PARAGON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Quarterly Report
For the Period Ended March 31, 2019
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7) Officers, Directors, and Control Persons (Continued)
Jack H. Jacobs ........................................................................................................ 2012 73
Jack H. Jacobs is the Melcher Family Chair and Professor of Humanities and
Public Affairs at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he has
been teaching since 2005, and a principal of The Fitzroy Group, Ltd., a firm that
specializes in the development of residential real estate in London and invests both
for its own account and in joint ventures with other institutions, for over 20 years.
He has served as an on-air military analyst for NBC News since 2002, where he
was an Emmy nominee in 2010 and 2011 and a recipient of the 2011 Murrow
Award. Colonel Jacobs was a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of
AutoFinance Group Inc., one of the firms to pioneer the securitization of debt
instruments, from 1988 to 1989; the firm was subsequently sold to KeyBank. He
was a Managing Director of Bankers Trust Corporation, a diversified financial
institution and investment bank, where he ran foreign exchange options worldwide
and was a partner in the institutional hedge fund business.
Colonel Jacobs’ military career included two tours of duty in Vietnam where he was
among the most highly decorated soldiers, earning three Bronze Stars, two Silver
Stars and the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest combat decoration. He retired
from active military duty as a Colonel in 1987. Colonel Jacobs has been a member
of the board of directors of Datatrak International, Inc. (OTCMKTS: DTRK) since
2016, Resonant Inc. (Nasdaq: RESN) since 2018, and Ballantyne Strong, Inc.
(NYSE American: BTN) since 2018. From 2007 to 2012, Colonel Jacobs served as
a member of the Board of Directors of Xedar Corporation, a public company; from
June 2006 to 2009, he was a director of Visual Management Systems, a private
company; and he was a director of BioNeutral Group, Inc., a public company, until
2009. From October 17, 2013 to October 28, 2013, Colonel Jacobs served on the
board of SED International Holdings, Inc. He was previously a director of Premier
Exhibitions, Inc. Colonel Jacobs is Co-Chairman of the Medal of Honor Foundation
and a member of the Board of Trustees of the USO of New York. He is the author
of the book “If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America’s Time of Need.”
Colonel Jacobs received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s degree from Rutgers
University.
Samuel S. Weiser......................................................................................................... 2012 59
Samuel S. Weiser is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of
Foxdale Management LLC, a consulting firm founded by Mr. Weiser that provides
operational consulting, strategic planning, and litigation support services in
securities related disputes, which has been operating since 2003. From August
2009 until April 2015, he was a member of the Board of Directors and from August
2014 until March 2015 was Executive Chairman of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., a
provider of museum quality touring exhibitions then listed on Nasdaq. In addition,
Mr. Weiser served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Premier Exhibitions
from November 2011 until June 2014. Mr. Weiser was a member of SED
International’s Board of Directors from October of 2013 until October 2014.
Previously, Mr. Weiser served as a member and Chief Operating Officer of Sellers
Capital LLC, an investment management firm, from 2007 to 2010. From 2005 to
2007, he was a Managing Director responsible for the Hedge Fund Consulting
Group within Citigroup Inc.’s Global Prime Brokerage Division. Mr. Weiser also
served as Chairman of the Managed Funds Association, a lobbying organization
for the hedge fund industry, from 2001 to 2003 and was formerly a partner in Ernst
and Young. He received his B.A. in Economics from Colby College and a M.A. in
Accounting from George Washington University.
