Ira Lubert - Safeguard Scientifics Independent Director

Mr. Ira M. Lubert is Independent Director of the Company. Ira M. Lubert has served as CoFounder and Chairman of each of LubertAdler Management Company, L.P., which advises a series of real estate funds, and Independence Capital Partners, LLC, which provides services to certain investment advisers. He is also a CoFounder of and a Partner in a series of private equity and real estate fund advisers, including LLR Management, L.P., which focuses on lower middle market growth companies Quaker Partners Management, L.P., which advises a series of life sciences funds LEM Capital, L.P., which advises a series of real estate funds invested primarily in multifamily properties LBC Credit Management, LP, which advises a series of structured finance funds and Patriot Financial Management, L.P., which advises a series of community banking funds. Mr. Lubert has also served as a CoFounder of Versa Capital Management, LLC, specializing in distressed and special situations and worked with Rubenstein Partners, L.P., an office real estate investment firm, to found its first fund, Rubenstein Properties Fund, L.P. . Previously, he was a General Partner of Rose Glen Capital Management, LP, a private equity fund. From 1986 to 1997, he was a Managing Director and CoFounder of TL Ventures, the subsequent Safeguardaffiliated family of early stage venture funds with over 1 billion of capital under management. Prior to that, he served as Chairman of the Board and President of CompuCom Systems, a microcomputer reseller. Mr. Lubert currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania State University, where he served as Chairman from July 2016 to July 2017. He had previously served on the Pennsylvania State University Board from 1997 to 2000 and from 2007 to 2013 since 2018.