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Gary Johnson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Svend-Olav Carlsen
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Sanjeev Kumar
Chief Operating Officer

Richard G. Miller
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Michael J. Maia
Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Scott W. Tandy
Vice President of Strategic Marketing

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.
 
Svend-Olav Carlsen — Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Svend-Olav Carlsen has served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 2004. Prior to joining us, from October 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Carlsen served as vice president, finance and corporate controller and chief financial officer of Transmeta Corporation, a semiconductor company. From April 1996 to October 2000, Mr. Carlsen served in various roles in the finance organization, most recently as corporate assistant controller, director of tax and international finance of S3 Incorporated and Diamond Multimedia, Inc. which was acquired by S3 Incorporated in 1999. Mr. Carlsen is a CPA (state of Illinois) and holds an undergraduate degree and an M.B.A. (Diplom) from LMU, University of Munich, Germany.
 
Sanjeev Kumar — Chief Operating Officer


Sanjeev Kumar has served as our Chief Operating Officer since May 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Kumar served as our vice president of firmware engineering beginning in July 1999, when he joined us as a founder. Prior to joining us, from April 1997 to July 1999, Mr. Kumar served as director of software engineering of National Semiconductor Corporation. From April 1994 to April 1997, Mr. Kumar served as a software engineering manager of Digital Equipment Corp. (now part of Hewlett Packard), a computer and electronics company. Mr. Kumar holds a Masters in electrical engineering from Tulane University and a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
 
Richard G. Miller — Vice President and Chief Technology Officer


Richard G. Miller has served as our Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since June 2004. Prior to joining us, from September 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Miller served as an architecture and strategy consultant for various technology companies. From April 2002 to August 2002, Mr. Miller served as vice president, DTV Division of Genesis Microchip Inc., a semiconductor company. From January 1995 to April 2002, Mr. Miller served as chief executive officer and was the founder of VM Labs, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Miller holds a B.Sc. in theoretical physics from Queen Mary College, University of London.
 
Michael J. Maia — Vice President of Sales and Marketing


Michael J. Maia has served in several roles since July 1999 when he joined as a founder, most recently as our Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining us, from August 1996 to July 1999, Mr. Maia served as senior director of marketing for the information appliances group of National Semiconductor Corporation. From March 1994 to July 1996, Mr. Maia served as vice president of marketing at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Maia holds a B.S. in marketing from San Francisco State University and an M.B.A. from St. Mary's College.
 
Scott W. Tandy — Vice President of Strategic Marketing


Scott W. Tandy has served as our Vice President of Strategic Marketing since February 2004. Prior to joining us, from August 2002 to February 2004, Mr. Tandy served as vice president of sales and marketing of Digital 5, Inc., a connected consumer electronics middleware company. From June 2002 to August 2002, Mr. Tandy consulted with the venture capital community and investigated new markets. From October 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Tandy served as director of marketing of AON Networks, Inc., a networking software company. From October 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Tandy served as vice president of marketing for the web connected internet appliances group of SonicBlue Incorporated. From January 1999 to October 1999, Mr. Tandy served as Business Unit Program Manager of S3 Incorporated. Prior to January 1999, Mr. Tandy held various marketing positions at S3 Incorporated, including director of marketing and director of strategic marketing. Mr. Tandy holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Clarkson University.