Kevin A. Richardson II

Mr. Richardson founded Prides Capital LLC and Prides Capital Partners LLC in January 2004. Mr. Richardson is a member of the board of directors of Healthtronics Inc. (HTRN), QC Holdings (QCCO) eDiets.com (DIET), and Pegasus Solutions, Inc., all public and private portfolio companies of Prides Capital LLC.

Prior to that, Mr. Richardson had been a partner at Blum Capital Partners since April of 1999. Blum Capital Partners is a $2.5 billion investment firm, which pioneered the investment style of "strategic block investing". Between May 1999 and September 2003, Mr. Richardson was the lead public partner on 18 investments.

Prior to joining Blum Capital, Mr. Richardson was an analyst at Tudor Investment Corporation, an investment management firm that currently manages approximately $8.8 billion across several hedge funds and private equity funds.

Previously, Mr. Richardson spent four years at Fidelity Management and Research where he was the assistant portfolio manager of the Fidelity Contra Fund, a registered investment company.

Mr. Richardson also managed the following additional registered investment companies, Fidelity Airline Fund, the Fidelity Aerospace and Defense Fund, and performed research and analysis in a variety of industry sectors (computer services, business services, media, financial services, and healthcare information technology).

Previously, Mr. Richardson worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Richardson has a B.S. from Babson College and an M.B.A. from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.