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Mr. Friedman launched the Easton Capital Group (Easton) in 1993, with Easton Capital Corporation. In 1999, Easton Hunt Capital Partners was added to the Group. Prior to Easton, Mr. Friedman was a founder of Atrium Capital Corporation, which he helped manage from 1991-1993, and also the founder and Managing General Partner of Security Pacific Capital Investors from 1989 through 1991. Security Pacific Capital Investors was a $200-million private equity fund geared towards expansion financings and recapitalizations. Prior to joining Security Pacific, Mr. Friedman was a Managing Director and Partner at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., Inc., where he spent eight and a half years from 1981-1989. Prior thereto, he worked at Shearson Loeb Rhoades and was an attorney with Sullivan and Cromwell from 1978 through 1980. He holds a JD degree from Yale Law School and a BA degree from Yale College. Mr. Friedman currently also serves on the Boards of Conor Medsystems, Renovis, Inc., Comverse Technology, Trellis Bioscience, Assistive Technology, and ModelWire, Inc., and is on the President's Council at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Mr. Friedman has been a director of the Corporation since April 2004. | 