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Verbatim client survey comments from Sanjiv Ahuja, former Chief Executive of Comstellar Technologies Inc. regarding CEO and other various senior searches for several Comstellar and Redwood Ventures portfolio companies.

"I view Mike as a world-class professional – I'm always excited to work with him. He’s very smart, articulate and conducts himself extremely well professionally. He's very good at what he does, and he has great connections. I've worked in the past with Spencer Stuart and Christian & Timbers, and I much prefer working with Mike.

"Mike's biggest strength is that he's very thorough in his work and he relates extremely well with both clients and candidates. He focuses on the human aspects as well as the professional aspects of the search. He works very well with clients by keeping in close touch with them and by bringing them really outstanding candidates. And he's very good at the really tough part, which is: once you have a slate of candidates, choosing the best and bringing the search to a successful conclusion.

"Mike recruited both for our portfolio companies and for our core business. And the candidates he got for us were all first-rate. He was also my "go-to" man on a lot of other things as well.

"There are no 'areas for improvement' with Mike, as far as I am concerned. I will always reach first for Mike when I do have recruiting needs."

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