Donald E. Nickelson
Donald E. Nickelson joined the Board of Directors as Chairman of Cross Match Technologies in May 2008. "Mr. Nickelson is currently the Vice-Chairman and Director of Harbour Group Industries Inc., a leveraged buy-out firm. He also serves as chairman of the board of advisors for Celtic Therapeutics, a director of Adolor Corporation, First Advantage Corporation and the Advisory Board of Celtic Pharmaceutical Holdings, L.P., as well as serving on the board of several private companies.
"Previously, Mr. Nickelson was President of PaineWebber Group, an investment banking and brokerage firm, and acted as Lead Trustee of the Mainstay Mutual Funds Group. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Omniquip International, Inc., Greenfield Industries, Vie Financial Group, and Flair Corporation. As a Director, Mr. Nickelson served on the boards for W. P. Carey & Co., LLC, Royalty Pharma AG, Allied Healthcare Products, DT Industries, as well as Selectide Corporation and Sugen, Inc., two biotech companies. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Pacific Stock Exchange and Director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange." [1]