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Served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of LORD Corporation, a privately held, global innovation and manufacturing company with 3,000 employees in 26 countries. Visionary leader who led an enterprise and cultural transformation, resulting in LORD becoming a $1B revenue company in 2018. In 2019, led the sale of LORD to Parker Hannifin Corporation for $3.675B, unlocking significantly more value than expected. Recognized leader in the Aerospace, Industrial, Automotive, Noise-Vibration-Harshness and Specialty Material/Polymer/Chemical Industries.Began career at LORD in 1984 under the student Co-op Program and held numerous management and leadership positions across the company throughout career. Served in managerial positions in the Aerospace, Industrial, and Chemical Global Product Groups, including overseas assignments in France and England.Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. Graduated from the Chicago Booth Executive Institute in 2009. Served on the Aerospace Industries Association Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Association of Corporate Directors and Penn State Behrend’s Council of Fellows.

Michael Holder is a strategic financial executive with deep transactional, business development and operational skills. Mr. Holder has a demonstrated track record of creating/realizing shareholder value in the biotech, pharma, medical device and medtech industries with lower to middle-market public and private companies. Mr. Holder's performance as a senior financial and operating executive has been enhanced by diverse experiences, not only in public and private company CFO positions, but also as a CEO of a medical device company, CEO/Portfolio manager of a life sciences investment fund, and as a board member in multiple companies. I work very well with CEOs, VC/PE investors, boards, and shareholders. Mr. Holder is skilled and experienced in preparing private companies for public offerings and in creating/realizing shareholder value through M&A as a public company CFO. I also provide highly effective financial strategy, fundraising, accounting/finance, internal controls, business development, leadership, and team building. I have led initiatives in corporate strategy, product development, regulatory, product launches, sales and marketing, product/pricing, information technology enhancements, and cost reduction as well as improvement initiatives in profits, capital structure, cashflows, process, and quality. Mr. Holder has served as an active board member of public and private companies in the life sciences, healthcare, technology, medtech, cybersecurity, and SaaS industries in the roles of Chairman, non-Executive Chairman, as well as an independent board director serving as Chair of Nominating, Audit and Compensation committees. I have also served on numerous non-profit boards including as a Board of Trustee for Parish Episcopal School where he also served on the Executive Committee and as Chairman of the school's Endowment Fund. Throughout my career, Mr. Holder has transacted more than $1.5B of M&A, IPOs, private equity, venture capital, and strategic partnership related transactions. I have also run a publicly traded life sciences company with a market capitalization up to $600M, a medtech company with a $325M P&L, and a life sciences investment company with $250M of allocated capital. Mr. Holder holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. Business Degree from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Holder obtained my CPA in the State of Texas (ID 067807).