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Gianluca Rattazzi has been a director of the Company since June 1998. In 2000, Dr. Rattazzi co-founded BlueArc Corporation, a provider of network attached storage. He has served as its Chairman since inception and also served as its CEO from 2002 through 2005. Prior to BlueArc, he co-founded Meridian Data, Inc., a provider of CD ROM networking software and systems, as Parallan in July 1988. He served as President and a director of Meridian Data since inception and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Data, serving from 1995 until its sale to Quantum Corporation in September 1999. From 1985 to 1988, Dr. Rattazzi held various executive level positions at Virtual Microsystems, Inc., a networking company, most recently as its President. Dr. Rattazzi serves on the board of several private companies. Dr. Rattazzi holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry from the University of Rome, Italy. | 