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Jeffrey B. Bate was elected to the Company’s board of directors on May 25, 2005. In April 1988, Mr. Bate began his career with Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems in Dallas, Texas, as an accounts payable representative. In 1991, Mr. Bates was promoted to Assistant Manager of Property and Equipment Accounting of Southwestern Bell. From April 1994 to September 1995, Mr. Bate served as a Financial Analyst for Con-Way Southern Express / Consolidated Freight, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, where he analyzed financial operations and profit generating/cost-reducing solutions. From September 1995 to February 1999, Mr. Bate was a manager responsible for the financial processing and reporting related to all properties owned and leased by American Stores Company, Inc. From February 1999 to November 2000, Mr. Bate was a Controller in charge of the accounting and reporting requirements relating to commercial equipment for First Security Corporation. In February 2001, Mr. Bate was recruited by Precision Assembly, Inc., an electronics contract manufacturer, to handle all accounting and finance operations. Precision Assembly promoted him from Controller to CFO in January 2005. Mr. Bate attended Brigham Young University, earning a Bachelors of Art Degree in International Relations in 1987. He continued his education by receiving an MBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Dallas in 1992. | 