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Malon Wilkus is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS). American Capital, with $20 billion in capital resources under management, is the only private equity fund and the largest alternative asset management company in the S&P 500. American Capital, both directly and through its global asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in private equity, leveraged finance, real estate and structured products. American Capital and its affiliates invest from $5 million to $800 million per company in North America and €5 million to €500 million per company in Europe.

Mr. Wilkus is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) formed in 2008 with capital resources of approximately $2.5 billion. American Capital Agency invests exclusively in agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S. Government-sponsored entity.

Mr. Wilkus is the Chairman of American Capital, LLC, the fund management portfolio company of American Capital, Ltd.

He has served on the board of over a dozen middle market companies in various industries.

Mr. Burge joined American Capital's Investment Committee in 2007 after serving as Partner from 1998 until 2007 at Norwest Equity Partners, a private equity fund affiliated with Wells Fargo & Co. with over $2 Billion under management. There he was responsible for all aspects of investment activities and participated on numerous boards of directors. Prior to Norwest, in 1995, he co-founded Wells Fargo Equity Capital, which was then later merged with Norwest. Before Wells Fargo Equity, he was Managing General Partner at Wedbush Capital Partners where he managed a private equity fund and oversaw investment activities. Prior to Wedbush, Mr. Burge worked in commercial banking for Wells Fargo & Co. and Security Pacific Bank where he primarily worked on providing senior debt to leveraged buyout transactions. Mr. Burge holds a B.S. in Finance from San Diego State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

John Erickson joined American Capital as Chief Financial Officer in January of 1998. He has more than 15 years of finance and accounting experience in private and public company settings.

Mr. Erickson spent nearly eight years with Storage USA, Inc. (NYSE:SUS) and its related subsidiaries. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and managed Storage USA's capitalization growth from $30 million to more than $1 billion during his tenure. Mr. Erickson negotiated and structured in excess of $750 million in public and private debt and equity offerings for Storage USA including its initial public offering. In addition to his capital raising activities, Mr. Erickson developed the business plan, structured and served as President of Storage USA Franchise Corp., a subsidiary which provides franchise services to the self-storage industry.

Gordon O'Brien joined American Capital in October 1998 as a Principal, was promoted to Managing Director in 2001 and became a member of the Investment Committee in 2002. In July 2008 he was named to his current position. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. O'Brien was Vice President at Pennington Partners & Company, a private equity firm with $90 million under management. There, Mr. O'Brien was responsible for structuring private equity investments, conducting due diligence, negotiating debt agreements and managing portfolio companies.

Prior to his tenure at Pennington Partners, Mr. O'Brien worked at Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc., a private equity firm with $700 million under management and before that at Chemical Bank in Chicago. Before joining Chemical, Mr. O'Brien was co-owner of a door manufacturing company in Australia. Mr. O'Brien has participated in various transactions in the funeral home, food service, institutional pharmacy, logistics and cable and wire industries.

Mr. O'Brien holds a graduate degree in business from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Ira Wagner re-joined American Capital in October, 1997 as a Principal and has over 20 years of experience as an investment banker and entrepreneur. Prior to re-joining American Capital, Mr. Wagner was a Senior Vice President at MONY Capital Markets, a specialty investment banking firm which arranged private financing primarily for companies in the food industry. While at MONY Capital Markets he was responsible for arranging financing in excess of $200 million for numerous companies. In May 2001 Mr. Wagner was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In July 2008 he became President, European Private Finance.

Prior to joining MONY Capital Markets, Mr. Wagner was employed by American Capital from 1986 to 1988, where he was responsible for the successful employee buyout of North Coast Brass.

Prior to earning his M.B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985, Mr. Wagner was the co-founder of a business which distributed imported auto parts in western New England from 1975 through 1982.

Samuel A. Flax joined American Capital in January, 2005, as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He also serves as the company's corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Flax was a senior partner in the corporate and securities practice group of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP. At Arnold & Porter, Mr. Flax was American Capital's principal external counsel since before the company's 1997 initial public offering. As outside counsel, Mr. Flax represented American Capital in raising more than $4.5 billion in debt and equity capital, advised the company on corporate, securities and other legal matters and represented the company in many of its investment transactions. At Arnold & Porter, Mr. Flax also represented a variety of other clients in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings of sovereign and other debt, real estate investments and bankruptcy matters.

Mr. Flax joined Arnold & Porter in 1985 and became a partner in 1990. He is a graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and received his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. Following graduation from law school, he was a law clerk for the Hon. H. Emory Widener, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Rich Konzmann joined American Capital in September 2002 as the Controller. In January 2006, Mr. Konzmann was promoted to Senior Vice President, Accounting and Reporting. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Konzmann was the Vice President of Corporate Accounting for Crestline Capital Corporation, a publicly-traded company with over $4 billion of revenues engaged in the business of owning, leasing and managing hotels and senior living communities from December 1998 to August 2002. Prior to joining Crestline Capital, Mr. Konzmann was with Host Marriott Corporation, a publicly-traded hotel real estate company with over $7 billion in assets. Mr. Konzmann served in various roles with Host Marriott in corporate accounting and asset management from November 1993 to December 1998. Prior to joining Host Marriott, Mr. Konzmann was with the accounting firm Deloitte.

