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Russell S. Lewis is Executive Vice President, Strategic Development for VeriSign, Inc., located in Dulles, Virginia, which is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services. Mr. Lewis has held a variety of senior executive level roles at VeriSign since 2002, including EVP and GM of VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services Group, and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Lewis has been a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Petroleum since June 2002. For the preceding 15 years, Mr. Lewis managed a wireless transportation systems integration company. Prior to that Mr. Lewis managed an oil and gas exploration subsidiary of a publicly traded utility and was Vice President of EF Hutton in its Municipal Finance group. Mr. Lewis is also currently the Managing Member of Lewis Capital, LLC, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania which makes private investments in, and provides general business and M&A consulting services to, growth oriented companies. Mr. Lewis also served on the Board of Directors of Castle Energy Corporation prior to its merger with the Company in April 2006, and Advanced Aerations Systems, a privately held firm engaged in subsurface soil treatment. Mr. Lewis also serves on the Board of Directors of Braintech, Inc., NameMedia, Inc., and Dropps, Inc. Mr. Lewis has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Haverford College and an MBA from the Harvard School of Business. | 