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John C. Rudy. Mr. Rudy has been our independent Board Member since June 9, 2005 and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Rudy's financial and business operations career spans more than 35 years and covers a broad spectrum of industries. Since 1992, Mr. Rudy has been President of Beacon Consulting Associates, a firm of business consultants and accountants, with the objective of providing "big business" financial, marketing and business strategy skills to middle market businesses. From 1990 through 1992, he headed Coopers & Lybrand's Turnaround Services practice for the New York Metropolitan area. Prior to that, he was a Principal in a leveraged buyout firm and served as Chief Financial Officer of Plymouth Lampston Stores Corporation, a chain of women's ready-to-wear stores and a chain of hard goods variety stores. Mr. Rudy holds an MBA degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State.
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