Mr. Nies has been a member of our board of directors since 2002. Mr. Nies is a Managing Director of JMH Capital LLC a private equity investment firm. From 2002 to 2005 Mr. Nies served as a principal of Sage River Partners LLC and Maplegate Holdings LLC private equity firms investing on behalf of individual investors. From 2001 to 2002 Mr. Nies worked for Parthenon Capital Inc. a private equity investment firm most recently serving as Managing Director Operations a position in which he was responsible for post-transaction performance of portfolio companies. From 1991 to 2001 Mr. Nies worked for The Parthenon Group a management consulting firm. Mr. Nies received an A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. |