Dr. Thomas E. Sawyer, also known as Tom, Ph.D., has been the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of VOIP PAL.com, Inc. since August 2013. Dr. Sawyer served as the Chairman of Brazil Gold Corporation until February 3, 2011. Dr. Sawyer served as Chief Executive Officer of Brazil Gold Corporation from November 13, 2009 to February 3, 2011. Dr. Sawyer has over 45 years of experience in information technology industries and 23 years of experience in senior management of four publicly-traded information technology firms. Dr. Sawyer served as a senior advisor to four U.S. President: Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. He served as Treasurer and Secretary of Brazil Gold Corporation and served as its President until July 2010. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of GST USA, Inc. since December 1993. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nact Telecommunications Inc. from October 1988 to March 1996. He has in-depth community relations experience at local, state, and federal levels, including service as a Senior Scientific Advisor to three U.S. President -Nixon, Ford and Reagan. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Sawyer served as the Chief Technology Officer of Global Light Telecommunications, Inc. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TeleCom, Inc. from 2002 to 2005. He serves as the Chairman of NeTrue Communications Inc. He served as the Chairman Emeritus of NACT Telecommunications since November 1996 and served as its Chairman from October 1985 to November 1996. He has been a Director of Zolon Corporation since October 2010; and Digifonica International Corp. since October 2005. He has been Director of Quandrant4 Systems Corp. since October 21, 2010. He has been a Director of VOIP PAL.com, Inc. since May 02, 2013. He serves as a Director for five other companies -- Quadrant 4 Systems (a publicly traded IT company), Cedar Band Enterprises (an economic development organization for the Cedar Band of Paiutes), Chief Consolidated Mining, Inc. (a publicly traded copper and gold mining company), First European Investment Foundation (a large international financial services group) and AIM Holdings Company LTD (an internal division of AIM Holdings tasked with researching the latest world economic climate and financial trends to its clients). From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Sawyer served as the Director of Digifonica International Inc. (see About Digifonica below). He served as a Director of Brazil Gold Corporation from November 13, 2009 to February 3, 2011 and Digifonica International Inc. from May 2007 to October 2011. He served as a Director of Moliris Corp. since October 2005. Dr. Sawyer served as a Director of Nact Telecommunications Inc. from 1982 to November 1996. He served as a Director of GST USA, Inc. since August 1995. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Director of Global Light Telecommunications, Inc. Dr. Sawyer holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) from UCLA, a M.A. (Business and Urban Affairs) from Occidental College, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Florida State and a Ph.D. in Management from Walden University. He performed Graduate Research (Public Affairs) at Coro Foundation and has completed other graduate studies at the University of Utah, the University of Southern California and California Institute of Technology.
