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President and General Manager of the Mobile Computing Global Business Unit. Prior to the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer
Corporation in 2002, Mr. Gruzen was employed by Compaq where he served as Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Division, Access
Business Group after holding the position of Vice President, Asia Consumer Group. Mr. Gruzen joined Compaq in 1999. Mr. Gruzen holds
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.
John S. Hamlin — Mr. Hamlin has been in charge of the U.S. Consumer business since May 2000, and was named Senior Vice President,
U.S. Consumer Business in January 2003. In that role, he has full profit and loss responsibility for the U.S. consumer business. In February
2004, Mr. Hamlin was assigned management responsibility for Dell's international customer-contact centers. Prior to his current role,
Mr. Hamlin served as Vice President, Home and Small Business in Japan, and managed Dell's preferred accounts segment in Japan.
Mr. Hamlin joined Dell in March 1996, and held a variety of positions within Dell prior to moving to Japan. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Hamlin was in
venture capital for three years and was a management consultant for Bain & Company for six years. Mr. Hamlin is a graduate of Dartmouth
College and holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Joseph A. Marengi — Mr. Marengi joined Dell in 1997 and serves as Senior Vice President, Americas. In this position, Mr. Marengi shares
responsibility with Mr. Parra for Dell's Americas business units, serving large and small corporate, government, education, healthcare, and
small and medium business customers in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. He is also responsible for Dell's services business and for
Dell's manufacturing operations in Austin, Nashville, and Brazil. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Marengi worked at Novell, Inc., most recently serving
as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Novell in 1989, Mr. Marengi served as Vice President of Channel Sales for Excelan,
Inc. and in various other executive, sales, and information management positions. From 1978 through 1981, Mr. Marengi served in the
U.S. 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.
Mr. Marengi serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the USC Marshall School of Business.
Paul D. McKinnon — Mr. McKinnon joined Dell in November 1997 as Vice President, Human Resources. He was named Senior Vice President,
Human Resources in May 2000 and continues to serve in that role. He is responsible for all human resources functions and activities as well as
security, global diversity, and corporate communications. From July 1994 to November 1997, Mr. McKinnon was a principal of McKinnon
Consulting. Prior to July 1994, Mr. McKinnon was partner of Novations Group and Harbridge House Inc., and from 1982 to 1986 was an
Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. He holds a bachelor's degree in History and a master's degree in Organizational Behavior from
Brigham Young University, and a doctorate in Organizational Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
John K. Medica — Mr. Medica was named Senior Vice President, Product Group in January 2003. In this role, he is responsible, along with
Mr. Clarke and Mr. Gruzen, for the worldwide development, marketing, quality, and delivery into manufacturing of all Dell client, workstation,
networking, server, and storage systems, as well as the strategic technology direction for these businesses. Mr. Medica joined Dell in 1993 as
Vice President, Portable Systems. In 1996, Mr. Medica was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Dell's Japan division. Mr. Medica
returned to the U.S. as Vice President, Procurement in August 1997 and later served as Vice President, Web Products Group and Vice
President and General Manager, Transactional Product Group. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Medica held a variety of development and operations
positions over a ten-year period at Apple Computer, Inc. Mr. Medica graduated from Wake Forest University with a master's degree in Business
Administration and holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College.
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