Michael Cannon is a consultant to Dell Inc. He served as president, global operations for Dell from February 2007 until his retirement in January 2009.

Prior to joining Dell, he was the president and CEO, and served on the board of directors, of Solectron Corporation, an electronic manufacturing services company, which he joined in January 2003.

From July 1996 until joining Solectron, he served as the President and CEO of Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive manufacturer. During this time, Mr. Cannon also served on Maxtor's board of directors.

He served on the board of directors of Seagate Technology, a disk drive manufacturer, which acquired Maxtor in May 2006, until February 2007 when he resigned.

He studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

-- Bio source: SEC proxy statements

Carol Mills has been an independent consultant since February 2006. She served as EVP and general manager, infrastructure products group, of Juniper Networks, Inc., a provider of networking and security solutions, from November 2004 until February 2006.

Prior to joining Juniper Networks, she was an independent consultant from 2002 until November 2004. She was the president and CEO of Acta Technology, Inc., a private data integration company that was acquired by Business Objects in late 2002.

She previously held several executive positions at the Hewlett-Packard Company.

She holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Smith College.

-- Bio source: SEC proxy statements