About our Leaders

At Juniper, we are driven to deliver network experiences that transform the way people connect, work, and live. Our executive team and board are committed to innovating in ways that empower change in a connected world.

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Rami Rahim

Chief Executive Officer

Rami Rahim is Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Rahim was appointed CEO in November 2014.

Rahim began his Juniper career in early 1997, as employee No. 32, and worked as an engineer on Juniper's first breakthrough product, the M40 core router. Rahim has progressed through a series of technical and leadership roles at Juniper, applying his engineering acumen to the design and development of Juniper's industry-leading product portfolio.

He most recently served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Juniper Development and Innovation (JDI) organization, overseeing the company's entire product and technology portfolio. His responsibilities included driving strategy, development and business growth for routing, switching, security, silicon technology, and the Junos operating system.

Other leadership positions held over the years include: Executive Vice President and General Manager of Platform Systems Division for routing and switching, Senior Vice President of the Edge and Aggregation Business Unit (EABU), and Vice President and General Manager of EABU.

Rahim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He completed an intensive six-week executive program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Rahim is a named inventor on 20 U.S. Patents granted in networking technologies and is a member of IEEE.

Rahim is also a member of the Board of Directors for Autodesk, a global leader in design software.

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Rami Rahim

Chief Executive Officer

Rami Rahim is Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Rahim was appointed CEO in November 2014.

Rahim began his Juniper career in early 1997, as employee No. 32, and worked as an engineer on Juniper's first breakthrough product, the M40 core router. Rahim has progressed through a series of technical and leadership roles at Juniper, applying his engineering acumen to the design and development of Juniper's industry-leading product portfolio.

He most recently served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Juniper Development and Innovation (JDI) organization, overseeing the company's entire product and technology portfolio. His responsibilities included driving strategy, development and business growth for routing, switching, security, silicon technology, and the Junos operating system.

Other leadership positions held over the years include: Executive Vice President and General Manager of Platform Systems Division for routing and switching, Senior Vice President of the Edge and Aggregation Business Unit (EABU), and Vice President and General Manager of EABU.

Rahim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He completed an intensive six-week executive program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Rahim is a named inventor on 20 U.S. Patents granted in networking technologies and is a member of IEEE.

Rahim is also a member of the Board of Directors for Autodesk, a global leader in design software.

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Chris Kaddaras

EVP, Chief Revenue Officer

Chris Kaddaras is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Juniper Networks. Kaddaras is responsible for driving Juniper’s customer and partner engagement through global leadership of the sales and partner functions for the company.    

Kaddaras has 25+ years of leadership in the technology industry. Prior to Juniper, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Transmit Security and held multiple roles at Nutanix from 2016-2021, including Chief Revenue Officer. Kaddaras also spent 16 years at EMC Corporation, where he held various positions including Vice President of Commercial Sales EMEA and Vice President of Sales Engineering across EMEA. He is highly accomplished at leading high growth GTM business transformations in all global theaters and segments. He has a BS in Management from Plymouth State University.

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Chris Kaddaras

EVP, Chief Revenue Officer

Chris Kaddaras is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Juniper Networks. Kaddaras is responsible for driving Juniper’s customer and partner engagement through global leadership of the sales and partner functions for the company.    

Kaddaras has 25+ years of leadership in the technology industry. Prior to Juniper, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Transmit Security and held multiple roles at Nutanix from 2016-2021, including Chief Revenue Officer. Kaddaras also spent 16 years at EMC Corporation, where he held various positions including Vice President of Commercial Sales EMEA and Vice President of Sales Engineering across EMEA. He is highly accomplished at leading high growth GTM business transformations in all global theaters and segments. He has a BS in Management from Plymouth State University.

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Manoj Leelanivas

EVP, Chief Operating Officer

As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Manoj Leelanivas is responsible for all products, engineering, and cloud operations. He also oversees all marketing to align products with Juniper's go-to-market strategy and execution.

Leelanivas is a known leader within the technology industry and the majority of his years of intellectual curiosity and professional leadership have been dedicated to Juniper’s vision of delivering an AI-driven, experience-first network.  

Prior to Juniper, Leelanivas was President and CEO of Cyphort, an innovator in security analytics technology that was acquired by Juniper in late 2017. Prior to that, Leelanivas held several key EVP and GM roles at Juniper.

He is a member of the Board of Directors for Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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Manoj Leelanivas

EVP, Chief Operating Officer

As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Manoj Leelanivas is responsible for all products, engineering, and cloud operations. He also oversees all marketing to align products with Juniper's go-to-market strategy and execution.

