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Richard A. Papworth CFO

Richard A. Papworth. Mr. Papworth is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of public and private company executive level experience. Prior to joining BlueStar, for 3 years Mr. Papworth was the CFO of Telgian Corporation during a period of high growth. Telgian is an innovative company providing high quality fire protection and life safety systems and consulting services throughout North America for customers such as Home Depot, Wal Mart, Sears, Best Buy, and many other large national and regional property owners. Prior to that, Mr. Papworth was the CFO of the $500M Phoenix division of Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) during a period of rapid growth where he delivered strategic business and operational improvements to maximize profitablilty and return on net assets. From 2000 to 2004, he was CFO of Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. (OTC:KNOS) where he was successful in his first reverse-merger going public transaction. At Kronos, Rick was instrumental in securing $15M of private equity funding and helping the company through the development stage. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Papworth was Vice President of Wilshire Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:WFSG) and CFO of its subsidiary Beverly Hills Bancorp during a period of explosive growth. At WFSG, he was instrumental in taking the company public and raising $100M via IPO, building the financial and operating systems, and negotiating and integrating acquisitions. His early business experience includes executive leadership positions with Taylor Morrison and The Maintenance Warehouse (a division of the Home Depot Supply).

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