Bio Details

Michael Porcelain has been a director of our company since October 23, 2017. Since January 2022, he has severed as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and a member of the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., ("Comtech") a publicly traded company and a leading global provider of next-generation 911 emergency systems and secure wireless communications technologies. He was first appointed President of Comtech in January 2020 and also served as Comtech’s Chief Operating Officer since October 2018.  Prior to holding these positions, he served as Comtech's Chief Financial Officer from 2006 through 2018, and from 2002 to March 2006, he served as Comtech’s Vice President of Finance and Internal Audit. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Porcelain was Director of Corporate Profit and Business Planning for Symbol Technologies, a mobile wireless information solutions company. Previously, he spent five years in public accounting holding various positions, including Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. In March 2021, Mr. Porcelain was elected to the Board of Directors of The Fund for Modern Court, an independent court reform organization that advocates for the improvements of the New York State Court system to ensure a diverse, highly qualified, and independent judiciary. Since 1998, he has owned and operated The Independent Adviser Corporation, a privately held company which holds the rights to use certain intellectual properties and trademarks (including various Internet websites) related to the financial planning and advisory industry. Mr. Porcelain has served as an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University located in New York where he taught graduate level accounting courses. Mr. Porcelain has a B.S. in Business Economics from State University of Oneonta, New York, a M.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. degree from Binghamton University.