Mark W. Perry was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in January 2003. Mr. Perry joined New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital investment firm, as a consultant in October 1995 and became a General Partner in June 1996. From April 1994 to December 1995, Mr. Perry served as President and CEO and then as Chairman of Viewstar Corporation, a provider of business process automation client/server software. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Perry held various executive officer positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., including Vice Chairman (1992 to 1994), Executive Vice President (1988 to 1991), and Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO (1985 to 1987). Prior to joining SGI, Mr. Perry was Executive Vice President and COO of Sonoma Vineyards and a partner at Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Perry also serves as a director for one other publicly traded company; Magma Design Automation, Inc., a producer of software used to design integrated circuits. Mr. Perry also serves on the board of directors for numerous private companies including Cendura Corporation, CreekPath Systems, Inc., Interlace Systems, Leapstone Systems, Inc., NewPath Ventures LLC, newScale, Inc., ReShape Inc., TestMart, Inc. and Think3, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant in California. Mr. Perry holds a B.A. degree in Economics (cum laude) from Amherst College and an M.B.A. degree (with distinction) from Harvard University. |