Tom Friedberg advises numerous technology companies, automobile salvage processors, specialty finance companies, and telecommunications service providers for more than twenty-five years at firms such as Hambrecht and Quist (now JPMorganChase Capital Markets), PiperJaffray, Tucker Anthony Sutro (now RBC Capital Markets) and Genesis Merchant Group Securities. Mr. Friedberg also served as Director of Strategic Financial Analysis and Investor Relations at US WEST NewVectorGroup, US WEST’s former publicly traded cellular and paging subsidiary (now part of Verizon Wireless) where he directed the financial aspects and analysis of all mergers and acquisitions undertaken by the Company. At NewVector, Mr. Friedberg spearheaded the efforts that resulted in US WEST having to increase its original buyout offer of the public minority shareholder interests by more than $50 million or 22%. NewVector is now an integral part of Verizon Wireless.

More recently, Mr. Friedberg served as a special strategic financial advisor to the Board of Managers of Midwest Wireless Holdings, LLC resulting in its acquisition by Alltel in October 2006 for nearly $1.1 billion. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Friedberg served on the Governor’s Commission for Science and Technology of the State of Colorado. Mr. Friedberg also has served on the Board of Directors of five public companies. He holds AB and BS degrees from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as FINRA Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.