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George C. McNamee has served as a director since August 1999. Currently a private investor, Mr. McNamee served as a
managing partner of FA Technology Ventures, an information and energy technology venture capital firm, from 2000 until 2012. He
serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of several private
companies, a member of the Yale Development Board and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The American Friends of Eton
College. Mr. McNamee previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher) Securities as well as serving from
1984 to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board member of the New York Stock Exchange
Inc., MapInfo, Home Shopping Network and the Meta Group. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree 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.
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 Exelis Corporation and is a former director of EDO Corporation,
Anteon International Corporation and ITT 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 L. Sagan has served as a director since February 2010. He is a partner and XIR at General Catalyst Partners, a venture
capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also vice chairman of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), and
previously served as the company’s chief executive officer from April 2005 until January 2013, and as its president beginning in May
1999. Mr. Sagan became a member of Akamai’s board of directors in January 2005. Akamai is the leading cloud platform for helping
enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, on the Internet. 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 to leaders to address global issues. Previously, Mr. Sagan held senior positions at Time Warner Cable and
Time Inc., affiliates of Time Warner Inc., and CBS, Inc. Mr. Sagan also serves on the board of directors of EMC Corporation and
Datto, Inc., and is a former director of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Digitas, Inc. Mr. Sagan brings to the board of directors his
extensive experience with complex global organizations, combined with his operational and corporate governance expertise.
Our executive officers are elected by the board of directors on an annual basis and serve until their successors have been duly
elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
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