Arthur L. French

Arthur L. French has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2007. Mr. French has served in a variety of executive management and board of director roles over a forty plus year career. He began his private investment activities in January 2000 and served as a director of Fab Tech Industries, a steel fabricator, from November 2000 until August 2009, and as a director of Houston Plating and Coatings LLC, an industrial coatings company from 2002 until 2007. From September 2003 through March 2007, Mr. French was a member of the Advisory Board of Main Street Capital Partners, LLC and a limited partner of Main Street Mezzanine Fund, LP (both of which are now subsidiaries of Main Street). Mr. French served as a director of Rawson LP, an industrial distribution and maintenance services company, from May 2003 until June 2009, and has served as non-executive chairman of Rawson Holdings, LLC since March 2009.

Earlier, Mr. French was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Metals USA Inc. (NYSE), from 1996-1999, where he managed the process of founders acquisition, assembled the management team and took the company through a successful IPO in July 1997. From 1989-1996, he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Keystone International, Inc. (NYSE), a manufacturer of flow controls equipment. After serving as a helicopter pilot in the United States Army, Captain-Corps of Engineers from 1963-1966, Mr. French began his career as a Sales Engineer for Fisher Controls International, Inc., in 1966. During his 23-year career at Fisher Controls, from 1966-1989, Mr. French held various titles, and ended his career at Fisher Controls as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director. We believe Mr. French is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his executive management and leadership roles within numerous public and private companies and his experience in investing in private companies.

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