Mr. Konzmann received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Tom McHale joined American Capital in December 1998. Prior to joining American Capital, he served as Controller of Silver Diner, Inc., a publicly traded restaurant company. Tom began his career as an auditor with Price Waterhouse working with financial institutions and technology companies.

Mr. McHale received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and Management from Georgetown University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Justin Cressall is Vice President of Equity Capital Markets of American Capital and is responsible for raising both public and private equity for American Capital.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Cressall was most recently Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Platinum Underwriters, a publicly traded reinsurance company.  Prior to Platinum, Mr. Cressall worked as a Director in the Transaction Services division of KPMG LLP where he focused on financial services.

Mr. Cressall received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University. Mr. Cressall is a Chartered Accountant.

Jim Griffin joined American Capital, Ltd. in 2007 as Vice President of Private Capital Fundraising. Jim possesses thirteen years of private equity fundraising experience and founded a private equity placement firm. Prior to joining American Capital, Jim was the Managing Director and Founder of The Sulgrave Group. He has also worked as Managing Director at Questor Management Company, Principal at Veritas Capital, Founding Partner of Alignment Capital Partners and Vice President at The Carlyle Group.

Jim holds a Master of Business Administration from the Babcock Graduate School of Business at Wake Forest University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the College of William & Mary.

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Vice President Profile, Debt Capital Markets

Mr. Hooker joined American Capital in January 2006 as Vice President of Debt Capital Markets, where his responsibilities include the structuring and raising of debt for American Capital and its managed funds, asset/liability management, and management of global banking relationships.  Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Hooker served as Vice President over the Capital Markets and Financial Risk Management Group at Marriott, where he created and led its timeshare asset-backed securities program, generating $100 million in earnings per year for the public company.  While at Marriott, his group securitized over $2 billion of timeshare notes.  Prior to that, he was the Senior Treasury Manager for CNL American Properties Fund, where he structured lease securitization vehicles, and ran the hedging program and corporate cash management.  While at CNL Mr. Hooker was also instrumental in creating its inaugural franchise finance securitization and follow-on issuances of approximately $800 million.  Prior to CNL, Mr. Hooker worked for SunTrust Bank and AmSouth Bank, managing large corporate and middle market credits. 

Mr. Hooker graduated magna cum laude from Florida State University with a BS in Finance, and graduated with honors with an MBA from The Crummer School of Business at Rollins College.

Michael Sarner joined American Capital in October 2000 as a Financial Analyst. He was promoted to Treasury Manager in 2002 and has since been promoted to Director in 2004. Prior to joining American Capital, he served as Senior Analyst for Diveo Broadband Networks, Inc., a Washington, DC based communications and Internet Infrastructure provider. His primary duties included analysis of the Latin American markets and capital raises. Mr. Sarner also worked at Healthcare Financial Partners performing and managing due diligence and monitoring portfolio company performance. Michael began his career as an auditor with Keller Bruner & Company auditing and consulting financial institutions and government contractors

Mr. Sarner received his Master of Business Administration from George Washington University and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from James Madison University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Amanda Cuthbertson joined American Capital in 2004, as Investor Relations Manager. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Cuthbertson was a Director with the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, DC, a leading provider of best practices research and analysis focusing on corporate strategy, operations and general management issues. Previously, Ms. Cuthbertson worked in Investor Relations for a regional mall REIT in Arlington, VA. Ms. Cuthbertson began her career with Legg Mason in investment banking, where she focused on public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as merger and acquisition advisory services for clients in the financial services and financial technology industries.

Ms. Cuthbertson is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Pete Deoudes is Director of Equity Capital Markets of American Capital and is responsible for the institutional investor base of American Capital. Prior to joining American Capital, Pete was a Vice President at Capital One for the past 12 years in a variety of Finance positions, including two years as Director of Investor Relations. Prior to Capital One, Pete worked as an Auditor at Price Waterhouse in Washington, D.C.

Pete received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Delaware in May 1990. He is a non-practicing certified public accountant and a member of the A.I.C.P.A.

David Malcarney joined American Capital as a financial analyst in 2004. Mr. Malcarney was promoted to Director of Equity Capital Markets in 2007 and focuses on structuring and raising equity for new business initiatives. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Malcarney was a financial analyst with ZweigWhite & Associates in Washington, DC, a leading provider of management consulting and financial advisory services to middle market firms in the engineering and construction industries.

