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President, Communication Products. Mr. Calisi joined Symantec in 1992 from Unify Corporation, a relational
database and 4GL tools vendor where he served as the Manager of Sales Engineers. Prior to Unify Corporation, Mr.
Calisi held development positions with several relational database vendors, including Britton Lee, Oracle and
Computer Associates. Mr. Calisi holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Empire
State and has received executive training at the Wharton School. He is also a Graduate of Harvard Business School’s
1997 Executive Management Program/TGM3. Mr. Calisi holds several copyrights for software innovations from 1981
through 1986 and is an associate of the IEEE Committee. Mr. Calisi became an executive officer of Symantec in May
1996.
Dieter Giesbrecht has served as Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) of Symantec since
September 1996. From January 1996 until joining Symantec, he was Vice President of Attachmate Europe based in
Paris, France and was responsible for the EMEA region. From 1991 to October 1995, he held several executive
functions within Lotus Development Europe including Managing Director UK and Managing Director Central Europe.
He has a degree in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Furtwangen located in Germany.
Mr. Giesbrecht is a member of the Institute of Directors.
Keith Robinson has been Vice President for the Americas region since September 1998. From November 1995 to
August 1996, Mr. Robinson was Vice President of Sales for the Americas region. Prior to this, Mr. Robinson served as
Vice President and General Manager of the Pacific Rim. Mr. Robinson was also General Manager of Symantec
Canada, an organization he helped establish. Prior to joining Symantec he was employed by Ashton-Tate since 1982,
where he held various management positions in the United States and in other international offices. Mr. Robinson
holds a bachelors degree with honors from Sheffield University in England and a masters degree from the University of
California at Los Angeles.
Enrique T. Salem is Vice President, Security and Assistance Business Unit and Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Salem
joined Symantec in April 1990 and has held numerous positions including Director of Development and General
Manager of Advanced Utilities Group. Prior to joining Symantec, he was Vice President of Security Pacific National
Bank, Merchant Bank Division, where he was responsible for the development and deployment of a global trading
system. Mr. Salem holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College. He is a member of
the Board of Directors of the Software Council of Southern California and a member of the IEEE. Mr. Salem became
an executive officer of Symantec in October 1996.
Dana E. Siebert is Executive Vice President for Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services. Previously, Mr. Siebert
served as Vice President, Americas and prior to that, Vice President, Worldwide Sales of Symantec and has also held
the position of Vice President, Worldwide Services of Symantec. Early at Symantec, Mr. Siebert lead the team that
built Symantec’s international presence. Mr. Siebert joined Symantec in September 1987. From 1985 to 1987, he was
a Sales Manager at THINK Technologies where he was responsible for U.S. corporate, OEM and international sales.
Previously, he held a number of sales management positions in high technology companies including Wang
Laboratories, Computerland Corporation and Burroughs Corporation. Mr. Siebert is a member of the Board of
Directors of TimeLine Solutions and Percon, Inc. Mr. Siebert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from the University of New Hampshire and is a member of the Software Publishers Association.
Derek Witte is Vice President Worldwide Operations. In this role, the Global Information Systems, Facilities,
Manufacturing, Purchasing and Legal departments report to Mr. Witte. Previously, Mr. Witte served as Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of Symantec. Mr. Witte joined Symantec in October 1990. From October
1987 until joining Symantec, Mr. Witte was Associate General Counsel and later Director of Legal Services for Claris
Corporation, a software subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. Between January and October 1987, Mr. Witte was
Assistant General Counsel at Worlds of Wonder, Inc. Previously, Mr. Witte practiced law with the San Francisco-
based law firms of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe during the periods between
1981 and 1983, and 1983 and 1987, respectively. Mr. Witte holds a law degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Witte has been a member of the California bar since
1981.