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Keith Barnes Verigy's chief executive officer and president was appointed to the additional role of chairman of Verigy’s Board of Directors on July 10 2007. Mr. Barnes has over 25 years in the high tech industry. Prior to joining Verigy Mr. Barnes was brought in as Chairman and CEO for the turn-around of Electroglas Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLS) a leader in integrated circuit prober manufacturing. Before Electroglas he was Chairman and CEO of Integrated Measurement Systems (NASDAQ:IMSC) the leader in mixed-signal and memory-IC verification until Credence Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:CMOS) acquired the company in 2001. Before IMS Mr. Barnes was a division President at Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) and Valid Logic Systems (NASDAQ:VLID). He currently is involved in numerous industry associations and serves on the boards of Cascade Microtech Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCD) and is a Regent at The University of Portland. | 