Mr. Mark Palamountain has been Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary at Limoneira Company since January 8, 2018. Mr. Palamountain also served as Senior Director of Agricultural Operations for Business Development and Business Integration at Limoneira Company, from December 2014 to December 2017, and as Director of Business Development and Business Integration, from 2012 to December 2014. Mr. Palamountain served as Managing Director, Head of Nasdaq Trading of Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc. (alternate name, First Albany Companies Inc.) since April 7, 2003. Mr. Palamountain served as Limoneira's Director of Energy, Waste and Water projects and was instrumental in the development of Limoneira's solar installation, one of the largest private solar facilities in California. Prior to joining Limoneira in 2011, Mr. Palamountain co-founded Perpetual Power LLC in 2008 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. He has also held senior positions at Broadpoint Securites, Thomas Weisel Partners and JP Morgan Chase. Between 2001 and 2003, Mr. Palamountain was Principal at Thomas Weisel Partners and from 1997 to 2001, he was a trader at JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Palamountain joined to First Albany from Thomas Weisel Partners where he was a Senior Trader with a focus on the software sector. Mr. Palamountain began his career as an OTC Trader with Hambrecht & Quist where he spent four years, during which Hambrecht & Quist was purchased by Chase Manhattan Bank and then merged with JP Morgan, forming JPMorgan Chase. A licensed holder of a Series 7, 55 and 63, he earned a BS in Finance from the University of Colorado.