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Mr. Keys has served as a director since June 2004. Mr. Keys serves on and is the chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and has been designated as the audit committee financial expert per Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. He also serves on the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and was appointed to the Compensation Committee in October 2006. Mr. Keys is currently self-employed as a corporate financial consultant. From 2004 through 2006, he served as a financial consultant and Chief Financial Officer of BPZ Energy, Inc., and from 2002 through 2004, he served as a financial consultant and Chief Financial Officer of Transmeridian Exploration, Inc., both public international oil and gas companies. From 1998 to 2001, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Core Laboratories N.V., a NYSE-listed global oilfield service company, and one of its predecessors. Mr. Keys earned a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant | 