Doug Laux spent the first 20 years of his career with Ernst and Young, the last 9 as a partner in the Chicago office. Doug has extensive experience with both public and private companies as CFO including ANC Rental Corporation the former $2.5 billion parent of Alamo and National Car Rental Companies, EaglePicher, a $900 million diversified manufacturing company and Remy International, a $1.3 billion automotive supplier. He was also CFO/COO of Platinum Entertainment Inc., a NASDAQ listed music company he helped take public in 1996. Doug was also former director and chairman of the audit committee of Sirva, Inc., the parent of Allied and North American Van Lines, prior to its sale and R. J. O’Brien and Associates, the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the US. He is also a director of Freeport Securities Company, a family-owned oil and gas company. Doug is a graduate of the University of Illinois, with a BS in Accountancy who successfully passed the CPA examination in 1975.