Director
Mr. Jaumot has been the Director of Accounting and Auditing for the certified public accounting firm of Ahearn, Jasco & Company, P.A. since 1991, and is a shareholder in that firm. From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Jaumot was associated with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Jaumot is a certified public accountant in Florida and Ohio and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Since 2009, he has been a director of Bimini Capital Management, Inc. (OTC: BMNM), a publicly traded specialty finance company that invests in mortgage-backed securities, holds Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC) common stock and serves as the external manager of ORC, a specialty finance company which also invests in residential mortgage backed securities. In addition, Mr. Jaumont served on the Board of Directors of MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ), a North American infrastructure construction company, from September 2004 to May 2016, including as chairman of the audit committee from 2007 to 2016. From 2014 to 2015, he served on the board of directors and as the chairman of the audit committee of Vapor Corp. (OTC: VPCO), a publicly traded distributor and retailer of electronic cigarettes and vaporizer products.
As an accountant with approximately 45 years of experience, Mr. Jaumot provides our Board with significant accounting, financial reporting and tax expertise. His experience enhances the Board’s ability to identify and evaluate accounting and tax issues. Mr. Jaumot also has corporate governance experience from serving on other boards of publicly held companies, including as Audit Committee Chairman.
Mr. Jaumot earned his Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in accounting from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Frank is Certified Public Accountant in Ohio (1981) and in Florida (1985).