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Zachary Gibler

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Zachary S. Gibler, joined us as Vice President of Business Development in October 2007 and until June 2009 served as our Chief Business Development Officer. Mr. Gibler was appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer on June 11, 2009. Prior to joining us, from 1994 until 2007, Mr. Gibler held a variety of positions in sales management, marketing, and technology development with Acuity Brands, Inc., a corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia that designs, produces and distributes indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures and related products. Mr. Gibler most recently served Acuity Brands from 2004 to 2007 by holding the position of Vice President of Product and Market Development for Holophane Lighting, Inc., one of its subsidiaries. Effective January 1, 2010, Mr. Gibler became an operating advisor for Pegasus Capital, an affiliate of LED Holdings and Pegasus IV, our largest stockholders that collectively beneficially owned 82.5% of our common stock as of January 4, 2010.

Chair of the Executive Committee
Chair of the Strategy Committee

Robert E. Bachman

Member of the Board of Directors

Robert E. Bachman , 65, is the president and a director of USGT Investors Management Company, Inc., which is the general partner of USGT Investors, LP ("USGT"), a Dallas-based investment/merchant bank founded by Mr. Bachman and two other partners in 1988. USGT works primarily with private equity funds to source and invest in private companies in the United States and internationally. Mr. Bachman and his partners have founded and sold several private companies, including a natural gas marketing company and a reverse mortgage company. Mr. Bachman received a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Columbia University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Marketing Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee

David Bell

Member of the Board of Directors

Operating Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. Chairman Emeritus and former Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Interpublic Group.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Marketing Committee

Carlos M. Gutierrez

Member of the Board of Directors

Carlos M. Gutierrez, 56, was the United States Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009, appointed by President George W. Bush. Mr. Gutierrez is also formerly the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Kellogg Company. He is currently a television news contributor for CNBC and serves as a director for United Technologies Corporation, GLW Corning, and Occidental Petroleum. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a National Trustee to the University of Miami's Board of Trustees.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee

Donald R. Harkleroad

Member of the Board of Directors

Donald R. Harkleroad , 62, currently serves as president of The Bristol Company and has served in that position for more than five years. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, The Bristol Company and its subsidiaries comprise a diversified investment and management holding company with interests in finance, food, and technology. Mr. Harkleroad is a graduate of the University of Georgia and of the New York University School of Law, where he was a Weinfeld Associate and editor-in-chief of The Journal of International Law & Politics . Mr. Harkleroad is past chairman of the International Law Section and of the Corporation and Banking Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, as well as chairman of the Taxation Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. He also served for several years as adjunct professor of law at Emory Law School, teaching in the areas of corporate, partnership, and tax law. He is a director of the Society of International Business Fellows, a member of the World Economic Forum, and a director of several public and private companies and charitable organizations.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee

Michael W. Kempner

Member of the Board of Directors

Michael W. Kempner, 51, is the founder, president and chief executive officer of MWW Group. Kempner is a nationally recognized authority on investor relations, public affairs, business-to-business, and consumer marketing and corporate social responsibility and Kempner has successfully guided corporate communications programs for numerous companies.

Member of the Governance Committee
Chair of the Marketing Committee

Joseph C. Montana Jr.

Member of the Board of Directors

Joseph C. "Joe" Montana, Jr., 53, is best known as one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the National Football League. Starting in 1979, Mr. Montana played 14 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, winning four Super Bowl Championships and then two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. In 2000, Mr. Montana was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is a founder of the MVP Performance Institute, a consulting company that offers training to improve individual and organizational performance through lectures, books and training camps. Mr. Montana is also a founding partner of HRJ Capital, which raises money from professional athletes and invests it with a small number of top-tier venture capital funds. Mr. Montana also owns a real estate investment company, Montana Property Group, and operates the Four Rings Montana Family Foundation, a charitable foundation.

Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Marketing Committee

T. Michael Moseley

Member of the Board of Directors

T. Michael Moseley, 60, is a retired United States Air Force four-star general. Moseley is a fighter pilot with more than 2,800 flight hours, many in the F-15 Eagle. Moseley's final Air Force assignment was Chief of Staff of the Air Force. He retired from the Air Force in August 2008.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Marketing Committee

Richard Weinberg

Member of the Board of Directors

Partner at Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.

Member of the Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Strategy Committee