Our Management Team

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	Mr. Lihong Leon Ma, President & CEO, is the founder of Cleverex. Mr. Ma has extensive management and technical experience in the field of computer information systems from his over 19 years career in the IT industry. He has managed numerous Federal government contracts. Before launching Cleverex, he was Vice President of Naing International Enterprises, (NIE) Ltd., from 1995 to 1998. Prior to joining NIE, Ltd., he was a Project Director at Ellsworth Associates, Inc. (EAi) in Virginia. Before EAi, he worked as a Programmer Analyst for Information Technology International (ITI) in Maryland. Before coming to the United States in 1988, Mr. Ma worked as a Project Director for a large on-line distributed management information system for a large fertilizer plant in China. Mr. Ma holds an MS in Information Technology from George Washington University and a BS in Mathematics from Beijing University.
	Mr. David Hart Smith, Technical Director, focuses on component integration, and the construction of distributed, enterprise-scale web applications. He is responsible for programming standards, coding convention, testing, and quality assurance. Mr. Hart Smith manages a knowledge management project for the national Head Start Bureau of DHHS, and is also the manager and coordinator of Cleverex’s Data Center, a high security facility in McLean, VA. Mr. Hart Smith holds a BS with Honors, in Computer Science. He has extensive international experience, and has worked in the field of Computer Information Systems for a number of years in both Europe and Africa.
	Mr. John V. Love, Project Director, manages an important project for the Maryland Governor's Office of Children, Youth & Families. Mr. Love has an MA in Economics from the American University and a BA in Political Science from Michigan State University.
	Mr. Xiu-Bin (XB) Luo, Technical Director, manages our commercial engineering team and is responsible for developing and maintaining commercial database systems. Mr. Luo has 10 years of technical, marketing and management experience in the software industry. He joined Cleverex as a technical director in September 2003. Mr. Luo has a B.S. in Industrial Management Engineering from Xi-An Industrial University.
	Mr. Jeff Lovelace, Customer Relations Director, manages all Cleverex’s customer support activities and is responsible for developing and maintaining our technical and customer databases and logistics support systems. Mr. Lovelace has an M.B.A. in International Business & Technology from University of Maryland and a B.A. in Economics from Colorado College.