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Mr. Silva, who was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors in July 2006, serves on our Audit, Compensation (as Chairman), Governance and Nominating and Finance Committees. Mr. Silva has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and high tech industry, and he has held a variety of positions in business development, sales, marketing, software engineering, and systems engineering during this time. In May 2003, Mr. Silva started Anza Borrego Partners (ABP) as a management consulting firm designed to support entrepreneurs in the growth of their businesses. Mr. Silva is currently president and CEO or Cognigen Business Systems, Inc., a joint venture of ABP and Cognigen Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNGW). Mr. Silva was Senior Vice-President for SAIC’s Converged Network Professional services organization from July 1998 to May 2003. From September 1994 to June 1998, he was with Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research, or Bellcore), where he implemented the first VoIP softswitch in the cable industry. | 