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Mr. Hackworth joined the Board in December 2007. He most recently served from June 2002 to April 2007 as chairman and CEO of Tymphany Corporation, a private audio transducer manufacturing company he co-founded. He continues as chairman of Tymphany and also currently serves as Advisor to Entrepreneurs, assisting early stage management teams with strategy and financing, a role he has played since 1999. Mr. Hackworth also currently Chairs the board of publicly traded Cirrus Logic inc. and serves on the board of publicly traded Virage Logic Corp. Prior to becoming chairman of publicly traded Cirrus Logic in April 1999, Mr. Hackworth served as president and chief executive officer of the Company since its founding in January 1985. Under his leadership, Cirrus Logic grew from a start-up venture to become a major supplier of advanced integrated circuits. With nearly 600 percent revenue growth over the 1992 to 1996 period, the company was one of the fastest in the semiconductor business to reach $1 billion in annual sales. Before joining Cirrus Logic, Mr. Hackworth spent 18 years serving in positions of ever-increasing responsibility with Signetics Corp., a subsidiary of N.V. Philips, Motorola and Fairchild Semiconductor. | 