Dr. Kulkarni began his career in research and management positions with 3M Corporation and IBM. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and later obtained a M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from MIT. Dr. Kulkarni currently serves on the Board of Directors of KeyTronic Corporation (NASDAQ: KTCC), a publicly traded electronics manufacturing services company, as well as chairman of the Board of Directors of Prism Computational Sciences. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors and our Board of Directors believe Dr. Kulkarni is well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his prior leadership and officer positions at technology and software companies.