Safeguard Scientifics Appoints New Independent Director
March 27, 2019 at 08:00 am EDT
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Safeguard Scientifics Appointed Joseph M. Manko as new independent director, to the Safeguard Board of Directors effective immediately and will support his re-election at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders as part of a six-person slate of nominees recommended by the Safeguard Board. Mr. Manko is the Senior Principal of The Horton Fund, and a joint owner, along with Darren C. Wallis of Maplewood Capital LLC, of Sierra Capital Investments, L.P.
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a provider of capital and relevant expertise to technology-driven businesses. The Company offers strategic, operational and management support to certain of its ownership interests, which include defining short and long-term strategic goals; identifying and planning for the critical success factors to reach these goals; identifying and addressing the challenges and operational improvements required to achieve the critical success factors and, ultimately, the strategic goals; identifying and implementing the business measurements that the Company and others are apply to measure a companyâs success; and identifying sources of and providing capital to drive growth. It also continues to hold relatively small equity interests in other enterprises where it does not exert significant influence and do not participate in management activities. The Company's subsidiaries include Bonfield VII, Ltd., Safeguard Delaware, Inc., SFE Properties, Inc., and others.
SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS, INC. 
