Team

Mark Gatto, Co-Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President

Mark Gatto, Co-Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President, joined ICON in 1999 and was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Acquisitions Officer from May 2007 to January 2008. Mr. Gatto was formerly Executive Vice President — Business Development from February 2006 to May 2007 and Associate General Counsel from November 1999 through October 2000. Before serving as Associate General Counsel, Mr. Gatto was an attorney with Cella & Goldstein in New Jersey, concentrating on commercial transactions and general litigation matters. From November 2000 to June 2003, Mr. Gatto was Director of Player Licensing for the Topps Company and, in July 2003, he co-founded ForSport Enterprises, LLC, a specialty business consulting firm in New York City, and served as its managing partner before re-joining our Investment Manager in April 2005. Mr. Gatto received an M.B.A. from the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, and a B.S. from Montclair State University.

Michael A. Reisner, Co-Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President

Michael A. Reisner, Co-Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President, joined ICON in 2001. Mr. Reisner was formerly Chief Financial Officer from January 2007 through April 2008. Mr. Reisner was also formerly Executive Vice President — Acquisitions from February 2006 through January 2007. Mr. Reisner was Senior Vice President and General Counsel from January 2004 through January 2006. Mr. Reisner was Vice President and Associate General Counsel from March 2001 until December 2003. Previously, from 1996 to 2001, Mr. Reisner was an attorney with Brodsky Altman & McMahon, LLP in New York, concentrating on commercial transactions. Mr. Reisner received a J.D. from New York Law School and a B.A. from the University of Vermont.

Keith S. Franz, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Keith S. Franz, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of CĪON Investment Corporation, joined ICON in March 2009 as a Vice President of Accounting and Finance. Mr. Franz was previously a Senior Manager at Smart & Associates LLP from December 2008 until March 2009 and the Vice President of Corporate Finance for Audiovox Corporation from August 2004 to November 2008. Prior to Audiovox, from September 1991 through August 2004, Mr. Franz was employed by Ernst & Young LLP, rising to the level of Senior Audit Manager. Mr. Franz received a B.S. from Binghamton University and is a certified public accountant.  

Harry Giovani, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer

Harry Giovani, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer of CĪON Investment Corporation, joined ICON in April 2008. Most recently, from March 2007 to January 2008, Mr. Giovani was Vice President for FirstLight Financial Corporation, responsible for underwriting and syndicating middle-market leveraged loan transactions. Previously, from April 2004 to March 2007, he worked at GE Commercial Finance, initially as an Assistant Vice President in the Intermediary Group, where he was responsible for executing middle-market transactions in a number of industries including manufacturing, steel, paper, pharmaceutical, technology, chemicals and automotive, and later as a Vice President in the Industrial Project Finance Group, where he originated highly structured project finance transactions. Mr. Giovani started his career in 1997 at Citigroup’s Citicorp Securities and CitiCapital divisions, where he spent six years in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility including underwriting, origination and strategic marketing/business development. Mr. Giovani graduated from Cornell University in 1996 with a B.S. in Finance.

Joel S. Kress, Senior Managing Director

Joel S. Kress, Senior Managing Director of CĪON Investment Corporation, joined ICON in 2005 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. In 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and in 2007, was promoted to Executive Vice President — Business and Legal Affairs at ICON. Prior to joining ICON, Mr. Kress was an attorney from 2001 to 2005, with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York and London, England, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and financing transactions (including debt and equity issuances) and private equity investments. Mr. Kress received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. from Connecticut College. 

Michael R. Manley, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

Michael R. Manley, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of CĪON Investment Corporation, joined ICON in October 2011 as Senior Vice President. Prior to joining ICON, Mr. Manley served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Plainfield Direct LLC from May 2007 to September 2011, a BDC managed by Plainfield Asset Management LLC (“PFAM”). From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Manley held various positions at Plainfield, and most recently including Managing Director of PFAM and Co-General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Plainfield Direct LLC. From August 2002 to April 2007, Mr. Manley served as President of PartMiner, Inc., a leading provider of information and procurement services to the global electronics, defense/aerospace, telecommunications, and medical devices industries. Mr. Manley joined PartMiner in May of 1999 as its Vice President and General Counsel. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Manley held various positions with the company and served as PartMiner’s General Counsel from May 1999 to June 2006. From April 1993 to May 1999, Mr. Manley was an attorney with the law firm of Gould & Wilkie LLP, now known as Thompson Hine L.L.P., where he was responsible for building the firm’s new media and internet practice. Mr. Manley received a B.A. from Yale College and a J.D. from the Fordham School of Law.