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Board of Directors
 

NEIL D. ARNOLD Chairman
Mr. Arnold, a private investor, most recently served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of WHX Corp., a public holding company for primary industrial businesses. He also served as Group Finance Director of LucasVarity, PLC, a public company providing components and systems to the global aerospace and automotive industries. At present Mr. Arnold is a Director of Pembroke College Foundation Inc. Mr. Arnold was Chief Financial Officer of Varity Corporation (aka, Massey-Ferguson Ltd.). He has served as a director of LucasVarity, and WHX Corp. Mr. Arnold earned a B.A. in Engineering Science from Pembroke College, Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

   
 

JOHN K. BELL Director
Mr. Bell is the Chairman of The Onbelay Group of Companies; a Cambridge based Private Equity Corporation with investments in Automotive, Telematics and Technology. Prior to that he was CEO and owner of Polymer Technologies Inc. Previously, he was the founder of Shred-Tech Limited which he started in 1977 and sold in 1995. He presently sits on the board of Newport Partners Income Fund (TSX) (Audit Committee Chair) and BSM Wireless Inc. (TSX-V) (Chairman). He is also the current Chairman of Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bell is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, a graduate of the University of Western Ontario School of Business Administration (Ivey).

   
 

ANTHONY CAPUTO Director
Mr. Caputo is the Chief Executive Officer of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. As an experienced senior executive he brings a solid track record of over 25 years of delivering performance, growth and value creation in technology, manufacturing and service environments. Most recently Mr. Caputo served as Corporate Vice-President, President and COO of L-3 Communications, and prior to that he was the President and CEO of Spar Aerospace. Mr. Caputo holds a Bachelor of Technology in Engineering from Ryerson University and a Master of Science in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University.

   
 

MICHAEL E. MARTINO Director
Mr. Martino is a founder and principal of Mason Capital Management LLC. Prior to that he worked at Oppenheimer & Company and began his business career at GE Capital Corporation. Mr. Martino was formerly a director of Spar Aerospace Limited. Mr. Martino graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in Political Science and earned a Masters in Business Administration in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

   
 

GORDON E. PRESHER Director
Mr. Presher is the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Sentry Corp. Prior to that he was a Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Smart Solar, Inc., a startup in concentrating solar power, and he worked as an independent business and marketing consultant. Mr. Presher was a Co-founder of Ormec Systems Corp, an automation control company specializing in computer motion control. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ormec for 20 years. He began his career at Eastman Kodak Company in the automation engineering organization. Mr. Presher holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from Houghton College, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Rochester.

   
 

NEALE X. TRANGUCCI Director
Mr. Trangucci is the CEO and Chairman of Silicon Global Corporation. He has been an officer of Mason Capital Management LLC since November 2005. Prior to joining Mason, he was Chief Executive Officer of WHX Corp. Previously Mr. Trangucci worked for NeubergerBerman, and before that time spent 8 years in workouts and bankruptcies with Continental Illinois Bank and Salomon Brothers. He has been a director of WHX, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. Mr. Trangucci holds a Bachelor of Science from Bucknell University and a Masters in International Affairs and Finance and Banking from Columbia University.

   

 

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