Forrest Binkley & Brown

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Joseph Galligan joined FBB as Director of Finance in 1997 and was subsequently promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining FBB, Mr. Galligan held various positions in private industry, including Controller of North American Operations for Automotive Safety Components International, a leading international manufacturer of automotive airbags. Other experience includes financial management positions in both public and privately held enterprises in the manufacturing and distribution industries. He also has extensive experience in public accounting. Mr.

Messrs. Forrest and Binkley have been business colleagues working closely since 1983 and were joined by Mr. Brown in 1987. Messrs. Forrest, Binkley and Brown are assisted by two investment professionals who have significant expertise in due diligence investigation, and who have operating, financial and consulting backgrounds. The FBB team has over 65 years of combined investment experience in the venture capital industry.

Develops, manufactures and markets a broad line of advanced processing systems for semiconductor manufacturing.

Forrest Binkley & Brown ( FBB ) is an established private equity firm focused on investing in middle market buyouts and providing growth capital to companies that offer potential for a substantial increase in shareholder value and exceptional rates of return to investors. With offices in Irvine and San Diego, FBB seeks to invest primarily in companies located in California, with particular emphasis on the Southern California region.

SpectraSensors is a technology spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, and was incorporated in 1999. SpectraSensors solutions and technologies revolutionize the measurement and monitoring of chemical concentrations in vapor and liquid in a variety of industries such as Environmental, Energy, Water, and Chemical Process Monitoring. The company uses robust spectroscopy techniques that have been in practice for many years; recent advancements in semiconductor lasers have made this technology economically viable for a host of commercial applications.

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