 | |  | |  | Richard Mahfouz
General Counsel & Chief Financial Officer
With over 25 years of extensive financial and operational management experience, Rich has been a key factor in Nobel's expeditious growth and financial stability. He has worked with varied national and international industries, including technology, health-care, manufacturing, financial and publishing companies. Prior to working at Nobel, Rich had performed due diligence services and financial management turn-around services for the investment interests of many companies. He also served as Chief Financial Officer in various industries, achieving turn-around and securing venture capital funding. In addition, Rich spent three years at the CPA firm of Arthur Young & Company. He holds a MBA from Pace University and a JD from New York Law School. | |  | Prakash Viswanathan
Chief Technology Officer
Prakash manages software engineering and development at Nobel. With more than 11 years of programming experience, Prakash is responsible for the data storage, automation and processing of retail, wholesale, finance, switch and customer service operations. Prakash is fluent in C, C++, CORBA, Java Servlets, EJB, J2EE, Oracle, Perl CGI, X/Motif, TCL/Tk, XML, and UML. His past work experience includes his role as a Senior Programmer at major software companies. Prakash received a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Bombay, India, a M.Sc. in Applied Statistics and Informatics from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, and a M.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. | |  | Peter Novak
Vice President of Distribution
Involved with the phone card industry since 1993, Peter Novak brought considerable knowledge when he joined Nobel in 2000. In 1997, he had founded the popular phone card interest group WPD (Worldwide Phonecard Database). As an independent board member of the former International Telecard Association, he was responsible for organizing select shows. Having had significant telecom sales experience on the Internet, Peter managed the retail product lines and sales channels in Nobel's early years. Currently, he is focusing on building strategic partnerships for TalkHome, Nobel's physical phone card distribution division, as well as leading the development of new Nobel services. Born in Hungary, Novak complements the cultural diversification of the company, speaking four languages. Peter holds a BS in Economics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. | | |
