Mr. Mintz currently is Chairman and Co-Founder of QED Technologies, Inc., a Rochester, NY manufacturer of patented finishing equipment and software for the high-end optics industry. He also is Chairman and owner of Byelocorp Scientific, Inc., dealing with non-proliferation defense conversion and transfer of scientific technology from the former-Soviet Union.

He co-founded and previously co-owned LMF Servizi Finanziari SA, a Swiss financial company; BelOMA-BSI JV a Belarusian optical company; Supcodue srl, an Italian petrochemical equipment engineering and manufacturing firm; and Byelkamit JV, JSC, a Kazakhstani petrochemical equipment manufacturer.

He is senior partner in Mintz & Co., a privately held investment and trading company. He also owned and operated a commodity futures floor brokerage firm for 25 years.

Previously, Mr. Mintz was Chairman of the Board of Governors of Commodity Exchange, Inc. He is still a member of both New York futures exchanges.

Mr. Mintz earned a B.A. from Rollins College.