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Richard J. Berman joined ICC in September 1998 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and served as ICC's Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until June 1999. Mr. Berman's business career spans thirty-five years of venture capital management and merger and acquisitions experience. In the last five years Mr. Berman has served as a professional director and / or chairman of about a dozen public and private companies. He is currently Chairman of National Investment Managers a public company in pension administration and investment management; and Chairman of Candidate Resources a private company delivering HR services over the web. In addition to ICC Mr. Berman serves on the board of directors of the following public companies: Dyadic International (AMEX: DIL) International Microcomputer Software Inc. (OTC: IMSI.OB); NexMed Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM); MediaBay Inc. (Nasdaq: MBAY) GVI Security Solutions Inc. (OTC: GVIS.OB) National Investment Managers INC. (OTC: NIVM.OB) Nayna Networks Inc. (OTC: NAYN.OB) and Advaxis Inc. (OTC: ADXS.OB) Previously Mr. Berman worked at Goldman Sachs; was Senior Vice President of Bankers Trust Company where he started the M&A and Leverage Buyout Departments; helped create the largest battery company in the world by merging Prestolite General Battery and Exide to form Exide Technologies(Nasdaq: XIDE); helped create what is now Soho (NYC) by developing five buildings; and advised on over $4 billion of M&A transactions. He is a past director of the Stern School of Business of New York University where he received a BS and an MBA. He also has United States and foreign law degrees from Boston College and the Hague Academy of International Law respectively. | 