James Risher has been the Managing Partner of Lumina Group LLC a private company engaged in the business of consulting and investing in small and mid-sized companies since 1988. From February 2001 to May 2002 Mr. Risher served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlueStar Battery Systems International Inc. a Canadian public company that is an e-commerce distributor of electrical and electronic products to selected automotive aftermarket segments and targeted industrial markets.
From 1986 to 1998 Mr. Risher served as a director Chief Executive Officer and Preseident of Exide Electronics Group Inc. ("Exide") a global leader in the uninterruptible power supply industry. He also served as Chairman of Exide from December 1997 to July 1998. Mr. Risher has also been a director of SLI since May 2003 and a director of New Century Equity Holdings Corp. a holding company seeking to acquire a new business since October 2004. |