New England Precision Grinding Inc.

Jerry is a successful serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies over the past 30 years. In 1988, he launched New England Precision Grinding. Over the next ten years, he grew that business to more than 100 employees by shifting the focus to supporting the medical device industry. In 2007, he lead the acquisition of American Medical Instruments and subsequently, the merger with Accu-Met Laser and acquisition of all three entities by Riverside Partners. Prior to NEPG, in 1970 Jerry founded Precision in Rounds and Precision in Motion created to provide manufacturing services of cylindrical office products for the high tech industry. Those companies were successfully sold to Moore Business Forms. Earlier in his career, Jerry founded and operated a couple of job shops providing precision grinding services. Jerry graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a degree in Engineering.

Bob joined New England Precision Grinding (NEPG) in 2003 as General Manager and served as VP\COO from 2004-2008. He was instrumental in the acquisition of American Medical Instruments (AMI), the merger with Accu-Met Laser (AML) and the selection of Riverside as an equity partner in 2007. Bob led the site selection process, build-out of the new Franklin facility and the companya s successful integration efforts in 2008-09. Instrumental in the re-branding of the three companies into Tegra Medical in 2009 which he now serves as President & COO, Bob served as President of AMI and AML during the transition period from 2007-09. Prior to Tegra, he was the VP\COO of Graycer Screw Products and Graycer Fabricating & Design, manufacturers of precision machined and sheet metal components for medical, laboratory automation and commercial markets. Bob has sixteen years of progressive executive management experience in the contract manufacturing field. Earlier in his career, he held positions in materials, operations and distribution management with medical device companies such as Pharmacia Nu Tech, Haemonetics and Zymark Corp., a laboratory automation equipment manufacturer. Bob graduated cum laude from Boston College with a B.A. in Economics.A He also attended classes towards his M.B.A. at Northeastern University.A He is a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) and an Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (A.P.P.), each with Lifetime designations as recognized by the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM).A

Joe joined Tegra Medical (New England Precision Grinding at that time) as CFO in 2004 and played an important role in the acquisition and merger with American Medical Instruments and Accu-Met Laser. Earlier in his career, Joe was CFO and Operations Manager for Process Packaging & Control, from 2001 through 2004. Before joining PPC, Joe held various financial and senior staff positions over an 18-year career at Zymark Corporation in Hopkinton, MA. After joining Zymark in 1983 Joe gained broad business experience in a variety of financial roles up through the position of Worldwide Financial Controller, with primary focus in manufacturing and international operations. Prior to working at Zymark he was employed at Waters Associates and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Joe graduated with honors from Boston College with a B.S. in Accounting.

Bob has 10+ years of experience in the medical device industry and joined Tegra Medical in 2008. Prior to joining Tegra Medical, Bob served as Operations Director & Plant Manager for Smiths Medical. He was the business leader of a $100 million dollar franchise and plant manager for North American headquarters of a $1.5 billion dollar business. During his ten years at Smiths Medical, Bob worked at international sites in Mexico and the United Kingdom, consolidating manufacturing plants and rolling out new ERP systems. Bob holds a B.S. in Operations Management and Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts, graduating magna cum laude and recognized as first in class for OMIS graduates. He holds a professional supply chain accreditation from Northeastern University and is a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.)

Deborah joined Tegra Medical in October 2008 with 20 years of manufacturing and medical field experience in a variety of corporate Human Resource Management positions. Before Tegra, she was Director of Human Resources for New England Medical Care Association, a large medical group that provides contract medical services to hospitals and owns and operates twelve outpatient medical facilities. Prior to that, Deborah was also the Director of Human Resources for the Double E Company, Inc., a multi-national engineering and manufacturing company in the paper, film and foil web converting and packaging industries. Deborah was engaged in the private practice of law in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut where she specialized in employment and labor law. Deborah holds a B.A. in Political Science from Rhode Island College, an M.S. in Criminal Justice and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School; all with honors.

Jean started with Tegra Medical in April 2009 after spending six years at DePuy, Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson. Jean began there as a quality engineer and progressed through several promotions ending as Group Manager of Worldwide Supplier Quality Engineering, supporting five global operating sites. In that role he was responsible for developing significantly improved process capability, quality competency and risk management skills in the preferred supplier baseA for the Orthopaedic, Mitek, Codman and Spine divisions of DePuy. Jean is a certified Black Belt in Six Sigma and has had extensive training in lean manufacturing. Prior to joining DePuy, Jean was Technical Director at Cooley Group, a manufacturer of coating and specialty extrusion products. Jean began his career with the Polaroid Corporation spending 11 year there, ending as Operations Manager after various roles in Quality and Process Engineering. Jean holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, a M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from National Technological University and a M.B.A. from Regis University.

Tom joined Tegra Medical in 2008. He has had a long and varied career in the medical device industry and contract manufacturing. Most recently, Tom was Vice President Sales & Marketing at Web Industries, a custom converter serving the medical and aerospace markets. Prior to that, he was with Accellent in varying capacities for nine years, holding the position of Vice President Sales & Marketing, Orthopaedic Division, for the last five years. Accellent is a leading supplier of manufacturing services to the medical device industry. For the first fifteen years of his career, Tom held various sales and marketing jobs for several leaders in the medical device industry: Johnson & Johnson, Baxter Healthcare, and Genzyme Bio-Surgery. He began his career with Whitehall Laboratories. Tom graduated with honors from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Marketing.