Mr. Czarnecki (Gerry) is Chairman & CEO of The Deltennium Group, Inc., a holding company for a variety of organizations and portfolio investments, and where he also maintains an active consulting practice helping individuals and organizations with effective strategic planning and marketing, managerial leadership and board governance. Prior to forming The Deltennium Group, Mr. Czarnecki was Chairman and Founder of Snowden Hill, a boutique investment bank focused on investments in the retail industry. As an entrepreneur, he has founded and operated several consumer marketing organizations, and continues to this day with investments in retail marketing. He is an investor and member of the board of directors of several private companies: BKE, Inc., a digital bookkeeping organization, where he is Chair of the Audit Committee; a member of the Board of ChemTech, Inc.a wood protection company; Cycurion, Inc, a Cybersecurity organization, where he is Lead Independent Director; and member of the board of Mcinnis Brothers Construction, Inc.

He is also a former, 15-year director of State Farm Insurance, where he served as member of the company Executive Committee, and was also Chairman of the Audit Committee; State Farm Bank, where he was Chair of the Compensation Committee, and State Farm Fire & Casualty companies. He is also Trustee Emeritus of the National University system where he served twice as Chairman the board; Founder & Chairman Emeritus of the National Association of Corporate Directors—Florida Chapter.

Mr. Czarnecki has had a varied corporate career where he has increased shareholder value through enhanced marketing and operational performance. He has been a General Manager, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer in a variety of industries from consumer marketing to financial services to aviation to technology to media and TV production.

Mr. Czarnecki held a number of executive positions in the banking and financial services industry including General Manager of the 4th largest bank Trust Department in the country; CFO of the 8th largest bank holding company; the CEO of a large, publicly held bank and another large privately held bank owned by an investor group headed by former Secretary of the Treasury, William Simon. In 1993 Mr. Czarnecki was part of the team recruited by Louis Gerstner to begin the turnaround of IBM Corporation. Serving as an IBM Senior Vice President, Mr. Czarnecki had worldwide responsibility for customer focused quality initiatives, human resources, real estate services, quality programs, non-manufacturing procurement, aviation and a wide range of other staff functions. Later he was President of UNC, Inc., a NYSE aviation company, which manufactured aircraft engine parts, repaired and overhauled aircraft engines and accessory components and provided significant outsourcing services to the US military. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Mr. Czarnecki is an author who has written seven books on Leadership and Governance.

Gerry is also the Founder and Chairman of The National Leadership Institute, a not-for-profit organization committed to expanding research and development of leading edge ideas in leadership, governance, development, marketing and strategy. This organization provides robust training and educational programs in those techniques to qualified entities where the organization's capabilities need enhancement, but where funding is limited. In addition, he has served on the board of over 30 non-profit organizations.

Mr. Czarnecki holds a B.S. in Economics from Temple University, an M.A. in Economics from Michigan State University, is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Doctor of Humane Letters from National University. He is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and holds the Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.