Mr. McConnell has been a director of the Company since December 1998 while holding the title of Chairman of the Board through June 2002. In addition, he is principal of The Founders Group, an organization dedicated to helping launch new, technology-based companies. Mr. McConnell also co-founded CFM Technologies, Inc., a semiconductor capital equipment company and until it merged into Matson
technologies in March 2001. He currently serves as a director of Mi8 Corporation, a leading application software provider (ASP), where he had previously been Chairman of the Board. |