Mr. Finkel is President and founder of Prism Capital, the management company of both the Prism Opportunity Fund and the Prism Mezzanine Fund. For the last eighteen years he has been completing middle market transactions, the last sixteen years in the Chicago private equity community. As Managing Partner of both the Prism Opportunity Fund and Prism Mezzanine Fund, Mr. Finkel has recruited and coordinated two investment teams and has overseen equity fund deployment into fourteen portfolio companies and mezzanine fund deployment into nineteen companies. Mr. Finkel served on the Boards of Penn-Wheeling Closure and Artromick, Inc. He is a founder and former Chairman of the Illinois Venture Capital Associationand is a recipient of their prestigious Fellows Award. Mr. Finkel was selected to serve on the State Treasurer's fund of fund review board and serves on the board of Chicago Junior Achievement as well as the Board of Governors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Previously, Mr. Finkel was an Investment Manager at Wind Point Partners where he invested in early, growth and later stage companies. Before entering the world of private equity, he was an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions with Paine Webber. He received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.

Mr. Vivian joined Prism Capital as the second full-time professional in 1999. He is a Partner in both Prism Opportunity Fund and Prism Mezzanine Fund and is responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring investments. His board responsibilities include Trident, HighBeam Research, Banner Service Corp. and Fieldglass. Mr. Vivian is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, Co-Chair of the Institutional Investor Task Force Committee of the Illinois Venture Capital Association and has served as the President of the Midwest Regional SBIC association. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and serves on the Information Technology Membership Committee for that organization.

Prior to joining Prism, Mr. Vivian worked in BancAmerica Securities’s leveraged finance group where he served as both a senior lender and investment banker for the placement of leveraged loans high yield public bonds. He also previously worked for Parker Hannifin Corp. and co-founded an Internet consulting and training firm, Mage Technologies. Mr. Vivian received both a BS degree in General Engineering and an MBA from the University of Illinois and spearheaded the university’s establishment of the Stanley C. Golder Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance.

Mr. Hoesley joined Prism in 2001. He is responsible for sourcing, executing, and monitoring investments. Mr. Hoesley serves on the boards of SterilMed and Celleration. He is a Partner in the Prism Opportunity Fund and the Prism Mezzanine Fund. Mr. Hoesley is a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, Co-Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago and is a member of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy’s President’s Alumni Advisory Council and the Board Vice President and Treasurer of the IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education.

Prior to Prism, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Legato Partners, LLC where he led the successful effort to restart two divisions of Foster & Gallagher, Inc. as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization. Mr. Hoesley was also the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for eVincio Corporation, a provider of enterprise-class content management software. He also spent four years at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he specialized in financings for international and technology businesses. John has a Masters of Management from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with majors in Management and Strategy, Organizational Behavior and Finance. He earned a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Finkel currently serves on the Board of ProSight and ISD.

Mr. Lump joined Prism in 2005, and is responsible for all accounting and financial reporting functions. Previously he was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young in the Chicago office and most recently worked on strategic and operational initiatives for Ernst & Young's global Transaction Advisory Services practice. Prior to this role, Mr. Lump provided financial due diligence services to private equity and corporate buyers in various industries including distribution, manufacturing, and retail. Mr. Lump began his career at Ernst & Young as an auditor in both the Chicago and London offices. He received a Bachelors degree from DePaul University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Lopez joined Prism Capital in 2007 as an analyst. He is responsible for assisting in sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments. Prior to joining Prism, Mr. Lopez was an associate with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s syndicated finance group where he was actively involved in structuring and syndicating leveraged and non-leveraged senior credit facilities. Mr. Lopez began his career as a portfolio manager with SunTrust Banks’ corporate banking division where he managed a portfolio consisting of major food and restaurant companies.

Mr. Lopez received a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University.