Mr. Malcarney is a graduate of Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Mr. Beam joined American Capital in October 2001 as Director of Financial Due Diligence, Valuations and Portfolio Monitoring (FACT Group) in the Bethesda office. He has more than 18 years of due diligence, finance and accounting experience. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Beam was the Chief Financial Officer of a venture-backed specialty finance company. Mr. Beam was also the co-founder and executive vice president of a due diligence subsidiary of the healthcare division of Heller Financial, Inc. (formerly Healthcare Financial Partners). While at Heller, he built a team of more than 30 Certified Public Accountants and other finance professionals to perform all accounting and financial due diligence engagements, both pre-loan and recurring engagements, on behalf of Heller's healthcare division. He has supervised, managed and participated in over 400 due diligence engagements throughout his career. Mr. Beam's other experience was partner and founder of a local consulting and accounting firm; he has also worked for several public accounting firms in both the audit and tax departments, including the Washington, DC branch of a former national accounting firm.

Mr. Beam holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Valuation Analyst and Certified Public Accountant.

Rob Carraway joined American Capital in May of 2005 as a Senior Manager in the Bethesda office. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Carraway spent a year at Public Company Oversight Board. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager in Ernst & Young's Transaction Group.

Mr. Carraway received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Auburn University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Rustey Emmet joined American Capital in January of 2002 as an Analyst.  Mr. Emmet has been promoted throughout his career at American Capital from Analyst to Vice President.  He currently manages deal team offices in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia and has over 15 staff members within his team.  Prior to coming to American Capital, Mr. Emmet was a CFO for Talke Incorporated and an Auditor with Watkins, Meegan, Drury.

Mr. Emmet holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware.

Thomas Evans joined American Capital in March of 2005 as a Senior Manager in the Bethesda office. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Evans worked at Deloitte & Touche in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania since November of 2002. Mr. Evans holds an MBA from the University of Rochester.

Mr. Meretta joined American Capital in February 2007 and leads the IT Diligence & Consulting team. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Meretta was the Vice President and CIO for a $1 billion distribution and retail business in New England. Previously, Mr. Meretta spent 11 years at Deloitte Consulting, where he led global IT strategy and performance improvement projects in automotive, industrial and consumer business. Mr. Meretta holds certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMP) and APICS, The Association for Operations Management (CPIM).

Mr. Meretta received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

Attila Freska originally joined American Capital as a consultant in 2002 and later became Director of International Business Development, supporting American Capital’s international initiatives.  From 2004-2007, he served as the Regional Director for Asia developing American Capital’s strategic plan for the Asian marketplace.  Currently, as the Director of Emerging Markets, Dr. Freska coordinates marketing and business expansions into developing markets.

Prior to joining American Capital, Dr. Freska worked with the Management Consulting arm of Deloitte & Touche in the Silicon Valley, facilitating significant private placements, debt financings, and pre-IPO planning for clients primarily in the technology sector.  Earlier, Dr. Freska worked in senior financial management positions, primarily in Europe for a number of multinational corporations, including Johnson & Johnson and Owens-Illinois, leading international start-up and M&A activities.

Dr. Freska holds a Ph.D. in International Business from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences, MBA in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and BA in International Relations from California State University Long Beach.  He is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

David Steinglass joined American Capital in September 1997 and is the longest-tenured investment professional in the firm. Mr. Steinglass became a member of the investment committee in 2004. Beginning in 2006, he has also shared responsibility for American Capital's private fundraising activities and in that capacity was instrumental in raising $1.6 billion for American Capital Equity I and II. Now based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for all American Capital activities in Asia, including capital raising, portfolio company expansion and investment operations.

As the Managing Director responsible for the Bethesda-based investment team, Mr. Steinglass led 16 transactions from 2000-2005, deploying $600 million in capital.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Steinglass was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Leonard B. Sand in the Southern District of New York. He holds an A.B, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and a J.D, magna cum laude, from New York University Law School.

Kimberly Robinson-Corbin joined American Capital in 2004 as Vice President, Assistant to the COO. Ms. Robinson-Corbin has more than 12 years of leveraged cash flow and asset-based finance experience, focusing on middle market private equity groups and corporations. Her responsibilities at American Capital are focused on the continued advancement of the operating procedures, policies and infrastructure in support of the Investment Committee and various functional groups within the company.

Before joining American Capital, Ms. Robinson-Corbin worked at General Electric Commercial Finance Inc., where she was responsible for managing relationships with and originating or underwriting in excess of $1.2 billion in deal flow from middle-market private equity sponsors with funds ranging from $100 million to $1 billion. Prior to General Electric, Ms. Robinson-Corbin worked at Fieldstone Private Capital Group and Bankers Trust, where she was a member of deal teams which completed leveraged senior financings and private placements with an aggregate value of over $1 billion.

