Acacia Research

Mr. Ryan has served as a Director since August 1995, as Chief Executive Officer since January 1997 and as Chairman since April 2000. He also served as President of the Company from January 1997 until July 2000. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Acacia Research from 1996 through 1997 and Vice President, Capital Management, of Acacia Research from 1995 through 1996. He was formerly co-founder and general partner of the American Health Care Fund, L.P., held positions with Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather, and Merrill Lynch and was a private venture capital investor. Mr. Ryan holds a B.S. from Cornell University and attended the New York University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Haynes joined Acacia in April 2001 as Treasurer and Senior Vice President, Finance. In November 2001, Mr. Haynes was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Acacia Research. From 1992 to March 2001, Mr. Haynes was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, ultimately serving as a Manager in the Business Advisory Services practice. Mr. Haynes received a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, is a Certified Public Accountant and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Lee joined Acacia in 2005 as Executive Vice President. He has over 20 years of experience in patent licensing and technology management with a track record of success. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Global Patent Holdings/TechSearch, which was acquired by Acacia. Prior to Global, he was President of LPS Group, a patent licensing company he founded under Information Holdings Inc. (now part of The Thomson Corporation, NYSE:TOC), that achieved profitability in less than two years. Prior to LPS Group, he co-founded FRI, an intellectual property consulting firm, then under the sponsorship of Fish & Richardson, PC and previously was a licensing executive at AT&T Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies. Mr. Lee received a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.S. (under a full fellowship) from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Treska joined the company in April 2004 as Vice President, Licensing. Mr. Treska was most recently General Counsel, Director of Patents and Licensing for SRS Labs, Inc., a technology licensing company specializing in audio enhancement. Prior to joining SRS Labs, Mr. Treska was an associate attorney with the intellectual property law firm Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear and a design engineer with the TRW Space & Technology Group. Mr. Treska holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University and a J.D. degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Mr. Anderson has served as a Director since August 2007. Mr. Anderson is the Chairman and CEO of National Beverage Properties, Inc. and is also a Director of 1st Century National Bank and Topa Insurance Company. Mr. Anderson is a Board Advisor to new Belgium Brewing Company and sits on the Advisory Boards of PGP Capital Advisors, LLC and Lineage Capital Partners. Mr. Anderson is the former Executive Vice President of Topa Equities, Ltd. and President of Topa Properties Ltd. and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Southland Title Company, a former Director of Mellon First Business Bank and a former Trustee of the Provident Investment Counsel of Mutual Funds and was an attorney with O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. Mr. Anderson received his B.A. from Bowdoin College, a Master's from Boston University, and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.