STOA Director and Secretary
Dennis Schmal (age 65) has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2, 2011, and serves as the Chairman of the Board and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Schmal previously was a partner at Arthur Andersen, where he worked from 1972 through 1999, when he retired. As a senior business advisor with special focus in finance, he has extensive knowledge of financial reporting and holds a CPA certificate (retired). Mr. Schmal was responsible at Andersen for leading hundreds of audits and consulting projects for a variety of enterprises over several decades. Since his retirement from Andersen, Mr. Schmal has served on the boards of directors of approximately 15 business entities, including both public and private companies. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (2003), Wells Fargo Hedge Funds (2008) and Genworth Financial GuideMark Mutual Funds (2007), all of which are public reporting entities. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Pacific Metrics Corporation (2006), a private company. In the last five years, he has also completed service on the boards of directors of Varian Semiconductor and Northbay Bancorp, both public companies, before both companies were sold and merged out of existence. He serves as the “audit committee finance expert” on all the public entity boards on which he has served. Mr. Schmal holds a B.S. with summa cum laude honors in business administration with a focus on finance and accounting from California State University, Fresno.
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