Kenneth Socha

Founded in 1995, Perseus LLC(Perseus) is a merchant banking and private equity fund management firm located in Bethesda, Maryland.

Beacon Power Corp. provides flywheel-based energy storage resources to system operators. It offers solutions at the utility-scale for power grid efficiency, frequency regulation, grid reliability, renewable power integration and other ancillary services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Tyngsboro, MA.

Biometric Access Co. provides hardware and software solutions for fingerprint and facial recognition. It offers secure touch payroll check cashing that reduces fraud loss and provides safe payroll, personal, and government check cashing. The company was founded by John Shepard and Ronald Smith in 1996 and is headquartered in Pacific, MO.

Westport Innovations Inc. provides low-emission engine and fuel system technologies utilizing gaseous fuels. It operates through the following business segments: Applied Technologies, On-Road Systems, Off-Road Systems, Corporate and Technology Investments, Cummins Westport (CWI), and Weichai Westport (WWI). The Applied Technologies segment engaged in designing, producing, and selling compressed natural gas (“CNG”) and liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) components and subsystems for natural gas vehicles of all types. The On-Road Systems segment engineers, designs, assembles and sells natural gas engine and vehicle systems for automotive, light commercial, and trucking. The Off-Road Systems segment engineering, designing, and marketing Westport proprietary natural gas technologies, including the Westport™ high pressure direct injection (“HPDI”) technology, Westport™ industrial engines and fuel systems for the off-road, large-engine applications such as mine trucks, locomotives, workboats, and petroleum exploration equipment. The Corporate and Technology Investments segment includes corporate costs such as research and development, general and administrative, marketing, interest and other charges, foreign exchange and depreciation that cannot be attributed to a particular segment and are incurred by all segments. The CWI segment serves the medium- to heavy-duty engine. The WWI segment develops, manufactures, and sells advanced, alternative fuel engines and parts that are widely used in city bus, coach, and heavy-duty truck applications in China or exported to other regions globally markets with spark ignited natural gas engines. The company was founded by David R. Demers on March 20, 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Cymbet Corp. designs and manufactures solid-state energy storage solutions for microelectronic systems. It offers solutions in area of industries, telecom and networking, medical, consumer electronics, aero and transportation, wireless handheld, embedded systems and computing and renewable energy. The company was founded by Mark Lynn Jenson and Jacob Harlen in 2000 and is headquartered in Elk River, MN.

Perseus Books LLC provides publishing services. It also provides sales, marketing and distribution services to independent publishers. The company was founded by Frank H. Pearl in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dewey Ballantine LLP is a law firm, which provides legal services in areas of corporate transactions, litigation and tax matters, M&A, private equity, project finance, corporate finance, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, antitrust, intellectual property, sports law, structured finance and international trade. Its Industry specializations include energy and utilities, healthcare, insurance, financial services, media, consumer and industrial goods, consumer electronics, technology, telecommunications and transportation. It is founded in 1909 and is located in New York, NY

Rappahannock Bankshares, Inc. is a state commercial bank. The company is based in Washington, VA. Rappahannock Bankshares was acquired by Union Bankshares Corp. /Old/ on February 25, 1998 for $6.72 million.