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O. Gene Gabbard has been one of our directors since September 2003. Mr. Gabbard has worked independently as an entrepreneur and consultant since February 1993. From August 1990 to January 1993, Mr. Gabbard served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI Communications Corporation. Mr. Gabbard also served from June 1998 to June 2002 on the board of ClearSource, Inc. (now Grande Communications Inc.), a provider of broadband communications services. In January 2005, Mr. Gabbard was appointed to the Board of Directors of COLT Telecom Group PLC. He also is currently on the board of PRE Holding. Mr. Gabbard has served as a Managing Director of South Atlantic Private Equity Fund IV, Limited Partnership since March 1997. Mr. Gabbard previously served on the board of directors of ITC Holding and two of its affiliated publicly traded companies, ITC^DeltaCom, from July 1997 to February 2002, and Powertel, Inc., from 1993 to May 2001. | 