Edward W. Barnholt served as president and CEO of Agilent Technologies, Inc., a measurement company, from March 1999 to March 2005 and as its chairman of the board from November 2002 until his retirement in March 2005.

From 1990 to 1999, he served in several executive positions at the Hewlett-Packard Company, a computer and electronics company, including serving as EVP and general Mmanager of its Measurements Organization.

He holds a B.S. and a M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

-- Bio source: SEC proxy statements

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