Bio

Mr. Young is Chairman of the board of S.R. Smith and was the acting CEO from 9/2004 to 8/2005. In addition to several Guard Hill Holdings Investments, Mr. Young is on the boards of Bioabsorbable Therapeutics, Inc. and EarLens Corporation. From 1990 to present, Mr. Young has been President of Teton Capital Management. From 1982 to 1990, Mr. Young was a Partner at Melchor Venture Management (Portola Venture Fund). Prior to 1982, he was a member of the Corporate Finance group at Salomon Brothers and with Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Young has an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BS in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.