Thomas J. de Petra was appointed CEO and President on May 6, 2008, and has been a Director of the company since 1994. He is the founder and president of Vantage Advisory Services LLC, providing management consulting and business advisory services. While serving as a self-employed management consultant during the past 12 years, Mr. de Petra has served in various interim executive officer roles. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Nortech Forest Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company, from February 1996 to June 1997. Mr. de Petra was a management consultant from June 1993 to February 1996, and he was Chief Information Officer of IDC Holdings, Ltd. from June 1993 to November 1994. Mr. de Petra was President and owner of DePetra & Associates, Inc., a financial communications firm, formerly known as First Financial Investor Relations, Inc., from August 1986 to October 1993. |