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Mr. Morgan joined Acxiom as an officer in 1972. He has been chairman of the Acxiom board of directors since 1975 and serves as Acxiom’s company leader. Under his leadership over the past 30 years, Acxiom has expanded from a small data processing company into a global corporation that provides customer and information management solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the world. Mr. Morgan has a continuing interest in technology, and he actively participates in setting the technical direction for the Company. By instilling a unique business culture and vision of success, he is one of the few executives in the country whose business has been named five times to Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Places to Work (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003). Mr. Morgan has served on the board and in various leadership roles with the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) throughout his career, serving in 2001 as chairman of the DMA board. He is a founding member of the Mailing Industry CEO Council, a non-profit organization with a goal of unifying the mailing industry and promoting the critical role that mail plays in business and commerce. He is a member of the Enterprise Software CEO Roundtable, a group of approximately 30 chief executives and other high-ranking officials of the world’s largest software companies who meet to share ideas and review industry trends. Mr. Morgan also serves as a member and is the past chairman of the board of trustees of Hendrix College. He was employed by IBM as a systems engineer for six years prior to joining Acxiom. Mr. Morgan holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Arkansas. | 