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Mr. McPartland has successfully merged or acquired dozens of companies in the securities industry and has held numerous direct management roles. His oversight of operations at Invest Financial Corporation directly led to the firm’s growth of over 800% within three years with annual sales growing from $300 million to over $2.5 billion. Mr. McPartland also founded the first independent New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) clearing firm in 1976. Among the clearing firms that still utilize Mr. McPartland’s pioneering pricing model are Fidelity Investments National Financial Division Bank of New York’s Pershing subsidiary ADP Clearing Wachovia’s First Clearing division Legent Clearing and Merrill Lynch’s clearing subsidiary Broadcourt. Currently Mr. McPartland is part of an investor group led by Ric Duques former Chairman and CEO of First Data Corporation that acquired Legent Clearing in February 2005. | 