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Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.

Dr. Simon is currently a financial consultant to various businesses and serves as a director of various private companies and not-for-profit organizations.  Formerly, he was a director of Collateral Therapeutics, Inc. from 1998 until its acquisition by Schering AG Group, Germany in 2002.  From 1995 through 2002, Dr. Simon was a director, and during 2001 served as Acting Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of SoftNet Systems, Inc. and since 2002, has been a director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee (since 2003) and a member of the Audit Committee (since 2005) of its successor company, American Independence Corp., a publicly-traded holding company engaged principally in the health insurance and reinsurance business.  He was a director of BDI Investment Corporation, a closely held regulated investment company, from February 2003 until its liquidation in early 2005, and of WFS Financial Inc., a publicly-traded financial services company, from 2003 until its acquisition by Wachovia Corp. in February 2006, and served as Chief Financial Officer for Wingcast, LLC, a developer of automotive telematics from 2001 to 2002.  He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Western Water Company from 1997 to 2000, and a director of Western Water Company from 1999 through 2001.  Dr. Simon was Managing Director – Chief Financial Officer of the Henley Group from 1986 to 1990.  Dr. Simon earned a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.