Joseph D. Markee has served as a Director of the Company since June 2004. Mr. Markee currently serves as managing director of Express Ventures, LLP since November, 2005. Mr. Markee was chief executive officer of Figure 8 Wireless (a wholly owned subsidiary of Chipcon Group ASA since January, 2005) until May 2005. Chipcon Group ASA is a leading provider of ZigBee ready software and networking solutions focused on standardized wireless communications. Prior to Figure 8, Mr. Markee was co-founder and founding chief executive officer of Copper Mountain Networks. Copper Mountain designs, develops and delivers subscriber access and broadband remote access server solutions for facilities-based carrier networks. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Markee was co-founder and held several senior management roles at Primary Access, a remote access server company which was sold to 3Com Corporation in 1994. Mr. Markee is also a member of the Board of Directors of Metalink, Ltd., a global provider and developer of high performance wireline and wireless broadband communication silicon solutions. Mr. Markee graduated from the University of California, Davis where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |