Board of Directors

Gerald P. Carmen has been a Director of the Company since February 2005. Mr. Carmen is currently an independent consultant. As one of the founding partners of the Carmen Group, Inc., Mr. Carmen served as Vice Chairman from 1990 to August 2004. In 1989, Mr. Carmen served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Asset Disposition Association, the predecessor of the current Resolution Trust Corporation. From August 1986 to May 1988 Mr. Carmen served as National Chairman for Citizens for America. Mr. Carmen was appointed by President Reagan to serve as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 1984 to August 1986. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Carmen was the Administrator of the General Services Administration. Mr. Carmen has been a member of the Cabinet Council for Management and Administration, the White House Property Review Board, and the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities. Mr. Carmen also serves on the board of Star Scientific.

Robert N. McFarland has been a Director of the Company since March 8, 2007. A Vietnam veteran, he served two years of active duty in the U. S. Army and a total of four years in the Reserves. He also served in the Department of Veterans Affairs between January 2004 and April 2006 as Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology. Prior to his service in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Mr. McFarland was Vice President, Government Relations for seven years at Dell Computer Corporation in Austin, Texas. Previously, Mr. McFarland held several vice president and general manager positions at Dell which included spearheading the Government Sector, Large Corporate Accounts Segment, Global Business Segment, and Federal Business Segment. During this time period, he played a major role in Dell's relationship with a significant number of military, federal government, state, and local government customers. Under his leadership, Dell assumed the Number One position in market share in the Federal Government Personal Computer Market. Mr. McFarland was named to the 1998 "Federal 100," a joint government and industry award designating the top 100 executives in the Federal marketplace. Prior to his career at Dell, Mr. McFarland served as Senior Vice President at The Cerplex Group in Tustin, California, where he directed the sales and marketing efforts of the electronics repair outsourcer. He also held senior executive positions at other leading domestic and international high-technology enterprises such as The Cerplex Group, AST Research, Inc., LEGENT Corporation, and various other companies in Texas, California, and Colorado. Mr. McFarland obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. Mr. McFarland has served on the Board of Advisors at both Veterans Advantage in Connecticut and MagRabbit, Inc. in Texas.


Ronald L. Breland has been a Director of the Company since September 2004. Mr. Breland is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of EC America and Selbre Associates. Prior to establishing EC America in March 1998 and Selbre Associates in June 1988, Mr. Breland was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for General Digital Corporation in Rockville, MD and prior to that Vice President of Sales for Kennedy Company, a division of Allegheny International. Mr. Breland has over 30 years of experience in contract negotiation and management for both commercial and government markets, development of strategic and tactical marketing programs, engineering development and marketing, and equipment and service sales. Mr. Breland has developed, supervised and negotiated more than 1,000 government contract programs, and successfully conducted government contract compliance audits for Fortune 100 companies. Mr. Breland is a Charter Member of the Industry Advisory Council of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and the General Service Administration's Advisory Council, a premier member of the Coalition for Government Procurement, and a former member of the Baltimore-Washington Minority Economic Development Council.

John A. McMullen has been a Director of the Company since April 2005. Mr. McMullen previously served as a Director of Ezenia from February 2000 until August 2003. In September 2003, Mr. McMullen took time off to actively participate in the political process by running for the Senate in the state of Vermont. Since 1985, Mr. McMullen has been with Cambridge Meridian Group, Inc. and is currently a Managing Principal. Mr. McMullen has over 25 years of experience in financial analysis, acquisition planning, market assessment and research, competitive analysis, and corporate strategy. In addition, Mr. McMullen taught Business Strategy at Harvard Law School, and has published articles in the fields of management, strategy, and law. Mr. McMullen also has experience in the investment banking community in New York with Morgan Stanley and Company, worked with the Boston Consulting Group on strategy assignments, and was an engineer with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. McMullen is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia University with BS and BA degrees in Applied Physics and Engineering, received a JD with Honors from the Harvard Law School and a MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected a first year Baker Scholar. Mr. McMullen is a member of the Bars of New York, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. In 1982 and 1983, he served on the Governor's 11 person Advisory Task Force on the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Mr. McMullen also serves on the board of MRO Software, Inc.

Kevin P. Hegarty has been a Director of the Company since June 12, 2008. Mr. Hegarty previously served as a Director of Ezenia from May 2003 until November 2004. Mr. Hegarty is currently the Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the University of Texas at Austin where he has been responsible for the financial integrity of the University and management of its financial operations. Prior to his service at the University of Texas, Mr. Hegarty served two years as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Dell Financial Services, and also served as Vice President & Corporate Controller at Dell Computers for two years. Prior to his Career at Dell, Mr. Hegarty served as Senior Vice President & Company Comptroller at Associates First Capital for seven years. Mr. Hegarty is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Hegarty is also a Board Member of Entorian Technologies Inc.

Khoa D. Nguyen has been a Director of the Company since December 1997. Mr. Nguyen was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective April 9, 1998 and, from August 2002 until April 2006, he has also served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Since August 2002, Mr. Nguyen has served as Treasurer of the Company. Previously, Mr. Nguyen had been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 1997 to April 1998. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Nguyen was employed at PictureTel Corporation, a videoconferencing company, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of the Group Systems and Networking Products divisions from February 1994 to August 1996 and as Vice President of Engineering from January 1993 to February 1994. From August 1991 to December 1992, he was Vice President of Engineering at VTEL Corporation, a videoconferencing company. Previously, Mr. Nguyen held various research and development positions at IBM Corporation.