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Steven J. Ahn, Chief Information Officer
As Chief Information Officer, Mr. Ahn is solely responsible for the accurate
comprehensive analysis and delivery of replies to all the clients of FinanceOncall.
com. Mr. Ahn typically originates all answers and analyses but maintains an
extensive network of resources and professionals from leading institutions
including JP Morgan, H&R Block Inc., and the Wharton School.

Mr. Ahn is also a partner of corporate finance consultancy the Abacus Group and
is responsible for project and transaction analysis in M&A, corporate finance, and
strategy. Since joining in 2003 as west coast partner, he has advised clients from
start-ups to public companies on over $400 million of projects and transactions

Mr. Ahn is concurrently an adjunct professor at the University of GA and a lecturer
for the MBA programs at the University of TX - Dallas and Pepperdine University.
He is known for effective, highly analytical, implementation-oriented instruction. Mr.
Ahn's course topics have included corporate finance, financial management,
international finance, investment management, capital investment,
entrepreneurial finance, valuation, mergers & acquisitions, takeovers &
restructuring, financial modeling, and international accounting. Mr. Ahn is also a
certified on-line instructor for several universities including Troy University and
Webster-Marymount University. He is a frequent guest speaker and panelist and
has conducted training for SEC securities licensees as well as four Global
FORTUNE 500 firms. Mr. Ahn also serves as an editorial reviewer for financial
publisher Mcgraw-Hill, is a frequent book reviewer for Graziadio Business Report
magazine, and is a member of the London Financial Times Executive Panel.

Prior to joining Abacus, Mr. Ahn was a Vice President for H&R Block's newly
acquired corporate subsidiary specializing in small business valuations, mergers
& acquisitions, and capital raising. Mr. Ahn advised over 100 small business
owners and corporate clients on transactions and valuations including several of
the firm’s most complex and demanding ones. His industry coverage grew to
include innumerable industry sub-sectors in manufacturing, services, technology,
natural resources, healthcare, and media.

Prior to H&R Block, Mr. Ahn was a senior investment banker for J.P. Morgan in
New York and an investment banking associate for Schroders of London. He
worked on over $20 billion of successful transactions for businesses ranging
from large private entities to Fortune 100 firms. His transactions included merger,
acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, LBO, spin-off, carve-out, hostile takeover,
takeover defense, vulture finance, and asset swap. His securities underwriting
experience included IPOs, seasoned equity, tracking stock, credit grade bonds,
high yield bonds, medium term notes, derivative securities, rights, contingent
value rights, and mezzanine debt.

In the corporate arena, Mr. Ahn worked for International Paper, the world’s largest
forest products company. He was a senior corporate finance analyst and
appointed by the Corporate Treasurer as the expatriate senior treasury analyst for
IP’s pioneering acquisition in Eastern Europe. While based in Poland and
Belgium, he developed cash management procedures and training programs to
assist in the completion of the project financing and successful integration of the
acquisition. Prior to his expatriate appointment, Mr. Ahn was promoted several
times within corporate treasury based on contributions to internal audit, cash
management, corporate finance, budgeting & planning, financial analysis, export
finance, credit, and process improvement.

After leaving International Paper, Mr. Ahn authored Modern Global Cash
Management, a 402 page book later published in its second edition in 1996.

Mr. Ahn earned his MBA with a triple concentration – Finance, Investment
Management, and Multinational Management – from the Wharton School
(University of Pennsylvania), where he was also Managing Editor of The Wharton
Journal. He earned his BA with high honors, double-majoring in International
Business and Finance at Emory University with joint studies at London Guildhall
University and Yonsei University Seoul. He is a national honor society inductee of
Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, and Phi Sigma Iota, a member of the
American Finance Association, and a board member of several non-profits.