Dr. Birnbaum has served as a director since February 2005. Dr. Birnbaum has served as a consultant in the technology industry since his retirement from Hewlett-Packard Company in 1999. From 1981 until his retirement in 1999, Dr. Birnbaum held several executive positions with Hewlett-Packard Company, including Senior Vice President for Research and Development and Director of HP Laboratories. Prior to this, Dr. Birnbaum spent 15 years at International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) where he last served as Director of Computer Sciences.