K. Charles Janac has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2005, where he is responsible for growing a global market position for the company that is pioneering the concept of NoC technology. Mr. Janac has served on our Board since July 2005 and has served as Chairman of our Board since August 2007. Mr. Janac s career spans 40 years and multiple industries including electronic design automation, semiconductor capital equipment, nano-technology, industrial polymers and venture capital. From September 2001 to January 2003, Mr. Janac served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nanomix, helping build the start-up nano-technology company. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2001, Mr. Janac worked as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Infinity Capital, a leading early-stage Venture Capital firm, where he consulted on Information Technology investment opportunities. Mr. Janac formed Smart Machines, a manufacturer of semiconductor automation equipment, in October 1992 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Janac sold it to Brooks Automation, a semiconductor manufacturing company, in May 1999. In the first decade of his career, Mr. Janac held various marketing and sales positions at Cadence Design Systems, a public computer software company, from 1983 to 1992, where he helped build the company into one of the ten largest technical software companies in the world. Mr. Janac holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry from Tufts University and an M.B.A from Stanford Graduate School of Business. We believe Mr. Janac is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive management and leadership experience with technology companies.