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Jon Napoli

Jon has spent six years with 50 Below, working directly in the trenches with dealers who need meaningful and relevant Web sites. For the last four years, Jon has been an Industry Program Manager. Jon is responsible for maintaining corporate relationships and creating dealer Web site programs that offer the highest ROI possible for the dealer. Jon also helps 50 Below’s inside sales team with ongoing coaching and training. Jon believes that hard work and dedication will always return the best results no matter what the challenge may bring and his passionate and enthusiastic leadership efforts at 50 Below have helped the company achieve 35-50% revenue gains per year.

Charlie Van Derven

Charlie Van Derven is New Business Development Manager of 50 Below, Inc. Prior to joining 50 Below in 2002, Charlie was a Territory Sales Representative for Oakley, Inc. With his efforts focused entirely on powersports, Charlie has continuously increased 50 Below’s presence in the industry by establishing solid relationships with OEMs, wholesalers, distributors, and dealer networks.

Charlie is a 1997 graduate of Northern Arizona University with a B.A. in Communications.

Marche Karger

Marche Karger is the Program Manager of Power sports at 50 Below, Inc. Marche has been involved in the powersports industry for the last 15 years as both a motorcycle racer and business owner. His direct experience in the powersports industry is as follows:

• Owner of Southern Nevada Supermoto, Inc. since 2003
• Event Organizer/Promoter of the largest Supermoto event in North America, the Stateline Supermoto Challenge
• Operations Manager for the AMA Pro Supermoto Series in 2007
• Public Relations Officer for the Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada for 2003 & 2004

Marche also has 10 years of project management experience in the construction industry.

Marche is a 1997 graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology and a 2005 graduate of the University of Phoenix with a Master in Business Administration.

Doran Nurmi

Doran Nurmi is Product Manager of 50 Below, Inc. Prior to joining 50 Below in 1998, Doran was the founder and president of a snowboard manufacturing company in northern Minnesota. Doran has been instrumental in 50 Below’s growth; he has worn several hats, including marketing, application development, programming, creative, project management, and search engine optimization. As an avid outdoorsman and powersports enthusiast, Doran’s well-rounded perspective on the industry provides the perfect insight into creating new products for 50 Below’s customers.

Doran is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in Business and a minor in Computer Science.

James Vaughn

James M. Vaughn is President and Chief Executive Officer of V-SEPT, Inc. Prior to founding V-SEPT, Inc., in March 2005, James was the Systems Engineering (SE) Director for Cisco Systems, Inc., a publicly traded communications company. During his tenure as SE Director, James grew the southeastern area business from $500 million to $1 billion in sales revenue. James increased the customer base by focusing on new emerging markets of advanced technology, including IP Telephony, Security, Wireless, and Optical Solutions. During his 25 years in the software and communications industry, James has also served in various sales management and senior management positions with 3Com Corporation, GTE, and VECT, Inc.

James attended the University of Wisconsin where he studied Computer Science and Digital Electronics

Mike Jackson

Prior to his business life, he spent time as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Communications Sergeant.

Mike has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

He has been Manager of World of Powersports Wholesale Division since 2001.

He grew online business from < $10,000/year to over $30 million in less than seven years.