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F. Van Kasper joined the NTI board of directors in January 2004 and serves as chairman of the company's audit committee. Prior to his retirement in March 2003, Mr. Kasper served as Chairman of Wells Fargo Securities, the institutional brokerage and investment bank for Wells Fargo and Company. Mr. Kasper entered the brokerage business in 1964 with Merrill Lynch and in 1978 co-founded Van Kasper and Company, a regional investment bank. As Chairman and CEO of Van Kasper, he guided its growth from a handful of employees to one with over 350 employees in 15 offices in 4 states when the firm was sold in 1999. During his investment career, Mr. Kasper was elected as a Governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Securities Industry Association (SIA). Mr. Kasper is active in the Bay Area non-profit community, most recently as Chairman of the Investment Committee for the University of California San Francisco Foundation (UCSF) and serves as Chairman Emeritus for San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum. | 