Highland Capital Management, L.P.

Mr. John Honis is Head of Private Equity and Portfolio Company at Highland Capital. Mr. Honis has more than 25 years of business experience as CEO, CRO and board-level advisor to both high-growth and distressed companies in a wide range of manufacturing and service industries. Prior to leading Highland Capital's private equity effort, Mr. Honis was founder of Barrier Advisors, a leading provider of operational, financial and strategic, advice to private equity, venture capital and money management institutions. Some of Barrier’s clients have included Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, CS First Boston, TA Associates and Highland Capital. Mr. Honis has led numerous turnarounds and strategic growth initiatives, and has attracted many of the nation’s top turnaround practitioners to the Barrier team. Mr. Honis was an accomplished high-tech executive, having served as President, CEO or Chief Restructuring Officer of five telecommunications firms. His experiences in all aspects of growth management, strategic/operational turnarounds, financial restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets were the foundational elements of Barrier Advisors’ charter. Mr. Honis’ early career started at J.P. Morgan in New York where he was a leader in the firm’s global consulting practice. At J.P. Morgan, Mr. Honis specialized in the design and implementation of worldwide corporate finance processes and systems. Mr. John Honis is a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in Economics, Business Administration and Marketing.