Key Investors

Jim Costanza
Mr. Jim Costanza is currently President and Managing Partner of Costanza Enterprises Inc. (CEI) a local real estate management and development firm. CEI made a major contribution to the residential renaissance in downtown Rochester by redeveloping the historic Temple Building into a state-of-the-art facility featuring upscale lofts and attractive office space.

In addition to CEI, Jim co-founded NYSYS Wireless. In 2000, the Temple Building was the site of Jim's pioneering Wi-Fi hot spot installation. The success of that effort convinced him that wireless technologies will dramatically improve the broadband marketplace by providing new services, a more competitive cost environment, and a faster, simpler approach to high-speed connectivity than traditional "hard-wired" solutions.

Jim is a 1985 graduate St. Lawrence University. He serves on the executive committee of the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) and is a member of the Rochester Economic Development Corporation (REDCO). Jim is also the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Nazareth College.

Drew Costanza
Mr. Andrew Costanza is currently a Partner of Strazzeri & Costanza, LLP a general practice firm specializing in all litigation matters, real estate, collection and corporate law. He is a member of the Monroe County Bar Association, NYS Bar Association, and American Bar Association.

In addition to Strazzeri & Costanza, LLP, Andrew serves as the Corporate Counsel / Vice President of Costanza Enterprises Inc. (CEI) a local real estate management and development firm. CEI made a major contribution to the residential renaissance in downtown Rochester by redeveloping the historic Temple Building into a state-of-the-art facility featuring upscale lofts and attractive office space.

Andrew received his Juris Doctor in 1986 from The Washington College of Law, American University. He is also a 1983 graduate of Hamilton College. He serves as Chairman of the Board for the Real Estate Management Trust of NY and holds an advisory board position with Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company.

Steve Dubnik
Mr. Steve Dubnik is currently co-CEO of Ariston Global Management LLC, an enterprise he formed in 2006 to acquire, develop and manage companies that provide software products and services to communication service providers globally. Previously, Steve had founded Choice One Communications, where under his leadership as Chairman, CEO and President, Choice One grew from an idea into a $350 million annual revenue enterprise providing integrated voice and data services to over 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses across 12 states.

Prior to founding Choice One in 1998, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ACC Corp until it was acquired by AT&T in 1998. Before joining ACC in 1994, Steve served as President, Mid-Atlantic Region, of RCI Long Distance (now Frontier Corporation). For more than five years prior thereto, he held various senior positions with Rochester Telephone Corporation (also now a part of Frontier Corporation) in engineering, operations, information technology, and sales.

Steve is a 1984 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology having earned a B.A. in mechanical engineering. Although engineering is his predominant background, Steve made a conscious decision to shift his career focus to business endeavors by enrolling in the Simon School of the University of Rochester where he received his MBA degree in 1989. He was awarded the Hugh Whitney Award for academic excellence in the Executive Development Program at the Simon School, awarded annually to the graduating student with the highest grade point average.

Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott is the President of Forbes Custom products, a privately held manufacturer of custom presentation packaging based in Rush, New York.

Born in 1960, Mark was raised in New Jersey and then attended Boston College, where he graduated in 1982 Magna Cum Laude with an AB in Political Science. Mark went on to earn a JD from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1985, after which he entered private law practice in Massachusetts until becoming in house Labor and Employment Counsel for Hills Department Stores. He left Hills to become Human Resources Director for athletic footwear manufacturer Converse Inc. in 1993.

In 1998 Mark joined Forbes as VP of Administration and subsequently received responsibilities in operations and sales. He was appointed President of Forbes in 2002.

Mark lives in the Rochester, NY area with his wife and 3 children. He is an active volunteer on the Board of the Volunteers of America of Western New York.