Dimitri Villard

Overview

Effective March 6, 2008, Dimitri Villard was appointed by the Board of Directors as Interim Chief Executive Officer and as a director since January 2005. Mr. Villard has also served as President and a director of Pivotal BioSciences, Inc., a biotechonology company, since September 1998. In addition, since January 1982 to present, he has served as President and director of Byzantine Productions, Inc. Previously, Mr. Villard was a director at the investment banking firm of SG Cowen and affiliated entities, a position he held from January 1997 to July 1999. Mr. Villard currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Dax Solutions, Inc. ("Dax"), an entertainment industry digital asset management venture. He has served as a director of Dax since May 2004. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles chapter of the Tech Coast Angels, a private venture capital group. Mr. Villard received a B.A. Degree in Government from Harvard University in 1964 and also received a Master of Science degree from China International Medical University. On September 7, 2008, Dimitri S. Villard, a director and current interim Chief Executive Officer, has been elected by the Board of Directors to be the new Chairman of the Board. Effective February 1, 2009, Dimitri Villard, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, was appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer.