Richard D. Federico

Mr. Federico has served as a director since February 2012. He has over thirty five years of operational, strategy and investment experience. Since July of 2014 Mr. Federico has been a Partner at TZP Group, a mid market, growth oriented private equity firm. In addition, from November 2012 he has been the Founder and Chairman at Cetan Partners, an investment and advisory firm. From October 2011 to November of 2012 he was Managing Director at Ocean Tomo, the leading global merchant banc specializing in intellectual capital. He spent the prior ten years as a Senior Advisor and Managing Director in private equity with Sterling Partners, where he served as an investment partner and additionally worked with a number of Sterling portfolio investments to build, capture and maximize best in class practices across the firm and instituted effective governance at the portfolio level. His background also includes senior management positions with companies including Fisher Scientific, The Millard Fillmore Health System, The Science Kit Group and KPMG. He currently is and has been involved with numerous private and non profit boards. His financial and investment experience, knowledge of capital markets and experience on other public and private company boards prepare him to give the Board his views on operational and financial matters.