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Daniel J. Whittle has been a Class II director since June 2003. Mr. Whittle is currently the president of Patent Leverage LLC, which was formed in June 2003 after Mr. Whittle became registered as a U.S. Patent Agent. From April 2000 to June 2003, Mr. Whittle served as the senior vice president at Gretag Professional Imaging and subsequently Oce Display Graphics Systems following an acquisition. Prior to that, from July 1999 to February 2000, Mr. Whittle was a director of H.K. Productions in London, England, a subsidiary of Gretag Imaging. His executive management experience also includes positions as director of engineering at Firetrol, and vice president of R&D and manufacturing and later president and chief executive officer of Cymbolic Sciences. After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania in August 1982, Mr. Whittle held various technical and management positions in engineering and manufacturing for 12 years at IBM. He was also a course instructor and director of Management Development, Inc. a non-profit organization affiliated with the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. From August 2004 to September 2005 Mr. Whittle was a director of 4th Corner Consultants Roundtable, a professional organization. | 