Document:

Employment Agreement

     

    Exhibit
      10.1

    
 

    BPO
      MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

     

    1290
      N. HANCOCK, SUITE 202, ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92807

    

     

    January
      26, 2007

    

    Donald
      W.
      Rutherford

    21775
      Tahoe Lane, 

    Lake
      Forest CA 92630

     

    Dear
      Don:

     

    Please
      allow this letter to serve as the entire agreement between BPO Management
      Services, Inc. (the "Company") and you, Donald Rutherford (the "Employee")
      with
      respect to certain aspects of your employment with the Company. The Company
      acknowledges and agrees that the Employee is and will remain a partner of,
      and
      has and will retain an interest in, Tatum, LLC ("Tatum"), which will benefit
      the
      Company in that the Employee will have access to certain Tatum
      resources.

     

    Beginning
      Date

     

    The
      Employee will work for the Company beginning on January 29, 2007.

     

    Compensation

     

    Salary:
      $104,167.00 annually ("Salary"), for which Employee will provide at least 50%
      of
      his available time; provided however, that on June 1, 2007, or sooner if
      required by the Company, the annual Salary shall increase to $166, 667 and
      Employee shall devote his full time services to the Company. Employee's Salary
      may be increased from time to time by the Company in its
      discretion.

     

    Annual
      Cash Bonus:
      to be
      determined within first 30 days of employment. Employee acknowledges that the
      Company entered into an agreement (the “Tatum Agreement”) with Tatum, whereby
      Tatum is to provide certain resources to the Company. Employee agrees that
      the
      Company will tender directly to Tatum 20% of any cash bonuses otherwise payable
      to Mr. Rutherford during the term of the Tatum Agreement.

     

    Employee
      agrees that 20% of such cash bonus shall be paid directly to Tatum, LLC as
      a fee
      in connection with a Resources Agreement entered into between the Company and
      Tatum, LLC (the “Resources Agreement”)

     

    Equity:
      Option
      grant on start date to purchase 400,000 shares of common stock at $1.50 per
      share vesting half-yearly equally over a four-year period, and otherwise subject
      to the terms of the Company’s 2003 Stock Option Plan.

     

    Other
      Compensation Provisions: 

     

    During
      the course of the Employee's engagement hereunder, the Employee will remain
      a
      partner of Tatum. As a partner of Tatum, Employee will
      share with Tatum a portion of his or her economic interest in any stock options
      or equity bonus that the Company may grant the Employee and may also share
      with
      Tatum a portion of any cash bonus and severance the Company may pay the
      Employee, to the extent specified in that certain Part-Time Engagement Resources
      Agreement between the Company and Tatum (the "Resources Agreement"). The Company
      acknowledges and consents to such arrangement.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Benefits

     

    The
      Employee will be eligible for any Company employment retirement and/or 401(k)
      plan and for vacation and holidays consistent with the Company's policy as
      it
      applies to senior management, and the Employee will be exempt from any delay
      periods required for eligibility. 

     

    In
      lieu
      of the Employee participating in the Company-sponsored employee medical
      insurance benefit, the Employee will remain on his or her current medical plan.
      The Company will reimburse the Employee for amounts paid by the Employee for
      such medical insurance for him and (where applicable) his/her family of up
      to
      such amount per month that the Company would have incurred to provide such
      insurance to other executives. To the extent permitted under applicable U.S.
      federal tax law, such amount will not be considered reportable W-2 income,
      but
      instead non-taxable benefits expense. 

     

    The
      Employee must receive written evidence that the Company maintains directors'
      and
      officers' insurance to cover in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Employee
      at no additional cost to the Employee, and the Company will maintain such
      insurance at all times while this agreement remains in effect.

     

    Furthermore,
      the Company will maintain such insurance coverage with respect to occurrences
      arising during the term of this agreement for at least three years following
      the
      termination or expiration of this agreement or will purchase a directors' and
      officers' extended reporting period, or "tail," policy to cover the Tatum
      Partner.

