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Lionel G. Dodd joined the Company as a Class II director in October 2002. In January 2007, Mr. Dodd joined the board of Infowave Software Inc., a publicly-held company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the TSX) providing advanced power electronic products and systems. Since November 2004, Mr. Dodd has been a director of Xantrex Technology Inc., a publicly-held company listed on the TSX which provides advanced power electronics products. In addition, Mr. Dodd became a director of Pope & Talbot, Inc, a publicly-held pulp and wood products company trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange, consequent to an acquisition of Harmac Pacific Inc. in November 1999, where Mr. Dodd had been serving as a director since 1998. Between 2002 and 2005, Mr. Dodd was a director of Braintech, Inc., a publicly-traded company on the OTC Bulletin Board which gives vision to industrial robots that handle and assemble parts. In addition, between 2001 and 2005, Mr. Dodd was a director of Napier Environmental Technologies Inc., a publicly-held company listed on the TSX which manufactures environmental paint removal and wood restoration products (Napier). On November 2, 2004, Napier filed a Notice of Intention to make a proposal under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and emerged from protection of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in July 2005 with the same name and listing. Previously, he was a director of International Bio-recovery Corporation from 2000 to 2001, a publicly-held company listed on the TSXV which converts biodegradable waste into organic fertilizer products. From 1996 to 2000, he served as president, chief executive officer and director of Versacold Corporation, a public company which traded on the TSX which operated a national temperature-controlled logistics network. Previously, Mr. Dodd had been chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer and/or director of a number of publicly traded and private companies in Canada and the United States. Mr. Dodd received an MBA from the University California at Berkeley in 1963 and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. | 