board of directors

Richard L. Sanquini — Chairman of the Board

Richard L. Sanquini has served as our Chairman since November 2002 and as Acting Chief Executive Officer from December 2002 to April 2003. Mr. Sanquini retired from National Semiconductor as senior vice president in January 2000. Mr. Sanquini had been with National Semiconductor since 1980, except for between March 1989 to December 1989, when he served as president and chief executive officer of Information Storage Devices, a semiconductor company. He is presently a semiconductor industry consultant and serves on the boards of Synaptics,Inc., ZiLOG,Inc. and a number of private companies. Mr. Sanquini holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin.

Henry DeNero — Director

Mr. DeNero is an independent management consultant. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of HomeSpace, Inc., a privately held mortgage and real estate services provider. Prior to that, he was executive vice president of First Data Corporation, an electronic commerce and payment services company, and vice chairman and chief financial officer of Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation). Earlier in his career, Mr. DeNero spent 18 years at McKinsey & Company, most recently as a senior partner. Mr. DeNero currently serves as a director of Banta Corporation, Digital Insight Corporation, THQ Inc., Vignette Corporation and Western Digital Corporation.

Gary Johnson — President , Chief Executive Officer and Director

Gary Johnson has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and director since April 2003. Prior to joining us, from March 2002 to April 2003, Mr. Johnson served as president and chief executive officer of Z-Force Communications, Inc., a network storage technology company. Mr. Johnson also served as chairman of the board of Z-Force Communications, Inc. from March 2001 to March 2002. From February 2000 to May 2001, Mr. Johnson served as president and chief executive officer of Nanuk Networks, a wireless technology company. From December 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Johnson served as vice chairman of S3 Incorporated, a provider of multimedia semiconductors. From August 1996 to December 1997, Mr. Johnson served as president and chief executive officer of S3 Incorporated after joining them in July 1994. From September 1986 to July 1994, Mr. Johnson held various management positions at National Semiconductor, a semiconductor company. Mr. Johnson holds a B.Sc. in electronic engineering from De Montfort University, England.

T. Raj Singh — Director

T. Raj Singh has served as one of our directors since May 2002. Since January 2001, Mr. Singh has been a partner of the venture capital arm of Investcorp International Inc., an investment firm. From November 1995 to January 2001, Mr. Singh served as a principal of Booz, Allen & Hamilton, a consulting firm. From July 1986 to November 1995, Mr. Singh served in various positions at IBM, most recently as a consultant. Mr. Singh holds a B. Sc. in computer science from Imperial College in London, England and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fountainbleu, France.

Shahan Soghikian — Director

Shahan D. Soghikian has served as one of our directors since March 2004. Since January 1992, Mr. Soghikian has been a partner with JPMorgan Partners, the private equity investment arm of J.P. Morgan Chase. Prior to joining JPMorgan Partners in 1990, Mr. Soghikian served as a member of the mergers and acquisitions groups of Bankers Trust and Prudential Securities, Inc., financial services companies. Mr. Soghikian holds a B.A. in biology from Pitzer College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Tom Spiegel — Director

Thomas Spiegel has served as one of our directors since January 2002. Mr. Spiegel has been the chief executive officer of Brantrock Advisors, Inc., a financial advisory company, since June 1997. Mr. Spiegel holds a B.Sc. in business from the University of Southern California.

James Whims — Director

James L. Whims has served as one of our directors since February 2002. Mr. Whims has been a managing partner of TechFund Partners, an information technology investment firm, since August 1998. Mr. Whims is a director of THQ, Inc., a publicly traded company. Mr. Whims holds a B.A. in economics and communications from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Arizona.