Ms. Robinson-Corbin is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Harvard Business School.

Erin Soule joined American Capital in November of 2001.  Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Soule was a Manager of Global Development with Universal Incorporated and a Senior Associate with Price-Waterhouse Cooper.

Ms. Soule has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the College of New Jersey.

Melissa L. Dulski joined American Capital in 2007 as Assistant General Counsel responsible for handling litigation and labor and employment matters. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Dulski was a Counsel in the Labor and Employment section of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP in Washington, DC, where her practice focused on complex employment litigation and advising clients on various employment-related matters. Ms. Dulski also is an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School, teaching courses in Legal Research and Writing and Introduction to Oral Advocacy.

Ms. Dulski received her J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School, where she served as managing editor of the Environmental Lawyer, and received her B.A., cum laude, in Philosophy from The Florida State University. Ms. Dulski is a member of the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New York Bars.

Cydonii Fairfax joined American Capital in 2003 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Fairfax was a member of the Corporate & Securities and Private Equity practice groups of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused on structured finance and secured lending transactions, private equity and debt financings, and securities offerings. She also advised clients regarding corporate governance issues and federal securities law matters. Ms. Fairfax previously served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Inez Smith Reid on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and worked at JP Morgan & Co., Inc.

Ms. Fairfax is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was an Editor of the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park with a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance.

Heather French joined American Capital in 2004 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel responsible for handling litigation and labor and employment matters. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. French was a Counsel in the Labor and Employment Section of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia, where her practice focused on complex litigation involving a myriad of statutory, common law and contractual claims. She also advised companies on a wide range of labor and employment compliance and training issues, assisted companies implementing reductions in force, consulted with companies on labor and employment and litigation issues involved in mergers and acquisitions, and negotiated employment contracts and severance agreements.

Ms. French received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and a member of the Georgetown Moot Court Team. Ms. French is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars.

Nicholas Gugliuzza joined American Capital in 2008 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Gugliuzza was an Associate in the corporate practice group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York, NY, where his practice focused on buyouts, private equity transactions and general corporate matters.

Mr. Gugliuzza received his J.D. with honors from Fordham University School of Law, and his A.B in Genetics from Dartmouth College. Mr. Gugliuzza is a member of the New York Bar.

Joel Gulick joined American Capital in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel responsible for executive compensation matters. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Gulick was an Associate in the Tax Group of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused primarily on transactional employee benefits matters. He also advised clients regarding certain tax-qualified plan matters.

Mr. Gulick received his J.D. with High Honors from the George Washington University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. He received his B.A., cum laude, in History from Gettysburg College. Mr. Gulick is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.

Danièle Jean-Pierre joined American Capital in 2006 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Jean-Pierre practiced in the banking group of Latham & Watkins LLP in Washington, DC, New York, NY and Paris, France where her practice focused on the arrangement and syndication of secured credit facilities and general corporate matters.

Ms. Jean-Pierre received her J.D. from Harvard Law School where she was the recipient of the Reginald F. Lewis Scholarship. She received her M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University and her B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University. Ms. Jean-Pierre is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars.

Joshua Lefkowitz joined American Capital in 2006 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Lefkowitz was an associate in the Financial Restructuring practice group of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York City, where his practice focused on representing official and unofficial committees of creditors and secured lenders in Chapter 11 proceedings, workouts and restructurings. Mr. Lefkowitz also represented hedge funds and private equity firms who made investments in or acquired assets from troubled companies, both outside and within Chapter 11 proceedings.

Mr. Lefkowitz graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Mr. Lefkowitz received his Bachelor of Arts in History, from the University of Rochester.

Michael Messersmith joined American Capital in 2005. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Messersmith practiced in the corporate group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C. where his practice focused on private equity, public and private mergers & acquisitions, secured lending, securities, fund formation and counseling to corporate clients regarding corporate governance and general corporate matters. Prior to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Mr. Messersmith was an associate in the corporate department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City where he practiced acquisition finance, commercial banking/syndicated lending, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance (equity and high-yield bond issuances). Mr. Messersmith is also an adjunct professor in corporate transactional law at George Washington Law School.

Mr. Messersmith received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and a Law Fellow. He received his A.M. from Harvard University where he was a Teaching Fellow and his A.B. in Classical Languages and French from the College of Charleston. He also studied classical languages and Sanskrit at the Université de Lille in Lille, France. Mr. Messersmith is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars.

Angela Patterson joined American Capital in 2004 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Patterson was an Associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused on structured finance and secured lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions, federal securities laws and corporate governance issues.

Ms. Patterson received her J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Lead Articles Editor of The Tax Lawyer, and her B.A., with honors in Economics from the University of Puget Sound. Ms. Patterson is a member of the California and District of Columbia Bars.

