Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc.

Wayne J. Vespoli is Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, an innovation-driven designer, manufacturer and marketer of energy efficient light sources. Prior to joining Advanced Lighting, Mr. Vespoli was a principal in a turnaround consulting firm, where his responsiblities included both financial and operational assignments. His experience also includes long-term international assignments for U.S. based multi-nationals, as well as audit practice.

Mr. Oberbeck is a Managing Director of Saratoga Partners. He holds directorships with several Saratoga portfolio companies including Data Return, Advanced Lighting, STC Wireless Resources, CommSoft and Koppers Industries. Mr. Oberbeck was formerly a director of USI Holdings Corporation and J&W Holding Corporation. Mr. Oberbeck, 46, joined Dillon Read and Saratoga Partners from Castle Harlan, Inc., a corporate buyout firm which he joined at its founding in 1987 and where he was a managing director. At Castle Harlan he served on the boards of directors of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc., a $29 billion asset management firm, MAG Aerospace Inc., a privately held aerospace company, and Truck Components, Inc., a manufacturer of wheel-end components for the heavy duty truck industry. Prior to joining Castle Harlan, he worked in the Corporate Development Group of Arthur Young and in corporate finance at Blyth Eastman Paine Webber. Mr. Oberbeck graduated from Brown University in 1982 with a BS in physics and a BA in mathematics. In 1985, he earned an MBA from Columbia University.

Mr. Petrocelli, the Chief Financial Officer of Saratoga Partners, joined the Firm in 1998 from Gabelli Asset Management, Inc. At Gabelli, Mr. Petrocelli was a Vice President in the corporate finance department with a primary focus on the Company's alternative investment business. Prior to that, he was a senior accountant at BDO Siedman.