Bio

Alexander L. Cappello has led several public and private companies over the past 50 years, including Cappello Group, Inc. a global merchant bank, whose principals have conducted over $160 billion in transactions in over 60 countries. He is Director of The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ), Caldera Medical, The Agnew Company, and the Nordic Group of Companies. Mr. Cappello was formerly: a Trustee of the University of Southern California (USC); Chairman of: Intelligent Energy, PLC (London), a global technology leader in hydrogen fuel cells, Inter-Tel (NASDAQ) and Geothermal Resources Intl. (AMEX); and Director of Cytrx (NASDAQ), Genius Products (NASDAQ) and Koo Koo Roo, Inc (NASDAQ), He is also a former Director of RAND Corporation's Center for Middle East Public Policy, Center for Global Risk and Security, and the RAND-Russia Forum.