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Charles J. Abbe, 64, has served as a director of CoSine since August 2000. Until his retirement in June 2001, Mr. Abbe has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation, a designer, developer and manufacturer of fiber optic products, since April 2000, following the merger of Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. with JDS Uniphase in February of the same year. Mr. Abbe served as Optical Coating Laboratory’s President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1998 to March 2000, as its President from November 1997 to April 1998 and as its Vice President and General Manager for North America and Asia from April 1996 to November 1997. Mr. Abbe currently serves as a director of Cymer, Inc., a semi-conductor equipment company; a director of Xponent, Inc., a manufacturer of fiber optics components; and a director of Nova-Sol, Inc., a defense industry development company. Mr. Abbe holds a B.S. and an M.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. | 