EDWARD H. FRANK,
Director since 2014
Dr. Frank, age 61, was most recently
co-founder
and CEO of Cloud Parity, a voice of the
customer startup from January 2014 through August 2016. From May 2009 to October 2013, Dr. Frank held the position of Vice President, Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering at Apple Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and markets
electronic devices. Prior to his tenure at Apple, Dr. Frank served as Corporate Vice President, Research and Development, of Broadcom Corp. Dr. Frank was founding CEO of Epigram, Inc., a developer of integrated circuits and software for
home networking, which Broadcom acquired in 1999, and was a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Dr. Frank also serves as a director of Cavium, Inc. and Quantenna Communications Inc. He served as a director of
Fusion-IO,
Inc. from October 2013 until July 2014 when it was acquired by SanDisk Corporation. Dr. Frank is vice-chairman of Carnegie Mellon University Board of Trustees, where he has been a Trustee since 2000,
and since July 2017, has been Executive Director (pro bono) of Metallicas All Within My Hands Foundation. We believe Dr. Franks qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his deep understanding of the communications
and hardware technology markets and his extensive executive leadership experience.
MARK M. LITTLE,
Director since
2017
Dr. Little, age 65, is the former Senior Vice President, GE Global Research and Chief Technology
Officer of General Electric Company, or GE, a global digital industrial company. Dr. Little joined GE in 1978, and during his
37-year
tenure, held management positions in engineering and business,
culminating with his most recent position, which he held from 2005 until 2015. In addition to his technology leadership, Dr. Little led several multi-billion dollar business units at GE including GE Energys power-generation
segment. We believe Dr. Littles qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive leadership experience in a global technology company, combined with his experience driving change and innovation through
GEs various phases of business transformation.
NEIL NOVICH,
Director since 2008
Mr. Novich, age 63, is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryerson Inc., a global metals distributor and
fabricator. He joined Ryerson in 1994 as Chief Operating Officer and served in that role until 1999 when he was named Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, a position he held through 2007. Prior to that, he was a partner at
Bain & Company, an international consulting firm. Mr. Novich also serves as a director of W.W. Grainger, Inc., Hillenbrand Inc. and Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. We believe Mr. Novichs qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include his experience as a chief executive officer leading a complex global organization, combined with his broad operational and corporate governance expertise.
KENTON J. SICCHITANO,
Director since 2003
Mr. Sicchitano, age 73, retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, a public accounting firm, in July 2001. At the time of his
retirement, Mr. Sicchitano was the Global Managing Partner of Independence and Regulatory Matters for PwC. Mr. Sicchitano joined Price Waterhouse LLP, a predecessor firm of PwC, in 1970 and became a partner in 1979. During his
31-year
tenure with PwC, Mr. Sicchitano held various positions including the Global Managing Partner of Audit/Business Advisory Services and the Global Managing Partner responsible for Audit/Business Advisory,
Tax and Financial Advisory Services. Mr. Sicchitano served as a director of PerkinElmer, Inc. from 2003 to April 2017 and MetLife, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from 2001 until June 2017. We believe
Mr. Sicchitanos qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience with public and financial accounting matters for complex global organizations.
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