Dean C. Praskach, age 50, has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer of the Company since May 1999, Secretary of the Company since March 1998 and Treasurer and Vice President-Finance of the Company since July 1997. Mr. Praskach is the Company�s principal financial and accounting officer. Mr. Praskach also served the Company as Director of Financial Planning from November 1996 to July 1997. Mr. Praskach has held the positions of Vice President-Finance and Treasurer of all of the Company�s subsidiaries since July 1997 or upon acquisition, if later, and was named Secretary of all of the Company�s subsidiaries in March 1998 or upon acquisition, if later. Mr. Praskach has served as a director since 1997 of Allin Holdings Corporation, a non-operating subsidiary of the Company that provides treasury management services to the Company. Mr. Praskach served both the Company and The Hawthorne Group in a consulting capacity from February 1995 until joining the Company. From September 1989 through July 1994, he was employed at First Westinghouse Capital Corporation in various positions, where he was involved in equity and mezzanine financing of leveraged acquisitions. |