George Battle

Mr. Battle has been a director since June 2005. Mr. Battle was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Ask Jeeves, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. He was also director of PeopleSoft, Inc. from 1995 to 2004, and chaired the Transaction Committee of the Board during its 18 month deliberations regarding the Oracle tender offer. Mr. Battle is currently a director of Netflix Inc. and of Expedia Inc. and is Chairman of the Board of Fair Isaac Co. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Masters Select family of funds. As a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Mr. Battle is a seminar moderator for the Aspen Institute and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School, the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth, and American University. Mr. Battle retired from Andersen Consulting in 1995, having joined the firm in 1968 and served as a partner from 1978. From 1982 through 1995, he held a series of management positions in the firm including Worldwide Managing Partner—Market Development and Managing Partner—U.S. Operations and Planning. He was also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Management Council and Partner Income Committee. Mr. Battle holds an economics degree from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. from Stanford University.