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‰Public Company Board Experience — currently serves on the board of Qualcomm Incorporated and AMR
Corporation, and served on the boards of Intuit, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
‰Financial Experiences — former President and Chief Executive Officer of Intuit, Inc., executive
management positions at GE, including GE Capital and GE Capital Vendor Financial Services.
Mr. Brown has served as a member of our Board since July 2005 following the acquisition of Veritas.
Mr. Brown had served on the Veritas board of directors since 2003. Mr. Brown is currently the Chairman of Line
6, Inc., a provider of musical instruments, amplifiers and audio gear that incorporate digital signal processing.
From 1984 until September 2002, Mr. Brown held various senior management positions at Quantum Corpo-
ration, a leader in computer storage products, and most recently as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2002
and Chairman of the Board from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Brown is a member of the board of directors of Quantum
Corporation and three private companies. He has previously served as a director of a variety of public companies,
including Digital Impact, Maxtor Corporation and Nektar Therapeutics. Mr. Brown holds a master’s of business
administration from Stanford Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
Director Qualifications:
‰Industry and Technology Experience — former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Quantum
Corporation; current member of the boards of Quantum Corporation and Mozes; former member of the
boards of Equal Logic and Digital Impact.
‰Leadership Experience — Chairman of Line 6, Inc. and former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
Quantum Corporation.
‰Public Company Board Experience — served as Chairman of Quantum Corporation and as a board
member of Nektar Therapeutics, Maxtor Corporation and Digital Impact.
‰Financial Experiences — Chairman of Line 6, former Chief Executive Officer of Quantum; former
Chairman of Equal Logic; and serves on the Audit Committee of Line 6 and served on the Audit Commit-
tee of Digital Impact.
Mr. Dangeard has served as a member of our Board since January 2007. He has been the Managing Partner
of Harcourt, an advisory and investment firm, since March 2008. Mr. Dangeard was Chairman and Chief Execu-
tive Officer of Thomson S.A., a provider of digital video technologies, solutions and services, from September
2004 to February 2008. From September 2002 to September 2004, he was Deputy CEO of France Telecom, a
global telecommunications operator. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Dangeard was Senior Executive Vice President of
Thomson and Vice Chairman in 2000. Prior to joining Thomson, Mr. Dangeard was managing director of SG
Warburg & Co. Ltd. from 1989 to 1997, and Chairman of SG Warburg France from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that,
Mr. Dangeard was a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, in New York and London. Mr. Dangeard also serves
on the boards of Moser Baer, SonaeCom SGPS and Telenor. He is also Chairman of Atari. Mr. Dangeard has
previously served as a director of a variety of companies, including Thomson S.A. and Electricité de France S.A.
He graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Paris Institut d’Études Politiques and from
Harvard Law School.
Director Qualifications:
‰Industry and Technology Experience — former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson S.A.
and former Deputy CEO of France Telecom
‰Global Expertise — Member of the boards of Telenor (Norway), SonaeCom (Portugal), MoserBaer
(India); former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson S.A. (France); and former Deputy
CEO of France Telecom (France).
‰Leadership Experience — Managing Partner of Harcourt, Chairman of Atari, former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Thomson S.A., Deputy CEO of France Telecom, Chairman of SG Warburg France
and Managing Director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd.
‰Public Company Board Experience — current member of the boards of Telenor, Atari, Moser Baer and
SonaeCom SGPS; and former member of the board of Electricite de France S.A., Thomson S.A.
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