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Chairman of the Board and Director. Mr. LeRose was first appointed as a Director on September 13, 2005. Mr. LeRose is CEO and President of Research Triangle Software, an information technology company that he founded in 2001. Mr. LeRose was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the business-to-business online e-commerce firm, Internet Commerce Corporation (NASDAQ: ICCA) from March 2001 until September 2001. He became Chairman of ICCA after selling Research Triangle Commerce, Inc. (“RTCI”) to ICCA in November 2000. Mr. LeRose was the founder and President of RTCI from September 1991 until November 2000. He currently sits on the Board of Advisors for the Love School of Business at Elon University and is a founding Board Member for the Research Triangle Chapter of the “NACD”. Mr. LeRose also is on the Board of Advisors for Southern Capitol Ventures, where he provides advice on the investments in emerging technology companies in central North Carolina. Mr. LeRose received his BA from New Jersey City University. | 