A. Blaine Bowman

Blaine Bowman, Chairman of Dionex Corporation, has been with Dionex since 1977, when it was. a $1 million operation. Since then, the company has increased sales and profits every year to sales of more than $259 million. Mr. Bowman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dionex until July 2002, when he was named Chairman. Before joining Dionex, Mr. Bowman was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company and a product engineer at Motorola Semiconductor Products Division. Mr. Bowman holds a B.S. in Physics from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.