Leelanivas is a known leader within the technology industry and the majority of his years of intellectual curiosity and professional leadership have been dedicated to Juniper’s vision of delivering an AI-driven, experience-first network.  

Prior to Juniper, Leelanivas was President and CEO of Cyphort, an innovator in security analytics technology that was acquired by Juniper in late 2017. Prior to that, Leelanivas held several key EVP and GM roles at Juniper.

He is a member of the Board of Directors for Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

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Ken Miller

EVP, Chief Financial Officer

Ken Miller is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Juniper Networks, leading the company’s global finance and accounting functions.

Since taking on this role in February 2016, Miller has been instrumental in leading Juniper through a successful transformation, with a focus on returning the company to sustainable growth and driving software monetization. In 2022, Juniper achieved record revenue of over $5.3B and software revenue of nearly $1B, up 43% year over year. Under Miller’s leadership, Juniper generated over $5 billion in operating cash flow.

During his tenure, Miller has led the integration of several acquisitions, including Mist Systems, Apstra and 128T, which have helped to further solidify Juniper’s position as a leader in the industry. He’s led the supply chain operations and real estate teams through the COVID-19 pandemic, including successfully navigating unprecedented supply chain and logistics challenges.

Miller is passionate about and committed to creating a great work culture, which is evidenced by consistently earning some of the highest employee engagement scores on the company’s annual survey.

Miller’s journey with Juniper began in 1999, where he played a key role in transforming the company’s accounting and finance teams from ‘start-up mode’ to a team that supports a multi-billion-dollar business. Throughout his career with Juniper, Miller has gained deep experience through multiple roles, including in Accounting, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Unit Finance and Go-to-Market Finance. Prior to joining Juniper, he worked as Audit Manager at Ernst & Young.

Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Santa Clara University and is a California CPA (inactive).

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Ken Miller

EVP, Chief Financial Officer

Ken Miller is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Juniper Networks, leading the company’s global finance and accounting functions.

Since taking on this role in February 2016, Miller has been instrumental in leading Juniper through a successful transformation, with a focus on returning the company to sustainable growth and driving software monetization. In 2022, Juniper achieved record revenue of over $5.3B and software revenue of nearly $1B, up 43% year over year. Under Miller’s leadership, Juniper generated over $5 billion in operating cash flow.

During his tenure, Miller has led the integration of several acquisitions, including Mist Systems, Apstra and 128T, which have helped to further solidify Juniper’s position as a leader in the industry. He’s led the supply chain operations and real estate teams through the COVID-19 pandemic, including successfully navigating unprecedented supply chain and logistics challenges.

Miller is passionate about and committed to creating a great work culture, which is evidenced by consistently earning some of the highest employee engagement scores on the company’s annual survey.

Miller’s journey with Juniper began in 1999, where he played a key role in transforming the company’s accounting and finance teams from ‘start-up mode’ to a team that supports a multi-billion-dollar business. Throughout his career with Juniper, Miller has gained deep experience through multiple roles, including in Accounting, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Unit Finance and Go-to-Market Finance. Prior to joining Juniper, he worked as Audit Manager at Ernst & Young.

Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Santa Clara University and is a California CPA (inactive).

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Robert Mobassaly

SVP, General Counsel

Robert Mobassaly joined Juniper in February 2012 and has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel since July 2021. From July 2016 to July 2021, he served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel where he was responsible for managing a team focused on legal requirements, including those associated with Juniper’s corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, stockholder administration and insurance matters.  

From May 2015 to July 2016, Mobassaly served as the Associate General Counsel, Senior Director and previously served as Assistant General Counsel, Director. Prior to joining Juniper, Mobassaly was in private practice. He holds both a bachelor’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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Robert Mobassaly

SVP, General Counsel

Robert Mobassaly joined Juniper in February 2012 and has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel since July 2021. From July 2016 to July 2021, he served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel where he was responsible for managing a team focused on legal requirements, including those associated with Juniper’s corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, stockholder administration and insurance matters.  

From May 2015 to July 2016, Mobassaly served as the Associate General Counsel, Senior Director and previously served as Assistant General Counsel, Director. Prior to joining Juniper, Mobassaly was in private practice. He holds both a bachelor’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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Eva Andres

SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

Eva Andres has responsibility for charting our global people strategy, fostering diversity, inclusion, and growth among our most important asset, our employees. She leads the human resources organization and the Juniper Networks Foundation Fund, which inspires the next generation of engineers and innovators.

