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Morton Collins has served as a director of the Company since 2001. In September 2003, he became general partner of Battelle Ventures, a newly established fund, the primary purpose of which is to develop technologies owned, managed or influenced by Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle Memorial Institute into commercial ventures. From July 1997 through August 2003, he served as a Special Limited Partner of Cardinal Partners, the successor to the Data Science Ventures (DSV) partnerships, which provided venture capital and management assistance to early-stage technology companies. Mr. Collins serves as a Director of Kopin Corporation (a Nasdaq company), a developer and manufacturer of advanced semiconductor wafers and electronic digital imaging devices, Advanced Cerametrics, Inc., a high-tech developer and manufacturer of advanced materials, Pharos LLC, a company involved in improving productivity through advanced IT products and software, PD-LD Inc., a provider of specialized optical components, Ventaira, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, and Viral Genomics, Inc., a developer of new drugs from viral gene products. Mr. Collins received his B.S. in Engineering from the University of Delaware, and his Master of Arts and Doctorate degrees in Engineering from Princeton University | 