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Cecil Perez, Vice President
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Gary Bloom, President
Gary Bloom brings more than two decades of senior executive experience in high technology to the Taleo Board of Directors. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman and President of Symantec where he led the company's line of business and corporate development organizations. Mr. Bloom joined Symantec through the company's merger with VERITAS Software, where he was Chairman, President and CEO.
Under Bloom's leadership, VERITAS grew from approximately $1.2 billion in revenue in 2000 to over $2.0 billion in 2004. VERITAS became the global leader in storage software and a leading provider of software and services that are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500.
Prior to VERITAS, Mr. Bloom was executive vice president at Oracle Corporation. During his 14-year career at Oracle, Bloom led Oracle's database business, worldwide marketing, support, education, and alliance organizations, and was responsible for mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Bloom has previously served on the boards of Globespan Virata, VERITAS, and Symantec. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University where currently serves on the President's Cabinet and is the Chairman of the Board of the Cal Poly Foundation.
Allyson Seelinger, Director of Sales
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Scott Taylor, VP Legal
Scott Taylor joined the VirnetX board of directors in 2007, and serves as chairman of the compensation committee. He currently works as vice president of corporate legal services for Symantec Corporation. Prior to joining Symantec, Taylor served as chief administrative officer, senior vice president, and general counsel of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Before that, Taylor was vice president and general counsel of Narus, Inc., and began his legal career as a corporate attorney with the San Francisco-based law firm Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman).
Taylor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from Stanford University and a J.D. from George Washington University.
Giuseppi Verrini, VP Sales & Marketing
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Nancy Lagestee, Sr. Manager of Channel Marketing
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John Brigden, Sr. Vice President
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Thomas Kendra, Group President, Security and Data Management Group
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Robert Clyde, CTO
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Vince Steckler, Vice President
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Janet Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit
Ms. Chaffin has been a Director of the Company since December 2001. From May 2003 to the present, Ms. Chaffin has served as Chief Marketing Officer at Symantec Corp., an internet security technology company. From July 1981 to May 2003, Ms. Chaffin was employed at Hewlett-Packard Company, a technology solutions company, where her last position was Vice President. Ms. Chaffin holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Enrique Salem, COO
Symantec Names Enrique T. Salem Chief Operating Officer CUPERTINO, Calif. – Jan. 9, 2008 – Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the appointment of Enrique T. Salem as its chief operating officer. Salem has more than 20 years of experience in sales, product delivery and operations and is tasked with driving operational consistency across the business. Salem will be responsible for product development, sales, services, marketing and Information Technology (IT) activities and will report to John W. Thompson, Symantec chairman and CEO.
Salem most recently served as group president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, leading a global team of more than 4,000 professionals. Prior to this role, he served as group president of the Consumer Business Unit, as well as senior vice president of Symantec’s Security Products and Solutions. Before joining the company, Salem was president and CEO of Brightmail, the leading anti-spam software company acquired by Symantec in 2004.
“The appointment of a chief operating officer will enable us to better leverage our broad portfolio of technology and services to best meet the needs of our customers while also ensuring we maintain our focus on the long-term strategy of securing and managing the world’s information,” said Thompson. “Enrique is a strong leader who has proven to me and the Board that he is ready to assume broader responsibilities within our company. I am confident he will drive operational consistency across the company and help improve our ability to deliver solid results for our customers and shareholders.”
The company also announced that Gregory W. Hughes, who most recently served as group president, Symantec Global Services, has been named chief strategy officer, responsible for corporate development and strategy. In addition, Hughes will focus on new business incubation, such as the Symantec Protection Network, the company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, and other areas of internal investment. A proven line executive, Hughes also has a background in strategy, having spent 10 years at McKinsey & Company, where he founded and led the North American Software Industry practice. Hughes will report to Thompson.
The business unit leaders will report into Salem. Thomas W. Kendra will remain as group president of the Security and Compliance Group (previously referred to as the Security and Data Management Group). Gregory S. Butterfield will continue in his interim role as group president for the Storage and Server Management Group (previously referred to as the Data Center Management Group) and as group president of the Altiris Business Unit. Janice D. Chaffin remains group president of the Consumer Business Unit.
