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Lowell W. Giffhorn has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2005. Since October 2005, Mr. Giffhorn also has served as the Chief Financial Officer and, since December 2005, has served on the board of directors of Brendan Technologies, Inc., a publicly held company that provides computer software to the pharmaceutical and life science industries. From November 1996 to June 2005, Mr. Giffhorn was the Chief Financial Officer of Patriot Scientific Corp., a publicly held semiconductor and intellectual property company. From June 1992 to August 1996 and from September 1987 to June 1990 he was the CFO of Sym-Tek Systems, Inc. and Vice President of Finance for its successor, Sym-Tek Inc., a supplier of capital equipment to the semiconductor industry. Mr. Giffhorn obtained a M.B.A. degree from National University in 1976 and he obtained a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois in 1969. Mr. Giffhorn is also a director and chairman of the audit committee of DND Technologies, Inc., a publicly held company. Mr. Giffhorn devotes approximately 50% of his time to our affairs. | 