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Mr. Kruszka has served as a director and our president and chief operating officer since our formation in September 2000. Since August 1998, Mr. Kruszka has also served as a director and as the president and chief operating officer of our former parent, Waste Corporation of America, which was spun off as part of an internal reorganization prior to our initial public offering in June 2004. From 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Kruszka served as the president and chief operating officer, and from 1997 to 1998 as a director, of TransAmerican. In 1971, Mr. Kruszka began his career with Waste Management, Inc., the largest publicly-held waste management company in the United States. From 1971 to 1996, Mr. Kruszka held several positions with Waste Management, Inc. and its affiliates, including general manager, district manager and regional manager for northern California, where over 20 divisions involved in collection, transfer, recycling and landfill operations reported to him, and including vice president of operations, western region manager and member of the executive committee of Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (an affiliate of Waste Management). Mr. Kruszka has over 35 years of experience in the solid waste management industry. | 