Byron Denenberg

Mr. Denenberg has been actively involved with all aspects of KB Partners investments and operating activities since 1996.
He currently sits on the Board of Firefly Energy, Inc. and is a Board Observer on Rubicon Technology Inc. He has been active in entrepreneurial ventures for over 35 years as an owner, manager, investor, consultant and Board Member.
He also has extensive international experience.
He has been involved in numerous start-up companies, including MST Measurement Systems, Inc., Microsensor Technology GmbH, and FPM Analytics, Inc., as both an investor and Board Member.
Prior to his involvement with these companies, he was a co-founder of MDA Scientific, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of toxic gas monitoring systems for the semiconductor industry.
He served as MDA's CEO from the company's inception in 1969 until 1992.
MDA was purchased by Zellweger Uster AG in 1988.
From 1960 to 1969, he held various sales, marketing and operational positions in analytic and control instrumentation with Leeds & Northrop Company, Boston, MA; Waters Associates, Framingham, MA and Geneva, Switzerland; and Anacon, Inc., Ashland, MA.
He has been the recipient of a variety of honors and awards including the Best Small Business in Chicago awarded to MDA Scientific by the University of Illinois/Chicago and Arthur Andersen; The Medallion for Entrepreneurship awarded by Beta Gamma Sigma; The Entrepreneur of The Year awarded by Arthur Young/Venture Magazine; and The High Tech Entrepreneur awarded by KPMG Peat Marwick.
He was also elected to the Institute of American Entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneurs Hall Of Fame in 1987.
He is the holder of three U.S.
Patents.
He is a graduate of Bucknell University, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and served in the U.S.
Navy as a Lt.
jg.