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Robert A. Sutherland, 52, has served as our director of engineering since January 2004. Mr. Sutherland was a consultant for numerous companies from October 2003 until he joined us. Prior thereto, Mr. Sutherland served as principal engineer for BitBlitz Communications Inc., a semiconductor company building integrated circuits for the fiber-optic market, from September 2002 until October 2003. Mr. Sutherland was a member of the technical staff responsible for the RF portion of a design for tracking services for Wheels of Zeus, Inc., a company developing a wireless network combining global positioning system and wireless technologies, from February 2002 until August 2002. He served as senior systems engineer for Blaze Networks, Inc., a fiber-optic transceiver company specializing in coarse wavelength division multiplexing solutions, from 1999 until February 2002. He co-founded Ashtech, Inc., a company that produced global positioning system equipment, and served as its senior RF engineer. He also served as senior RF engineer for MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc., a semiconductor company, and senior RF engineer for Trimble Navigation Ltd., a company that produces global positioning system technology. With an extensive background in signal processing and microwave design, Mr. Sutherland has worked in several fields including coarse wavelength division multiplexer optical transceivers, cable modems, global positioning systems, and electronic warfare. Mr. Sutherland holds three patents in the field of signal processing. Mr. Sutherland received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. | 