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Mr. Sollitto has been the Chairman of the Board since December 2005 and the Chief Executive Officer and a director since June 2003. Prior to joining Syntax-Brillian, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Photon Dynamics, Inc., a manufacturer of flat-panel-display inspection, test, and repair equipment. He was instrumental in growing the company’s revenues from $12 million to $94 million. He previously worked at Fujitsu Microelectronics as General Manager of the Logic Products unit, after heading all technical operations for an IBM-funded start-up, Supercomputer Systems, Inc. He also worked at IBM for more than 21 years in a range of increasingly responsible positions, with a final assignment as Director, Technology and Process, for the Enterprise Systems headquarters. Mr. Sollitto earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1970. He also continued his education in management, business, and technology at Syracuse, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon Universities. A holder of four technical patents, Mr. Sollitto serves as a director of Applied Films Corporation, a thin film deposition equipment company, and Ultratech Inc., a photolithography equipment company, each of which is a public company. | 