Brugg Cables LLC 25 Anderson Road Rome GA 30161 Tel (706) 235-8755 Fax (706) 235-7635 E-Mail riddlemikebruggcom wwwbruggcablescom A member of the Brugg Group

October 20 2016 To An Employer Evaluating Mike Page Dear Sir or Madam This is my enthusiastic and unqualified recommendation for Mike Page Mike began working for Brugg in 2003 as an entry-level rewinder operator After demonstrating mastery of this equipment over the next two years he progressed to operating more challenging and important equipment These included both our planetary strander used to make optical groundwire (OPGW) fiber optic cable and our optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) used in the final QC testing of this cable His work was consistently superior By 2005 Mike had progressed to be the First-Shift Leader a position he held until 2008 This was a working leadership position so he continued to demonstrate his skill in both operating and maintaining our production equipment as well as providing leadership to the other members of his shift team In 2008 he was promoted to Production Supervisor and thereby assumed responsibility for stranding operations across typically three shifts He continued in this position until the end of 2015 when he was promoted to Plant Manager As Plant Manager Mike was responsible for the plant OampM budget He restructured plant operations in order to improve overall efficiency including enhancing both ldquoright the first timerdquo and ldquoon time deliveryrdquo performance He also revamped our inventory management system and put in place a method for the company to monitor scrap so that it could then be actively managed in order to minimize it Mikersquos promotion also meant that he assumed overall responsibility for our ldquoc-tuberdquo production These are stainless steel loose tubes with optical fibers inside We were still struggling with a new production line for making these tubes The line was new technology purchased from an overseas vendor who was unable to properly support their equipment which had proven to be unreliable and deficient in numerous ways Over the course of 2016 he helped identify US based engineering and support sources and in collaboration with them and the leader of that line he was able to increase the net efficiency of the line to a level approaching 90 Had the parent company not decided to shut down our operation in late 2016 we no doubt would have been able to further increase the linersquos efficiency to well above 90 which is where it needed to be During its existence Brugg Cables was a small company with a close-knit environment It was necessary that everyone handle multiple roles and responsibilities This frequently required actions outside of onersquos experience or comfort zone and often with ambiguous or incomplete guidance or instructions Mike showed initiative and exceptional judgment in coping with this reality Moreover he was respected well-liked and always positive and cheerful I am certain that Mike will be absolutely outstanding as a member of your team too Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information about Mikersquos employment with Brugg Cables Sincerely

Mike Riddle Vice President OPGW Sales amp Engineering