Chief Executive Officer of Synthonics Inc. an early stage biotechnology company; held Risk Advisor and Portfolio Manager positions in the financial service industry; President and Treasurer of SBC Warburg Futures Inc. from 1994 to 1998; Executive of Fixed Income Trading for O’Connor & Associates from 1985 to 1994; former member of the Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago Board of Options exchange and Pacific Options Exchange; served as a Governor of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation; member of the FIA Steering Committee and the Federal Reserve FCM Working Group; and the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative. Mr. Slepicka was a Director of HyperFeed Technologies Inc. an 80% owned subsidiary of the Company; on November 29 2006 HyperFeed Technologies Inc. filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U. S. Bankruptcy Code with the U. S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware. |