EX-24 2 exhibit24swb.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A. Almeida, as a true and lawful attorney in fact for the undersigned and until such authority is specifically revoked to: 1 execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5, or other comparable or replacement Forms, in accordance with Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 2 perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or amendments thereto, or other comparable or replacement Forms under Section 16(a), and the timely filing of such Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other required authority; and 3 take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this instrument shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or any substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed as of this 4th day of September 2008. s Stephen W. Bershad Signature Stephen W. Bershad Print Name