John J. Quicke was appointed as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2009 and a member of the Company's Board of Directors on September 17, 2009. Mr. Quicke is a Managing Director and operating partner of Steel Partners LLC. Mr. Quicke has been associated with Steel Partners LLC and its affiliates since September 2005. Mr. Quicke has also served as a director of Rowan Companies, Inc., a contract drilling company, since January 2009. He has served as a director of ADPT Corporation since December 2007 and as the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2010. He served as a director of Angelica Corporation, a provider of health care linen management services, from August 2006 to July 2008. Mr. Quicke served as Chairman of the Board of NOVT Corporation from April 2006 to January 2008, and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NOVT Corporation from April 2006 to November 2006. Mr. Quicke also served as a director of Layne Christensen Company, a provider of products and services for the water, mineral, construction and energy markets, from October 2006 to June 2007. He served as a director of Handy & Harman Ltd. from July 2005 to December 2010. Mr. Quicke continues to serve as a Vice President of Handy & Harman Ltd., a position he has held since July 2005. He served as a director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequa Corporation, a diversified industrial company, from 1993 to March 2004, and as Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Sequa Corporation from March 2004 to March 2005. As Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Sequa Corporation, Mr. Quicke was responsible for the Automotive, Metal Coating, Specialty Chemicals, Industrial Machinery and Other Product operating segments of the company. From March 2005 to August 2005, Mr. Quicke occasionally served as a consultant to Steel Partners and explored other business opportunities. Mr. Quicke brings to the Board of Directors significant managerial experience and technical expertise, having served in senior management positions and as a director of several public companies, in addition to being a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA.
Mark Zorko Chief Financial Officer
Mark A. Zorko has served as our Chief Financial Officer from August 30, 2006. From 2000 to 2010, he was a CFO Partner at Tatum, LLC, a professional services firm where he has held CFO positions with public and private client companies. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Zorko was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer for Network Services Co., a privately held distribution company. His prior experience includes Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Comptronix Corporation, a publicly held electronic system manufacturing company, corporate controller for Zenith Data Systems Corporation, a computer manufacturing and retail electronics company, and finance manager positions with Honeywell, Inc. Mr. Zorko was a senior staff consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Zorko served in the Marine Corps. from 1970 to 1973. He is on the Board of Directors and chairman of the Audit Committee of MFRI, Inc, a publicly held company engaged in the manufacture and sale of piping systems, filtration products, industrial process cooling equipment and the installation of HVAC systems. Mr. Zorko is on the audit committee for Opportunity Int'l, a microfinance bank, and on the Finance Committee for the Alexian Brothers Health System. Mr. Zorko earned a BS degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University, an MBA from the University of Minnesota, and completed the FEI's Chief Financial Officer program at Harvard University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.