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David H. Pohl has served as a Director of the Company since April 2001, and served as an officer of the Company from January 2001 to March 2002. He was elected Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President on June 13, 2005. On June 5, 2007 he retired as President and Chief Executive Officer. Except for his service with the Company, Mr. Pohl has been in the private practice of law counseling business clients since 1997, and most recently was Of Counsel with the law firm of Herold & Sager in Encinitas, California. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Law and Business Law Sections of the State Bar of California. In 1995 and 1996, Mr. Pohl was Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General regarding investments in entrepreneurial firms by state pension funds. Previously he was a senior attorney with a large U.S. law firm, and held positions as a senior officer and general counsel in large financial services corporations. Mr. Pohl earned a J.D. degree in 1962 from The Ohio State University College of Law, and also holds a B.S. in Administrative Sciences from Ohio State. Mr. Pohl is also a director and member of the audit committee of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly held company. | 