(PRWEB) October 14, 2004 -- But Horne felt otherwise and accepted the job as President and CEO of Gaiacomm International Corporation because he recognized: 1) the validity of the technical claims GIC was making and 2) the infinite possibilities for the technology’s future.
David H. Horne, Jr. (President and Chief Executive)
David Horne’s friends and associates thought he had spent too much time in the
hot Florida sun when he announced he was leaving a position with one of
Florida’s most powerful and prestigious legislative lobbying firms, and a highly
lucrative career, to take the helm of a start-up company with some “radical new
technology”. But Horne felt otherwise and accepted the job as President and CEO
of Gaiacomm International Corporation because he recognized: 1) the validity of
the technical claims GIC was making and 2) the infinite possibilities for the
technology’s future. While serving as a navigator/bombardier for the USAF
Tactical Air Command during the Viet Nam War era, he dealt daily with LORAN, a
technology fundamentally similar in many respects to Gaiacomm’s 4th Generation
Global Wireless Communications (GWC4) technology. He decided the risk was worth
“the chance of a lifetime”.
Horne brings three decades of top-level business management and legislative
consulting experience to the executive team. As a highly successful political
campaign manager, Horne directed numerous ‘dark horse’ candidates to astonishing
victories, including State Senators, members of the House of Representatives and
the Commissioner of Education for the state of Florida. Naturally, he maintains
a close relationship with many highly placed elected government officials who
still seek his counsel and sound business acumen. Over 30 years of
executive-level experience in Banking, Finance, Investments, Lobbying and
Information Technology helped him construct the blueprint for the corporation’s
business plans and steer its direction and growth.
1. Companies developing an innovative technology in the wireless
communications sector. From the vantage this provides, what do you see as the
hottest growth markets and technologies for this sector?
How long is this article going to be? Okay, here goes --- the future according
to Gaiacomm. Numerous business markets, both vertical and peripheral, will
flourish because Gaiacomm exists. Which is to say, that because of the power
that Gaiacomm’s terahertz technology will provide, and the inadequacy of 3rd
Generation wireless technology to meet the needs of the marketplace, a move from
3G developments to 4G will occur rapidly once the opportunities for new
applications, and new features for old applications, becomes evident. Now there
has been heavy investment in 3G, and many will resist at first, but soon even
the most obstinate of these businesses will come to accept that trying to build
on the backbone of 3G wireless symbolizes a pointless tussle with the obsolete.
2. How does Gaiacomm approach product development? Is there a set philosophy
as to which product areas will be focused upon, or in how product areas will be
chosen?
The product areas we will focus on, quite simply and frankly, will center on
profitability first. Those that are likely to produce the largest return on
investment will get priority treatment. As the company becomes more established,
more financially sound; we will branch into areas that we feel are needed and
worthy of our efforts --- provided our B2B partners are not already operating
there successfully and competitively. That is not to imply that we would be
afraid of existing market competition. Rather, we believe we will be most
successful by establishing business partnerships with other companies -- large
and small -- and helping them prosper through our association and utilization of
our base technology.
3. What is unique about Gaiacomm’s value proposition for the wireless
communication sector?
Our Antennae/Amplifiers cover a broadcast range of five million square surface
miles, using the magnetic fields of the earth. Our name, in fact, Gaiacomm, is
the combination of telescoping two words --- “Gaia”, the Greek word for earth or
earth-friendly, and “comm”, short for communications --- to derive its message
of using the natural properties of the planet to enable telecommunications. With
nine of these Antenna/Amplifier towers and 27 attendant CRITERIA towers (3 per
A/A tower) to handle billions of calls and data transmissions, there will not be
a place on the earth, or below it, that cannot be served. And due to the
strength of its near infrared spectrum wavelength, no natural impediments or
physical barriers will disrupt the signal in any measurable form. Some day in
the not-too-distant future, those born today will view old Verizon commercials
--- the ones with the catchphrase, “Can you hear me now?” --- and they will ask
incredulously, “What was that all about?”
4. What do you envision for the future of the wireless communications
industry? What role should we expect Gaiacomm to play in shaping the future of
this market?
The greatest dilemma I face as President is resisting the temptation to open up
too many lines of business at once. Apart from providing wireless
telecommunications service, I could launch nine distinctively separate
applications tomorrow if I had the resources and the experienced manpower to
fund and staff them.
I can think of three examples in the field of imaging alone, just off the top of
my head. I would say that we could provide consulting services for subsurface
exploration of oil, precious metals and minerals, both on land and at sea, using
the unmatched imaging capabilities that our new technology gives us. Why use
calculated risk scenarios to determine where you drill? Scientific? Yes.
Infallible?
No. Costly? You betcha! We’ll tell you exactly where it is, how far down it is
and what you’ll likely encounter on the way down. Sunken ships, same thing. You
want to dive on old shipwrecks looking for treasure; determine if your cargo
vessel went down where you suspect and whether the cargo is salvageable. We’ll
tell you where to find the ship and what’s on board without even getting our
feet wet. All you would have to provide is the general location you wanted
searched … and a modest fee for our services, of course.
And speaking of cargo, security checks have become the major concern for
airports and seaports today. The extraordinary problem they face is how to
validate the contents of a shipment that passes through their authority without
opening each package or container; and doing it expeditiously when there are
thousands of parcels to inspect and certify for the public’s safety. We could
install our imaging technology at any port where cargo shipments from terrorists
could be a problem, combine it with fail-safe detection software and within 90
seconds, scan over ten thousand parcels in an area the size of a football field
and identify every weapon of mass destruction, terrorist device and pathogen
known to the software.
Our company’s arrival on the business scene seems to me to be one born of kismet
because there are suddenly a lot more of these "extraordinary" problems facing
the world today that didn’t exist a decade ago; and not to put too fine a point
on it, we have a technological answer for the majority of them. This is an
exciting time for all of us, and a bit scary, and I consider myself privileged
to be helping Dr. Ben-Hur introduce this emergent technology of his with all of
its magnificent benefits.
5. Finally, any thoughts on Gaiacomm International Corporation receiving
Frost & Sullivan’s 2004 award for excellence in technology of the year in the
field of Wireless Communications?
I would like to express, on behalf of all us at GIC, our gratitude and
appreciation by saying, Thanks so much. You have changed our lives forever and
given us the credibility we have been seeking and altered our future in a way
that simply could not be purchased or achieved otherwise in the same timeframe.
We still can’t believe that it has happened; that we’ve been so fortunate. To
win the Frost & Sullivan award for excellence in technology should be the
highlight for any company’s year and it is certainly so with us. This is a high
we never want to come down from. And we will never forget what you have done for
us. And thanks for this interview; it was great talking with you.
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Judah Ben-hur
GAIACOMM INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
http://www.gaiacomminternational.com
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