Eric S. Swartz, age 50, has served as a director since November 3, 1999. Mr. Swartz is the founder and President of Roswell Capital Partners, LLC. and was the founder and former President of Equiplace Securities, LLC. and Swartz Investments, LLC., a company he started in 1993. Prior to 1993, Mr. Swartz was a Vice President at Bear Stearns & Co. specializing in foreign institutional equity investments in U.S. securities. Prior to that, Mr. Swartz was a Vice President with Oppenheimer & Co., where he was involved in overseas placements of equity and debt for institutions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Australia, and New Zealand. Mr. Swartz has approximately 20 years of experience in the securities business. |