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Thomas B. Akin has been a director of the Company since May 2003 and Chairman since May 30 2003. He has also served as the managing general partner of Talkot Capital LLC located in Sausalito California since 1995. Talkot Capital is the general partner for various limited partnerships investing in both private and public companies. From 1981 to 1994 Mr. Akin worked for the Merrill Lynch Institutional Services as regional director for both the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas followed by managing director of the Western United States. Prior to Merrill Lynch Mr. Akin was an employee of Salomon Brothers from 1978 to 1981. He is currently on the board of directors of Acacia Research Inc. CombiMatrix and Advance Data Exchange. Mr. Akin holds a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an MBA in finance from the UCLA Anderson School of Management | 