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Excelan, Inc. and in various other executive, sales, information management
positions. From 1978 through 1981, Mr. Marengi served in the United States Coast
Guard and Coast Guard Reserve, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Mr.
Marengi earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from the University
of Massachusetts and a master's degree in Management from the University of
Southern California.
Keith Maxwell -- Mr. Maxwell joined the Company in March 1993, was appointed
Vice President, Worldwide Operations Group, in June 1998 and was appointed
Senior Vice President in March 1999. In this position, Mr. Maxwell is
responsible for ensuring that the Company's worldwide manufacturing processes,
capacity and supply base support the global growth of the Company. Mr. Maxwell
is also responsible for facilitating the definition and monitoring of the
Company's global process alignment and benchmarking. Previously, Mr. Maxwell
served as Vice President of the Americas segment, where he oversaw all
activities required to support the Americas fulfillment process, including
business planning and manufacturing management. Mr. Maxwell joined the Company
from Compaq Computer Corporation, where he managed all areas of new product
development from product-design evaluation to coordination of manufacturing to
identification of alternate manufacturing processes. Before joining Compaq, Mr.
Maxwell held a series of management positions in production, planning and
manufacturing at Texas Instruments, Inc. Mr. Maxwell earned a Master of Business
Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of
Science degree in electrical engineering from Lamar University.
Thomas J. Meredith -- Mr. Meredith joined the Company in November 1992 as Chief
Financial Officer. In September 1995, Mr. Meredith was named Senior Vice
President, Finance and Information Systems, and retained the position of Chief
Financial Officer. In July 1996, Mr. Meredith's title was changed to Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Meredith was Vice President and Treasurer of Sun Microsystems, Inc. from April
1990 to November 1992 and held various financial positions with Amdahl
Corporation before that time, last serving as President of Amdahl Capital
Corporation. Mr. Meredith received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political
Science from St. Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania, a Juris Doctor degree
from Duquesne University and a Master of Law degree in Taxation from Georgetown
University. Mr. Meredith is a member of the boards of directors of i2
Technologies, Inc. and I-Cube, Inc.
Rosendo G. Parra -- Mr. Parra joined the Company in August 1993 and serves as
Senior Vice President, Americas Public and International Group. In that
position, Mr. Parra is responsible for the Company's operations in the federal,
state and local government and educational customer groups, Latin America,
Mexico and Canada, and is responsible for the Company's customer service
operations, with the exception of Dell Direct. Mr. Parra is also responsible for
enterprise systems manufacturing in the Americas region. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Parra held various sales and general management positions with GRiD
systems Corporation, including regional sales director and vice president and
general manager of the PC strategic business unit. Before his association with
GRiD, Mr. Parra spent nine years serving in various sales and management
positions for the business products division of Tandy Corporation. Mr. Parra
earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Maryland.
Charles H. Saunders -- Mr. Saunders joined the Company in May 1997 as Vice
President and President, Dell Japan and is responsible for all operations of
Dell's Japanese subsidiary. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Saunders spent 25
years at Motorola, Inc., most recently holding the position of Corporate Vice
President and General Manager of the U.S./Canada Division of the Land
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Mobile Products Sector. Before then, he served as Managing Director and
Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Land Mobile Products
Division of Nippon Motorola Ltd. During his tenure in Japan, Mr. Saunders also
held the position of managing director of the Japan Mobile Telecommunications
Association. Mr. Saunders is a graduate of East Tennessee State University.
James M. Schneider -- Mr. Schneider joined the Company in October 1996 as Vice
President of Finance and also serves as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer.
Mr. Schneider was named Senior Vice President in September 1998. In this
position, Mr. Schneider is responsible for corporate planning and reporting,
financial systems and worldwide financial controls. For three years prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Schneider was with MCI Communications Corporation, last
serving as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance. For 19 years prior to
joining MCI, Mr. Schneider was associated with Price Waterhouse LLP, serving as
a partner for 10 years. Mr. Schneider earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting
from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and is a Certified Public
Accountant. He is a member of the board of directors of General Communications,
Inc.
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ITEM 2 -- PROPERTIES
At January 29, 1999, the Company owned or leased a total of approximately 6.8