Christopher A. Dancy Chris Dancy was one of the founding partners of Robert Gariano Associates in 2004. His search expertise is concentrated on recruiting senior executives in the manufacturing, procurement, human resources, information systems and business services sectors. He is especially well known as a leading recruiter in the supply chain and information systems functional practices. He also runs the firm’s east coast office in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior Experience: Chris began his career working for Generation Technologies, an IT Search and Consulting firm based in Western Pennsylvania. At Generation Technologies, Chris focused on the placement of full time and contract business information systems and enterprise applications professionals. Before RGA, Chris worked for FreeMarkets, Inc, now Ariba, the market leader in online procurement software and supply solutions, as a Client Project Manager. Chris provided consulting services involving global sourcing and supply chain strategies for commodities and manufactured products as diverse as packaging, transportation, and business and financial services. His clients included a diverse array of companies including Johnson & Johnson, ConAgra, Nestle, British Petroleum, Cargill, Royal Bank of Scotland, Alcoa, Heinz, Hallmark, Hubbell, Exxon, SPX, Best Buy, United Technologies Corporation, and PepsiCo. Education: Chris graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May 2000 with a BS in Economics and a Minor in History. In addition to his work in the classroom, Chris earned All Conference honors as the center on Carnegie Mellon’s varsity football team in the 1998 & 1999 seasons.		Robert J. Gariano Bob Gariano founded Robert Gariano Associates in 2004 to concentrate on providing clients with tailored executive recruiting and development services at the senior operating and Board level. The firm is based on the principles of close attention to client needs, broad access to a variety of candidate sources, and the evaluation of final candidates based on the operating experience of the recruiter leading the search. Search Experience: For ten years before founding his own firm, Bob was the Industrial Sector Leader for a global recruiting firm with 33 offices in 22 countries. As Sector Leader, he led the team that tripled the firm’s global presence in the automotive, manufacturing, distribution, electronic hardware, and defense markets. Bob was also a member of that firm’s CEO and Board of Directors Practice. He personally recruited Chief Executive Officers for such notable public companies as PerkinElmer, Goodyear, Federal Mogul, Suntron, Federal Signal, and Midway Games. He also placed senior operating executives or Board members at United Technologies, Wesco International, Saint Gobain, Owens Corning, Honeywell Allied Signal, Eaton, TRW Automotive, DuPont, Elkay Manufacturing, Tribune Companies, General Cable, SPX, WMS Gaming, Brunswick, Manitowoc, Tyco, and the Software Engineering Institute. In addition, he has recruited a number of talented individuals for other public and private Board of Director assignments. During ten years of executive search, Bob successfully recruited over 175 senior executives. Operating Experience: From 1973 to 1988, Bob was with GE’s Plastics Business Group, most recently as General Manager of the Lexan Division, the company’s largest and most profitable engineering materials business with sales over $1.5 billion. Prior to running the Lexan Business, he served in a series of general management, marketing, technical, and strategic planning assignments in the United States, Canada, and Europe. These responsibilities included General Manager of GE’s Automotive Application Center, Managing Director of GE-Canada, and Director of Planning for GE Europe. Bob was recruited from GE in 1988 to join W.W.Grainger, Inc as Group Vice President and Executive Officer of the new Specialty Distribution Group. At Grainger he assembled, via acquisition roll-up and greenfield startup, a series of six industrial distribution businesses with revenues of over $1 billion. This effort tripled Grainger’s market value and the businesses he built continue to account for a significant share of this NYSE traded, $5 billion industrial distributor’s operating earnings. Corporate Governance and Community Activities: Bob is President of the Chicago Foundation for Education, a non-profit foundation providing grants to inner city elementary school teachers. He serves as Area Chairman for Carnegie Mellon’s Alumni Council, is a member of the Board of Advisors for Carnegie Mellon’s Entrepreneurial Center, and previously served as a Trustee for the Lake Forest Academy School. Education: Bob earned a B.F.A. in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University, an M.B.A. in finance and strategy from the University of Massachusetts, an M.L.A. from the University of Chicago, and an M.S. in Engineering form Northwestern University. He has also completed post-graduate study in financial mathematics at the University of Chicago and is certified (CPIM) by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.