO as well as the agony of complete implosion. Since moving to Austin, Cristi has served as a Partner and Mentor for Tech Ranch Austin, an accelerator for pre-seed technology ventures.

Cristi has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She keeps her rocket scientist credentials by following the space program and enjoys vacations with her family. Her latest adventure is serving as a Rifle Range Instructor for the Boy Scouts of America.

Executive Vice President - Chuck Sweeney

Chuck is EVP at Rail Yard and leads all Sales and Sales Support activities. He is currently spearheading the Rail Yard Channel Partnership initiative, bringing valuable channel partners onto the Rail Yard platform. Chuck has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and cable MSO industries, building direct and indirect sales channels to serve business customers' telecommunication needs. Prior to joining Rail Yard, Chuck was Regional Vice President for Time Warner Cable Business Class and wrote the business plan to bring hundreds of high rise office buildings 'on net'. Chuck accelerated revenue growth while dramatically improving ROI for cable plant expansion to businesses.

Chuck holds a BA degree in Psychology from St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas. He spends his free time with his family or playing guitar, and often finds himself operating an informal dog rescue center.

Advisory Board

Mark Friedman

Mark Friedman founded Accruent in 1995 and established the company as the leading provider of enterprise location management solutions. Accruent's solutions are used by 20% of the Fortune 500 and 40% of the Top 100 Retailers. In his role as CEO, Mark is responsible for directing Accruent's overall vision, corporate strategy and operations. Under his leadership, the company received two Dorsey Awards for excellence in customer service, was recognized as Software Developer of the Year in 2006, and was named to the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 list for the last seven consecutive years for achieving outstanding revenue growth. Mark was recognized as a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year award, was named as one of the Top 30 People to Watch in commercial real estate, and was recognized as one of the Top 40 People Under 40 in retail. He is also a recipient of the BridgeGate20 Award. Mark holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tulane University's School of Engineering.

Mark Lambourne

Mark Lambourne is a Partner at DC Capital Group, an independent financial advisory and investment firm. He was formerly the Managing Director of Europe for Digital Realty Trust, a publicly listed REIT (NYSE: DLR). He was responsible for DLR operations in Europe and oversaw the company's acquisition and development activity in the region. Prior to joining DLR, Mark was the principal owner and Managing Director of BJK LLC, a partner of Mustang Capital. Mark was a Regional Director and President of Global Switch (USA), where he conducted due diligence on acquisitions and site selection in the Americas. Mark's responsibilities included leading the company's global e-strategy initiative, acting as Board member, developing the company's value-added services business, and overseeing sales and marketing exposure. Mark co-founded ASI International, a real estate technology firm, until its merger into a company called Virtual Premise. Mark has practical experience in all aspects of the property industry, including capital raising, acquisition, development, management and technology. Mark earned an MA from the University of California, Berkeley and BA (Honors) from the University of Kent.

John Hatchett

John Hatchett is founder of JCH Capital. John has over 23 years of successful executive experience in a variety of roles at Dell Inc. and has advised and contributed to many early stage companies with a focus on the computer and technology industry. John joined Dell as one of the founding employees in 1987. In 1992, he was selected by Michael Dell to leverage the internet and create Dell's presence on the internet, Dell.com. In addition, John created the award winning self service site support.dell.com, the business to business ecommerce site premier.dell.com, and launched valuechain.dell.com to strengthen Dell's leadership in supply chain management across the globe. John worked in the Oil and Gas exploration industry as a Commercial Diver and Technician, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico and attended the University of Texas College of Engineering and Southwest Texas State University School of Business before joining Dell.

Jack Barker

Jack Barker is a Founder and Managing Director of DC Capital Group with a focus on infrastructure companies, asset backed investments, international real estate and corporate special situations for high net worth individuals and family offices. Prior to founding DC Capital group, Jack was a Principal of The Carlyle Group. At Carlyle, he started a new cellular telephone company in support of a related telecom transaction and co-led the team responsible for starting a new financial services investment fund. During his five-year tenure, Jack also led two portfolio company restructurings where he served as CFO and COO. Prior to joining Carlyle, he was a Partner with McKinsey & Co. Jack was a founding partner of McKinsey's Miami office and also founded McKinsey's South American telecom practice. He received his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar. Jack also holds a BS, Summa Cum Laude, in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science from Duke University.