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R. Michael Bull has served as our Principal Accounting Officer since January 1998. Mr. Bull began his career in 1974 by joining a minority owned, regional CPA firm with offices throughout California, Nevada and Arizona spending the majority of his time with the audit division. In 1977 he accepted an offer from Delta Lines, Inc., a publicly held transportation company in Oakland, California, to create and develop an Internal Audit Department. In 1980 he accepted a position as the Controller of BD Trucking, Inc., a specialty hauling, transportation company located in Oakland and Ripon, CA. From 1981 to 1991, Mr. Bull served as the CFO and Vice President of Finance and Administration for Advanced Communications, Inc., a telecommunications manufacturer in Silicon Valley. He was responsible for the creation of the business plans, solicitation of three California pre-public stock offerings, and preparation of an initial public offering in 1984 for Advanced Communications. He established all credit lines, international letters of credit, loans and investments as well as the monthly and annual preparation of cash forecasts, financial projections, budgets, and reports to management, stockholders and board of directors, and SEC filings. In 1991, Mr. Bull joined Applied Dielectrics, Inc., a defense contractor that designed and manufactured microwave circuit boards, as their CFO and Vice President of Finance and Administration. In 1993, Mr. Bull accepted a position as Controller for Reid-Ashman Manufacturing, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of test floor interface equipment for the semi-conductor industry, where he supervised the installation of a computerized accounting system, implemented accounting policies and procedures, staffed and trained the accounting department, and assisted in the relocation of the manufacturing facility to St. George, Utah. Mr. Bull attended Idaho State University before leaving for a LDS mission in Argentina from 1967 to 1969. He completed his education at San Jose State University. | 