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Buildworks Group Ltd, a listed South African company operating in the construction of electrical substations
and building materials. From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Fenway Partners. Prior to
founding Fenway Partners, Mr. Geisser was a managing director of Butler Capital Corporation. Prior to that,
he was a managing director of Onex Investment Corporation, a Canadian management buyout company. From
1974 to 1986, he was a senior officer of Exor America. Mr. Geisser has been a board member and audit
committee member of several private companies. Mr. Geisser holds a bachelor’s degree from Bocconi
University in Milan, Italy and a P.M.D. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Geisser brings to the board of
directors his extensive experience regarding the management of companies, as well as his financial expertise.
Helen Greiner, a co-founder of iRobot, has served as a director since July 1994. Ms. Greiner also served
as president of iRobot from June 1997 until February 2004 and as chairman of the board from February 2004
until October 2008. In October 2008, Ms. Greiner resigned as an employee of iRobot and as chairman of the
board to become chairman, president & CEO of Cy PhyWorks. Prior to joining iRobot, Ms. Greiner founded
California Cybernetics, a company commercializing Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology. She has been
honored by Technology Review Magazine as an “Innovator for the Next Century.” Ms. Greiner holds a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from MIT. Ms. Greiner has extensive
knowledge of the robotics industry, and as a co-founder and former executive officer of the Company,
Ms. Greiner provides a critical contribution to the board of directors reflecting her detailed knowledge of the
Company, the strategic marketplace and our competitors.
George C. McNamee has served as a director since August 1999. Mr. McNamee is a managing partner of
FA Technology Ventures, an information and energy technology venture capital firm. From 1984 to 2007,
Mr. McNamee served as chairman of First Albany Companies Inc., a specialty investment banking firm.
Mr. McNamee serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc. and is a director of several
private companies. Mr. McNamee is a former director of Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. He is a Trustee of
the American Friends of Eton College and the Albany Academies. Mr. McNamee holds a B.A. from Yale
University. Mr. McNamee brings to the board of directors his extensive experience regarding the management
of public and private companies, as well as his financial expertise.
Peter T. Meekin has served as a director since February 2003. Mr. Meekin has been a managing director of
Trident Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1998. Prior to joining Trident Capital, he was vice president of venture
development at Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health. Mr. Meekin holds a B.S. in
Mathematics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Mr. Meekin brings to the board of directors his
extensive experience regarding the management of companies, as well as his financial expertise.
Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.) has served as a director since May 2006. Gen. Kern has served as a
senior counselor to The Cohen Group, an international strategic business consulting firm, since January 2005.
Gen. Kern also served as president and chief operating officer of AM General LLC from August 2008 until
January 2010. From 1963 to 2004, Gen. Kern served in the U.S. Army and, from October 2001 to November
2004, as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. Prior to his command in the U.S. Army
Materiel Command, he served as the military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition,
Logistics and Technology. Gen. Kern also serves on the board of directors of ITT Corporation and is a former
director of EDO Corporation and Anteon International Corporation. He holds a B.S. from the United States
Military Academy at West Point, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Gen. Kern brings to the board of directors his
extensive experience in the military and defense industry.
Paul Sagan has served as a director since February 2010. He became Akamai Technology, Inc.’s
(NASDAQ: AKAM) chief executive officer in April 2005 and has served as its president since May 1999.
Mr. Sagan became a member of Akamai’s board of directors in January 2005. Akamai is the leader in
providing managed services for powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online. From
July 1997 to August 1998, Mr. Sagan was senior advisor to the World Economic Forum, a Geneva,
Switzerland-based organization that provides a collaborative framework for leaders to address global issues.
Previously, Mr. Sagan held senior executive positions at Time Warner Cable and Time Inc., affiliates of Time
Warner Inc., and at CBS, Inc. Mr. Sagan also serves on the board of directors of EMC Corporation and is a
former member of the board of directors of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Digitas, Inc. Mr. Sagan brings to
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