Stephen Deckoff Bio

Mr. Deckoff is the Founder and Managing Principal of Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. and is responsible for all portfolio management and business operations. Mr. Deckoff has held or currently holds board seats on a number of Black Diamond portfolio companies, including Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., ION Media, Werner Ladder, White Birch, Bayou Steel, SmarteCarte, Sun World and PTC Alliance, among others. Prior to the founding of Black Diamond in 1995, Mr. Deckoff worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Bear Stearns, Chemical Securities and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Deckoff has a B.S. in Operations Research from the Engineering School at Cornell University.