Jonathan Pisha joined American Capital in 2008 as Legal Counsel, Deal Origination. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Pisha was an associate with Hogan & Hartson LLP in Washington, D.C. where his practice focused on public and private mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate finance. Prior to Hogan & Hartson LLP, Mr. Pisha was an associate with Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York City where he practiced in the areas of mergers & acquisitions and leveraged finance (concentrating on syndicated lending and high-yield debt).

Mr. Pisha received his J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of the George Washington International Law Review, and received his B.A. in Environmental Policy from The University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Pisha is a member of the District of Columbia and New York Bars.

Ken Pollack joined American Capital in 2004 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Pollack was a member of the Corporate & Securities and Real Estate practice groups of Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., and McLean, Virginia, where his practice focused on public and private mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, private equity and secured lending transactions in a variety of business sectors. He also advised clients regarding corporate governance issues and regulatory compliance matters.

Mr. Pollack graduated from Vanderbilt Law School, where he is a member of Order of the Coif, and where he served as Special Projects Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Mr. Pollack received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, cum laude, from Tufts University.

Kasey Reisman joined American Capital in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Reisman was an Associate in the Financial Services group of Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused on counseling registered investment companies in regulatory and compliance matters and assisting with the formation and management of open- and closed-end funds.

Ms. Reisman received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and her Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Ms. Reisman is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars.

Julie Southfield joined American Capital in 2006 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Southfield was an Associate in the London and Washington D.C. offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where her practice focused on capital markets and structured finance transactions, as well as U.S. financial institutions regulatory matters.

Ms. Southfield received her J.D., with highest honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review, and an M.S. and B.A. in Anthropology from Purdue University. Ms. Southfield is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and an inactive member of the Virginia Bar.

Lionel Ferguson joined American Capital in 2003 as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to American Capital, Mr. Ferguson was the Head of Human Resources for the Fixed Income Business at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Ferguson spent the majority of his career at the General Electric Company. The preponderance of Mr. Ferguson's experience at General Electric was in GE Capital's deal businesses as a Managing Director - Human Resources, Structure Finance, Managing Director - Human Resources, Commercial Finance and Vice President - Human Resource, Equity Capital. In these positions Mr. Ferguson was responsible for all Global Human Resources in these businesses and their portfolio/wholly owned companies.

While at the General Electric Company, Mr Ferguson held Human Resource leadership roles in the Transportation and Industrial Financing, Retailer Financial Services, Government Electronic Systems, Underseas Systems, Military Electronic Systems and Consumer Electronics businesses.

Mr. Ferguson holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychobiology and History from Hamilton College and a Master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin.

Robert J. Bogart joined American Capital in February 2007 as Vice President of Human Resources with global responsibility for Portfolio Operations, including Technology Investing, Special Situations, Distressed Debt (buy side hedge fund), Restructuring and Operations. Mr. Bogart also oversees the HR Advisory Services Group, an internal consultancy to improve the operating infrastructure and performance of American Capital portfolio companies.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Bogart served as a Presidential appointee in the U.S. Government. During his tenure in government Mr. Bogart served as the Chief Investment Officer for a $350 million annual public sector venture capital fund and worked with Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and the Council on Competitiveness on innovation and competitiveness initiatives. Mr. Bogart also testified in front of the United States Senate and contributed to Manufacturing in America, a comprehensive strategy to address the challenges to U.S. manufacturers published by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans. He also served at the U.S. Department of State as a Senior Advisor for coordinating resource spending across government agencies to properly reflect the administration's foreign policy priorities.

Prior to his work with the Administration, Mr. Bogart served as the Human Resources Chief at Gap Inc. Direct and in HR leadership positions at General Electric, where helped to lead the turnaround of the GE Power Systems Sales business in Canada. Mr. Bogart also held management positions at Sears, Roebuck & Company and M&T Bank and began his professional career at Mobil Oil Corporation. He current serves on the Council on Competitiveness Innovation Strategy Council.

Mr. Bogart is a graduate of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and has an MBA from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business with concentrations in Finance, Strategic Management, Marketing Management and Statistics.

Frank Burdine joined American Capital's Human Resources department as a Vice President in January of 2007. Mr. Burdine leads all Human Resources activities for the company's COO and the United States buyout, sponsor finance, CDO/CLO, business development and syndication business units.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Burdine was Executive Vice President – Human Resources and Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer at GMAC Commercial Finance. In these two positions, he had global responsibility for human resources, marketing and communications, facilities and disaster recovery/business continuity. He also served as Vice President for Personnel and Student Services and Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Robert Morris University; Director of Human Resources and Administration – Michigan Practice and Regional Recruitment Coordinator at Deloitte & Touche; Director of Professional Employment Services at The Ohio State University and Director of the Gerstacker Professional Management Program and Dean of Students at Albion College.

