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Edward L. Kaplan, retired Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, as well as a co-founder, of Zebra and has served as a director since 1969. He served as President of Zebra from its formation until 1995, from 1997 to 1998 (on an interim basis) and again from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Kaplan also served as Chief Financial Officer of Zebra from its formation until 1991. Mr. Kaplan began his career as a project engineer for Seeburg Corporation, later joining Teletype Corporation as a mechanical engineer performing research and development in the Printer Division. In 1969, he and Gerhard Cless founded Zebra, then known as Data Specialties, Inc. Mr. Kaplan received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (graduating Tau Beta Pi), and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago. He is an NDEA Fellow of Northwestern University. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Institute of Technology and serves on the Advisory Council of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. | 