Axesstel has long been conscious of the need for a well-balanced board of directors.  As an international company, we aim for a balance of nationalities in our directors.  Our directors have a wide-ranging expertise and we have aimed in particular to appoint directors with an entrepreneurial mind and track record.

Bryan B. Min, Chairman
Bryan Min is chairman of the board and served as director from November 2005 to May 2006. Since founding Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. in 1998, Min, has served as president and chief executive officer. Under Min's leadership, Epsilon has become one of the premier companies providing technology based and communications (C4ISR) solutions to the federal government. From 1993 through 1996, he served as director of west coast operations for Earl Industries, a unit of Digital Systems International Corporation (DSIC), and as operations manager for DSIC. Min, a certified nuclear engineer, served active duty in the U.S. nuclear submarine force from 1986 to 1992 and continues to serve the U.S. as a naval reserve officer. He is on the board of councilors for the School of Engineering for the University of Southern California and is a board member for the San Diego County's Greater Regional Chamber of Commerce. Also, Min founded and serves as the chairman of ESSential Foundation, a non-profit organization, which was established to fund educational programs for schools and provide economic assistance to needy families. Min holds a bachelor of science from the University of Southern California and a master of science from Virginia Polytechnic and State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of the owner/president's management program at Harvard Business School and has completed business executive courses at the Wharton School of Business and the Defense Systems Management College.

Jai Bhagat, Vice Chairman and Audit Committee Chair
Jai Bhagat is vice chairman of the board and audit committee chair. Mr. Bhagat served as director from August 2003 to May 2006. In 2000, he founded AIR2LAN, a broadband service provider, and currently serves as its chairman of the board of directors. Prior to founding AIR2LAN, Bhagat co-founded SkyTel Communications, Inc., a wireless messaging services company, and served as its vice chairman and chief executive officer prior to its acquisition by WorldCom in 1999. Bhagat also previously served as chairman of “License Exempt” sector of Wireless Communications Association International, a national trade association representing the broadband wireless industry. Bhagat served on the Southern Governor's Association Advisory Committee on research, development and technology, and he was also recently appointed by the Governor of Mississippi to serve on Momentum Mississippi, a group formed by the Governor to help formulate a long-range economic development plan for Mississippi. He currently serves on the board of directors of JP Mobile, a Texas-based company that designs and markets advanced messaging software and solutions for handheld devices and wireless communications devices. Bhagat holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from Howard University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Bits Pilani in India.

Osmo A. Hautanen, Director
Osmo Hautanen has served as a director since November 2005. Hautanen has served as chief executive officer of Magnolia Broadband, Inc., a fabless semiconductor-design company for the cellular communications industry, since 2004. From 2002 to 2003, he served as the CEO of Fenix LLC, the holding company for Union Pacific Corporation's extensive portfolio of technology assets. From 2000 to 2001, Hautanen was president of Americas for Philips Consumer Communications group. Prior, he has also served as CEO of Formus Communications, an international wireless communications company. As an 18-year veteran of Nokia, he served in multiple roles: vice president of sales and marketing for North America, vice president and general manager of Latin America, as well as vice president and general manager of Personal Communications Services, which led Nokia's dominance in the North American handset market. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Datrek Miller International, Inc., a supplier of products and services to the golf industry. Hautanen holds a bachelor of science in control engineering from Technical College of Varkaus (Finland), as well as a MBA in international business from Georgia State University. He is fluent in Finnish, German and English.

Seung Taik Yang, Ph.D, Director
Seung Taik Yang, Ph.D. has served as a director since August 2003. Dr. Yang is currently the president of Tongmyong University of Information Technology in Busan, South Korea. From 2001 to 2002, Yang served as the minister of information and communications for the Republic of Korea. Prior to that, Yang was a chair professor at Kwangwoon University and at the Information and Communications University. In 1998, he established the Information and Communications University and became its first president. Between 1992 and 1998, Yang was president of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, served as commissioner of the Korean Communications Commission, and was a member of the Presidential Council for Science and Technology. From 1986 to 1992, Yang founded and was president of Korea Informatics Telesis, Inc. and Korea Telecomm International, both of which are telecommunication companies and subsidiaries of Korea Telecom. Yang holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Seoul National University in South Korea.