Mr. Burdine holds a Bachelor's degree from Albion College and a Master's degree from Wayne State University.

Lauren Fitzgerald joined American Capital in September 2007 as Vice President, Human Resources. In this position she is responsible for leading all Human Resources activities as a business partner for our Corporate Groups—specifically, her clients include the FACT, Legal, Finance and Treasury, Information Technology, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Real Estate, Financial Services, Fund Financing and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities groups.

Most recently, Lauren was the Senior Director of Human Resources for CoStar Group, Inc., a publicly traded commercial real estate information company, for nearly eight years. She led the overall HR strategy including talent management, employee rewards and employee relations matters, while overseeing its growth in both the US and abroad.

Prior to that role, Lauren was a Senior Manager of Human Resources for Pepsi-Cola Company’s Mid-Atlantic region. She also was selected as Pepsi’s National Project Manger for Affirmative Action Compliance and appointed Human Resources liaison to Job Corps, a vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. She has also served as the head of Human Resources and other HR roles at Morton’s Restaurant Group, where she created the infrastructure of the Human Resources Department amid nationwide expansion.

Lauren began her professional HR career at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Commerce degrees with concentrations in Human Resources from DePaul University in Chicago.

Doug Lwin joined American Capital’s Human Resources team in October of 2006. He is responsible for global compensation, benefits and HR technology. Most recently prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Lwin was at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (FBR) for several years in a similar role. Mr. Lwin also worked for NASD and Nasdaq Stock Market for approximately 12 years. There, Mr. Lwin held senior Human Resources positions where he was responsible for compensation, HR information systems, and their expatriate program.

Over the years, Mr. Lwin has been involved with a number of national and local professional organizations. He is the past two-term president of the Washington Area Compensation and Benefits Association (WACABA) and currently the Vice President of Surveys. He is also on the Board of the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area (HRA-NCA) where he oversees the annual compensation survey and the benefits survey.

Mr. Lwin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and has and MBA from Johns Hopkins University. He is also a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and a Certified Benefits Professional (CBP).

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Managing Director Profile, Buyout Investment Team

Mr. Isaacson joined American Capital as a Principal in 2002 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2005. He is a rotating member of the firm’s Investment Committee and leads the Mid-Atlantic and New England buyout coverage practice.

Jon was previously with Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington D.C. based private equity firm where he worked as a Managing Director focusing on outsourced business services investments and was a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Mr. Isaacson joined Thayer from GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity firm. Previous to GTCR, Mr. Isaacson was a Financial Analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co. and a Management Consultant for McKinsey & Co.

Jon has extensive experience and expertise investing in business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology services, installed base software, distribution and logistics, transaction processing, healthcare services, education and training and marketing services companies.

Previously, he has served on the Board of Directors for Vigilinx, Inc., Primary Multicraft, Inc., RoadRunner Freight Systems, Montana Silversmiths, Inc., Renaissance Interactive and Western Wats, Inc. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors for Affordable Care, Inc., Marina Medical Billing Service, Inc., Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc., Contec, LLC, and Astrodyne Corporation. He is also an observer on the Board of Directors for Compusearch Software Systems, Inc. and RoadRunner Freight Systems and formerly was an observer at WIL Research Laboratories and Beacon Hospice.

Mr. Isaacson received his Master of Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Sean Eagle joined American Capital, Ltd. in April 2001 in the Bethesda, MD office. He began his career as an audit associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Deloitte & Touche, focusing on the financial services industry. He subsequently joined ePlus, a provider of Internet-based, business-to-business supply chain management solutions, as a business analyst. Upon graduating from business school, Mr. Eagle worked as an associate in the Financial Institutions Group of Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Eagle received an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with distinction, from the McIntire School of the University of Virginia.

Eugene Krichevsky joined American Capital in May 2003 as an Associate in the Bethesda office. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Krichevsky was an Associate at Willis Stein & Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with approximately $3 billion of capital under management. Mr. Krichevsky began his career in the Investment Banking Division at BT Alex. Brown, where he focused on consumer and business services clients.

Mr. Krichevsky received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He received a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of the University of Virginia.

Sean Reid joined American Capital in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Reid was an Associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on structured finance and secured lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance issues.

Mr. Reid received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor of the Virginia Law Review, and his B.B.A. in Accounting from The College of William and Mary. Mr. Reid is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars.

Justin DuFour joined American Capital in 2001 and is currently a Vice President in the Washington D.C. office. Prior to joining the Washington D.C. Buyouts team, Mr. DuFour worked directly for the firm’s Investment Committee, evaluating investment opportunities and managing the firm’s due diligence process. He began his tenure with American Capital as a Senior Manager for the Financial Analysis and Compliance Team (FACT). Mr. DuFour started his career with the Washington D.C. office of KPMG LLP. He received a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. DuFour currently serves as an observer on the Board of Directors for Financial Asset Management Systems, Inc., Contec, LLC, Affordable Care, Inc., PaR Systems, Inc., triVIN, Inc., and WRH Holdings, Inc.

