Byron J. Anderson

Byron J. Anderson is currently retired. He has been a Director of the Company since 2005 and has served on the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since November 2005. Before his retirement, from 1999 to 2004, he served at Agilent Technologies, Inc. as Senior Vice President serving customers and managing business groups located in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia, which included worldwide sales and service activities. Before working with Agilent, he held various senior positions with Hewlett-Packard Company, most recently as a Vice President responsible for a business unit serving the worldwide communications industry. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University and an electrical engineering degree from South Dakota State University. Mr. Anderson brings to the Board significant experience in high-tech industry with a unique knowledge of supply chains, international development, foreign trade and corporate strategy obtained from his years in management of large, multi-national technology companies.