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Chairman of the Board
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Richard D. Snyder has served since 2000 as Chief Executive Officer of Ardesta, LLC, a company specializing in small technology products. He was President of Avalon Investments, a venture capital management company, from 1997 to 2000. Snyder serves on the boards of various companies of Ardesta and Avalon Technology. He is also a member of the University of Michigan's Literature, Science and Arts Advisory Committee, the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Advisory Board, the Technology Transfer National Advisory Committee and the comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Board. Snyder is also Chairman of Ann Arbor SPARK, a member of The Henry Ford Board of Trustees, The Nature Conservancy (Michigan Chapter) and the Sphinx Organization. Snyder served as Gateway's Interim CEO from February 2006 to September 2006, as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1996 to 1997, and was Executive Vice President from 1991 to 1996. Snyder received BA (with high distinction), MBA (with distinction) and JD degrees from the University of Michigan. |
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Member, Compensation Committee
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Quincy L. Allen is corporate vice president of Xerox Corporation and president of the Xerox Production Systems Group. Allen was named to his present position at Xerox in October 2004, and was elected a corporate vice president two months later. He is responsible for Xerox's high-end systems, software and service offerings for the graphic communications industry, including production publishing, transaction printing and enterprise-wide printing. Since joining Xerox as an electrical engineer in 1982, he has held senior technical and management positions in areas such as supply chain, sales and marketing, and product development. In 1999, Allen was appointed vice president, Worldwide Customer Services Strategy. In 2001, he was named senior vice president of North American Services and Solutions. Allen earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University in 1982 and an MBA from the University of Rochester in 1993. |
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Chairwoman, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
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Janet M. Clarke is president and founder of Clarke Littlefield LLC, a firm that provides strategic advice to larger companies with an emphasis on marketing technologies. Before founding her company, Clarke served as Chief Marketing Officer of DealerTrack, Inc., and before that, she was an Executive Vice President of Young & Rubicam, Inc. and Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of KnowledgeBase Marketing, Inc., a subsidiary of Young & Rubicam. She also has served as managing director for Global Database Marketing of Citibank, and was senior vice president of the Information Technology sector for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Clarke is also a director of the Asbury Automotive Group, ExpressJet Holdings Inc. and eFunds Corporation. She is a Charter Trustee of Princeton University, where she earned a bachelor's degree. Clarke also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. |
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Chief Executive Officer
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J. Edward Coleman is chief executive officer of Gateway, Inc. Before joining Gateway in September 2006, he served as senior vice president and president, Enterprise Computing Solutions for Arrow Electronics, Inc., a major global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products. Previously, Coleman was chairman, president and CEO of CompuCom Systems, Inc., a $1.4 billion IT services and solutions provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. He led CompuCom as CEO from December 1999 until November 2004 and as Chairman from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining CompuCom, Coleman served in various leadership roles at Computer Sciences Corporation, IBM and New Jersey-based integrator MTS. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the College of William and Mary, and holds a master's degree in business administration/marketing from Indiana University. |
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Scott Galloway is a clinical associate professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and is the managing member of investment firm Firebrand Partners, LLC. He has been a director of RedEnvelope, Inc. since June 2006, a company he founded in 1997 and served as a director of from September 1997 to August 2000 and again from June 2002 to August 2004, serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors from September 1997 to February 2000. In 1992, Galloway founded Prophet Brand Strategy, Inc., a brand consulting firm that employs over 100 professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Prophet Brand Strategy, Inc. from 1992 to 2000. From 2000 to 2002, Galloway served as chief executive officer and chairman at Brand Farm, an e-commerce incubator. Galloway received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. |
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Member, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
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George H. Krauss has been an attorney with the law firm of Kutak Rock LLP in Omaha, Nebraska, since 1972. He became a partner in Kutak Rock in 1975 and became of counsel in 1997. He served as the firm's presiding partner from 1983 to 1994. Krauss is a consultant to The Burlington Capital Group LLC. Krauss serves on the Board of Directors of MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and West Corporation, as well as America First Apartment Investors, Inc. He is also on the Board of Directors of The Burlington Capital Group LLC, which is the general partner of America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. Krauss received BS, MBA and JD degrees from the University of Nebraska. |
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Douglas L. Lacey is a partner in the accounting firm of Nichols, Rise & Company, LLP, and managing partner of its Sioux City, Iowa, office. He joined Nichols, Rise in 1973. Lacey received a BA degree from Briar Cliff College in 1973. |
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Chairman, Compensation Committee
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Joseph G. Parham, Jr. is senior vice president of human resources for Atlanta-based Acuity Brands, Inc. Acuity Brands is composed of the Acuity Lighting Group, the world's largest lighting fixture manufacturer, and Acuity Specialty products, a leading provider of specialty chemicals. Prior to joining Acuity Brands, Parham spent 25 years at Polaroid Corporation where he served in a variety of roles, including president of Polaroid Eyewear and senior vice president of human resources. He has a BS degree in management and an MBA degree in economics, both from Babson College. Parham is a member of the board of the National Kidney Foundation of Georgia and a former member of the board of directors of International Multifoods Corporation. |
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Dave Russell is the executive vice president of Avalon Capital Group, Inc. and managing director of Avalon Energy. Avalon Energy is a division of Avalon Capital Group, Inc., a private company controlled by Ted Waitt, the co-founder and a significant stockholder of Gateway, Inc. From 1988 until he joined Avalon in 2005, Mr. Russell worked in a variety of capacities for Gateway, most notably as general manager of digital television products from June 2003 to June 2004; senior vice president of partner management from January 2001 to May 2003; and vice president of supply management from 1999 to May 2000. Russell is also on the board of directors of privately held Amazing Mail.com, a web based direct marketing company located in Scottsdale, Ariz. |
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Member, Audit Committee
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Paul E. Weaver is a former vice chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he was responsible for all firm-wide, revenue-related activities. During his more than 30 years at PwC, Weaver served as the lead partner for a number of the firm's largest global clients and held various management positions, including serving as chairman of the firm's global technology practice group for a number of years, focusing on the technology, infocomm, entertainment and media industries. Weaver has a BS degree from Elizabethtown College and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He currently serves on the board of AMN Healthcare as chairman of its audit committee and a member of its corporate governance committee. He also is a board member and chairman of the audit committee of Idearc Inc., and is chairman of the board for the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. In addition, Weaver serves on the corporate advisory board of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. |
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