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Peter Gyenes has four decades of experience in sales, marketing, and general management positions within the software and computer systems industry. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ascential (NASDAQ: ASCL) until it was acquired by IBM in 2005. Prior to Ascential, Gyenes served as Chief Executive Officer of Informix Software where he led the sale of its database business to IBM and the transition from Informix to Ascential. Earlier, Gyenes was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Ardent Software, which he joined in May of 1996, which was acquired by Informix in 2000. Before Ardent, Mr. Gyenes served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Racal InterLan Inc. Previously, Mr. Gyenes served in executive sales, marketing, and general management positions at Data General Corporation, Encore Computer Corporation and Prime Computer, Inc. He also serves on the boards of Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ: APLX), ViryaNet, Inc. (NASDAQSC: VRYA), a number of privately held technology companies and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. He is a graduate of Columbia University where he received both his B.A. in mathematics and his M.B.A. degree. | 