Robert Puette

CEO of Puette Capital Management, Inc. (PCMI), a management consulting firm and investment company. Prior to forming PCMI in 2004, Mr. Puette was a partner with WK Technology Fund, a venture capital firm. Between 1997 and 2000, Mr. Puette was President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of Centigram Communications Corporation, a communications technology firm. 1995 to 1997, Mr. Puette served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at NetFRAME Systems, a high-availability computer server company. 1990 to 1993, Mr. Puette served as President of Apple USA, Apple Corporation. 1991 to 1999, Mr. Puette was a director of Cisco Systems. Prior to 1990, Mr. Puette served as a Group General Manager of Hewlett-Packard Corporation. He is also on the Board of several other corporations.

Mr. Puette holds a BSEE degree from Northwestern University and a MSOR degree from Stanford University.