American Technology Corp.

Known as a prolific inventor and talented technology integrator, Elwood G. Norris founded American Technology Corporation in 1980. After starting his career in the U.S. Air Force as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist, Mr. Norris became Director of the Engineering Experiment Station at the University of Washington. Upon conceiving his first commercial invention in 1970, Mr. Norris left the University to embark on his entrepreneurial career. Since that time he has developed over 25 diverse product ideas and technology breakthroughs. Mr. Norris holds 47 U.S. patents and has more than 100 patents pending worldwide. In 2005, he was named the Lemelson-MIT Inventor of the Year.

Ms. McDermott is a financial executive with both Fortune 500 experience as well as supporting smaller, dynamic businesses through profitability improvement, public offerings, acquisitions, establishing international business operations and other strategic initiatives. She was the chief financial officer for National Pen from 2005 to 2006 and the vice president of finance for Lantronix, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. Ms. McDermott served in a variety of senior financial positions with Bausch & Lomb from 1988 to 1999 and began her career holding a series of increasingly responsible financial positions with a component division of General Motors from 1982 to 1988. Ms. McDermott holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure University and an MBA from the William E. Simon School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.

Daniel Hunter, age 54, has been a director of our company since May 2001. Mr. Hunter has been a licensed certified public accountant for over 29 years. He obtained his accounting degree from the University of Utah in 1973. Mr. Hunter has operated his own law offices specializing in business and tax law for over 25 years. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Seattle in 1978.

Laura Clague is the vice president and corporate controller of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN), a biopharmaceutical company. She previously served as Amylin’s executive director and corporate controller since March 2003. From 1988 to 1999, Ms. Clague was the director of finance and accounting operations, controller and accounting manager at Sony Electronics, Inc. From 1985 to 1988, Ms. Clague served as internal audit supervisor at Cubic Corporation. From 1982 to 1985, Ms. Clague held various audit positions at KPMG. Ms. Clague earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Menlo College and is a certified public accountant.

Admiral Smith is widely regarded as one of the Navy's most inspirational leaders. A Navy SEAL for 31 years, Admiral Smith achieved extraordinary success through focused, participatory leadership. During his four-year tenure as Commander of the 2300-men SEAL force, he raised personnel retention to a level three times the Navy average. As a Navy Captain, Admiral Smith led the Navy SEALs in Operation Desert Storm, conducting over 200 operations of strategic significance while incurring no casualties. Earlier in his career, Admiral Smith directed Navy SEAL training, generally considered to be the most challenging military training in the world. While in this position, Admiral Smith achieved the highest graduation rate in the 50-year history of the course (55%). Admiral Smith was also the first Navy Flag officer to hold the position of Director of Assessment with the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. In this position, Admiral Smith led 100 system analysts in providing recommendations directly to the Chief of Naval Operations to enable an improved execution of an $85 billion annual budget. Admiral Smith has a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science in Physical Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.