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GTI BOard OF dIreCTOrS BO Directors Thomas J. Malone, chairman Mr. Malone is retired executive vice-chairman of Milliken & Co., a global company based in West Point, Georgia. Mr. Malone earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech, where he later established the Dr. Thomas Joseph Malone Scholarship Fund. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has served on a number of national organizations in the U.S., including the Council on Competitiveness and the Presidents’ Circle of the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine. He is also chairman of the Georgia Tech Research Corp. Declan Drislane Mr. Drislane is a solicitor and partner in Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s leading international law firms, based in Dublin. He has wide commercial experience with a focus on inward investment, advising overseas clients on establishing a business in Ireland and in their negotiations with IDA Ireland, where he previously served as in-house counsel. Mr. Drislane also advises on all aspects of pension law. John McGowan Mr. McGowan is managing director of Michael McNamara & Co., a leading Irish construction company. He was previously vice president and director, corporate services, of Intel Corp. He served as president of Engineers Ireland for 2006-2007. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors. In 2000 he was named Engineer of the Year by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland. Eamonn Ryan Mr. Ryan was appointed chairman of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in March 2007. Prior to this appointment, he was executive director of IDA Ireland, where he played a pivotal role in shaping and implementing strategy for the phenomenal growth of the Irish economy. Members of the Board John C. Bacon Mr. Bacon, a Georgia Tech alumnus, is CEO of Intellectual Property Partners, LLC (IP2), a company focused on commercializing promising intellectual property. Mr. Bacon was a software entrepreneur for more than 15 years. Prior to that, he was an executive with Scientific Atlanta, where he was managing director of the company’s United Kingdom operations. the Distinguished Business Officer Award for “outstanding achievement in the field of business and financial management in higher education,” the highest honor given by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. William J. Todd Mr. Todd, a Georgia Tech alumnus, is president and CEO of the Georgia Cancer Coalition. He was previously executive director of Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s Commission for a New Georgia. Mr. Todd was the founder of Encina Technology Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital fund, and the first president of the Georgia Research Alliance, a strategic partnership of the six research universities in Georgia, the business community and state government. Prior to that, he was an executive at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center. In 2000 he received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. Howard J. Morrison, Jr. Mr. Morrison is a former banker whose career spanned nearly 30 years as a senior executive with C&S Bank, subsequently NationsBank. Mr. Morrison has vigorously promoted high technology in Georgia and is active in numerous civic organizations as well as Georgia Tech. He also chairs the Innovation and Technology Committee of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). Robert K. Thompson Mr. Thompson is Georgia Tech’s former senior vice president for administration and finance. In July 2007, he received www.georgiatech.ie 1 http://www.georgiatech.ie

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Ireland Annual Report - 2007 Contents From the Director The Benefits of Georgia Tech Ireland Guiding Principles: Support, Deliver, Amplify GTI Timeline RFID: Tapping an $8.4 Billion Market Interactive Television: Bringing TV to Life Health Care Technologies Sustainable Energy to Power the Future Measuring Success GTI Leadership GTI Board of Directors Contact Georgia Tech Ireland

Ireland Annual Report - 2007

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