John A. Clerico

businesses and institutions, he has served as its chairman and as a registered financial advisor. From February 2006 until January 2012, Mr. Clerico served on the board of directors of Global Industries, Ltd., a provider of solutions for offshore oil and gas construction, engineering, project management and support services, with prior service on its audit, compensation and finance (chair) committees. In October 2008, Mr. Clerico resigned from these committees upon his appointment as Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer. He stepped down as Global Industries, Ltd.’s Interim Chief Executive Officer in March 2010 but continued to serve as Chairman of its Board through December 2011, when Global Industries, Ltd. was acquired by Technip, a provider of project management, engineering and construction services for the energy industry. From 1992 to 2000, he served as an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Praxair, Inc., a supplier of industrial gases and coatings and related services and technologies. From 1983 until its spin-off of Praxair, Inc. in 1992, he served as an executive officer in various financial and accounting areas of Union Carbide Corporation. Mr. Clerico also currently serves on the boards of directors of (i) Educational Development Corporation, a trade publisher and distributor of children’s books, and serves on its audit and executive committees; and (ii) Macrosolve, Inc., a provider of consulting services related to the development, marketing and financing of mobile app businesses that also focuses on intellectual property licensing and enforcement of its mobile app market development patent. He serves on its audit (chair) and compensation committees.

Mr. Clerico brings executive leadership experience and skills to our Board of Directors. He has held the positions of Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at various points in his career. His extensive experience in industries (chemical and industrial gases) with a high risk profile give him a unique perspective on risk oversight. His ten years of experience guiding our Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and serving as one of its “audit committee financial experts” lend important continuity to our Board’s financial, audit, and compliance oversight functions. Finally, having formed and operated his own investment company, Mr. Clerico also brings the investor perspective to our Board’s review activities.