     

    The
      Company agrees to indemnify the Employee to the full extent permitted by the
      Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (as amended) for any losses, costs,
      damages, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, as they are
      incurred, in connection with any cause of action, suit, or other proceeding
      arising in connection with the Employee's employment with the Company

     

    Termination

     

    The
      Company may terminate the Employee's employment for any reason upon at least
      30
      days' prior written notice to the Employee, such termination to be effective
      on
      the date specified in the notice, provided that such date is no earlier than
      30
      days from the date of delivery of the notice. Likewise, the Employee may
      terminate his or her employment for any reason upon at least 30 days' prior
      written notice to the Company, such termination to be effective on the date
      30
      days following the date of the notice. The Employee will continue to render
      services and to be paid during such 30-day period, regardless of who gives
      such
      notice. The Employee may terminate this agreement immediately if the Company
      has
      not remained current in its obligations under this letter or the Resources
      Agreement between the Company and Tatum or if the Company engages in or asks
      the
      Employee to engage in or to ignore any illegal or unethical conduct.

     

    This
      agreement will terminate immediately upon the death or disability of the
      Employee or upon termination by the Company of Employee’s employment for cause.
      For purposes of this agreement, disability will be as defined by the applicable
      policy of disability insurance or, in the absence of such insurance, by the
      Company's Board of Directors acting in good faith.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    The
      Employee's salary will be prorated for the final pay period based on the number
      of days in the final pay period up to the effective date of termination or
      expiration.

     

    Severance
      Payment

     

    If
      the
      termination of this agreement is within 90 days of the Beginning Date, the
      Employee will be entitled to receive a Severance Payment (as defined below)
      equal to one month's salary. After 90 days of employment, the Employee will
      be
      entitled to receive a Severance Payment equal to two months' salary. For each
      six month period of employment commencing on the 91st
      day of
      employment, the Employee will receive an additional month's salary as Severance
      Payment, provided that the total aggregate Severance Payment will be limited
      to
      a maximum of six months' salary. If this agreement is terminated by the Company
      without cause or the required notice, or by the Employee for cause, the Employee
      will be entitled to receive the termination payments noted in this paragraph,
      plus one additional month's compensation for early termination, plus all cash
      bonuses, equity, and other compensation covered by this agreement will vest
      immediately and become payable at the date of termination. Notwithstanding
      any
      provisions herein to the contrary, no severance payments shall be payable if
      the
      Company terminates the Employee’s employment for cause.

     

    Miscellaneous

     

    This
      agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
      the
      matters contained herein, superseding any prior oral or written statements
      or
      agreements.

     

    The
      Company agrees to allow Tatum to use the Company’s logo and name on Tatum’s
      website and other marketing materials for the sole purpose of identifying the
      Company as a client of Tatum. Tatum will not use the Company’s logo or name in
      any press release or general circulation advertisement without the Company’s
      prior written consent. 

     

    The
      provisions in this agreement concerning the payment of salary and bonuses and
      severance will survive any termination or expiration of this
      agreement.

     

    The
      terms
      of this agreement are severable and may not be amended except in a writing
      signed by the parties. If any portion of this agreement is found to be
      unenforceable, the rest of this agreement will be enforceable except to the
      extent that the severed provision deprives either party of a substantial portion
      of its bargain.

     

    This
      agreement will be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with
      the
      laws of
      the State of California,
      without
      giving effect to conflicts-of-laws principles.

     

    Each
      person signing below is authorized to sign on behalf of the party indicated,
      and
      in each case such signature is the only one necessary.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Please
      sign below and return a signed copy of this letter to indicate your agreement
      with its terms and conditions.

     

    Sincerely
      yours,

     

    
      	
              BPO
                Management Services, Inc.

              By:
                Patrick Dolan

               

              Signature_________________________

              Name:
                Patrick
                Dolan

              Title:
                Chairman & CEO 

            	 
	
               

              Acknowledged
                and agreed by:

            
	 	
              EMPLOYEE:

               

              ______________________________

              (Signature)

               

              Donald
                W Rutherford

               

              Date:________________

            

    

    
 

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                          TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AGREEMENT

THIS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AGREEMENT, having an effective date as defined below by
and between RG Global Lifestyles, Inc., located at 30021 Tomas, Suite 200,
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 ("RGGL"), and Catalyx, Inc., located at 595 W.
Lambert Rd. no. 205, Brea, CA 92821 ("CFS"). Either CFS or RGGL may hereinafter
be individually referred to as a "Party" or collectively as the "Parties"; and