Finally, the company will consolidate its services business into its IT organization reporting to J. David Thompson, who was named group president, Information Technology and Services Group. This change will allow the company to better leverage its investments in IT-related services for both internal and external use. Thompson joined the company from Oracle and served in a similar capacity at PeopleSoft, before being acquired by Oracle. He will report to Salem.
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About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
Rebecca Ranninger, EVP Human Resources
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Kris Hagerman, Group President
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Arthur Wong, VP Security Response & Managed Security Services
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Mark Bregman, CTO
Mark Bregman has served as a director of ShoreTel since May 2007. Dr. Bregman has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Symantec Corporation, an infrastructure software company, since it acquired VERITAS Software Corporation, a provider of software and services to enable storage and backup, in July 2005. Prior to the acquisition of VERITAS Software, Dr. Bregman served as that company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and acting manager of the Application and Service Management Group from September 2004 to July 2005, and as its Executive Vice President, Product Operations from February 2002 to September 2004. From August 2000 to October 2001, Dr. Bregman served as the Chief Executive Officer of AirMedia, Inc., a wireless Internet company. Prior to joining AirMedia, Dr. Bregman served a 16-year career with International Business Machines Corporation, most recently as general manager of IBM’s RS/6000 and pervasive computing divisions from 1995 to August 2000. Dr. Bregman holds a B.S. in physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University.
Winny van Veeren, Finance Director
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Greg Hughes, Group President, Global Services
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Greg Butterfield, Group President
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Bernard Kwok, SVP
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James Socas, SVP Corporate Development
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Donald Frischmann, SVP Communications & Brand Management
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Stephen Markowski, VP Finance
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Steven Messick, SVP Sales
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Dieter Giesbrecht, SVP Application & Infrastructure Management
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Mark Egan, CIO
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Cress Carter, Sales
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Ajei Gopal, SVP Solutions, Alliances, & Operations
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Tom Mazich, VP Sales
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John Thompson, CEO/Chairman
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Dana Siebert, VP Sales & Marketing
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Jeff Brobst, Director of Finance
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Art Courville, General Counsel
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Bill Robbins, SVP
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James Beer, CFO
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Craig Scroggie, Sr. Director of Business Development
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Board of Directors
William Coleman
Mr. Coleman was most recently Chairman and CEO of BEA Systems. Together with Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang, Mr. Coleman founded BEA in early 1995. Mr. Coleman brought to BEA more than 30 years of high-technology experience with particular emphasis on software development. Prior to BEA, he held various management positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc., including: Founder, Vice President, and General Manager of Sun Professional Services; Vice President of System Software; and Co-founder of Sun Federal, Inc. Before his work at Sun, Mr. Coleman co-founded and was Vice President of Engineering at Dest Systems. Prior to that, he held positions as Director of Product Development at VisiCorp and manager of the high frequency systems group at GTE Sylvania. Mr. Coleman began his career in the US Air Force as Chief of Satellite Operations in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. In 2001, Ernst & Young named Mr. Coleman the Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Technology / Communications category. The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at Colorado University-Boulder also named him its 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year. The media have also awarded Mr. Coleman several honors: BusinessWeek named him one of 2001's e.biz 25 top executives, CRN named him one of the year's Top 25 executives, and Network World named him one of the "most powerful vendor executives." He is president of the Colorado University Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities Foundation and is on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission. Mr. Coleman has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the US Air Force Academy, and a master's degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stanford University.
L. Doerr
L. John Doerr has served as one of our directors since August 1998. Mr. Doerr is a Class III director. Mr.Doerr has been a general partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers since 1980. Prior to his tenure at Kleiner Perkins, Mr. Doerr was employed by Intel Corporation for five years. He serves on the board of directors of Amazon.com, Inc., Google Inc., Intuit Inc., palmOne, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Paul Unruh
Mr. Unruh has more than 30 years of senior level professional experience in accounting, finance, and management. He is the former vice chairman of Bechtel Group, Inc., where he also served as manager of financial systems development, treasurer, and controller. While president of Bechtel Enterprises, he was responsible for investments in internet infrastructure and privatized power, airports, water, rail, and telecommunications. Mr. Unruh currently serves on the boards of Knowledge Adventure, HomeStore, Symantec, Genuity, and InterGen N.V.
