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Mr. James J. Peterson is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation.He served as President of LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., a manufacturer of linear and mixed signal integrated from 1997 to 1999 and as its Vice President of Sales from 1996 to 1997. We acquired LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc. in 1999. Prior to joining LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., Mr. Peterson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Corporate Communications of Texas Instruments Storage Products Group from 1984 to 1996. Mr. Peterson was a Director of STEC, Inc., a storage solutions technology company based in Santa Ana, California, from 2003 to 2009. Mr. Peterson possesses significant experience in our industry and contributes detailed knowledge of our Company’s strategy and operations to the Board of Directors.

Robert A. Bruggeworth serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Qorvo, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance RF components and compound semiconductors. He also serves on Qorvo’s board of directors. Prior to the merger of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (“RFMD”) and TriQuijnt Semiconductor, Inc. to form Qorvo, Inc., Mr. Bruggeworth served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RFMD and served on the RFMD board of directors. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Bruggeworth served RFMD as both President of the company and Vice President of wireless products. Before joining RFMD, Mr. Bruggeworth held a variety of positions at AMP, Inc., a $5.5 billion supplier of electrical and electronic connection devices, including Divisional Vice President and Area Director for AMP's Asia Pacific Central region; Divisional Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific; and most recently Divisional Vice President of Computer and Consumer Electronics, based in Hong Kong, China. Mr. Bruggeworth attended Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Bruggeworth became an MSA director in 2007.

Chris Holmes is a President/CEO at Nortrax. He has worked as VP:Product Support & Marketing at Nortrax. Chris works or has worked at Felleskjøpet. He studied at University of New Brunswick.

Tim Eriksen is a Managing Member/Founder at Cedar Creek Partners Llc; CEO/Interim CFO at SOLITRON DEVICES INC; and Board Member at NOVATION COMPANIES, INC. and is based in Lynden, Washington. He has worked as Shareholder Services at Franklin Templeton Investments, Analyst / Newsletter Writer at Walker's Manual, and Engineer at Kiewit Corporation. Howard works or has worked as CEO at ERIKSEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. He studied at The Master's University between 1986 and 1991 and Texas A&M University - Mays Business School between 1995 and 1997.

Jeffrey A. Tennis is a President and Chief Executive Officer at SECHAN ELECTRONICS INC and is based in United States.