autobytel inc
(ABTL:Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Capital Market)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Jeffrey H. Coats has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Autobytel Inc. since December 11, 2008. Mr. Coats is a Principal at Southgate Alternative Investments and has been its Partner since November 2007. He has been the Founder and Managing Director at Maverick Associates LLC. since August 2001. He served as the President and the Chief Executive Officer at Mikronite Technologies Group Inc. since February 2002. He served as Managing Director at TH Lee ... Putnam Ventures and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. From July 1999 to July 2001, Mr. Coats founded and served as Managing Director of TH Lee Global Internet Managers, L.P. He founded and served as Managing Director at TH Lee Putnam Global Internet Managers, L.P. He served as a Consultant and a Managing Director at Tuscan Capital Partners. From May 1993 to April 1996, he was a Partner in two separate private investment firms. Mr. Coats served as the President at Maverick Capital Equity Partners, LLC from February 1994 to April 1996. He served as Managing Director at Maverick Partners Fund I, L.P. He served as a Managing Director at Veritas Capital from May 1993 to January 1994. Mr. Coats served as Managing Director of GE Equity (also known as, GE Capital Equity Capital Group, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Capital Corporation from April 1996 to July 1999. He led GE Equity's Consumer Group, which included strategic and financial investments in the Internet, eCommerce, media and entertainment, and retail and consumer products and services. Many of these investments were made in conjunction with other GE operating subsidiaries, including NBC, GE Lighting, and GE Appliances. Mr. Coats has also held various positions, including as a Managing Director at GE Capital Corporate Finance Group Inc. from June 1987 to April 1993. During these years, he founded and managed CFG's Restructuring Group, which provided debt and equity solutions to companies avoiding, entering, or emerging from bankruptcy. Mr. Coats was also responsible for CFG's debt and equity-related LBO activities in the Western United States during this period. Before joining GE Capital, he spent six years at Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago. Mr. Coats serves as Executive Chairman of Crane Cams, Inc. He has been Executive Chairman of Mikronite Technologies Group Inc. since March 2007 and has been its Director since February 2002. He served as the Chairman of the Hastings Group Inc. Mr. Coats has been a Director at Autobytel Inc. since August 1996. He serves as a Director at The Museum Company Inc. and Fuel Outdoor, LLC. He has been a Director of Wink Communications, Inc. since June 1997. Mr. Coats served as a Director of Congoleum Corp. from December 16, 2005 to July 2010. He served as a Director at Krause's Furniture, Inc. since August 1996. He served as a Director of WhatsHotNow.com. He served as a Director of MyTurn.com, Inc. since April 4, 2000. Mr. Coats received his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia and his M.B.A. in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management.

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