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Paul Zaidins serves as the Chairman and CEO of DataSpan Holdings, Inc. DataSpan is a national technology solutions provider that helps our customers accomplish more with fewer resources. Mr. Zaidins is Managing Partner and Founder of Bonefish Capital. Bonefish Capital is a Merchant Banking firm focusing on advising and investing in Middle Market companies in the Technology, Route Based Services (Document Destruction, and Records Management), Amusement, Manufacturing and Distribution industries. Previous to founding Bonefish Capital, Mr. Zaidins was the interim CEO of New London Communications. He led New London through a successful restructuring. Under Mr. Zaidins leadership, New London achieved a quarter over quarter revenue increase of over twenty percent as well as improving employee morale and key vendor relationships. Prior to New London, Mr. Zaidins led American Locker through a successful turnaround which included re-branding it as the “orange key” company. While at Locker, he successfully lobbied the US Congress as part of a coalition of key business leaders that resulted in the passage of a tax provision that resulted in a seven-figure tax refund to Locker. Mr. Zaidins was instrumental in helping American Locker support FedEx in their development of the Ship&Get™ lockers. He led the negotiations that resulted in American Locker securing a contract to provide lockers as a service at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland which included American Locker employees providing frontline support to Disney guests. Mr. Zaidins has significant middle market investment banking and independent sponsor experience as a Managing Director at Lane-Link Group and Vice-President at ECDI Capital. The principals of ECDI have subsequently rebranded the firm Valesco Industries. Mr. Zaidins started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Jeffrey Thomas is a Board Member at BookRags, TRUSTEE at Greater Spokane, and Board Member at World Adventures Unlimited Inc. He has experience at Adecco and has worked as Board Member at AMBASSADORS GROUP INC, Board Member at OFF The Beaten Path LLC, and Exec VP/CFO/Secretary at AMBASSADORS GROUP INC. Jeffrey works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Inland Northwest Council. He studied at DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

My career has involved operational, transactional, principal investment, and advisory roles with healthcare and technology companies. I am an active investor and I get involved materially with portfolio companies pre and post investment. I currently serve as a General Partner at Hawthorne Capital Management, Inc. and am currently a Board Director & Executive Chairman at Izenda, Inc., ChartRequest, and CleanData, LLC. I'm currently an Advisor to Blueprint Health, LLC and is also the Founder & Co-Chair of the Atlanta Health 2.0 Chapter. I previously supported the Board/Management of Accelarad, Inc. (acquired by Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN)) of CardioMEMS (acquired by St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ)), Fidelis SeniorCare (acquired by Centene (NYSE: CNC), Prenova (acquired by Ecova), and Navini Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO)). I was the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of WisePatient (acquired by Sharecare, Inc. in 2012), a SaaS-based patient access & care coordination platform connecting patients and providers online. Before founding WisePatient, I was a Senior Associate at Merrick Ventures, a healthcare and information technology focused venture capital firm led by Michael Ferro in Chicago, IL. While at Merrick Ventures, I supported the corporate development function of Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ:MRGE acquired by NASDAQ:IBM) focusing on mergers & acquisitions and post-merger integration. Prior to joining Merrick Ventures, I was an Associate at Arcapita Ventures, the growth stage venture capital arm of Arcapita, Inc., evaluating healthcare and information technology related investment opportunities. Prior to Arcapita, I worked in Accenture’s Health and Life Sciences Strategy Practice where he specialized in operational and information technology strategy for integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, and health plans.

Chris Michalak is a Member Board Of Directors at GlideFast Consulting, Board Member at Virgin Pulse, and Senior Advisor at H.I.G. Capital Inc. and is based in Chicago, Illinois. He has worked as Director & Chief Executive Officer at Alight Solutions, Chief Executive Officer at ALIGHT INC. DELAWARE, and Chief Executive Officer at Buck. Chris attended Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University between 1995 and 1998 and Michigan State University between 1984 and 1988.

Experienced Executive Director with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Management, International Sales, and Management. Strong business development professional with a Masters Level Diploma focused in Organizational Leadership from Oxford University - Said Business School.