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Mr. Plastina joined the Board of Directors in December 2007. Since February 2006, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a board member, of Tekelec, a publicly-traded provider of telecommunications network systems and software applications. Before joining Tekelec, Mr. Plastina served as Executive in Residence at Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm, where he was responsible for evaluating potential investments and providing executive support to portfolio companies. From 2003 to 2005, he held various executive positions with Proxim, a provider of Wi-Fi and broadband wireless access products, including Executive Chairman, President and CEO. From 1987 until 2002, Mr. Plastina served in a series of management and executive positions with Nortel, a multi-national telecommunications equipment provider. Mr. Plastina holds a degree in commerce from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Accountant in good standing with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Plastina also serves on the boards of Tekelec, ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions), PetroLiance and the North Carolina Technology Association, and has previously served on the boards of several other local organizations, including Duke Heart Center, Duke Fuqua School of Business, Wake County Boys and Girls Club and The North Carolina Symphony. | 