Mr. Furman served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Rural/Metro Corporation, a Nasdaq- traded company that is a provider of emergency and fire protection services, from August 1998 until January 2000; as a senior member of the law firm of O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., a professional association, from January 1983 until August 1998; as Associate General Counsel of Waste Management, Inc., a NYSE - listed provider of waste management services, from May 1997 until December 1983; and as Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of the Warner Company, a NYSE - listed company involved in industrial mineral extractions and processing, real estate development, and solid and chemical waste management, from November 1973 until April 1977. Mr. Furman is a consultant to public and private companies, focusing on product commercialization, business transactions, and financial structuring. Mr. Furman currently is a director of MarineMax, Inc., a NYSE - listed company that is the world's largest boat dealer; a director of GameTech International, Inc., a Nasdaq - traded company involved in interactive electronic bingo; a director and chairman of the audit committee of H.E.R.C. Products, Incorporated, a publicly traded company engaged in pipe and tank cleaning for the U.S. Navy and a variety of maritime vessels; and a director of Plan Express, Inc., a privately held provider of Web enabled reprographic and distribution services to the design and construction industry.