Mark E. Funk

Mark Funk has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2008. He is responsible for all of our accounting, banking and related financial matters. Before he joined us, Mr. Funk was with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. for over 20 years from September 1988 to November 2008 and worked in Deutsche's New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London offices. Most recently he was Managing Director in Deutsche's Structured Debt group, where he had worked on numerous high profile transactions. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Funk passed the certified public accountant examination and was a senior auditor with KPMG. Mr. Funk earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University Long Beach and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles.