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Kirby A. Dyess (age 60) was appointed as a director by the board of directors on May 9 2006. Ms. Dyess’ term as a director expires in 2007. Ms. Dyess is a principal in Austin Capital Management LLC where she invests in and assists early stage companies. Prior to Austin Capital Ms. Dyess spent 23 years in various executive and management positions at Intel Corporation; most recently serving as Corporate Vice President and Director of Operations for Intel Capital and Vice President and Director of New Business Development. .Ms. Dyess is on the board of directors of Merix Corporation a public company which manufactures high end PCB boards, Prolifiq Software Inc. a privately held enterprise software company; and two early stage private companies Octavian Scientific and Compli Inc. She serves as Vice President of the Oregon Board of Higher Education and as a member of the governing Board of Oregon Heath Sciences University.
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