Donald E. Nickelson joined the Board of Directors as Chairman in May 2008. Mr. Nickelson is currently the Vice-Chairman and Director of Harbour Group Industries Inc., a leveraged buy-out firm. He also serves as chairman of the board of advisors for Celtic Therapeutics, a director of Adolor Corporation, First Advantage Corporation and the Advisory Board of Celtic Pharmaceutical Holdings, L.P., as well as serving on the board of several private companies.

Previously, Mr. Nickelson was President of PaineWebber Group, an investment banking and brokerage firm, and acted as Lead Trustee of the Mainstay Mutual Funds Group. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Omniquip International, Inc., Greenfield Industries, Vie Financial Group, and Flair Corporation. As a Director, Mr. Nickelson served on the boards for W. P. Carey & Co., LLC, Royalty Pharma AG, Allied Healthcare Products, DT Industries, as well as Selectide Corporation and Sugen, Inc., two biotech companies. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Pacific Stock Exchange and Director of the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Walter F. Raquet has served as a director since March 1999. Mr. Raquet most recently served as non-executive chairman from December 2006 through April 2008. He is currently the CEO of WR Capital Management.

Mr. Raquet founded the Knight Capital Group Inc. in 1995, and served as Executive Vice President and Director. Prior to forming Knight Capital Group, he was a Senior Vice President with Spear, Leeds & Kellogg/Troster Singer where he headed its technology and marketing initiatives. In addition, he performed similar functions as a partner at Herzog Heine & Geduld. Mr. Raquet began his career at Price Waterhouse, and later worked at Paine Webber and Weeden & Company. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from New York University.

General James L. Jones, Jr. (Ret.) has served as a director since September 2007. General Jones currently serves as president and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy of the United States Chamber of Commerce. He retired from the United States Marine Corps in February 2007 as a four star general after 40 years of active service. At the time of his retirement, he was the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the Commander of the U.S. European Command. From 1999 to 2003, he served as the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. General Jones is the recipient of numerous decorations for his extraordinary military service, including Defense Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Silver Star Medal, Legion of Merit with four gold stars, Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V”, and Combat Action Ribbon. General Jones is a graduate of the National War College. He also is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

Edward J. Robinson became a director in May 2008 and currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Robinson, a certified public accountant, was Chief Operating Officer of Meditrust Operating Company, a healthcare REIT, from 1997 to 1998. Previously, Mr. Robinson was President and Chief Operating Officer of Avon Products, Inc., a beauty and related products company, from 1993 to 1997 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 1992. Prior thereto, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RJR Nabisco and held various financial positions with RJR Nabisco, a consumer products company, and its predecessor companies, Standard Brands and Nabisco Brands.

Mr. Robinson serves on the Advisory Board of W.R. Capital Management, L.P., is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, and is a member of the audit committee for Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. Mr. Robinson is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of New York. Mr. Robinson has been retired since 1998.

John Langston has served as a Director since April 2008. Since December 2000 he has served as a Director of Smiths Group plc. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Langston was appointed Finance Director of Smiths Group plc in September 2006. Mr. Langston has held various senior management positions within Smiths Group, including Group Managing Director -- Specialty Engineering, Group Managing Director – Detection and head of Sealing Solutions.

Mr. Langston had been a director of TI Group plc since October 1998. He joined TI Group in 1993, becoming Chief Executive of Bundy Automotive in 1996 and Chief Executive of TI Specialty Polymer Products in 1998. He formerly worked for Lucas Industries.

Stephen Phipson has served as a Director since April 2008. Since August 2004 he has served as Group Managing Director of Smiths Detection. Mr. Phipson was previously Managing Director of Smiths Interconnect, the hi-tech communications arm of Smiths’ Specialty Engineering division. He joined Smiths in 1997 as Managing Director of Smiths Interconnect, a global leader in the supply of application specific high reliability electronic components and subsystems, with operations in Europe, the USA, Central America, Japan and China.

With an MSc in Operations Management, Mr. Phipson has held several senior roles in the electronics industry including positions at Philips and Plessey. Prior to Smiths, he was Managing Director of Radiall UK, a global supplier of microwave components and systems.

The Honorable James W. Ziglar

Mr. Ziglar has over 40 years of experience in management, finance, law, and public policy derived from his careers in law, investment banking, government, and academia.  Mr. Ziglar recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cross Match Technologies, Inc., where he continues to serve on the Board of Directors.

In September 2008, Mr. Ziglar joined the Migration Policy Institute as a Senior Fellow where his focus will be on U.S. immigration and border control policies. The Migration Policy Institute is a non-partisan, independent Washington-based think tank.

Before joining Cross Match Technologies, Inc. in August 2005, Mr. Ziglar was a Managing Director and Chief Business Strategist at UBS Financial Services, Inc. in New York. 

Mr. Ziglar has 18 years of experience as an investment banker and 7 years as a practicing lawyer.  Mr. Ziglar had over 10 years of experience with UBS prior to departing in 1998 to serve as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate.  From August 2001 until his retirement from federal service in December 2002, Mr. Ziglar served as the last Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.  Before rejoining UBS in 2004, Mr. Ziglar was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, and a Fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics.

In addition to his positions as Commissioner of the INS and as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Mr. Ziglar has served at various times as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science, as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, as a congressional and public affairs officer at the Department of Justice, and as an aide to the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Ziglar earned his undergraduate and law degrees from The George Washington University.  He is a member of the bar in Virginia, New York, Arizona, and the District of Columbia.