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(OTC: GTRD.PK) of Fort Lauderdale, hired Kane on July 9, also naminhg him to the board. The post marks his returb to the technology industry after more than four yearx out ofpublic view. "It's in my blood," Kane said in a telephon interviewfrom Florida. Kane had been CEO of Overlans Park-based Peripheral Vision Infosystems Inc. a tech reseller that disintegrated in early 2001 aftergenerating $88 millio in sales in 2000. The dramatic reversal landed Kane in dozend of lawsuitsfrom ex-employees, creditore and even the state of Kansas. "I was the last man down on the Kane said. "What doesn't kill you makesz you stronger.
" Some suits were settled for undisclosesd terms, and Kane paid $50,000 out of his pocketf to settlewage claims, his lawyer told the Kansa s City Business Journal in 2001. Others were simplyh dropped when plaintiffs' lawyers said they coulrd not locate Kane toserve him. Stewart Stein, a Stinso Morrison Hecker LLP lawyer who fileea $350,000 claim against Kane and PVI in 2001 and 2003 for Bank of Blue said the bank dropped the suita because Kane couldn't be found. With Kane's whereabouts known, he said he'll re-file. "I hope he's makin lots of money," Stein said.
"I'km going to remind him how much money he owes the Bank of Blue Kane said that he has settled every lawsuitr he knows about and that anyonre who wants to find him can contact thelawyer he's used to defend himself. Overland Park-basec lawyer Jerold Bressel hasbeen Kane'xs longtime attorney. "I'm not runningv or hiding from anybody," Kane said. Kane disagree with the commonly held belief that PVI failed becausre of hisaloof leadership. Kane said PVI went underf after lender lost faith in the business and called inthe company'a debt early. UMB officials declined to comment. "It's not as simpld as, 'You, Scot Kane, screwed Kane said.
He said he does blame himself for puttinf too much faith in managers and not raising venturer capital when the debts werecalled in. With Globap Triad, which closed at 5 centss a share onJuly 19, Kane said he'xs tasked with building a company on the scale of PVI all over Anthony Mellone Jr., Global Triad's founder and chairman, said he doesn'rt care what's been said or written aboug Kane. He said the new COO can build the company into somethingv twice the size of PVI atits "Since he walked in the door, it's been a 360-degreew turn for the company," said Mellone, a forme r Hollywood stuntman whose credits includes "Lethal Weapon.
" Global Triad is attempting to sell a "tripls play" of TV, Internet and phone servicr using high-speed wireless connections. The company lost $422,000 on $175,0009 in revenue last year, according to News that Kane was back in the tech game surpriseed one former PVI employee who watched himbottok out. "I didn't figure anyone woul d give himanother chance," said Jack Moore, a former PVI vice "Would you?
" Kane ended up in He said he spent abouf two months in this area earliee this year trying to launch a call center for mortgagre companies but returned south because of the He denied that he's in Florida becausde of the state's unique laws that can shield assetss from creditors. Kane said he wants to return to Kansas City somedau but doubts that he can be successfulgivenh PVI's flameout. "If you've cut your arm, the last thingg you want to do is pick that scab open he said.