Presenter

Eric Rosenfeld

President / CEO, Crescendo Partners, L.P.

Mr. Rosenfeld has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Crescendo Partners, L.P., a New York based investment firm, since its formation in November 1998.  Prior to forming Crescendo Partners, he held the position of Managing Director at CIBC Oppenheimer and its predecessor company Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. for fourteen years. He was Chairman of the Board of Spar Aerospace Limited from 1999 through 2001. Mr. Rosenfeld is Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of CPI Aerostructures inc., an American stock exchange-listed company engaged in the contract production of structural aircraft parts principally for the United States Air Force and other branches of the U.S. Armed forces.  He is Chairman of the Board of Computer Horizons Corp., a NASDAQ listed it services company. He is also Chairman of the Board and CEO of Rhapsody Acquisition Corporation.  In addition, Mr. Rosenfeld is a Director of Hill International, a NASDAQ listed construction management firm that went public by merging with Arpeggio Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company of which Mr. Rosenfeld was Chairman, President and CEO. He is also a Director of Matrikon Inc, a Toronto stock exchange listed company that is a provider of industrial intelligence solutions and a Director of Dalsa Corp., a Toronto stock exchange listed digital imaging and semiconductor firm.Mr. Rosenfeld was a Director of Emergis Inc., a Toronto stock exchange-listed electronic commerce company until its recent acquisition by Telus.  He was a director of Sierra Systems Group Inc., a Toronto stock exchange-listed information technology, management consulting and systems integration firm until it was acquired in early 2007. He recently served as a Director of the GEAC Computer Corporation Limited, a Toronto stock exchange and NASDAQ listed enterprise software company until it was sold in 2006.  Mr. Rosenfeld served as a Director and Head of the Special Committee of Pivotal Corporation, a Vancouver based customer relations management software company.  Until its sale in 2004 to Kronos Incorporated, he was also a Director of Ad Opt Technologies, inc., a company based in Montreal that provides advanced workforce planning, scheduling and management solutions.  Mr. Rosenfeld is a regular guest lecturer at Columbia Business School and he is a faculty member at the Directors College.  He has served on numerous panels at Queen’s University Business Law School Symposia, McGill Law School, The World Presidents’ Organization, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Conference and The Canadian Foundation for Investor Education.  He has also been a regular guest host on CNBC. Mr. Rosenfeld received an MBA from Harvard University and a degree in economics from Brown University

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