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Dr. Harari has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of the Company since SanDisk’s inception in 1988. Dr. Harari is a pioneer in non-volatile semiconductor storage with more than 100 U.S. and foreign patents and numerous technical articles and has more than 30 years of experience in the electronics industry. His extensive operational and technological development experiences include co-founding Waferscale Integration, overseeing the development and transfer into production of Intel Corporation’s first-generation stepper and dry etch technology, and technical management positions at Hughes Aircraft and Honeywell, Inc. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Solid State Sciences from Princeton University and a B.S. (Honors) degree in Physics from Manchester University. Dr. Harari is also a board member of Tower Semiconductor Ltd., a public company in which SanDisk holds a minority investment. | 