Bill Newlin
Newlin Investment Company
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, Pennsylvania 15143
T 412-741-0630/0635
F 412-741-0657
bill@newlininvestment.com

He was selected as Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine in 1991.

About Bill Newlin

• Chairman of Newlin Investment Company LLC since 2007.
• Chairman since 2009 and director since 2005 of Plextronics, Inc. (www.plextronics.com). Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Plextronics, Inc. is a clean-energy technology company that specializes in printed electronics, specifically solar cells and energy efficient lighting. The company's primary products are conductive and semi-conductive inks that can be used to print electronic devices -- including organic photovoltaics (OPV) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED) -- using low-cost manufacturing techniques. It was founded in 2002 as a spin-out of Carnegie Mellon University.
• Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from 2003 to 2007 of Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. His duties at Dick's included at different times overseeing finance, law, internal audit, human resources and strategic planning, and also serving as a member of the real estate committee. He also had principal responsibility for acquisition and major licensing and product development agreements.
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 2003 of Buchanan Ingersoll, one of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. As a lawyer, he focused on corporate and venture capital financing and corporate governance. He oversaw what the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the "spectacular growth" of Buchanan Ingersoll and encouraged and fostered the advance of technology to diversify and strengthen the region's economy.
• Chairman from 1996 to 2002, lead director from 2002 to 2006 and currently a director of Kennametal Inc. (www.kennametal.com), one of the world's leading producers of cutting tools and wear-resistant parts. He serves on the governance committee and is chair of the compensation committee.
• Presiding Director since 2007 and Director since 2004 of Meritor, Inc. (www.meritor.com), a first-tier international supplier to the truck industry. He is chairman of the compensation committee.
• Chief Strategic Advisor and a Director since early 2008 of Etcetera Edutainment Inc. (www.etceteraedutainment.com). A 2005 spinout of Carnegie Mellon, Etcetera Edutainment is a software company that applies simulation and videogame technologies to increase retention of workplace training. Current game-based products target the industrial safety training market.
• Director since 2006 of Calgon Carbon Corporation (www.calgoncarbon.com), a global leader in services and solutions for making air and water cleaner and safer.
• Since 1999, Bill has been with his son (who is CEO of Black Dog, LLC) actively engaged in owning and operating food and beverage stores in major American airports.
• Director since 2007 of Plano Molding Company (www.planomolding.com). Plano Molding provides consumers with storage systems and organizers for both indoor and outdoor applications.
• Co-founder in 1980 of the CEO Venture Funds, which has been a second stage fund for developing technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, and remained principally active until about 2003. As part of that experience, he served on many boards and provided the same kind of advice that the Fund will provide.
• Member since 2010 of the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse.

The National Law Journal twice recognized Bill as one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America."

He was a founding director of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

In 2001, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette named Bill Newlin one of the 50 top business leaders in the city. Pittsburgh Magazine named him in 1999 among the "Most Influential Pittsburghers of the Century." From 1994 to 1996, Bill was chief advisor for Mayor Tom Murphy during drawn-out, difficult negotiations to keep the Pittsburgh Pirates in the city. In 1999, he helped broker a deal to sell and reorganize the bankrupt Pittsburgh Penguins to NHL superstar Mario Lemieux.

Bill graduated from Princeton University, has received the University of Pittsburgh Law School's distinguished alumni award and was awarded an honorary doctorate of business administration degree from Robert Morris College.

About Steffler N. Balsley

Steffler N. Balsley assists Newlin Investment Company as a Financial Analyst and is responsible for certain portfolio companies. She graduated from Duke University in 1987 with a B.S. in Computer Science. In 1989 she graduated from the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business Administration with an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing. For the next ten years, she held various positions within Mellon Bank's Capital Markets Department. She was a Vice President when she left Mellon in 1999 to have her son. Her primary focus since that time has been the advancement and education of her son, who has special needs. She is on the Board of Trustees at The Watson Institute.

About Bill Newlin II

William R. Newlin II (Bill's son) is a director of Newlin Investment Company. He provides assistance to Newlin Investment Company with respect to evaluation and advice concerning operations of certain portfolio companies. Bill II owns and operates food and beverage stores in major American airports, with operations currently in the Baltimore-Washington, Boston, Cleveland, Dulles, Pittsburgh, Reagan National and John F. Kennedy International Airports.

About Carl Antonucci

Carl A. Antonucci is the Controller of Newlin Investment Company and is responsible for all traditional roles of a corporate controller. He graduated from Robert Morris University in 1983 with a BSBA degree in Accounting. In 1984 he joined Touche Ross & Co., an international "Big 8" accounting firm, and attained the level of Senior Accountant. In 1987, he accepted the position of Vice President of Finance at Petroclean, Inc., an environmental services contractor, working with Fortune 500 oil refiners and chemical companies.

In 1996 and for the next 15 years, he was the Director of Finance for BPU Investment Management, Inc., a full-service brokerage and investment advisory firm. He lives in Wexford, PA, with his wife, Dorothy, of 26 years and his two children, Teresa and Anthony.

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