Paul Neale - Board Member

As President & CEO of DOAR Litigation Consulting and a principal consultant in the firm's Discovery Consulting practice, Paul Neale has leveraged nearly 20 years of managing complex litigation matters to build one of the industry's fastest-growing companies. Under his direction, DOAR has become the only company that has centralized all services needed to manage large, complex litigation matters. Paul has assembled a management team of experts in the fields of jury consulting and trial support to create an organization whose scope of services and expertise is unmatched. Nationally recognized as an expert in overall case management with an emphasis on the management and production of electronic evidence and the use of technology at trial, Paul is a published author, speaker and accredited CLE instructor. He consults clients on implementing best practices, the current state of the law as it relates to the evolution of the rules of evidence and the impact of technology in displaying evidence on jurors' decision-making.

Paul is a testifying expert in federal court regarding the proper preservation, management and production of electronic evidence and routinely supports clients in their negotiations with opposing counsel or regulatory/government agencies. He testified before the advisory committee which drafted FRE 502 dealing with privilege waiver. He has prepared affidavits outlining best practices in the handling of electronic evidence and the defensibility of response programs on behalf of his clients. He is also a member of the Sedona Conference's Working Group on Electronic Discovery, which spans a wide array of industries including financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, manufacturing and individual white collar defendants.

Paul graduated from Temple University with a BA degree and has taken advanced courses at the Wharton School of Business.

Michael A. Ferrara - Board Member

Since joining DOAR in 1999, Michael A. Ferrara has utilized his background in business development, complex project management and engineering to shape the firm's overall business strategy. As Vice President and Managing Director, Mr. Ferrara currently oversees the daily business operations and logistics of the firm. He has managed several business initiatives and projects, as well as implemented key business processes, all of which have had a substantial impact on the firm's organization and structure. Before moving to his current position, Mr. Ferrara steadily rose through the ranks within the firm to become Vice President of a DOAR subsidiary. He was also previously responsible for overseeing the firm's Electronic Discovery, Imaging, Coding, Video Conversion, and Printing groups.

Prior to joining DOAR, Mr. Ferrara worked as an engineer on large-scale construction and engineering projects in conjunction with municipal and state agencies. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude.

Scott J. Troeller - Board Member

Scott Troeller is a Partner of Veronis Suhler Stevenson and a Managing Member of the General Partner of the Fund. He is actively involved in all aspects of VSS's activities including new business development, portfolio management and monitoring, fund raising and operations of the firm. Mr. Troeller also sits on the investment committees of VSS III, VSS IV and Mezzanine Partners. Mr. Troeller has approximately 15 years of investment and transactional experience across a broad range of media and information sectors, including: business information services; business-to-business publishing; trade shows and exhibitions; educational publishing; radio and television broadcasting; consumer magazine publishing; and wireless communications towers. Mr. Troeller has played an active role in many of the VSS investments, including The Official Information Company, Hemscott plc, Previsor, DOAR Communications, Ascend Media, Riviera Broadcasting and Golden State Towers. He has served or is currently serving on the boards of all of the aforementioned companies. More recently, he has led VSS's efforts in several recent investments, including Ipreo, Cambium Learning and the pending acquisition of Advanstar Communications.

Prior to joining VSS in 1996, Mr. Troeller was an investment banker with JP Morgan & Co., where his primary focus was on merger and acquisition advisory work in the Media industry.

Mr. Troeller is a graduate of Rutgers College.

David Bainbridge - Board Member

Mr. Bainbridge is responsible for sourcing, developing, and monitoring private equity and mezzanine debt investments in the professional and educational publishing and business information services industries. Since joining VSS in 2003, he has been active in the firm's investments in Solucient (sold to Thomson Corp.), Infobase (formerly Facts on File), DOAR Communications, Gallo Holdings, and MediZine LLC. Mr. Bainbridge is currently a Director of Infobase and MediZine. Before joining VSS, Mr. Bainbridge spent 10 years as an investment banking professional, most recently with Berkery Noyes & Co., specializing in various institutional publishing and information segments. In the mid-1990s he worked with Scott-Macon, a New York-based M&A boutique, in their Media, Communications and Publishing Group. Additional transactions that he participated in include Ascend Media's acquisition of SynerMed, the original mezzanine investment in Schofield Media, and the sale of Ringtail Solutions to FTI Consulting.

Mr. Bainbridge is a graduate of Cornell University and an honors graduate of the Stern School of Business at New York University.