Walter Bregman
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Per-Kristian Halvorsen
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Chuck Boesenberg
Charles Boesenberg has served as one of our directors since September 2006. He was most recently chairman and CEO of NetIQ before it was acquired by Attachmate Corporation in June 2006. Prior to NetIQ, Boesenberg was president of Post PC Ventures, a management and investment group from March 2000 to December 2001. Boesenberg was president and CEO of Integrated Systems, Inc. (ISI), a provider of embedded systems software, from 1998 until ISI merged with Wind River Systems in February of 2000. Boesenberg joined ISI from Magellan, where he was CEO. From 1992 to 1994, Boesenberg was chairman, president and CEO of Central Point Software. Prior to Central Point, Boesenberg was president of MIPS Computer Systems. He has also held senior executive positions at IBM and Apple computer.
Boesenberg currently serves on the boards of directors of Callidus Software, Interwoven, Inc. and Rackable Systems. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Rose Hullman Institute of Technology and an M.S. in business administration from Boston University.
Geraldine Laybourne
Symantec Appoints Geraldine Laybourne to its Board of Directors
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Oct. 29, 2007 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the appointment of Geraldine Laybourne, founder, chairwoman and chief executive officer, Oxygen Media, LLC to its board of directors effective Jan. 1, 2008, bringing the total number of directors on the board to 10.
Oxygen Media is a cable television network that provides programming and Web sites targeted to younger women. Founded in 1998, Oxygen is currently available in more than 74 million households. The network recently announced it is being acquired by NBC Universal.
“Gerry’s in-depth understanding of consumers, coupled with her experience in managing within small and large companies will be a great complement to the board,” said John W. Thompson, Symantec chairman and chief executive officer. “We’re excited to have Gerry join the board.”
Prior to founding Oxygen Media Corp., Laybourne was president of Disney and ABC Cable Networks. In this role Laybourne was responsible for overseeing cable programming for the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC subsidiary. While there, she was also in charge of developing future television programming for cable and other platforms.
Prior to joining Disney and ABC Cable Networks, Laybourne was the vice chair and president of Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. During her 16-year tenure, Laybourne and her team were responsible for creating and building the Nickelodeon brand and, in 1985, for launching Nick at Nite the successful primetime line-up of retro sitcoms. Under her leadership, Nickelodeon became the top-rated 24-hour cable programming service and won several notable honors, including Emmys, Peabodys, CableACE and Parents’ Choice awards, among many others.
In 1996, Laybourne was ranked number one among the 50 most influential women in the entertainment industry by The Hollywood Reporter and was named one of the 25 most influential people in America by Time magazine.
Laybourne currently serves on the corporate boards of Oxygen Media Corp., Insight Communications Co., Inc. and Move, Inc. Additionally, she serves on the nonprofit boards of Vassar College, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, The National Council for Families and Television and Cable Positive. She graduated from Vassar College and earned her Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.
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David Roux
Mr. Roux is a co-founder of Silver Lake and a Managing Director. He was formerly Chairman and CEO of Liberate Technologies. He worked previously at Oracle Corporation and Lotus Development. He began his technology career as a co-founder and CEO of Datext, Inc., the first commercial CD-ROM publishing company. Mr. Roux currently serves on the boards of Thomson, UGS, and Symantec Corporation, and is Chairman of the Board of Serena Software, Inc. Previously, he was a director of Business Objects, Gartner, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of Seagate Technology. He is a national trustee of Environmental Defense and an advisor to the Positive Coaching Alliance. David has an MBA from Harvard Business School and M.Phil. in Economics from King's College at Cambridge University. He is a graduate of Harvard College.
Dan Schulman
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Greg Reyes
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Carl Carman
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David Mahoney
Most recently, David Mahoney was President and CEO of Applix, a position he accepted in 2003 after being a board member since 1992. Prior to that, he was CEO of Verbind, Inc. a provider of real-time behavioral analytic software. David Mahoney also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LeadingSide, Inc. (formerly Dataware Technologies, Incorporated), and was the founder of Banyan Systems, a pioneer in distributed networking operating systems. David Mahoney’s experience in the technology world extends back to the early 1970s when he developed software applications at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Frank Dangeard
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