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Robert W. Bannon, CFA has served as our Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications since October 2006. Mr. Bannon joined us in October 2003 as Director, Investor Relations and was promoted to senior director in November 2004. Mr. Bannon has more than 20 years of financial and investment industry experience. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Bannon established and managed his own consulting firm, providing investor relations and financial analysis services for publicly-traded companies in several high technology industries. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Bannon was Director of Investor Relations for Net 2000 Communications, a publicly-traded telecommunications services firm. From 1987 to 2000, Mr. Bannon was employed at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the NASDAQ Stock Market. While at the NASD and NASDAQ, he held management positions with increasing responsibilities in the economic research, market services and institutional investor services organizations. Mr. Bannon received a bachelor?s of science degree in commerce from The University of Virginia and is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. | 