Richard L. Cirigliano

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Part of OSI Systems, Inc., Advanced Research & Applications Corp. designs and manufactures mobile x-ray systems. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Advanced Research & Applications was acquired by OSI Systems, Inc. on January 08, 2004 for $49.60 million.

Sarcom, Inc. supplies commodities such as essential oils, aromatic chemicals, menthol crystals, psyllium seed husk and powder, vanilla bean, shellac and water soluble gums. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Hadley, NY.

Mirage Systems, Inc. provides compact airborne subsurface imaging solutions for defense and commercial applications. It offers a turnkey service for aerial surveying and mapping in the following applications: UXO detection and wide area assessment, oil & gas pipeline mapping, landmine detection and levee breach assessment. The firm’s penetrating synthetic aperture radar technology consists of unique, patented Ultra-Wideband SAR sensors and associated imaging software, which includes 3D SAR images of the subsurface environment. It produces a variety of penetrating synthetic aperture radar sensors that can be integrated onto a wide variety of platforms and provides turnkey subsurface mapping services. The company was founded by George J. Moussally and Kenneth L. Ford in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

1st Franklin Financial Corp. provides financial solutions. The firm offers personal, real estate and premier loans, debt consolidation, retail sales financing services. The company was founded by Ben F. Cheek, Jr. in 1941 and is headquartered in Toccoa, GA.