MANAGEMENT BIOS

JOHN W. FORD
CEO
Chairman of the Board
John founded Insight Investments Corp. in 1987, and continues to grow the company through his foresight and keen understanding of industry trends. He began his career working for a venture backed telecommunications startup company and later distinguished himself in the National Accounts Division of IBM.

As CEO and Chairman of the Board of Insight Investments Corp, John focuses on areas of management and growth, emphasizing to clients, employees, and vendors the absolute importance of long term thinking in preserving lasting business partnerships. His strength is anticipating technology changes and positioning the company to take advantage of them.

John has a B.S. from University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University where he graduated with honors. He has four children, one grandson, and is an active member of Legatas.

RICHARD M. HEARD
President
Richard Heard is President of Insight Investments and holds a seat on the Board of Directors. He has been with Insight Investments since its inception in 1987. Throughout his tenure spanning more than two decades, Mr. Heard has been directly involved in every aspect of the business. His executive and financial leadership has been instrumental in the evolution, nationwide growth and overall success of the company. Today Insight Investments is the premier choice for businesses seeking support in managing the financial acquisition, implementation and service of Information Technology solutions. Under Richard’s direction, the company’s three divisions have embarked on a course that is successfully solving many of the most pressing IT product, services and financing needs. The company has been honored with several high profile partner awards for quality and customer service, has achieved many technology excellence standards including ISO 9001:2008 certification, and continues to grow at record rates. Mr. Heard holds a B.S. in Economics and an MBA, and is married with two children.

DAVID WANG
Chief Financial Officer
David joined Insight Investments, Corp. in 2006 with nearly 10 years of experience in finance / operations.

As Chief Financial Officer of Insight, David oversees Insight’s accounting and finance efforts. He also develops and maintains relationships with investors and lenders. Prior to his appointment to Chief Financial Officer, David served as Vice President of Strategic Planning.

Prior to Insight, David worked for Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division where he focused on M&A and corporate finance. He has also worked as a logistics manager / process engineer for Procter & Gamble.

David received a B.S in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. David is married.

ROB COTTER
Director of Engineering
Chief Technical Officer
Rob joined Insight Investments in September 2005 as Director of Engineering for the Integrated Systems division of IIC and was quickly given the additional responsibilities of internal technology as Chief Technical Officer for all of IIC. He has over 20 years experience in storage hardware and software, networking, systems architecture and engineering. Prior to joining to Insight, he was vice president of system engineering at NuView, Inc. where he oversaw enterprise-level storage architecture solutions for customers worldwide.

Before NuView, Rob worked at Network Appliance leading the system engineering team for the Southwest region in growing the storage business from $27M to $90M.

In addition to his experience managing the vendor-side of storage and networking technology, Rob has also served in IT management roles directing the architecture and operations of large IT infrastructures focusing on "productizing" infrastructure services to increase availability while decreasing operational costs.

Rob has a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. from University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from University of California at Los Angeles. He is married with two children.

JEREMIAH M. FITZGERALD
General Counsel
Jerry joined Insight Investments Corp. in 2004 with nearly 25 years of extensive domestic and international legal and business experience, including technology transactions, acquisitions, management, corporate governance, corporate finance, executive compensation and employee benefits.

He was formerly senior vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary of Comdisco, Inc. As general counsel and a senior member of the management team, he is responsible for all of the Company's legal and corporate governance matters.

Jerry received his bachelor's from Xavier University, his master's from Dominican University, and his J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. Jerry is married and has four children.

CHRISTOPHER ALIBERTI
Director of National Sales
Senior Vice President
Christopher joined Insight Investments, Corp. in early 2008 as the Senior Vice President and Director of National Sales for the Insight Integrated Systems division. He brings with him over 22 years of experience in the data storage industry.

As Director of National Sales, Chris is responsible for the Insight Integrated Systems Division. Chris is a Senior Manager of sales personnel and solution selling with a consultitative approach. Prior to joining IIC, Chris was a District Sales Manager for NetApp where he oversaw enterprise-level technical sales teams across Southern California.

Chris attended the New York Institute of Technology along with obtaining certifications from the Grumman Data Systems Institute and New York University. He is married with 3 children.

NEAL F. ROURKE
Director of Portfolio Management
Senior Vice President
Neal joined Insight Investments in 2003 with 19 years of experience in executive leasing and portfolio management, with the last 13 years at Comdisco, Inc., in Rosemont, IL.

As Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management for Insight, Neal works with customers to determine investment strategies, set residuals on new equipment acquisitions and generate remarketing opportunities from existing lease portfolios.

Neal received a B.A. in Finance and Law from Illinois State University and an M.B.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, IL where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Neal is married and has three children.

KATRINA J. SLATTERY
Director of Syndications
Senior Vice President
Katrina joined Insight in 2002 and has over 30 years of experience in the leasing industry.

She began her career at Itel Leasing, in the mid-1970s and later joined Comdisco, Inc., in San Francisco, CA. In 1987, she was promoted to vice president of debt finance, and, in 1997, put in charge of the department as head of syndications. During her lengthy tenure at Comdisco she was personally responsible for discounting over $3Billion in equipment lease receivables.

Katrina is responsible for both the debt and equity syndications for Insight's equipment leasing portfolio. Katrina graduated from Northcote Business College in Melbourne, Australia and is married with two children.

MICHAEL J. DECARLO
Healthcare Division
Senior Vice President
Michael J. DeCarlo, joined Insight Investments, Corp. in July 2002. Previously, he served as Regional Manager for Comdisco Healthcare Group, Inc. – an independent equipment leasing firm. Michael is both a Sr. Consultant managing the firm’s largest healthcare client base and a Sr. Sales Manager directing a team of Medical Equipment Leasing Specialists across North America. Michael has originated nearly $200 M in equipment financing since he joined Insight, and participates in establishing all of the equipment residual positions for the firm’s diversified medical equipment portfolio.

Michael has an extensive background in the field of Medical Imaging & served in Sr. Mgmt. roles at Picker, Siemens & Philips both domestically & internationally. Michael travels and speaks extensively to Healthcare Organizations on Asset Acquisition & Life Cycle Management Strategies & participates in developing “best practices” in their Equipment Leasing programs.

Michael has a BS degree in Natural Sciences from the University of South Florida, and has completed MBA courses at both USF & Loyola.