Mr. Lehman was a key member of the Strategy and Corporate Development team at Case Corporation, which was responsible for all acquisitions, recapitalizations, divestitures, and joint ventures for the company's worldwide operations. He was a Founder and General Partner of Pacific Coast Ventures, a private equity firm focused on investing in technology companies located primarily in Southern California, and he was one of six investment professionals managing three funds and approximately $300 million at the venture capital firm of Forrest Binkley & Brown. Mr. Lehman is experienced in sourcing, evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and funding investments. He has advised companies on securing additional debt and equity capital, evaluating partnership opportunities, and structuring liquidity options.

Mr. Lehman earned a BS in Information Systems from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

VIASPACE CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, said, "VIASPACE is a growing company. We anticipate substantial revenue growth in 2007 from our current subsidiaries focusing on energy and security. In addition, the VIASPACE Board of Directors has asked management to explore additional growth opportunities through mergers and acquisitions. We expect Dan Lehman to be of great help as the company evaluates potential acquisitions, joint ventures and other partnerships that have the potential to leverage our proprietary technology in the marketplace."

VIASPACE has two main subsidiaries, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation, which is developing disposable fuel cartridges for notebook computers, cell phones and other portable electronic devices expected to be powered by fuel cells, and VIASPACE Security Inc. which focuses on maritime/container security, surveillance and automated threat detection. VIASPACE Security Inc. has a contract from L3 Communications in the area of container security, and has recently announced a teaming agreement with Raytheon on security and surveillance. Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation has previously announced cartridge manufacturing agreements with Nypro in the US, SEED Corp. in Japan and with Elentec, SMC and Hyun Won in Korea.