Nicholas D. Schoewe

Mr. Schoewe is currently a Member of CSS, LLC, a proprietary trading firm and CBOE Member Firm, established in 1998.
He is also the Vice-Chairman of the O'Connor Partners Investment Office LLC.
From 1990-1996, he was a Managing Director of SBC where he was Global Head of the Japanese and Asian Equities Businesses and directed global IT integration for the equities businesses during the merger of SBC and SG Warburg.
From 1983 until 1990, Mr. Schoewe held a variety of positions at O'Connor and Associates including Head of the Convertible and Japanese Warrant Businesses and Special Situation Trading.
He was also extensively involved in specification of O'Connor's technology initiatives.
Mr. Schoewe was named a General Partner of O'Connor and Associates in 1989.
In addition, he is on the board of The First National Bank of Steamboat Springs, Catamount Development Inc., the Yampa Valley Community Foundation and the Caring for Colorado Foundation.
In November 2000, Mr. Schoewe was appointed to the Governor's Commission on Science and Technology for the State of Colorado.
He received his M.B.A.
from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and his B.S.
in electrical engineering from M.I.T.