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Mr. Kornberg has been Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since 1976. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President of the Company from 1971 to 1976 and the General Manager of the telecommunications transmission segment. [<back]

Mr. Rouse has been Executive Vice President of the Company since September 2004 and was previously Senior Vice President of the Company from 2001 to September 2004. He has been Chief Operating Officer of the Company since March 2006 and had been Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 2001 to March 2006. Mr. Rouse was previously employed by KPMG LLP in various capacities for 15 years, including as a partner in the firm’s assurance practice from 1998 to 2001. [<back]

Mr. Porcelain has been Senior Vice President of the Company and Chief Financial Officer since March 2006 and was previously Vice President of Finance and Internal Audit of the Company from 2002 to March 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Porcelain was Director of Corporate Profit and Business Planning for Symbol Technologies, a mobile wireless information solutions company, where he was employed from 1998 to 2002. Previously, he spent five years in public accounting holding various positions, including Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. [<back]

Mr. Kapelus has been Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development since he joined the Company in February 2006. From 2000 until he joined the Company, Mr. Kapelus was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group at Bear, Stearns & Company, where his clients included growth companies in the telecommunications equipment sector. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Company, Mr. Kapelus worked at firms that included Jefferies & Co. and The Bank of New York, where he provided investment banking and commercial banking services to communications service providers. [<back]

Mr. Otto was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President of Operations on April 28, 2008. Prior to starting with the Company, Mr. Otto was employed by EDO Corporation where he served in various capacities since 1979. His most recent position at EDO Corporation was Senior Vice President, Strategic Development which he held since March 2005. From February 2004 through March 2005, Mr. Otto was Chief Operating Officer and from September 2002 through February 2004, Mr. Otto was an Executive Vice President. [<back]

Mr. Burt has been Senior Vice President of the Company since 1998 and had been a Vice President since 1992. He has been President of Comtech Systems, Inc. since 1989 and Vice President since its founding in 1984. Mr. Burt first joined Comtech in 1979. [<back]

Mr. McCollum has been Senior Vice President of the Company since 2000 and had been a Vice President since 1996. He founded Comtech Communications Corp. in 1994 and had been its President since its formation. In July 2000, the Company combined Comtech Communications Corp. with Comtech EF Data Corp., and appointed Mr. McCollum President of the combined entities. [<back]

Mr. Wood has been Senior Vice President of the Company since 2006 and has been President of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. since April 2005. He was hired in October 2004 in anticipation of his predecessor’s retirement and served as Executive Vice President of Operations of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. until his promotion to President. Previously, Mr. Wood was employed at EDO Corporation for 15 years, where he held senior management positions, including Group Director, Finance, for EDO’s Systems and Analysis Group, and Director Contracts and Finance, for EDO’s Combat Systems Division. [<back]

Mr. Konopelko has been Senior Vice President of the Company since 2006 and has been President of Comtech PST Corp. since June 2002. He joined Comtech PST as Vice President and General Manager in July 2001. Prior to joining Comtech PST, he was General Manager at MPD Technologies, Inc., from 1995 to 2001. [<back]

Mr. Thomson has been President of Comtech AHA Corporation since its formation in July 2002. He joined Comtech AHA after serving in a variety of executive positions with Advanced Hardware Architectures, Inc since 1989. [<back]

Mr. Christy has been President of Comtech Antenna since 1999. He joined the Company in 1983 and has held a variety of executive positions including Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining Comtech, he was Satellite Product Manager for Blonder-Tongue Labs. [<back]

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