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At TRANSFR, we’re on a mission to make learning more intuitive by helping individuals develop the skills they need for career success. What began as an idea quickly transformed into a movement; TRANSFR is built on the understanding that we must disrupt the status quo to create a more prosperous future.

Steel Connect (NASDAQ: STCN) is a holding company for ModusLink (supply chain logistics) and IWCO (direct mail).

Conversational AI t provide meeting efficiency. Sold to MediaFly in December 2022.

Costar (OTC:CSTI) is a publicly traded security imaging company. Costar Video Systems has been one of the leading manufacturers of security and industrial video products for the security, industrial vision, and medical markets for over 17 years. Its security solutions and products comprise surveillance cameras, lenses, network and digital video recorders, high speed domes, and access control systems, which are marketed under the Costar brand name. The company also develops, designs, and distributes industrial vision products consisting of cameras, monitors, cables, lenses, and video printers to original equipment manufacturers that assemble products using automated production and assembly lines. Its products are used in schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, office buildings, and factories.

WorkMarket (purchased by ADP in January 2018) is an enterprise software platform that enables corporations to efficiently and compliantly organize, manage and pay freelancers.

Peerless (NASDAQ: PRLS) is a public investment firm.

Auxiliary Police provide extra "eyes and ears" for the Police Department by performing uniformed foot, vehicle and bicycle patrols. They are trained to observe and report conditions requiring the services of the regular police. Whenever possible, they assist in non-enforcement and non-hazardous duties.

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Barington Capital is an activist hedge fund that takes significant stakes in public companies and advocates for shareholder rights and value creation. When I joined the fund Barington we had investments in companies like Pep Boys (third largest automotive service center owner in the US), Dillards (regional department store chain), Shulman (leading plastics compounder) and Griffon (diversified industrial holding company). I was actively involved, or led our investments, in Geber Scientific (diversified industrial holding company), Ameron International (diversified industrial holding company), Safeguard Scientific (public venture capital firm) and Amtech Systems (technology equipment manufacturer). I also served on the Board of Directors of privately held Barington portfolio company Register.com (domain name registrar).

Spinback invented social product sharing and was sold to Buddy Media, which was subsequently purchased by salesforce.com for $800 million.

Cortiva is the nation's largest provider of wellness education. The Company was a portfolio company of GlenRock that was in sever financial distress. I spent eight months leading the operational and financial turnaround of Cortiva. Our team was able to get the company to break even, recap existing debt, cram down existing equity and raise fresh equity and debt financing. Cortiva was sold in 2009 to the Utah Schools.

GlenRock is a private investment firm with offices in Israel and the United States. Some of the transactions that were completed during my time at GlenRock include: LBO of Wheelabrator (industrial OEM) purchased from Vivendi, operational improvements at the Company and its subsequent sale to a private equity firm. Investment in Pangea3, the leading Indian legal KPO (subsequently sold to Thomson Reuters). Investment and subsequent recapitalization of Cortiva, the leading provider of wellness education. Investment and exit of ShellCase, a micorprocessing packing company. Investment in and subsequent IPO of Rosetta Genomics an Israeli RNA research company.

Worked on over $100 billion worth of completed M&A and financing transactions mostly in financial services (such as JP Morgan/Chase $38 billion in January 2001; Chase/Robert Fleming, $8 billion in March 2000 and Chase/Hambrecht & Quist, $1 billion in September 1999) and industrial (Chrysler/Daimler Benz $45 billion in May 1998; SPX/General Signal $2 billion, November 1998 and Federal Mogul/T&N plc Propulsion, $3 billion July 1997).Promoted early to Associate. Led the integration of junior bankers for the firm's own acquisition activity. Originated an $8 million investment in Capital IQ. Awarded the Chase Volunteer of the Year in 1999 for charity work with HELP USA homeless shelters.