August 2007

“Ardent Aim does excellent work!   I’ve known Bill for several years.  His energy, abilities and people skills have always impressed me.  When Sarnoff Corporation decided to divest of some specific semiconductor intellectual property Ardent Aim was a perfect partner.  We retained Ardent Aim Group to assess and refine the selection of assets, assess the market, position the offering and solicit buyers.  Ardent Aim Group is also on tap to aid me in closing the deal.  We are very pleased.”   Vince Endres,  Vice President Ventures and Licensing Sarnoff Corporation

February 2007

“We just completed a five month engagement with Ardent Aim’s Bill Mayweather.  We retained Ardent Aim to examine our technology for application in new markets.  We’re an exceptionally strong technology company.  Bill’s value added was bringing a systematic technically informed business filter to the examination of new markets.    Not only did his technical background help order various pending Aviom ideas his extensive business experience/business network established relationships for Aviom with several Fortune 500 corporate decision makers.  Ardent Aim created and delivered an Aviom specific market/product forecasting model that we’ll use to objectively evaluate markets and applications going forward.    Bill Mayweather performed as a true member of my team.”   Carl Bader    President and CEO of Aviom

January 2007

"Ardent Aim delivers for Easy Soft." Ardent Aim provides ongoing strategic and tactical business support to Easy Soft.  After retaining Ardent Aim’s Bill Mayweather Easy Soft repositioned it’s Attorney Trust Accounting product.  Ardent Aim collaboratively structured, developed and implemented a novel, industry changing partnership between Easy Soft and a national commercial bank.   "We were so pleased with the job performed that we keep Ardent Aim on retainer and continue to call on Bill for negotiation, strategic and tactical business and customer support.  Ardent Aim is a full member of our Easy Soft team."   Rakesh Kabra, Ph.D.    President and CEO of Easy Soft

November 2006

“I’ve worked with Bill Mayweather in several capacities through the years.  I’ve supplied EDA technology, been a corporate joint business partner and an independent consultant.  As a consultant I witnessed Bill transform Sarnoff’s reputation for video systems excellence into a vibrant System-on-Chip, Intellectual Property business.  Under Bill's leadership Sarnoff made millions licensing multimedia integrated circuit cores to multiple fortune 500 companies.    I also witnessed Bill turn Sarnoff's languishing ESD business into a vibrant international subsidiary. While I have always been impressed with Bill’s ability to rapidly understand multiple nuanced systems on chips or complex integrated circuits or semiconductors, it is his people skills that distinguish him.   I am constantly amazed by his natural almost effortless ability to bring people and organizations together to do business.  Virage Logic partnered with Sarnoff because of Bill.”       Tom Griffin, Vice President Corporate and Business Development Virage Logic Corporation

August, 2006

"Dear Bill, Great to hear from you.  Yes, you have a terrific background and I am sure you will do extremely well.  The "deliver on time" reference reminds me of what a great job you did with Motorola -- NOT that easy!  If I'm ever in a foxhole being shot at I would like you with me. " Curtis R. Carlson, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Office SRI International, Vice Chairman Sarnoff Corporation