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Mr. Dutkowsky is well qualified to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. The experiences and skills he developed as a senior executive at
one of the leading technology companies in the world, and as the president and CEO of other technology and software businesses allow him to
provide value related to finance, management, operations, and risk. In addition, as CEO, Mr. Dutkowsky’s direct participation in the Board is
essential to the effective implementation of corporate strategy and the Board’s directions.
Jeffery P. Howells, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer , has served as a Director since 1998. Mr. Howells has been the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company since 1992, joining the Company in 1991 as Vice President of Finance. In 1993, he became Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer and in 1997 was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Howells was employed by Price Waterhouse for 11 years. Mr. Howells is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting
from Stetson University.
Mr. Howells is well qualified to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. His experience as an accountant at a national accounting firm for over
a decade, and his over 20 years of service to the Company as CFO, allow him to provide the Board direct insight on finance, management,
operations, and risk and to implement effectively corporate strategy and the Board’s directions.
Charles E. Adair has served as a Director since 1995. Mr. Adair has been a partner of Cordova Ventures and Kowaliga Capital, Inc. (venture
capital fund management companies) since 1993, where he serves as manager of venture capital funds. Mr. Adair was associated with Durr-
Fillauer
Medical, Inc. where he served in various capacities including President and Chief Operating Officer from 1981 to 1992. Mr. Adair currently serves
on the Board of Directors of Torchmark Corporation, where he has served since 2003 and is currently the Lead Director and a member of the
Compensation Committee. Mr. Adair also served on the Board of Directors of PSS World Medical, Inc. (“PSS”), most recently as Chair of the
Audit Committee and Executive Committee, from 2002 through February 2013, when PSS was acquired by McKesson Corp. Mr. Adair is a
Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama.
Mr. Adair is well qualified to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. He is a financial expert whose accounting background and long service
in board, executive and financial roles in the pharmaceutical distribution industry position him well to understand and provide value related to
finance, management, operations, and risk.
Harry J. Harczak, Jr. has served as a Director since 2008. Mr. Harczak has been a Managing Director of Sawdust Investment Management (a
private investment firm) since 2008. Mr. Harczak was an executive at CDW Corporation (a leading direct marketer of IT hardware and software
products) from 1994 until 2007, serving his last five years as Executive Vice President and as an Executive Committee member. He was also
CDW’s Chief Financial Officer for seven years. Prior to CDW, Mr. Harczak served as an audit partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he
worked for 16 years serving public and private clients in the retail, distribution, and financial services community. Currently, Mr. Harczak serves on
the Board of Directors of U.S. Cellular Corporation, where he is the designated financial expert of the Audit Committee and has served since 2003.
He also serves on the boards of the Goodman Theater of Chicago and DePaul University. Mr. Harczak is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
and holds a B.S. degree from DePaul University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Harczak is well qualified to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. He was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers auditing public
and private companies and the Chief Financial Officer and senior executive for one of the largest IT resellers in the Americas. He has substantial
executive and financial experience within the IT distribution channel, which allow him to provide value related to finance, management, operations,
and risk.
Kathleen Misunas has served as a Director since 2000. Ms. Misunas is Principal of Essential Ideas (a business advisory service), a company she
founded in 2001. She was Chief Executive Officer of AirTreks, Inc. in 2001 and Chief Executive Officer and President of brandwise LLC in 1999
and 2000. Ms. Misunas was employed by Reed Elsevier PLC from 1996 to 1998, serving as Chief Executive Officer of Reed Travel Group in 1997
and 1998. Prior to this, Ms. Misunas was employed by AMR Corporation for 22 years, last serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the
SABRE Group (a division of AMR Corporation) and Chief Information Officer of American Airlines, Inc. Ms. Misunas also served on the Board of
Directors of Canadian Tire Corporation until 2006. Ms. Misunas attended Moravian College and American University.
Ms. Misunas is well qualified to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. She has held executive management positions in global distribution
and product automation businesses, including the roles of CEO, president, and chief information officer. Given the importance of the Company’s
engagement with customers through various enterprise systems and e-commerce
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