Dave A.R. Dullum General Partner Dave has more than 25 years of professional investment management experience. Prior to joining New England Partners, he was a Managing General Partner of the Chicago-based private equity firm Frontenac Company. During his 15-year tenure at Frontenac, he was instrumental in increasing funds under management from $3 Million to over $250 Million. Dave serves as a principal in various NEP managed investment funds and as a Director of several NEP portfolio companies. While at Frontenac, he was actively involved in a number of portfolio companies including Platinum Technology, Steris Corporation, Devry Incorporated, NBI, Cadnetix, Hutchinson Technology, American Healthcorp, Genderm, Anatel Incorporated, Intelligent Systems, Newtrend, and Duffy Broadcasting. He has lectured extensively on venture capital at the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Trust. Dave holds a B.M.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.     Robert J. Hanks Managing General Partner Bob has 30 years experience in venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and in general and financial management. He has operating experience in the U.S., Latin America, and the Far East. In 1992, Bob co-founded New England Partners and serves as a principal in the various NEP managed investment funds. He also serves as a Director of several portfolio companies. Prior to founding NEP, he was President of Vista Investment Company, a private equity investment firm established by The Vista Group to invest in middle market companies. Over a 20-year period with Conrac Corporation and GTE Corporation, Bob served in various senior positions including Vice President and Group Officer, Chief Financial Officer, GTE Brazil, Vice President, GTE Communications Products and President, GTE Asia Pacific. Bob holds a B.S. in Economics from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and an M.B.A. in International Finance from Syracuse University School of Management.     John F. Rousseau, Jr. Managing General Partner John has over 30 years of experience in investment management, corporate operations and legal practice. He co-founded New England Partners in 1992 and serves as a principal of various NEP managed investment funds. He currently serves as a Director of several portfolio companies. John has held the operating positions of Senior Vice President, Homart Development (Sears), Senior Vice President, Spaulding & Slye Company and Chief Executive Officer, Associated Project Control. Prior to beginning his business career, he practiced law for fifteen years, specializing in tax, development and financing transactions with firms in New York, Geneva and in Boston where he was a Senior Partner with the law firm of Hale & Dorr. John holds a B.A. from Amherst College and an L.L.B. from Columbia Law School.     Ed Snape General Partner Over the past 30 years, Ed has been involved in the formation and management of numerous private equity firms with over $375 million under management, including The Vista Group, Cygnus Ventures (UK) and Orien Ventures, as well as several technology companies, including MPD Technology Corporation, The Liposome Company, Plant Genetics, Immunogen, and Vim Rx Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining New England Partners, Ed served as Managing General Partner of The Vista Group, Chairman of Orien Ventures, a private equity firm with Pacific Rim affiliations, and as a Director of the Cygnus Funds, two U.K.-based private equity firms focused on European investments. He also has served on the Boards of numerous successful technology and middle market companies including Emulex Corporation, The Liposome Company and Hilex Poly. He has pioneered a number of technological innovations and authored numerous technical papers on advanced materials. He holds several patents in his field. Ed holds BS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Leeds, England.     Christopher R. Young General Partner Prior to joining New England Partners, Chris was with NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. (a subsidiary of NationsBank Corporation and now BancAmerica Securities) in its Investment Banking Division. As a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, his responsibilities were in the areas of management and leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, fairness opinions, valuation analysis and corporate sales. Prior to NationsBanc Capital Markets, Chris worked for a leveraged buyout fund in Boston and was a high school lacrosse coach. While at NEP, Chris concentrates on the technology investments, due diligence, and developing new business and investment opportunities. Chris graduated with Honors from Babson College with a B.S. degree in Finance.     Todd A. Fitzpatrick Principal Todd joined New England Partners in 1998. At NEP, he concentrates on investments within the consumer and industrial space. Todd has significant experience structuring and managing leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, and has been involved in several successful turnaround situations. He has broad based experience in a variety of industries, including home décor, specialty materials/metals, lighting, pet products, and snack/food. Todd holds a B.A. from Bowdoin College, and M.B.A. and M.S.A. degrees from Northeastern University.     Thomas E. Hancock Principal Prior to joining New England Partners, Tom was a Senior Analyst and Managing Director at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, responsible for covering biopharmaceuticals and drug discovery tools. Previously, Tom was a biotech analyst at NationsBanc Montgomery; was one of the early management employees at COR Therapeutics, Inc.; and was in laboratory research and business development at Genentech, Inc. Tom holds a BS, Molecular Biology and an MBA, both from UC Berkeley.     Gillian F. Sherrington Sr. Associate Gill began her business career with National Westminster Bank in London. Over a period of 20 years with the bank, she assumed increasing levels of responsibility in various administrative, lending and management positions. In her last position with National Westminster, she managed the operations of two branch offices. Gill performs due diligence and oversees the administrative operations of the firm. Gill has a U.S. equivalent B.S. in Business Administration from Farnborough College of Technology, England.     Julie F. Paltauf Associate Julie began her business career with one of the largest, family-owned dry cleaning companies in Connecticut. She managed the day-to-day operations of this business. Her responsibilities included environmental analysis, inventory control as well as managing 20 full time employees for over 14 years. She is currently involved in conducting research for NEP as well as performing due diligence. Julie graduated with Honors from Fairfield University with a B.S. in Marketing.