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Managing Director Profile, Financial Services Group

Bob Grunewald joined American Capital in April 2006 as Managing Director of the Financial Services Group. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Grunewald had been Managing Director at Wachovia Securities, where he founded and led the Specialty Finance Investment Banking practice. Before joining Wachovia Securities, Mr. Grunewald headed the Specialty Finance Mergers and Acquisitions practice at NationsBank Securities. Mr. Grunewald’s financing, structuring and advisory experience encompasses the commercial and consumer finance industries as well as the insurance and asset management sectors. He has worked in the Financial Services industry for over 15 years completing numerous mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity raises and structured financings.

Mr. Grunewald holds a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.

Jason joined American Capital in March of 2007. Previously, he was a Vice President in Merrill Lynch’s Global Structured Finance and Investments group in New York. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Jason held various finance and capital market positions at Eloan.com and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation and was an officer in the Army.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Indiana University with an emphasis in Finance. Jason is a CFA charterholder.

Joel Houck joined American Capital in 2007 as Managing Director of Fund Financing. Prior to American Capital, Joel was a senior equity analyst at Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, covering companies in the specialty finance sector. Joel has also worked for A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. as a senior equity analyst, where he established research coverage of the specialty finance sector. He came to A.G. Edwards after six years in the commercial banking industry, when he worked as a credit and commercial loan officer for NationsBank Corp. (formerly Boatmen’s Bancshares) and PNC Bank Corp. Mr. Houck was recognized six times in the annual Wall Street Journal poll "Best on the Street" published in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He was also ranked the number 1 stock picker in his sector in both 2000 and 2001.

Joel is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a B.S. in mathematics and statistics and an M.B.A. in finance from Miami University in Oxford, OH.

Doug Cooper joined American Capital in 2005 as Managing Director of the Commercial Mortgage Asset Management Group. Mr. Cooper had been Managing Director at Allied Capital Corporation, where he was involved in all aspects of the companys Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities investment program, including bond investment selection, real estate due diligence, structuring, securitization and surveillance. Mr. Cooper has spent his career in the commercial real estate mortgage business, including nine years of direct CMBS due diligence and surveillance experience and has been involved in the investment decisions of over 60 CMBS transactions totaling over $100 billion in underlying loans.

Chris McCormack joined American Capital in May of 2006 as an Associate in the Real Estate Group and was promoted to Vice President in 2007.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. McCormack worked as a Securitization Associate with JP Morgan with responsibilities for bringing Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities to market. Mr. McCormack obtained a BS in Business Administration from Towson University and an MBA from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Chris is a CFA charterholder.

Bob Neighoff joined American Capital in 2005 as a Vice President of the Commercial Mortgage Asset Management Group and was promoted to Principal in 2007.

Mr. Neighoff had been a Vice President at RBS Greenwich Capital, where he was involved all aspects of the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities trading desk, including trading of below investment grade securities, B-notes, and mezzanine debt, distribution of new issue CMBS transactions, and trading and hedging of CMBS in the secondary market. From 2000 to 20001, Bob was an equities trader at Deutsche Bank. From 1997 to 2001, Bob was with Rain Wine Real Estate Group, a commercial real estate due diligence firm. Bob managed a team of 4 underwriters that underwrote more than $900 million in commercial mortgage originations for Wall Street conduits.

Evan Kurtz joined American Capital in May of 2006 as an Associate in the Real Estate Group and was promoted to Vice President in 2007.

Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Kurtz was an Associate Director at KPMG within their Structured Finance group where he worked on numerous Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) and Asset Backed Securities (ABS) issuances. Mr. Kurtz began his career at the CoStar Group where he was a real estate Research Analyst. 

Mr. Kurtz holds a BA in Economics from Williams College.

James Shevlin joined American Capital in 2006 as Principal of the Commercial Mortgage Asset Management Group where he manages all aspects of the company's CMBS program including deal selection, due diligence, documentation, and structuring.

Mr. Shevlin was previously employed as a Director with CWCapital Investments Inc., where he was responsible for secondary market trades. From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Shevlin had been Principal at Allied Capital Corporation, involved in the company’s CMBS investment program, originated and purchased loans, and was responsible for the post closing consents. Prior to joining Allied Capital, Mr. Shevlin served as an audit specialist with the Resolution Trust Corporation and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and as a systems auditor with the Internal Revenue Service.

Diana Stewart joined American Capital in 2007 as Vice President of the Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Surveillance Group. 

Prior to joining American Capital, Ms. Stewart was a Vice President at Wachovia Securities in the CMBS Portfolio Management Group, and CRIIMI MAE Services before that.  Ms. Stewart has spent nine years of her career involved in direct CMBS surveillance working with performing and non performing loans, and REO properties.