With over 20 years of global leadership, Andres has held executive human resources roles ranging from startup to multinational organizations, and has a proven ability to prepare and lead organizations through transformation and growth. Prior to joining Juniper, she held senior leadership positions at Virtustream (Dell EMC), Documentum, and Dupont.

Andres holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from the University of Barcelona, Spain.

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Eva Andres

SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

Eva Andres has responsibility for charting our global people strategy, fostering diversity, inclusion, and growth among our most important asset, our employees. She leads the human resources organization and the Juniper Networks Foundation Fund, which inspires the next generation of engineers and innovators.

With over 20 years of global leadership, Andres has held executive human resources roles ranging from startup to multinational organizations, and has a proven ability to prepare and lead organizations through transformation and growth. Prior to joining Juniper, she held senior leadership positions at Virtustream (Dell EMC), Documentum, and Dupont.

Andres holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology from the University of Barcelona, Spain.

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Kevin Hutchins

SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development

As Juniper’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Kevin Hutchins is responsible for defining and enabling Juniper’s strategic corporate vision. This includes driving the company’s inorganic growth through strategic partnerships, venture investments and acquisitions/divestures.

Hutchins joined Juniper in 2010 as Vice President, Portfolio Management and Business Operations for Juniper’s Development & Innovation team where he led business planning, portfolio rationalization, new product introduction and execution of strategic programs across Juniper’s portfolio of routing, switching and security products.

Prior to his career at Juniper, Hutchins held leadership roles in strategy, corporate development and general management at IBM and Lockheed Martin. Hutchins is an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business where he teaches courses on mergers, acquisitions and restructuring for MBA and Masters of Finance programs. He holds a BSc (Tau Beta Pi) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a PhD from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Kevin Hutchins

SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development

As Juniper’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development, Kevin Hutchins is responsible for defining and enabling Juniper’s strategic corporate vision. This includes driving the company’s inorganic growth through strategic partnerships, venture investments and acquisitions/divestures.

Hutchins joined Juniper in 2010 as Vice President, Portfolio Management and Business Operations for Juniper’s Development & Innovation team where he led business planning, portfolio rationalization, new product introduction and execution of strategic programs across Juniper’s portfolio of routing, switching and security products.

Prior to his career at Juniper, Hutchins held leadership roles in strategy, corporate development and general management at IBM and Lockheed Martin. Hutchins is an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business where he teaches courses on mergers, acquisitions and restructuring for MBA and Masters of Finance programs. He holds a BSc (Tau Beta Pi) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a PhD from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Derrell James

EVP, Customer Experience & Operations

As Executive Vice President of Customer Experience and Operations, Derrell James is charged with developing an innovative company-wide experience strategy and customer success engagement model that enables customers to achieve real business growth with Juniper solutions. In addition, he is responsible for strategic, financial and operational leadership for Juniper’s four service lines of business, including maintenance services, advanced services - a high-touch, premium support offering, a rapidly expanding professional services organization and educational services.  James also oversees Juniper’s supply chain, real estate and workplace services and environmental, health, safety and security organizations.

James brings more than 34 years of experience with Fortune 50 technology services companies. Prior to Juniper, he served as the Senior Vice President of Global Services and Solutions at RingCentral, Inc – a provider of state-of-the-art cloud communications solutions. He has held additional leadership positions as CEO of Optum360 and executive roles at ACS/Xerox Business Services, EMC2 and Perot Systems. His expertise spans infrastructure services, applications development, operations, strategic planning, technology innovations, mergers and acquisitions and revenue growth.

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Derrell James

EVP, Customer Experience & Operations

As Executive Vice President of Customer Experience and Operations, Derrell James is charged with developing an innovative company-wide experience strategy and customer success engagement model that enables customers to achieve real business growth with Juniper solutions. In addition, he is responsible for strategic, financial and operational leadership for Juniper’s four service lines of business, including maintenance services, advanced services - a high-touch, premium support offering, a rapidly expanding professional services organization and educational services.  James also oversees Juniper’s supply chain, real estate and workplace services and environmental, health, safety and security organizations.

James brings more than 34 years of experience with Fortune 50 technology services companies. Prior to Juniper, he served as the Senior Vice President of Global Services and Solutions at RingCentral, Inc – a provider of state-of-the-art cloud communications solutions. He has held additional leadership positions as CEO of Optum360 and executive roles at ACS/Xerox Business Services, EMC2 and Perot Systems. His expertise spans infrastructure services, applications development, operations, strategic planning, technology innovations, mergers and acquisitions and revenue growth.

