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operations as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining LeapFrog, he was Chief Financial Officer and Vice
President of Operations at the Republic of Tea from July 1992 to March 1995, where he managed all financial,
accounting, administrative and operational aspects, and he was a manager at Price Waterhouse from 1983 to
1991, where he consulted with emerging growth companies. Mr. Lally has a B.S. from the University of Oregon
and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.
Mark B. Flowers has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since January 2002.
Previously, he served as our Vice President of Technology from January 2001 to December 2001, and as our
Vice President of Engineering from July 1998 to December 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Flowers was Vice
President of Hardware Engineering and a director of Explore Technologies, Inc. from September 1995 until we
acquired substantially all of Explore Technologies’ assets and business in July 1998. From 1990 to 1995, Mr.
Flowers ran his own Silicon Valley consulting business, whose clients included Hewlett Packard and 3Com.
Prior to that, Mr. Flowers was Director of Hardware Engineering at Telebit Corporation, a data communications
equipment company. He holds several patents in electronics design and has a B.S. and an M.S. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
L. James Marggraff has served as our Executive Vice President, Content since January 2002. From March
to December 2001, he was an independent consultant of ours, focusing on developing new products and software
for our LeapPad and Leap’s Pond product lines. From September 2000 to February 2001, Mr. Marggraff served
as President of Ubiquity LLC, a subsidiary of our wholly owned subsidiary NT(2) LLC, which was established to
investigate new applications for our NearTouch technology and LeapPad devices. Prior to that, from August
1999 to August 2000, Mr. Marggraff served as the President of our Internet division, and from July 1998 to July
1999, he served as our Vice President of Content. Mr. Marggraff is the co-inventor of the LeapPad learning
system and the Odyssey and Explorer interactive globe lines, and was co-founder, President, and Vice President
of Marketing and Sales of Explore Technologies from September 1995 to July 1998. Previously, from 1984 to
1992, he was an engineering co-founder and Manager of Marketing and Sales of StrataCom, Inc., a wide-area
networking communications company that was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 1996. Mr. Marggraff holds
numerous patents and has a B.S. and an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Madeline T. Schroeder has served as our Executive Vice President, Publishing Services since February 2004
and served as our Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publishing Services from June 2002 to February 2004 and
as Vice President, Publishing Services from April 2001 to June 2002. From April 1998 to April 2001,
Ms. Schroeder served as an interim operating executive across of variety of industries, including elder care,
online syndication and electronic gaming. From February 1996 to April 1998, she served as the Chief Executive
Officer and President of Mambo.com, an integrated invitations and payment service. She was co-founder of
Crystal Dynamics, a developer and publisher of video games that was acquired by Eidos Inc, and served as
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for Eidos, Inc. from February 1992 to February
1996. Ms. Schroeder holds a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley.
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and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.
We make our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K
and all amendments to such reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
available (free of charge) on or through our web site located at www.leapfrog.com, as soon as reasonably
practicable after they are filed with or furnished to the SEC. Information contained in our website is not deemed
to be part of this report on Form 10-K.
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