KEVIN R. KEATING has served as a director since February 4, 2005, and served as our former President, Secretary and Treasurer from February 4, 2005 to November 22, 2005. Mr. Keating, 67 years old, is the Managing Member of Vero Management, LLC, which provides managerial, administrative, and financial
consulting services for micro-cap public companies. For more than 40 years he has been engaged in various aspects of the investment business. Mr. Keating began his Wall Street career with the First Boston Corporation in New York in 1965. From 1967 through 1974, he was employed by several institutional research boutiques where he functioned as Vice President Institutional Equity Sales. From1974 until 1982, Mr. Keating was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Douglas Stewart, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange member firm. From 1982 through 2006, he was associated with a variety of securities firms as a registered representative servicing the investment needs of high net worth individual investors. |