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Thomas R. Porter, age 57, has served as a director since June 2005 and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since July 2005. He is also a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees of the Board. Mr. Porter is the managing member of Value Consultants, LLC, a firm specializing in the provision of expert witness and litigation consulting services. Mr. Porter worked in the Defense Consulting Group of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. from 1978 to 1983. From 1983 to 1989, he worked for Laventhol & Horwath, CPAs where he rose to the level of principal.
From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Porter was the president of a management company and the chief financial officer of a privately-held distributor of building products. He was Director of Litigation Services for the Washington, D.C. office of Grant Thornton, LLP from 1993 until 1996. In 1996, Mr. Porter co-founded Value Consultants, LLC. Mr. Porter is a Certified Public Accountant; a licensed attorney; a Certified Forensic Financial Analyst; and a Certified Valuation Analyst. He received a B.S. degree, with honor, and a Master of Science degree
in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology; and a Juris Doctor, with honor, from the George Washington University. | 