         WHEREAS, CFS represents that it has invented and developed certain
intellectual property hereinafter referred to as "Technology", useful in
filtration of sodium from water produced in the process of extracting methane in
wet bed mining situation (more fully explained on Schedule 1 hereto); and

         WHEREAS, RGGL desires to obtain from CFS, and CFS is willing to
transfer to RGGL the Technology.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms, conditions and
provisions hereinafter set forth, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1.0 Definitions

1.1 AFFILIATE means any business entity that is owned or controlled by, or owns
or controls a Party to this Agreement, or that is owned or controlled by the
business entity which owns or controls a Party. Ownership, direct or indirect,
of at least fifty percent of the voting stock ordinarily entitled to vote in the
election of directors of a business entity or, if no such stock is issued, of at
least fifty percent of the ownership interest in the business entity, shall
constitute ownership thereof. An Affiliate shall not be considered to be a third
party under this Agreement.

1.2. EFFECTIVE DATE means the date of receipt by the Company of a qualified
multiyear contract or purchase order for usage, sale or lease of the Technology.

2.0 Technology Transfer

2.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, and subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein, CFS hereby transfers to RGGL and its Affiliates all
rights and title to the Technology.

2.2 Upon finalization and execution of this Agreement, CFS agrees to promptly
disclose all of the details of the Technology to RGGL including the transfer to
RGGL, at no cost to RGGL, of applicable reports, data, specifications, drawings
and other documents entirely owned by CFS at the time of the Effective Date and
to cooperate with and assist RGGL, including allowing inspection of equipment
and making available key CFS technical personnel to consult with RGGL subject to
the following conditions for the orderly transfer of the Technology to RGGL for
enabling RGGL to use the Technology in all respects.

2.3 RGGL or its Affiliates may not assign or transfer the rights and title to
the Technology to any unrelated third party; in the case of insolvency or
bankruptcy of RGGL, all rights and title to the Technology will transfer back to
CFS.

3.0 Royalties; Payments; Equity; Board Representation

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3.1 RGGL has paid $200,000 to CFS as a pre-payment against royalties.

3.2. RGGL shall pay CFS $0.01 per barrel royalty on revenue received from
Wyoming BOO deals.

3.3. RGGL shall pay CFS a 5% royalty on the sale price of the Technology on
Wyoming deals, if such customer chooses to buy the Technology, rather than lease
or sublicense it.

3.4. RGGL shall issue CFS warrants to purchase the following common stock of
RGGL:

         (a)  4,000,000 restricted warrant shares at an exercise price of $.21.

         (b)  2,000,000 restricted warrant shares at an exercise price of $.40.

         Such restricted shares underlying the warrants in (a) and (b) will bear
         the following legend upon exercise:

                  The shares represented hereby have not been registered under
                  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be
                  transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they have been
                  registered under such Act or pursuant to an exemption from
                  registration under such Act.

         (c)  2,000,000 warrant shares at an exercise price of $.40 with resale
              registration rights whereby RGGL agrees to file a resale
              registration statement on Form SB-2 within thirty days of the
              Effective Date with the SEC and register the 2,000,000 shares
              underlying this warrant.

3.5. CFS will have the right to nominate two members (one to be Juzer
Jangbarwala) to the Board of Directors of RGGL to fill current open vacancies;
such nominations to be accepted by RGGLs current Board. To the extent
permissible by law, the ongoing rights and ability of CFS to control the
replacement of such Directors will be subject to a certain CFS Warrantholder
Voting Agreement, to be negotiated in good faith by the Parties.

4.0 Protection of Patent Rights

4.1 CFS (or its principal Juzer Jangbarwala), in RGGL's name (or assigned to
RGGL) and at RGGL's expense, agrees to apply for any and all patents ( two at
the minimum) in relation to the Technology, and to maintain patent protection in
the United States and in those foreign countries deemed appropriate.

4.2 Any inventions or improvements relating to the Technology made jointly or
separately by employees or consultants of CFS and RGGL and its Affiliates after
the Effective Date of this Agreement shall be considered the property of RGGL,
and in any event, shall be transferred to RGGL under the terms of this
Agreement.

