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Mr. Helvey will serve on our Board of Directors upon completion of this offering. He has been the President of Helvey & Associates LLC a financial risk management consulting firm since its formation in October 2002. From June 2000 to October 2002 Mr. Helvey was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cygnifi Derivative Services LLC. Due to adverse market conditions associated with the overall decline in technology stocks Cygnifi voluntarily filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in October of 2001. From 1985 to 2000 he worked in several positions at J.P. Morgan & Co. where he became a Managing Director and served as Vice-Chairman of J.P. Morgan's Global Risk Management Committee responsible for monitoring the firm's global risk positions balance sheet and capital. Mr. Helvey graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in Politics and German and Columbia University with a Masters of International Affairs with a specialization in international finance and banking. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne in Germany. Mr. Helvey is a member of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees where he serves on the Investment Policy and Audit Committees and Chairman of the Forsyth Country Day School Board of Trustees. Mr. Helvey also serves on the Oakwood Country School Board of Trustees in Morgan Hill California.
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