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Dr. Blackwell, our founder, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from our inception in 1986. He also served as our President from our inception until January 2005. Prior to our founding, he was President of a subsidiary of Wisconsin Power & Light. He also co-founded and formerly served as Chairman of the Board of EDI Technology Companies, an environmental process engineering consulting company. Dr. Blackwell served four years as an officer in the Navy and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Mississippi, a Master of Science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Environmental Systems Engineering from Clemson University. Dr. Blackwell is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, Pennsylvania and South Carolina and has received numerous business and engineering honors, including Inc. magazine’s 1994 Entrepreneur of the Year for the State of South Carolina and Innovision Technology Awards’ 2002 Charles Townes Individual Achievement Award. | 