5.0 Indemnification for Intellectual Property Rights

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5.1 CFS agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RGGL and its Affiliates
from and against any claim, suit, demand, or action alleging that the
Technology, and/or the sublicense or use of the Technology, infringes any
patent, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any third party
under the laws of any country, and CFS shall indemnify RGGL and its Affiliates
against all costs, expenses and damages arising from any such claim, suit,
demand, or action; provided, that:

         (a)  RGGL shall have given CFS prompt written notice of such claim,
              suit, demand, or action; and

         (b)  RGGL shall cooperate with CFS in the defense and settlement
              thereof; and

         (c)  CFS shall have control of the defense of such claim, suit, demand
              or action and the settlement or compromise thereof.

5.2 If conditions of legal interference ("Legal Interference") including but not
limited to, litigation filed by a third party, or an injunction, temporary or
final, is threatened or obtained by a third party in any particular country
against RGGL's sale, sublicense or use of the Technology by reason of
infringement of a patent, copyright trade secret, or other proprietary right of
any third party within that particular country, then CFS may, at its option and
expense:

         (a)  procure for RGGL the right to continue sale or use of the
              Technology in the particular country; or

         (b)  in the particular country, replace or modify the Technology for
              RGGL, or such infringing portion thereof, in order that it no
              longer infringes such patent, copyright, trade secret, or other
              proprietary right in that particular country, provided that the
              utility or performance is not adversely affected by such
              replacement or modification in that particular country; or

         (c)  authorize RGGL, at the expense of CFS and through written
              instructions from CFS, to pursue legal action in the name of RGGL
              and to join CFS as a voluntary party plaintiff in order to procure
              continued use by RGGL of the Technology.

6.0 Warranty and Representations

6.1 CFS WARRANTS THAT IT OWNS THE RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT. CFS AGREES TO DEFEND INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS RGGL FROM AND
AGAINST ANY CLAIM, SUIT, DEMAND, OR ACTION ARISING FROM A CHALLENGE BY A THIRD
PARTY TO CFS'S CLAIMS TO OWNERSHIP OR RIGHT TO TRANSFER THE TECHNOLOGY AND CFS
SHALL INDEMNIFY RGGL AGAINST ALL COSTS, EXPENSES AND DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY
SUCH CLAIM, SUIT, DEMAND, OR ACTION.

6.2 CFS agrees to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless RGGL, its
officers, employees, agents, representatives and subcontractors from any and all
claims, liability, damages, losses, costs and expenses sustained by RGGL, its
officers, employees agents, representatives and subcontractors for the death of
or injury to officers, employees, agents, representatives and subcontractors of
CFS, even though CFS may be protected from direct suit by any workers'
compensation laws.

6.3 RGGL warrants that it is a California corporation in good standing, and is
qualified to do business in all required jurisdictions.

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6.4 RGGL represents that it has approximately 17,900,000 shares outstanding as
of the Effective Date, 8,217,600 options to purchase common stock issued under
its 2006 Incentive Stock Option Plan, 100,000 options to purchase common stock
issued outside of the 2006 Incentive Stock Option Plan, and 6,503,940 warrants
to purchase common stock.

7.0 Term and Termination

7.1 Unless terminated in accordance with Section 2.3, this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect in perpetuity

7.2 If RGGL shall be in default in making any issuance of warrant shares
hereunder at the times and in the manner herein provided, CFS may give written
notice to RGGL specifying the particulars of such default and, in the event RGGL
shall not remedy such default within ninety (90) days after such notice, CFS may
at its option terminate this Agreement.

7.3 If CFS shall be in breach of any material term of this Agreement, RGGL may
give written notice to CFS specifying the particulars of such default and, in
the event CFS shall not remedy such default within ninety (90) days after such
notice, RGGL may at its option terminate this Agreement and receive a refund of
the prepaid $200,000 royalty fee.

8.0 General

8.1 This Agreement shall not be assignable by either Party without the prior
written consent of the other Party hereto, except that it may be assigned
without such consent to the successor of either Party or to a person, firm or
corporation acquiring all or substantially all of the business assets of such
Party.

8.2 No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and
signed by the Parties hereto.

8.3 Any notice to be served by one Party on the other Party may be served by
mailing the same, certified mail, postpaid, or hand delivered by commercial air
courier to the following addresses, respectively, as follows:

         For RGGL:
         30021 Tomas, Suite 200
         Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

         For CFS:
         595 W. Lambert Rd. no. 205
         Brea, CA 92821

or to such other address as to which either Party shall give due written notice
from time to time.

