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Leslie H. Cross has been our Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of our board of directors since our incorporation in August 2001. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Manager of DonJoy, L.L.C., our predecessor, from June 1999 until November 2001, and has served as President of DJO Incorporated, our wholly owned operating subsidiary, or its predecessor, the Bracing & Support Systems division of Smith & Nephew, Inc. since June 1995. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Cross held the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of the Bracing & Support Systems division of Smith & Nephew. He was a Managing Director of two different divisions of Smith & Nephew from 1982 to 1990. Prior to that time, he worked at American Hospital Supply Corporation. Mr. Cross earned a diploma in medical technology from Sydney Technical College in Sydney, Australia and studied business at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. | 