MANAGEMENT TEAM

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Nick Trikolas
Mr. Trikolas has had an extensive and unique career in stock surveillance and investor relations. He has worked in nearly every facet of the business, affording him the opportunity to play a dynamic role as one of the founding principals of Ilios Partners, LLC. 

Mr. Trikolas was most recently a Managing Director of The Carson Group, which he joined to institute and manage the firm’s Chicago branch. In less than three years, he grew the start-up operation into Carson’s largest branch office, servicing over 90 corporate clients on a retainer basis. Mr Trikolas also supervised a team servicing the investment banking community. In this leadership role, Mr. Trikolas was intimately involved with Carson's sales efforts as well as playing a major in their analyst training program.

Prior to joining Carson, Mr. Trikolas was a key member of Grabill-Bloom, an independent stock surveillance firm, which was later bought by Technimetrics. His early career includes experience in investor relations at USG Corporation.

Mr. Trikolas received a B.A. degree in Economics from Benedictine University in 1987, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1994.

John Karageorge
Mr. Karageorge has a diverse and successful background in securities surveillance, including relations with numerous corporate and investment-banking clients, as well as investor relations consulting firms. Mr. Karageorge is one of the founding principals of Ilios Partners, LLC.

Prior to co-founding I|P, he served as a Managing Director of The Carson Group until it was sold to Thomson Financial Investor Relations in September, 2000. At Carson, Mr. Karageorge pioneered global surveillance for foreign ordinaries, and honed a debt surveillance product. He supervised and was directly responsible for a surveillance team servicing the investment banking community. Ignited by his skill and leadership, this fledgling business quickly grew to be a key component of Carson.

While at Carson, and during his early career at Georgeson, Mr. Karageorge was responsible for servicing a number of blue chip corporate clients in a variety of industries, including: Dial Corporation, Mattel Incorporated, Morgan Stanley Company, Proctor & Gamble, and Sears & Roebuck Company.

Mr. Karageorge graduated from Boston University in 1993 with a B.A. in Finance.

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