John W. Paxton

JOHN W. PAXTON, SR. has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO
since joining Telxon corporation in March 1999. Mr. Paxton was also
President of the company from March 1999 until that title was assumed by
Telxon’s new Chief Operating Officer upon his hire in June 1999. He
became a member of the Board of Directors of the company’s former
Aironet subsidiary in April 1999. From December 1998 until March 1999,
Mr. Paxton was Chairman of Odyssey Industrial Technologies LLC, a joint
venture with Odyssey Investment Partners, a private equity fund. From
March 1997 until November 1998, Mr. Paxton was Executive Vice President
of Paxar Corporation and, upon its formation in June 1998, President of
Paxar’s Printing Solutions Group. He was President and Chief Executive
Officer of Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. from October 1995 until Paxar
combined newly acquired operations with its existing Monarch operations
to form the Paxar Printing Solutions Group. From March 1994 until
October 1995, Mr. Paxton was Corporate Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer of The Industrial Automation Systems Group of
Western Atlas Inc. Mr. Paxton is a member of the Board of Directors of
TransDigm, Inc., a supplier of highly engineered commercial and military
aircraft parts.