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Mr. Blechschmidt was Chief Executive Officer of Novelis Corp. from December 2006 until its sale to the Birla Group on May 2007. He was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a leading provider of specialty pharmaceutical and home health care services, from March 2000 to June 2002. From March 1999 to March 2000, Mr. Blechschmidt served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Olsten Corporation, the conglomerate from which Gentiva Health Services was slit off and taken public. He served a President of Olsten from October 1998 to March 1999. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nixdorf America and Siemens Pyramid Technologies from July 1996 to October 1998. Prior to Siemens, he spent more than 20 years with Unisys Corporation, including serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr Blechschmidt serves as a director of Healthsouth Corp., which he joined in 2004 as part of the company's transition plan to strengthen its corporate governance, Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., and Columbia Laboratories, Inc. | 