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James Bixby was appointed to serve as a Director of the Company in December 2000 and serves on the Company's Audit Committee. Mr. Bixby has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of SeQual Technologies, Inc. (medical and industrial equipment) since 1998. From 1983 to 1996, he was Chairman, CEO and President of Brooktree Corporation (semiconductor products for communications, graphics, and video applications), having joined Brooktree when it started its operations in 1983 as one of its first four employees. Brooktree was sold to Rockwell Semiconductor (now Conexant) in 1996, and Mr. Bixby remained with Rockwell until 1998. Currently, he is a Director of Biohydration Research Lab and GCS, Inc. Mr. Bixby received his B.S.E.E. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.S.E.E. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his Master of Engineering in engineering management from University of California at Los Angeles. | 