Norman Stout

NORMAN STOUT is Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative
Officer of Inter-Tel, Incorporated. He had been a director with the
company since October 1994. Prior to joining Inter-Tel, Mr. Stout was
Chief Operating Officer of Oldcastle Architectural Products, a holding
company with 35 concrete products plants in North America. Before that,
he was President of Superlite Block and Oldcastle Architectural West,
the parent company of Superlite Block and eight other concrete products
plants. From 1986 to 1993 he was employed by Boorhem-Fields, Inc., of
Dallas, Texas, a manufacturer of crushed stone, first as CFO and later
as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Stout holds an undergraduate degree in
Accounting from Texas A&M and an MBA from the University of Texas.