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Robert N. McFarland was named a Class I director effective March 8, 2007. A Vietnam veteran, he served two years of active duty in the U. S. Army and a total of four years in the Reserves. He also served in the Department of Veterans Affairs between January 2004 and April 2006 as Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology. Prior to his service in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. McFarland was Vice President, Government Relations for seven years at Dell Computer Corporation in Austin, Texas. Previously, Mr. McFarland held several vice president and general manager positions at Dell, which included spearheading the Government Sector, Large Corporate Accounts Segment, Global Business Segment, and Federal Business Segment. During this time period, he played a major role in Dell's relationship with a significant number of military, federal government, state, and local government customers. Under his leadership, Dell assumed the Number One position in market share in the Federal Government Personal Computer Market. Mr. McFarland was named to the 1998 Federal 100, a joint government and industry award designating the top 100 executives in the Federal marketplace. Prior to his career at Dell, Mr. McFarland served as Senior Vice President at The Cerplex Group in Tustin, California, where he directed the sales and marketing efforts of the electronics repair outsourcer. He also held senior executive positions at other leading domestic and international high-technology enterprises such as The Cerplex Group, AST Research, Inc., LEGENT Corporation, and various other companies in Texas, California, and Colorado. Mr. McFarland obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. Mr. McFarland has served on the Board of Advisors at both Veterans Advantage in Connecticut and MagRabbit, Inc. in Texas. | 