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Chris Purcell, vice president of Technology, oversees Vulcan's information systems, multimedia and technology planning, engineering and operations functions. These areas include business systems, software engineering and web development, program management, technology infrastructure and operations, audio/visual and studio engineering, enterprise systems integration, and end-user services. As a member of Vulcan's senior leadership team, Purcell directs the technology aspects of Vulcan's diverse projects and initiatives seeking to use technology in new and thoughtful ways. Prior to joining Vulcan, Purcell was the assistant vice president of information systems and services for SAFECO Corporation, a Fortune 500 financial services company based in Seattle, WA. Prior to that, he filled a variety of technology leadership roles at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), a global management consulting and technology services firm. Purcell earned a bachelors degree in computer information systems from Purdue University in 1987.

Jody Patton, president of Vulcan Productions, is responsible for managing all elements of Vulcan Productions film and development projects. Patton's creative vision defines the composition of the slate of projects undertaken by Vulcan Productions, and she has served as producer or executive producer on various projects including features such as Hard Candy, Far From Heaven and Titus, and documentaries such as Black Sky: The Race For Space, The Blues, and Cracking The Code Of Life, and Evolution. Patton is also president and CEO of Vulcan Inc., the project and investment management company founded by investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. Patton is co-founder of Experience Music Project, Seattle's one-of-a-kind interactive music museum, and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. In addition, Patton is the executive director of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundations and is on the board of Charter Communications. As an active member of the education community, Patton serves on the board of directors of the University of Washington Foundation.

Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen creates and advances world-class projects and high-impact initiatives that change and improve the way people live, learn, work and experience the world through arts, education, entertainment, sports, business and technology. He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, remained the company's chief technologist until he left Microsoft in 1983, and is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc. and chairman of Charter Communications. In addition, Allen's multibillion dollar investment portfolio includes large stakes in DreamWorks Animation SKG, Digeo, Plains All American, real estate holdings and more than 40 other technology, media and content companies. In 2004 Allen funded SpaceShipOne, the first privately-backed effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space and winner of the Ansari X-Prize competition. Allen also owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and is part of the primary ownership group for the Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle's new Major League Soccer team. With lifetime giving totaling nearly $1 billion, Allen has been named one of the top philanthropists in America. Allen gives back to the community through the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, whose goal is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by supporting arts and culture, youth engagement, community development and social change, and scientific and technological innovation throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 2003, Allen contributed $100 million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a research facility dedicated to performing innovative basic research on the brain and distributing its discoveries to researchers around the world. In 2006 the Allen Institute completed its inaugural project, the Allen Brain Atlas, a Web-based, three-dimensional map of gene expression in the mouse brain which is freely accessible online. Detailing more than 21,000 genes at the cellular level, the Atlas continues to help lead scientists to new insights and propel the field of neuroscience forward dramatically. Allen is also founder of Experience Music Project, Seattle's critically-acclaimed interactive music museum; the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; the Flying Heritage Collection, an assemblage of rare World War II aircraft restored to flying condition and shared with the public; and Vulcan Productions, the independent film production company behind the award-winning feature HARD CANDY; the Evolution series on PBS; The Blues, executive-produced by Martin Scorsese in conjunction with Allen and Jody Patton; the Emmy-award winning Rx for Survival A Global Health Challenge; and the Peabody award-winning Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.