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Paul M. Ruby, President, has over 30 years of management consulting, strategic planning, corporate finance and operating management experience. While associated with an international consulting firm, Paul participated in a wide variety of financial planning assignments. As financial director of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, he designed and implemented their first strategic plan, evaluated acquisitions, analyzed new products and managed the finance department. He was head of mergers and acquisitions for a diversified NYSE Corporation and completed a number of acquisitions and divestitures. As president of two divisions, he restored one operation to profitability and expanded the other to a multi-plant operation. Prior to founding Parker Benjamin, he was senior merger and acquisition specialist at an investment banking firm. Currently, Paul actively serves on the Board of Directors of closely held and family businesses. Paul personally participates in every assignment. His analytical and negotiating skills are well documented as well as his ability to provide expert testimony in hostile environments. Paul has an engineering degree from M.I.T. and an M.B.A. from Harvard. Parker Benjamin welcomes inquiries from companies/entrepreneurs and their counsel. All contacts are held in strict confidence. Brian L. Lyman, Associate, CT Real Estate Broker While attending high school, Mr. Lyman started his career in the wood products and furniture manufacturing industry. He organized and was the owner/operator of his first furniture manufacturing business while attending University of Hartford's Engineering School, Mr. Lyman developed a startup furniture manufacturing, distribution and retail sales concern from inception to international sales of $9 million. Mr. Lyman has been recognized by national trade publications for his company's growth and development of new wood products and manufacturing techniques. Incorporated Magazine and its co-sponsors, Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young, nominated Mr. Lyman Entrepreneur of the Year for 1992 and 1994. The United States Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division, has Mr. Lyman speak at its seminars. His topics of discussion are plant automation and machinery selection for wood products processing. In addition, Mr. Lyman's furniture designs have been honored internationally by Furniture Design, Furniture Today, and International Home Furniture Center publications. He designed, fabricated, and installed the dining room at the Vice President's official residence in the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. In 1998, Mr. Lyman joined his father's business and has helped to build Lyman Kitchens into a full service home remodeler, able to offer clients a full array of design, fabrication, and installation services. Mr. Lyman holds State of Connecticut licenses as a Real Estate Broker, New Home Construction Contractor, and Home Improvement Contractor. He is a United States Coast Guard licensed captain, a FAA licensed pilot holding private pilot, complex, hi-performance, IFR, and MEL certificates, and has received a Federal Government security clearance TWIC. He has varied interests and hobbies.

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