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Mr. Root is an attorney and has been of counsel to the Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP firm in Half Moon Bay, California, since September 2005. Mr. Root practices in the field of intellectual property, technology and patent law. From 2002 until joining Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld, he assisted in establishing the intellectual property department of SAP based in Palo Alto, California, and as Senior IP Counsel to SAP AG. SAP AG, a NYSE listed company, is a German headquartered, worldwide leader in enterprise management software. During the 2000 to 2002 period, Mr. Root served as general counsel and corporate secretary to two affiliate public companies: Fidelity National Information Systems and Micro General Corp. From 1995 until 2000 he was General Counsel of Marquip, Inc. in Phillips, Wisconsin. Prior to those positions he served as an attorney specializing in intellectual property litigation and technology matters with Johnson Controls, Inc., RJR-Nabisco, Inc. and in private practice with New York offices of the Bryan Cave and Kenyon & Kenyon firms. | 