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Claudio Mannarino, age 36, became our Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance on the effective date of the Business Combination. He holds the same positions with Nanotronics Sub and has had the same positions at API since 2004. Mr. Mannarino has over 10 years of professional accounting and finance experience. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Ottawa and is a Certified Management Accountant.
Mr. Mannarino spent three years as Controller for two divisions of GTC Transcontinental, a Canadian publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. After three years in roles with progressively more responsibility at
GTC he joined a Project Management Company as a senior accountant, whose role centered on developing long-term business strategies and improving business practices.
In addition to his role at GTC, Mr. Mannarino started his own business in the construction industry in 1994, which he successfully grew and then sold in 1999.
Mr. Mannarino joined Filtran Group in April of 2000. >From April, 2000 to 2004,
he was controller and manager of human resources and IT at Filtran Group. He was named CFO and VP of Finance for API in 2004. His responsibilities include managing the financial reporting function for API, and the finance, human resource and IT departments of the Filtran Group. Mr. Mannarino has also gained experience in business acquisitions specifically related to due diligence activities and has carried out several cost reduction initiatives at Filtran Group. Mr. Mannario has no other outside business activities. | 