8.4 This Agreement shall be construed and the legal relations between the
parties determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

8.5 If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held unenforceable, such
holding shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions herein as
long as the unenforceable provision(s) does not materially affect the rights
granted in this Agreement.

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8.6 Neither RGGL nor CFS shall be responsible for delays or failures in
performance resulting from acts beyond their control. Such acts shall include,
but not be limited to, acts of God, strikes, riots, acts of war, epidemics,
fire, communication line failures, earthquakes, floods, or other disasters.

8.7 This Agreement states the entire agreement between RGGL and CFS and
supersedes all prior proposals, oral or written, and all, other prior
communications between RGGL and CFS relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement.

9.0 Right of First Refusal. CFS grants to RGGl the first right of refusal to the
purchase of the rights and title, or the opportunity to license a certain
Capacitive Deionization Technology, further defined on SCHEDULE 1.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their duly authorized officers as of the dates shown proximate the execution
signatures but which shall have the Effective Date shown above.

RGGL

By: /s/ Louis Knickerbocker
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Name:  Louis Knickerbocker
Title:  CEO

CFS

By: /s/ Juzer Jangbarwala
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Name:  Juzer Jangbarwala
Title:  President

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                                   SCHEDULE 1

Technology; SelectIX

1)    It uses the intricate qualities of a particular resin to get 3 times
         the capacity during service cycles (in this particular application)
         than any comparable system.
2)    It has an engineered fluidized bed system to deal with the 100% resin
         expansion. The laterals have been designed and engineered with extreme
         precision. The iron and solids in the stream are removed by the HEM
         media, which will prevent plugging up of the ion exchange columns.
         Ordinary sand filters cannot achieve this, because the stream has iron
         in it. HEM removes the iron very efficiently whereas sand filters do
         not.
3)    It has have a control loop to monitor and control influent water
         quality with treated water quality and self adjust the flow paths.
         Additionally, the unit telemetry for data transmission is very
         sophisticated. This system will have real time data and alarms 24 hours
         a day, accessible via internet.

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                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

  RG GLOBAL LIFESTYLES, INC. ("RGBL") AND CATALYX FLUID SOLUTIONS, INC. ("CFS")

This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to the Technology Transfer Agreement dated
December 24, 2006 and made effective January 26, 2007 ("Agreement"), is entered
into this 31st day of March 2007 with an effective date of January 26, 2007, by
and between RGBL and CFS.

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement to change certain warrant
registration rights and exercise terms.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Paragraph 3.4 of the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the
following:

"3.4 RGGL shall issue the following warrants to purchase the common stock of
RGGL:

         (a)  800,000 restricted warrant shares to Noor Mohammed Ebrahim at an
              exercise price of $0.21
              600,000 restricted warrant shares to Ken Ravon at an exercise
              price of $0.21
              600,000 restricted warrant shares to Saleem Muneer at an exercise
              price of $0.21

         (b)  1,600,000 restricted warrant shares to Noor Mohammed Ebrahim at an
              exercise price of $0.40
              1,200,000 restricted warrant shares to Ken Ravon at an exercise
              price of $0.40
              1,200,000 restricted warrant shares to Saleem Muneer at an
              exercise price of $0.40

         The restricted share certificates underlying the warrants in (a) and
(b) above will bear substantially the following legend upon issuance:

         The shares represented hereby have not been registered under the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be transferred or
         otherwise disposed of unless they have been registered under such Act
         or pursuant to an exemption from registration under such Act.

         (c)  800,000 warrant shares to Noor Mohammed Ebrahim at an exercise
              price of $0.21
              600,000 warrant shares to Ken Ravon at an exercise price of
              $0.21
              600,000 warrant shares to Moran Shani at an exercise price of
              $0.21

         The shares underlying the warrants in (c) above have resale
registration rights whereby RGBL agrees to file a registration statement on Form
SB-2 within thirty days of March 13, 2007."

Agreed:

RG Global Lifestyles, Inc.                    Catalyx Fluid Solutions, Inc.

/s/ Lou Knickerbocker                         /s/ Juzer Jangbarwala
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Name: Lou Knickerbocker                       Name: Juzer Jangbarwala
Title: CEO                                    Title: President

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