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Gregory P. Hanson, M.B.A., C.M.A. Mr. Hanson currently is the Company’s chief financial officer and treasurer and a senior vice president, positions he has held since December 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Hanson served as vice president and chief accounting officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded drug discovery and development company, from May 2006 to December 2006 and as vice president and chief financial officer of Avanir from July 1998 to May 2006. Also during Mr. Hanson’s tenure at Avanir, he simultaneously served in other executive capacities, including corporate compliance officer since 2002 and corporate secretary since July 1998. From September 1995 to July 1998, Mr. Hanson served as chief financial officer of XXsys Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded company focused on the commercialization of advanced composite technologies; and from May 1993 to September 1995, he held a number of financial positions with The Titan Corporation, a diversified telecommunications and information systems company, including acting chief financial officer and acting controller for its subsidiary, Titan Information Systems. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hanson held various management positions with Ford Motor Company over a 14-year span and Solar Turbines Incorporated, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., over a 3-year span. Mr. Hanson received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan. He is a certified management accountant and has passed the examination for certified public accountants. Mr. Hanson has been a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Small Business Advisory Committee since April 2004 and serves on its agenda committee. | 