Bradley Seaman has served on our board of directors since 2007. Mr. Seaman has been employed since August 1999, by Parallel49 Equity (formerly Tricor Pacific Capital), a private equity firm that makes investments in lower middle market companies in the United States and Canada. From 1999 through December 2011, Mr. Seaman was Parallel49’s Managing Director and leader of its U.S. operations, and, since January 2012, has served as its Managing Partner, responsible for leading overall firm operations, strategy, funding and investments. Prior to joining Parallel49, and from 1990 through July 1999, Mr. Seaman was employed by GE Capital Corporation where he held a number of increasingly senior positions in GE’s Transportation & Industrial Funding and Commercial Finance units, ultimately being promoted to head GE Capital’s transactions origination teams in Ohio, Michigan and Missouri. In 1994, Mr. Seaman was selected to be part of a new group that was established to focus GE Capital’s debt and equity products on the emerging private equity market, and, in that capacity, headed GE’s offices in New York and Chicago. Mr. Seaman is also a member of the board of directors of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD). Mr. Seaman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from the University of Dallas. He brings to the board a comprehensive understanding and experience in the capital markets, management experience, and both operational and corporate governance experience drawn from his involvement in the management and oversight of Parallel49’s portfolio companies.