Edward Smith

Ed Smith is the Managing Partner of Aristar Capital Management, LLC, a New York-based investment firm. On January 8, 2015, Mr. Smith was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Z Trim Holdings Inc. (OTC:ZTHO), an AgriTech company that has developed new, products and processes to transform biomass for uses in the food and industrial markets. From April 2005 through December 2014, Mr. Smith was the Managing Partner of Brightline Capital Management, LLC ("BCM"), a New York-based investment firm founded in 2005. Prior to founding BCM, Mr. Smith worked at Gracie Capital from 2004-2005, GTCR Golder Rauner from 1999-2001 and Credit Suisse First Boston from 1997-1999. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard College and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Mr. Smith is also a director of Z Trim Holdings Inc. and Heat Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBX), a development stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the development and commercialization of novel allogeneic off-the-shelf cellular therapeutic vaccines for a range of cancers and infectious diseases.