General Counsel

Michael J. McShea *** Eighth Street

Oakmont, PA *5139

412-***-****

adpjma@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

J D - Duquesne University School of Law

Duquesne Law Review – Assistant Editor

B A – University of Pittsburgh

BPU Investment Management, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (April 2017 to December 2021)

Position: General Counsel/Corporate Secretary, Member of Executive Committee; Responsibilities included

• the analysis and implementation of corporate strategy through the conduct of Shareholder, Executive Committee and Board of Director’s Meetings;

• the management of potential or actual litigation, handling of customer complaints, state securities law matters, licensing and registration issues, FINRA related matters, and all other legal matters that face the firm, including the analysis and development of all outside vendor contracts;

• the development, drafting and implementation of corporate, regulatory and compliance policy and procedures by and through the company’s Employment Manuals, Written Supervisory Procedures, Privacy Policy and Code of Ethics;

• negotiation and development of Employment Contracts, employment policy and employment related matters;

• the coordination with BPU’s in house compliance professional and outside professional compliance consultants on all regulatory issues;

• relationship and contract development concerning new ventures with persons and entities in the areas of investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and private equity; and

• generally handling and reviewing all legal matters and issues that come before the corporation, including the development and protection of intellectual property rights.

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Keevican, Weiss and Bauerle, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (September 2016 to April 2017)

Commercial litigation with an emphasis on the banking and investment advisory industry

Represent creditors in bankruptcy court

Act as general counsel for an investment banking and business advisory firm

Provide day to day troubleshooting advice and support to a commercial bank

Provide day to day troubleshooting advice and support to an investment firm servicing institutional and private equity customers Malone Middleman, P.C., 1167 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090

(August 2015 – September 2016)

• Corporate Experience

Drafted sales contracts, deeds, leases, employment documents and corporate organizational documents;

Real Estate transactions;

Asset purchases and stock sales;

• Litigation Experience

Industrial/construction litigation;

Insurance defense and subrogation with a focus on construction and industrial related claims

Represented lessees in oil and gas lease disputes;

Counsel for corporate clients in declaratory judgment actions seeking liability insurance policy coverage;

Employment restrictive covenant matters; and

Commercial Litigation Appellate work before Pennsylvania Superior Court and Supreme Court.

Olson Industries, 1 Todd Drive, Burgettstown, PA 15021

(March 2011 - August 2015)

Olson Industries was a manufacturer of automated industrial furnaces with domestic and international sales of $10 - 15 million and over 50 employees divided among two subsidiaries. Olson Industries designed manufactured and installed automated heat-treating equipment and process lines. Michael J. McShea

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Split duties as General Counsel and Operations Manager for Olson Industries, and its Engineering subsidiary DECI Company.

• General Counsel for Olson Industries and DECI Company, 2011

– 2015

Draft and negotiate contracts with customers and subcontractors;

Extensive experience negotiating and setting up bonds and letters of credit necessary to receive down payments for foreign deliveries;

Manage relationship with liability insurers, maintaining additional insured requirements, and completing annual insurance applications;

Responsible for interpreting RFQ documents and ensuring contractual compliance of all successful bids. Most customers are sophisticated international competitors and contract documents, and specifications are lengthy;

Manage interactions between American Parent Company and two Mexican Subsidiaries;

Manage outside counsel regarding patent matters and all other legal matters;

Document OSHA compliance;

Human resources Compliance;

Corporate planning;

Devised and executed plan to isolate professional liability risk by forming separate corporate subsidiary to perform engineering and completed the asset acquisition of an industrial engineering corporation and the hiring of engineering talent;

Formed Mexican engineering and manufacturing subsidiaries, interviewed and hired Mexican counsel and accountants, arranged domestic and Mexican bank accounts;

Continued legal management of Mexican subsidiaries.

• Operations Manager for Olson Industries, 2011 –2015

Manage projects, supervise in-house engineering, and steel fabrication shop personnel;

Prepare and present proposals in response to customer’s Request for Quotes;

Identify, qualify, and select vendors;

Prepare RFQs to subcontractors and vendors;

Locate and arrange purchase and delivery of all component parts including PLCs (programmable logic controllers), HMIs (human machine interfaces), Motor Control Centers, limit switches, pressure switches, and various input/output devices;

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Continuous high-level communications and problem solving with customers;

Supervise domestic and international shipping of industrial furnaces and machinery including negotiating of terms and drafting of bills of lading, certificates of origin, commercial invoices, and letters of credit. Familiar with UCC and INCO Terms; and

Act as Director of Human Resources-Charged with locating and interviewing candidates for engineering positions and negotiating compensation packages; also charged with basic training and discipline of staff.

PRIOR LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE

Malone Middleman, P.C., Northridge Office Plaza, 117 VIP Drive, Suite 310 Wexford, PA 15090(May 1998 – March 2011)

• Corporate Experience

Completed numerous asset and stock sales including several multi- million-dollar transactions;

Represented local bank in collection/bankruptcy matters;

Transfer of existing PUC Motor Carrier rights and application for new rights;

• Litigation Experience

Insurance defense work primarily for transportation companies;

Plaintiff’s counsel in industrial/construction subrogation claims;

Construction litigation;

Counsel for corporate clients in declaratory judgment actions seeking liability policy coverage;

Lead or second counsel in numerous large commercial litigation matters;

Litigated several employment restrictive covenant matters; and

Counsel in numerous appeals on various civil litigation issues. Mollica and Murray, 450 Trimont Plaza 1305 Grandview Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15211 (April 1995 – May 1998)

• Litigation Experience

Construction litigation – lead counsel on smaller matters under

$200,000, Worked in a team with two other lawyers on larger matters, main responsibilities included conducting and defending depositions and preparing and presenting pre-trial motions; and

AAA arbitration - construction claims

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• Corporate Experience

Completed all manner of corporate transactions including many financial transactions for automobile dealerships;

Conducted real estate closings on behalf of lender;

Collections and bankruptcy work for several finance companies;

• Municipal Experience

Municipal zoning analysis, prepared and presented applications for zoning variances;

Assistant to solicitor for several municipalities, zoning boards and authorities; and

Represented interests of zoning board at meetings.

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