William E. Alvarez, Jr. serves as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Prior to joining Patriot in December 2004, Mr. Alvarez was an Executive Financial Consultant at Trans-Lux Corporation, a public media and communication company, from February 2003 to December 2004. During that period, he was responsible for operations restructuring, SEC reporting and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Alvarez was employed by Bond Technologies, Inc., a privately-held professional technology consulting services firm, as Chief Financial Officer. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Alvarez was employed by Dynax Solutions, Inc., a privately-held professional technology consulting services firm, as Chief Financial Officer. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Alvarez was employed by NYFIX, Inc., a publicly-held developer of electronic trading and routing systems, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Alvarez began his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP in 1976 where he was primarily responsible for servicing financial services companies. Mr. Alvarez is a Certified Public Accountant. |