Historic Accomplishments:

First Alert and BRK

• CEO of BRK Electronics, a division of former Pittway Corp. for 22 years
• Grew BRK from a start-up at $250K/yr. to sales of over $100MM/yr.
• Cofounder of First Alert, a brand of BRK
• BRK/First Alert grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of
  residential smoke detectors
• First Alert became the leading brand ahead of GE, Norelco, B & D, etc. with
  an 80% unaided brand recognition
• I/2 of the smoke detectors were made in the USA and 1/2 were made in Mexico
• BRK had 22 consecutive profitable years under Conforti's leadership
• BRK was sold for over $100MM

System Sensor

• Cofounder of System Sensor, a division of former Pittway Corp.
• Group President of Pittway Systems Technology Group with System Sensor
  in the Group
• System Sensor grew from $5MM to over $200MM in 16 years
• System Sensor was very profitable every year
• From a start-up, System Sensor became the world's largest manufacturer of
  commercial smoke detectors
• North American products are made in the USA or Mexico with local factories worldwide

Pittway Systems Technology Group (PSTG)

• Founder of PSTG in 1984
• The Group ultimately included—Notifier, System Sensor, Fire-Lite, FCI,
  Silent Knight, Microlite and several companies outside of the USA
• Notifier joined the Group in 1987 and grew from less than $10MM to over
  $250MM in 13 years
• Notifier was continuously profitable from the year after purchase from Emhart
• Notifier became the industry leader in 13 short years and still is
• PSTG was sold as part of Pittway to Honeywell in 2000 for $2.2 billion
• PSTG was the most profitable segment of Pittway

Recognition Source

• Founder and Principal
• Patented and developed Wyreless Access, a brand of Recognition Source
• Grew sales of Wyreless Access from $0 to millions in 3 years
• Sold Wyreless Access to Ingersoll Rand
• Consulted for Ingersoll Rand for 3 years

Mr. Conforti was formerly on the Boards of Ball Horticulture, the world's leading horticultural company and KWJ, a gas sensor company. Previously he was Advisor to Addison McKee, a world leader in car exhaust system manufacturing equipment; Veridiam, a steel tube and metal component fabrication company supplying the nuclear and medical industries. He was also on the Advisory Board of WHI Capital Partners, a PE firm.

Miscellaneous accomplishments include: Board of Governors of the NEMA, UL's Industrial Advisory Council., industry representative to the CPSC, led manufacturing operations in the USA, Canada, Mexico, England, Italy and China; has been an expert witness in several patent litigation cases.

Mr. Conforti obtained his MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management with a concentration in operations research. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.