James F. Lynch has served as a director since December 2003. He has been Managing Partner of Thermo Capital Partners, L.L.C. since October 2001 and is a Partner of Thermo Companies. Mr. Lynch also served as Executive Chairman of FiberLight, LLC, a facilities-based provider of metropolitan fiber-optic network infrastructure and high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, from 2015 through 2017 and served as CEO from 2015 through 2017. Mr. Lynch has also served as Chairman of Xspedius Communications LLC, a competitive local telephone exchange carrier, from January 2005 until its acquisition by Time Warner Telecom in to October 2006 and served as Chief Executive Officer of Xspedius from August 2005 to March 2006. Prior to joining Thermo Capital Partners, Mr. Lynch was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co., an investment banking and brokerage firm.