Ricardo Artigas
Director since 2007

Retired, December 2005; General Electric Company (global technology,manufacturing, services, and financial business); most recently, GE Corporate Vice President (1994-2005) ;  President and CEO, GE Energy Services (1997-2005);  President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Power Controls, Barcelona, Spain, (1994-1997); General Manager, Engineering and Manufacturing Operations, GE Transportation (1993-1994); General Manager, Transit and Off-Highway Vehicles Business Operations, GE Transportsation (1991-1993). Held various GE engineering and management positions prior to 1991. A former David Ross Fellow, Purdue University. A director of several non-profit community organizations.

Jean-Lou Chameau
Director since 1998

President, California Institute of Technology since September 2006; Provost and Vice President at the Georgia Institute of Technology June 2001 – August 2006; Dean of the College of Engineering and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1997 to June 2001; Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1997; President of Golder Associates, Inc. (engineering and environmental consulting company) from 1994 to 1995; Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1991 to 1994; Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Program at Purdue University from 1980 to 1991; a director of a number of non-profit and private organizations.

Merlin E. Dewing 
Director since 2002

Chairman and founder of Dewing Financial Services, Inc. (financial services company) since January 1998; Chairman of KPMG BayMark (management services company) from 1995 to 1998; various executive positions with KPMG LLP (independent certified public accounting firm) from 1961 to 1995, including Vice-Chairman - Audit; former President of the Minnesota Society of CPAs and former Chairman of the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of Banner Health Systems.

Sidney W. Emery, Jr.
Director since 1998

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since January 1999; Chief Executive Officer of the Company since March 1998; President of the Company 1998 to 2007; management and executive positions with Honeywell, Inc. (manufacturer of control systems) from 1985 to 1997 (Area Vice President, Western and Southern Europe from 1994 to 1997; Group Vice President, Military Avionics Systems from 1989 to 1994; Vice President and General Manager, Space Systems Division from 1988 to 1989; Vice President, Operations, Process Controls Division from 1985 to 1988); a director of Urologix (developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive medical products for the treatment of urological disorders) since October 2005, ALLETE (provider of energy services in the Midwest) since May 2007, the Minnesota Business Partnership and the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering.

Brendan C. Hegarty
Director since 1998

Consultant since January 2003; Chief Executive Officer of Nano Magnetics (start-up nanotechnology company located in the United Kingdom) from 2001 to 2003; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagate Technology (manufacturer of computer disk drives) from 1993 to 1998; Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Seagate Technology from 1989 to 1993; Vice President of Thin Film Head Operations for Control Data Corporation (computer hardware and software company) from 1988 to 1989; management and executive positions with IBM (computer hardware and software company) from 1967 to 1987.

Lois M. Martin
Director since 2006

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Capella Education Company (privately held parent company of Capella University, an accredited on-line university) from November 2004;  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of World Data Products, Inc. (worldwide provider of server, storage, network and telecom solutions) from 2002 to 2004; various executive positions, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, for Deluxe Corporation (provider of paper-based and electronic payment systems to financial institutions and retailers from 1993 to 2001; International Controller for Carlson Companies (worldwide provider of hospitality, travel and marketing services) from 1990 to 1993; Director of ADC Telecommunications Inc.

Barb J. Samardzich
Director since 2001

Vice President of Ford Motor Company (automobile manufacturer) and Vice President, Powertrain Operations effective November 2005; Executive Director - Small FWD and RWD Vehicles of Ford Motor Company 2002 to October 2005; Chief Engineer for the Automatic Transmission Engineering Operations of Ford from 2000 to 2002; Quality Director for the Small and Medium Vehicle Center of the European operations of Ford from 1999 to 2000; Chief Program Engineer for F650/F750 Ford trucks from 1998 to 1999; previously held various positions in the Powertrain division of Ford from 1990 to 1998. Prior to joining Ford, Ms. Samardzich held various engineering, sales and marketing positions in the Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1981 to 1990.