Corporate Board of Directors

John S. Shegerian

John S. Shegerian John S. Shegerian is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Recyclers International™. Established in 2002, Electronic Recyclers International™ is an Electronic Waste collector and recycler, specializing in the environmentally safe and socially responsible dismantling of CRTs. Electronic Recyclers International™ is recognized as the Number One Electronic Waste Recycler in the state of California and one of the largest in North America.

Shegerian serves on the Fundraising Committee and as an Ambassador of Education at California State University at Fresno. Shegerian also serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Fresno.

Shegerian is a cum laude graduate of New York University and also, at 17, was the youngest harness racer to set a World Record for the fastest 5/8-mile dash on a 5/8-mile track.

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Dann V. Angeloff

Dann V. Angeloff As President and founder of the Angeloff Company since 1976, Dann Angeloff advises top management of medium-sized public and private growth companies in the areas of public and private finance, merger / acquisitions, investment banking and investor relations. He also provides financial advisory services including valuations, fairness opinions and expert witness testimony.

He currently serves on several boards of directors including: Bjurman Barry Funds, Nicholas/Applegate Growth Equity Fund, Public Storage, Inc, (New York Stock Exchange), Ready Pac Foods and SoftBrands, Inc. (American Stock Exchange). He is Chairman Emeritus and Past President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

He is a director of Marshall Leaders, an affiliate of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (U.S.C.), where he received his B.S. and MBA degrees. He is a former U.S.C. Trustee and a past President of the Alumni Association.

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Keith D. Bronstein

Keith D. Bronstein Keith D. Bronstein is President of Tradelink LLC, a trading and investment management firm based in Chicago with offices in London and Honolulu. He has served as chairman of the Board for SLIL Biomedical and served on the Board of American Ecology Corporation.

Bronstein did his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in Economic History and his graduate work at The University of Chicago. In 1971, he joined the Chicago Board of Trade. He served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade from 1977 – 1980. He was a Governor of the Chicago Board of Trade Clearing Corporation from 1980 – 1984.

Bronstein has been a member of The Chicago Options Exchange, The International Monetary Market of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Comex Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. He is also a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange and the Chicago Sulfur Futures Exchange and has lectured on a number of occasions at the Kellog School of Business Management at Northwestern University. He has also given presentations at the GRANTS conference in New York.

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Matthew McGovern

Matthew McGovern Matthew McGovern is a Managing Director of SBI Group, an investment banking and asset management firm. He has been an officer of the SBI GROUP since June of 2001. In this role, he oversees the management of investment banking, principal trading and asset allocation.

Before joining SBI Group, McGovern was a member of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's private equity arm, the New Ventures Group. In this role, he was involved in the deployment of firm capital, structuring of corporate investments and market research.

McGovern holds a master's degree in Organizational Behavior and a doctorate in Organizational Development from the College of Organizational Studies at CSPP. McGovern received his BS from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.

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Alexander Ruckdäschel

Alexander Ruckdäschel Alexander Ruckdäschel is a venture capitalist and co-founder of Pulse-AG, a Swiss-based investment manager. From 2002 to 2006 he was a Fund Advisor at DAC-FONDS, a European Investment company specializing in small-cap equities worldwide.

Since 2003, Ruckdäschel has also served as an investment advisor to Nanostart AG. Founded in 2003, Nanostart quickly became one of Europe's leading venture investment firms in the area of nanotechnology. Ruckdäschel also has extensive experience in the European solar industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors for several private companies.

Prior to 2003, Ruckdäschel was a research analyst with Dunmore Management, a global hedge fund, and Thieme Associates, an investment advisor. From 1992 to 2000, Ruckdäschel served in the German military, participating in United Nations missions in Somalia, Croatia and Bosnia.

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