Bio

Mr. Piazza joined Mid Oaks Investments in 1998 and brought some twenty years of business and investment experience to the firm. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen & Co.'s Chicago office in the audit practice becoming an audit manager. He subsequently served as Treasurer of the American Hospital Association before joining the Sun Times Company as initially Chief Financial Officer and then as Chief Operating Officer. After the Sun Times he acquired and operated a retail marine business. Mr. Piazza has extensive operating and financial experience as well as experience in developing and executing strategy. At the Sun Times he was instrumental in leading a leveraged buyout of the business, team building and developing and executing a successful growth strategy that included both organic initiatives and the acquisition of several strategically located community newspapers and other businesses. Sales and earnings increased significantly during his tenure at both the newspaper group and the retail marine business. Mr. Piazza has served on the Board of Directors of several organizations including The Sun Times Company and The Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of D&W Fine Pack and Plastic Packaging Technologies, both of which are Mid Oaks portfolio companies. He is also past Chairman of the Committee on Entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois. Mr. Piazza earned a B.B.A. from Loyola University and is a certified public accountant.