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Mr. Jones has been a director of the Company since May 1996. Currently, Mr. Jones serves as chairman of Triangle Capitol Corporation, an investment banking and management firm. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Jones served as Chairman of IndustryNet, an online electronic commerce company linking business-to-business buyers and sellers through electronic networks including the Internet. Mr. Jones founded IndustryNet in 1990. In 1996 IndustryNet, together with a subsidiary of another large corporation, was merged into Nets, Inc. Mr. Jones was not an executive officer of Nets, Inc., which filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in May 1997. In 1982 Mr. Jones launched International Cybernetics Corporation ("ICC"), a developer of advanced factory automation control systems. In 1985 Mr. Jones merged ICC into the Industrial Automation Systems Division of Gould Electronics Inc. ("Gould") and he became Vice President of Business Development for Gould. In 1988 the division was sold to AEG, a West German based multinational company and Mr. Jones ceased to be an officer. | 