Kevin G. Kerns

Kevin G. Kerns joined Apropos in January 1996 as President and Chief
Operating Officer. He was appointed as a director of Apropos in 1996. In
1998, Mr. Kerns was named Chief Executive Officer. From 1989 through
1995, Mr. Kerns established and led a strategic software consulting
firm, Mandalay Associates, based in Dallas, Texas. From 1983 through
1989, Mr. Kerns held a number of executive management positions with a
computer-aided-engineering software company, CASE Technology, Inc. He
was elected Chief Executive Officer and President of CASE Technology,
Inc. in 1985 and remained in that position until the business was
acquired by Teradyne, Inc. in 1987. Mr. Kerns holds a BS in General
Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.