Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2019-03-08 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. |
| 2020-03-06 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. He was a corporate finance attorney and has served on boards of pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech companies. |
| 2021-04-05 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. He began his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch and was a corporate finance attorney. |
| 2022-03-18 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. He began his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch as a Vice President in Hong Kong and prior to that, Mr. Manko was a corporate finance attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. |
| 2023-03-29 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Manko was a Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Switzerland-based BZ Fund Management Limited, where he was responsible for corporate finance, private equity investments, three public equity funds and the firm’s Special Situations and Event-Driven strategies. Prior to that Mr. Manko was a Managing Director with Deutsche Bank in London. He began his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch as a Vice President in Hong Kong and prior to that, Mr. Manko was a corporate finance attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. |
| 2024-03-28 | Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. Prior to that Mr. Manko was a corporate finance attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. |
| 2025-04-04 | Mr. Manko has been the Senior Principal in Horton Capital Management LLC, the investment manager for the Horton Capital Partners Fund, LP (“Horton Fund”) since 2013. The Horton Fund is a significant shareholder in the Company. Mr. Manko has over 20 years of investment experience in the asset management, investment banking, private equity and corporate securities markets. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Manko was a Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Switzerland-based BZ Fund Management Limited, where he was responsible for corporate finance, private equity investments, three public equity funds and the firm’s Special Situations and Event-Driven strategies. Prior to that Mr. Manko was a Managing Director with Deutsche Bank in London. He began his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch as a Vice President in Hong Kong and prior to that, Mr. Manko was a corporate finance attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Manko has served on the board of several companies in the bio-pharmaceutical industry and has advised numerous companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech industries and currently serves as a director and Chairman of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. and a director of One Stop Systems, Inc., and previously served as a director of Wireless Telecom Group, Inc., and Creative Realities, Inc. Mr. Manko earned both his B.A. and Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2019-04-12 | Joseph M. Manko, Jr., age 52, Director since March 2019, Safeguard Board Committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance. |
| 2020-04-06 | Joseph M. Manko, Jr., age 54, Director since: March 2019, Safeguard Board Committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance. Director Compensation – 2019: Total $112,199. |
| 2021-04-05 | Joseph M. Manko, Jr., age 55, Director since March 2019, Safeguard Board Committees: Audit (until April 2020), Compensation (Chair) (until April 2020), Nominating & Corporate Governance (until April 2020). Director Compensation – 2020: $133,778 in stock awards. |
| 2022-04-05 | Joseph M. Manko, Jr., age 56, Director since: March 2019, Safeguard Board Committees: Audit, Compensation (Chair), Nominating & Corporate Governance, Mr. Manko has experience serving on the boards of several companies and has participated in numerous shareholder value creation strategies and monetizations. |
| 2023-04-06 | Joseph M. Manko, Jr., age 57, Chairman of the Board, Director since March 2019, Safeguard Board Committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating & Corporate Governance. Director Compensation – 2022: Stock Awards $149,835, Total $149,835. |
| 2023-11-02 | Mr. Manko has experience serving on the boards of several companies and has participated in numerous shareholder value creation strategies. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01