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Mr. Lee has served as a director since September 2003 and as Chairman of the Board since February 2005. He has also served as a member of our Compensation Committee and Chairman of our Audit Committee since 2003, and serves as our Audit Committee Financial Expert. He served as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee from February 2005 to June 2005 and as our Vice-Chairman of the Board from March 2004 to January 2005. Mr. Lee has over 30 years of experience with technology-based companies. He is a former Ernst & Young Partner, where he was employed for 29 years, and was instrumental in the founding and successful development of the Ernst & Young life science practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Lee is currently a General Partner with Hatteras Venture Partners, LLC (formerly, BioVista Capital, LLC), which he joined in 2003. Prior to that, he served as President of A.M. Pappas & Associates, LLC, a venture capital concern. He serves on the boards of two other public companies: CV Therapeutics, Inc. and POZEN Inc. During his tenure with Ernst & Young, he co-founded the National Conference on Biotechnology Ventures, the International Strategic Partnering Conference and the Palo Alto Center for Strategic Transactions. Mr. Lee received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | 