Executive Profile

W. Frank Blount Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JI Ventures, Inc.

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Background

Mr. W. Frank Blount serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at JI Ventures Inc. Mr. Blount has been serving in this capacity since May 2000. Mr. Blount was employed at The Jordan Company, L.P. and served as a Secretary at Adtran Inc., from December 2002 to September 2005. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Cypress Communications Inc. from June 2000 to February 2002. Mr. Blount also served as the Chief Executive Officer at Telstra Corporation ... Ltd. from January 1992 to March 1999. Prior to joining Telstra, he served in various Executive positions for AT&T Corp., including Group President from 1988 to 1991. Mr. Blount served in various executive positions with American Telephone and Telegraph Co., including the Group President, Communications Products Group from 1989 to 1991 and during 1991 was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New American School Development Corporation. He has been a Director of Adtran Inc. since April 1999 and Caterpillar Inc., since 1995. Mr. Blount has been a Director of Entergy Corp., since 1987. Mr. Blount has been a Non-Executive Director of Hanson PLC since 2000 and serves as a Member of Remuneration Committee. He serves as a Director of Itracs Corporation. He serves as a Director of Global Light Communications, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP), Pioneer International and First Union National Bank of Georgia. He has been a Director at KBR, Inc. since April 17, 2007 and serves as its Lead Director. Mr. Blount served as an Independent Director at Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. from 1999 to December 5, 2012. He served as a Director of LXE Inc., since 1991. He served as a Director of Telstra Corporation from January 1992 to March 1999. He served as a Director of Alcatel S.A. since 1999. Mr. Blount served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of National Australia Bank Ltd. since 1999. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.B.A. in Management and an M.S. in Management.

Corporate Headquarters 1751 Lake Cook Road Deerfield, Illinois 60015 United States Phone: 847-945-5591 Fax: 847-267-4464 Board Members Memberships Director Sphera Optical Networks, Inc. Director iTRACS Corporation, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer JI Ventures, Inc. 1987-N/A Former Independent Director, Chairman of Finance Committee, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Nuclear Committee Entergy Corporation 1991-Present Director LXE, Inc. 1995-N/A Former Presiding Director and Chairman of Governance Committee Caterpillar Inc. 1999-N/A Former Independent Non-Executive Director National Australia Bank Limited 1999-2007 Former Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and Member of Compensation Committee ADTRAN Inc. 1999-2012 Former Independent Director, Member of Audit & Finance Committee and Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. 1999-N/A Former Independent Director and Member of Nomination & Compensation Committee 3S Photonics SAS 2000-N/A Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Cypress Communications, Inc. 2000-2007 Former Non-executive Director, Member of Nominations Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee Hanson Limited 2007-Present Lead Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee KBR, Inc. Education MBA Georgia State University MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Georgia Institute of Technology Other Affiliations The Jordan Company, L.P. Cypress Communications, Inc. Sphera Optical Networks, Inc. Caterpillar Inc. Entergy Corporation Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC Hanson Limited LXE, Inc. National Australia Bank Limited ADTRAN Inc. Global Light Telecommunications Inc. Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. iTRACS Corporation, Inc. 3S Photonics SAS Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology KBR, Inc. Georgia State University

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