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Michael B. Thompson has served as a director of the Company since May 2004. Since June 2003, Mr. Thompson has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Setpoint Companies, an industry leader in lean automation that fully designs, assembles, tests and delivers automated assembly and test equipment. From 1986 to 2003, Mr. Thompson was the Vice President of the Planning and Logistics Solutions group of Brooks-PRI software division. Brooks-PRI PLS' primary market focus is to provide simulation, scheduling and material handling automation and software controls to the semiconductor and related high technology industries. He was the President of AutoSimulations, Inc., which was acquired by Brooks in January of 2000. Mr. Thompson has been involved with automation, modeling and scheduling manufacturing systems for over 25 years. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Engineering Sciences and Technology at Brigham Young University. Mr. Thompson has been a pioneer in the field of industrial scheduling and the application of simulation technology to industrial problems. He has authored over 50 papers and articles that have been published in technical magazines and professional journals. | 