Andrew G. Raguskus was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board and resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2005. He has been a Board member since 1996 and had been the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since 1996. He was Chief Operating Officer of Sonic Solutions, Inc., a maker of digital audio workstations, during 1996. Mr. Raguskus was Senior Vice President Operations of ReSound Corporation, a hearing aid company, from 1991 to 1995. Prior to that, he held management positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. and General Electric’s Medical Systems division. He has served on the board of the Hearing Industries Association. Mr. Raguskus earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |