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Francis J. Hughes, Jr. DIRECTOR, has served on our Board since 1983. Mr. Hughes joined American Research & Development, a private venture capital firm, in January 1982, became Chief Operating Officer in November 1990 and President in June 1992. Mr. Hughes also serves as a director of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced metal-matrix composites and ceramic components. He has been a general partner of four American Research & Development venture capital funds, as well as a general partner of Hospitality Technology Funds, L.P. He is also a partner of Egan-Managed Capital, a private venture capital firm which he co-founded in 1997. He served as Chairman of the Board of Texas Micro Inc. (formerly known as Sequoia Systems), a manufacturer of ruggedized computers, acquired by RadiSys Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of embedded computer
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