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Mr. LaVecchia, age 41, is the Managing Partner of LaVecchia Capital LLC and has over 18 years of experience on Wall Street. Mr. LaVecchia has built and run several major Wall Street groups and has extensive expertise in capital markets including IPOs, secondaries, high yield and corporate debt offerings, private company raises and PIPEs. In terms of equity capital markets, he has raised over $15.0 billion in public offerings, private equity transactions and PIPE transactions. Previously, Mr. LaVecchia served as a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at FTN Midwest from 2005 to 2007. He also served as Managing Director and head of the Private Equity Placement Group at Bear, Stearns & Company from 1994 to 1997, Group Head of Global Private Corporate Equity Placements at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) from 1997 to 2000, as well as Managing Director and Group Head of the Private Finance and Sponsors Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. from 2001 to 2003. In addition, Mr. LaVecchia was a venture capitalist and Senior Managing Director at Hawk Holdings, LLC. Mr. LaVecchia currently serves on the board of directors of HAPC, Inc. Mr. LaVecchia received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, and his BA, magna cum laude, from Clark University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. | 