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Paul H. CascioNon-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Paul H. Cascio has served as a director and the non-executive Chairman of the board of directors since December 2004. Mr. Cascio serves as a general partner of the general partner of Brantley Venture Partners.II, L.P., Brantley Venture Partners III, L.P. and Brantley Partners IV, L.P. Principals of Brantley Management Company, including Mr. Cascio, serve as investment adviser for Brantley Venture Partners, L.P., Brantley Venture Partners II, L.P., Brantley Venture Partners III, L.P. and Brantley Partners IV, L.P. These Brantley entities are part of a private equity organization founded in 1987 with approximately $300 million of committed capital under management, which has been a lead investor in over 40 privately-held companies throughout the United States. Mr. Cascio has served in various capacities with these Brantley entities and their portfolio companies from 1996 to the present. Prior to joining Brantley in May 1996, Mr. Cascio was a Managing Director and head of the General Industrial Manufacturing and Services Group in the Corporate Finance Department at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. Mr. Cascio has a wide range of investment banking experience, having completed public debt and equity, private debt and equity, mergers and acquisitions and fairness opinion assignments for a variety of industrial, consumer product and health care related companies.
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