Mr. Jackson has served as our President since August 2006. He was our Vice President of Sales and Marketing from February 2004 until his promotion in August 2006 and was Vice President of Mobile Audio from 2002 until February 2004. He has served us since 1995 in various positions, including Managing Director of Lightning Audio and regional sales manager.

Mr. Jackson has 25 years experience in the consumer electronics industry. Prior to joining Rockford, he managed a retail consumer electronics store for 13 years and operated a manufacturer's sales representative firm for three years. Mr. Jackson holds a degree in Business Administration and Art from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Jackson has also completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Matson has served as our Vice President of Global Operations since joining us in January 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Matson was General Manager and Chief Operations Officer of the Seattle Division of Benchmark Electronics in Redmond, Washington. He was the Vice President of Manufacturing at Advanced Digital Information Corporation from 1998 until he moved to Benchmark in 2003.

In total, Mr. Matson brings more than 20 years of operations, manufacturing, outsourcing, and product planning experience to the company. Mr. Matson graduated from California State College, Bakersfield and worked in the semiconductor industry for many years in various technical positions.

Mr. Vasek has served as our Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since joining us in November 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. Vasek spent 13 years at Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., a consumer products company, which sells and distributes products under the Dirt Devil® and Royal® brand names. There he held a variety of positions in finance, including most recently Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Before joining Royal, he spent four years in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Mr. Vasek has a B.S. degree in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting, from Bowling Green State University and an Executive MBA from Case Western University, Weatherhead School of Management.