Bret Bero joined American Capital, Ltd. in 2007 as a Vice President on the Operations Team. Bret currently serves on the boards of Resort Funding and Core Business Credit.

Prior to joining American Capital, Bret was the President, North America for Drake Beam Morin (DBM), a leading global provider of career transition services. Bret was recruited to lead the turnaround of DBM’s North American business that generated over $75 Million in revenues from its 80 offices and 950 employees. DBM North America was able to significantly increase its profit margin by establishing enhanced management control systems and new service delivery processes. DBM also was able to acquire new customers by instituting sales management processes and developing industry segmented marketing strategies. Prior to DBM, Bret and a partner founded ECHO Industries, Inc. to acquire the assets of a metal forming manufacturing company in a leverage buy-out.

Bret has over 17 years of increasing leadership roles in world class consulting firms. As a Partner at Accenture, he was the operations lead for the Human Performance service line, and developed the Organization Strategy service offering. Bret was a Vice President and led multi-discipline project teams in addressing Business Process Reengineering, business strategy, and organization change issues for clients in the Diversified Industries/Diversified Services industry group at Gemini Consulting. While he was with Price Waterhouse, Bret addressed client cost management and financial effectiveness issues. His clients have included firms such as Marriott, Highmark BlueCross/BlueShield of Western PA, Ferguson Enterprises, Bausch & Lomb, National Services Industries, Lanier, Oldsmobile, Tupperware, Harry & David, KeyCorp, New York Life, and International Thomson.

Bret began his professional career as a manufacturing cost analyst with Digital Equipment Corporation. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an AB in Economics and Political Science from Middlebury College. Bret resides in Carlisle, Massachusetts.

Bob Brooks came to American Capital from Handy and Harman, a $500MM subsidiary of WHX Corporation, in May 2004. While at H&H, Bob served as a Corporate Officer and Group Vice President for several of the Company’s divisions, including their Precious Metal Fabrication Group, Speciality Wire Group, and Continental Industries Business Group. He also served as VP of Strategy and Development for the Company.

Prior to WHX, Bob was a Corporate Officer and VP Manufacturing for General Signal Corporation, a $2.2B diversified industrial products company. He was responsible for operational due diligence and integration of the corporation's "bolt on" acquisition program, as well as for corporate-wide productivity and continuous improvement. Before the GSX corporate role, Bob served in GM, and SVP roles in multiple strategic business units where he was directly responsible for Operations, R&D, Global Supply Chain Operations (PRC, India, Eastern Europe and Mexico), and SBU and Group P&L performance. Prior to joining GSX, Bob worked for Union Carbide Corporation. He also served with the US Army Corp. of Engineers.

Bob received his BS degree from the University of Maine and lives in the small costal community of Stockton Springs, Maine.

Harry Davoody joined American Capital in April 2007 as a Principal on the Operations Team responsible for the Technology Portfolio.

Prior to joining American Capital, Harry was the Founding CEO of the high-tech start-up LedEngin, Inc. which addressed the global market for LED Solid-State Lighting components and modules. He built the organization and managed the business strategy, new product development, IP creation & protection, marketing, operations, and third-party manufacturing in Asia. Prior to LedEngin, Harry served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Multi Service Access Division of Mindspeed Technologies. His division developed digital signal processors with embedded software for Voice-over-IP telecommunication applications. Prior to Mindspeed, he held the position of President & CEO of ST Assembly Test Services in Singapore where he was responsible for leading state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Singapore and China. Prior to STAT, he worked at Texas Instruments, Inc. for two decades. Harry started his career at Texas Instruments Semiconductor Group in 1980 and held various positions with increasing levels of responsibility in engineering, marketing, global operations, business strategy, product management, and as senior executive. He led three global divisions of Texas Instruments as Vice President & General Manager and was responsible for an annual full P/L of USD $1B.

Harry holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington, a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and an MBA with specialization in Engineering Management from University of Dallas.

Mike joined American Capital in November 2007. Previously Mike was an Operations Executive for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, where he provided executive level due diligence for the aerospace, consumer electronics, telecommunications, semiconductors, photo imaging, roofing and packaging industries. At Cerberus, he developed and initiated a company-wide “accelerated results and rapid turn-around” program for its portfolio companies. Additionally, Mike was President/COO of Suntron Corporation where he drove the turn-around and returned the company to profitability with leading industry ROIC. As part of the senior management team at Sony’s Rear Projection and Direct TV Businesses, representing over $1.2 Billion in revenues, Mike increased market share by 103%, drove net income up 181% and revenues by 108%.

Mike received his BSEET degree from the DeVry Institute of Technology. Mike is also a Six Sigma Champion and Black Belt as well as completed an Executive Lean manufacturing program. Mike