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‰Leadership Experience — former Chairman of Line 6, Inc. and former Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of Quantum Corporation.
‰Public Company Board Experience — served as Chairman of Quantum Corporation and as a board
member of Nektar Therapeutics, Maxtor Corporation and Digital Impact.
‰Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — former Chief Executive Officer of Quantum and
former Chairman of Line 6.
‰Financial Experiences — former Chief Executive Officer of Quantum; former Chairman of Line 6 and
Equal Logic; and served on the Audit Committee of Digital Impact and Line 6.
Mr. Dangeard has served as a member of our Board since January 2007. He has been the Managing Partner
of Harcourt, an advisory and investment firm, since March 2008. Mr. Dangeard was Chairman and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of Thomson S.A., a provider of digital video technologies, solutions and services, from September
2004 to February 2008. From September 2002 to September 2004, he was Deputy CEO of France Telecom, a
global telecommunications operator. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Dangeard was Senior Executive Vice President of
Thomson and Vice Chairman in 2000. Prior to joining Thomson, Mr. Dangeard was Managing Director of SG
Warburg & Co. Ltd. from 1989 to 1997, and Chairman of SG Warburg France from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that,
Mr. Dangeard was a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, in New York and London. Mr. Dangeard also serves
on the boards of Atari, Telenor, RPX Corporation and three private companies. Mr. Dangeard has previously
served as a director of a variety of companies, including Moser Baer, SonaeCom SGPS, Thomson S.A. and Elec-
tricité de France S.A. He graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Paris Institut d’Études
Politiques and from Harvard Law School.
Director Qualifications:
‰Industry and Technology Experience — former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson S.A.
and former Deputy CEO of France Telecom
‰Global Experience — Member of the board of directors of Telenor (Norway), former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Thomson S.A. (France); former Deputy CEO of France Telecom (France); former
member of the board of directors of SonaeCom (Portugal) and MoserBaer (India).
‰Leadership Experience — Managing Partner of Harcourt, Chairman of Atari, former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Thomson S.A., Deputy CEO of France Telecom, Chairman of SG Warburg France
and Managing Director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd.
‰Public Company Board Experience — current member of the board of directors of Telenor, Atari and
RPX; and former member of the board of directors of Electricite de France S.A., Thomson S.A., Moser
Baer and SonaeCom SGPS.
‰Business Combinations and Partnerships Experience — Chairman of SG Warburg France and lawyer at
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
‰Financial Experiences — Chairman of the Audit Committee of Atari, former Chairman and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of Thomson, former Deputy CEO of France Telecom, former Chairman of the Audit Commit-
tee of Electricite de France, and former member of the Audit Committee of Moser Baer.
Ms. Laybourne has served as a member of our Board since January 2008. She has been the Chairman of the
Board of Defy Media, LLC, a media company, since November 2010 and Kandu, a children’s software company,
since April 2013. She founded Oxygen Media in 1998 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
until November 2007 when the network was acquired by NBC Universal. Prior to starting Oxygen Media,
Ms. Laybourne spent 16 years at Nickelodeon. From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Laybourne was President of Disney/ABC
Cable Networks where she was responsible for overseeing cable programming for the Walt Disney Company and
ABC. Ms. Laybourne is also a member of the board of directors of a private company in addition to Defy Media
and Kandu. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in art history from Vassar College and a master of science
degree in elementary education from the University of Pennsylvania.
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