Bradford W. Parkinson, Ph.D
Director
Audit Committee Member
Nominating Committee Member

Bradford W. Parkinson has served as a director of the Company since 1984. Currently, Dr. Parkinson is the Edward C. Wells Endowed Chair professor (emeritus) at Stanford University and has been a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University since 1984. He was the original program director (1972) and chief architect of the global positioning system ("GPS"). He personally led the advocacy, definition, development, launch, and test of GPS from 1972 to 1978, and remains involved with providing guidance for the future development and direction of GPS in the United States. While on a leave of absence from Stanford University, Dr. Parkinson served as the Company's president and chief executive officer from August 1998 through March 1999, while the Company searched for a chief executive officer. From 1980 to 1984 he was group vice president and general manager for Intermetrics, Inc. where he directed five divisions. In 2003, he was awarded the Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering ("NAE") for the development of GPS. He is a member of the National Council of the NAE, and serves on a number of National advisory committees for the GPS System. In 2006, Dr. Parkinson was appointed to serve on the board of EMS Technologies, a wireless communications technology company. Dr. Parkinson received a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957, an M.S. degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Astronautics Engineering from Stanford University in 1966.