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Mr. Sharbutt has been a Director since July 2006. Mr. Sharbutt most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Alamosa Holdings Inc. a provider of wireless personal communications services which was acquired by Sprint Nextel Corporation in February 2006. Mr. Sharbutt had been Alamosa’s Chairman and a director since Alamosa was founded in July 1998 and was named Chief Executive Officer of Alamosa in October 1999. Mr. Sharbutt was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hicks & Ragland Engineering Co. an engineering consulting company now known as CHR Solutions. While at CHR Solutions Mr. Sharbutt worked with independent telephone companies in developing strategic engineering and implementation plans for various types of telecommunications services. | 