Balakrishnan Iyer was appointed to serve as a director in June 2003 to fill a vacancy on our Board of Directors. From October 1998 to June 2003 Mr. Iyer was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Conexant Systems Inc. a designer developer and seller of semiconductor system solutions for communications applications. In February 2002 Mr. Iyer was appointed to the Board of Directors of Conexant Systems. Prior to October 1998 Mr. Iyer served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VLSI Technology Inc. Mr. Iyer has held a number of senior finance positions at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. a semiconductor company. Mr. Iyer currently serves on the Board of Directors of Conexant Systems Inc. IHS Inc. Invitrogen Corporation Skyworks Solutions Inc. and Power Integrations Inc. |