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Balakrishnan S. Iyer, has served as presiding Director since April 21, 2004 and has been a Director of Invitrogen since July 2001. He is currently a Director of Conexant Systems, Inc., Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Power Integrations, Inc., and Qlogic Corporation. From October 1998 until June 2003, Mr. Iyer was Chief Financial Officer of Conexant Systems, Inc. Mr. Iyer previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VLSI Technology Inc., where he was responsible for all worldwide financial functions, information technology and strategic planning. During his career, he has held a variety of other key management positions, including Finance Director and Group Controller for a $1 billion business at Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Iyer received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School. | 