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Sharon Mandell

SVP, Chief Information Officer

Sharon Mandell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer leading Juniper’s global information technology team. In this role, she leads the ongoing enhancement of the company’s IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. She and her team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper’s use of its technologies to the world.

Prior to joining Juniper in 2020, Mandell was the Chief Information Officer for TIBCO Software and previously developed her leadership strategy at Harmonic, Black Arrow (now Cadent), Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company. Throughout her career, Mandell developed a level of expertise in cybersecurity and compliance, enterprise architecture and road mapping, data and analytics, digital transformation and customer service. She is passionate about supporting women in STEM careers and in her free time Mandell serves on various arts and education related boards. She also proudly serves on the computer science advisory board at Temple University.

Mandell holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Temple University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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Sharon Mandell

SVP, Chief Information Officer

Sharon Mandell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer leading Juniper’s global information technology team. In this role, she leads the ongoing enhancement of the company’s IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. She and her team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper’s use of its technologies to the world.

Prior to joining Juniper in 2020, Mandell was the Chief Information Officer for TIBCO Software and previously developed her leadership strategy at Harmonic, Black Arrow (now Cadent), Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company. Throughout her career, Mandell developed a level of expertise in cybersecurity and compliance, enterprise architecture and road mapping, data and analytics, digital transformation and customer service. She is passionate about supporting women in STEM careers and in her free time Mandell serves on various arts and education related boards. She also proudly serves on the computer science advisory board at Temple University.

Mandell holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Temple University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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Athena Murphy

VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of Transformation

Athena Murphy owns large-scale, corporate operations transformations that accelerate growth for Juniper. She drives initiatives to ensure strategic alignment across the company, end-to-end business execution, and proactive identification and mitigation of potential enterprise-level risks. Athena leads the Juniper Transformation Office, a team of operational transformation experts focused on holistic solutions that balance simplicity with impact.

Murphy has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Juniper, she held a variety of senior product management and development, corporate strategy, and business operations roles at Intel Corporation. 

Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Athena Murphy

VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of Transformation

Athena Murphy owns large-scale, corporate operations transformations that accelerate growth for Juniper. She drives initiatives to ensure strategic alignment across the company, end-to-end business execution, and proactive identification and mitigation of potential enterprise-level risks. Athena leads the Juniper Transformation Office, a team of operational transformation experts focused on holistic solutions that balance simplicity with impact.

Murphy has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Juniper, she held a variety of senior product management and development, corporate strategy, and business operations roles at Intel Corporation. 

Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Raj Yavatkar

SVP, Chief Technology Officer

In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper's technology strategy. He leads and executes the company’s critical innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, Mobile Edge Cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration, and hybrid cloud.

A technology and products pioneer throughout his career, Yavatkar has envisioned how emerging technologies can be applied to creatively solve enterprise and business problems ahead of competitors to help establish new product lines.

Before joining Juniper, Yavatkar was at Google (GCP), where he led a large team of engineers to deliver cloud networking infrastructure solutions for Google Cloud customers. Prior to that at VMware, he ideated a new product concept to address the private/hybrid cloud markets by defining VMware Cloud Foundation—an easy way to deploy and manage virtual clouds—leading a large product team to successfully deliver product to market. He started his career at Intel, rising to the position of Intel Fellow, a position he held for 10 years. During his various leadership roles there, Raj was responsible for driving new product and R&D initiatives in many areas of software.

Yavatkar brings a wealth of experience in emerging technologies. He has been awarded more than 45 patents, published over 60 research papers, authored 5 Internet standards, and co-authored a book on internet quality of service. He is an IEEE Fellow and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University.

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Raj Yavatkar

SVP, Chief Technology Officer

In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper's technology strategy. He leads and executes the company’s critical innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, Mobile Edge Cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration, and hybrid cloud.

A technology and products pioneer throughout his career, Yavatkar has envisioned how emerging technologies can be applied to creatively solve enterprise and business problems ahead of competitors to help establish new product lines.

Before joining Juniper, Yavatkar was at Google (GCP), where he led a large team of engineers to deliver cloud networking infrastructure solutions for Google Cloud customers. Prior to that at VMware, he ideated a new product concept to address the private/hybrid cloud markets by defining VMware Cloud Foundation—an easy way to deploy and manage virtual clouds—leading a large product team to successfully deliver product to market. He started his career at Intel, rising to the position of Intel Fellow, a position he held for 10 years. During his various leadership roles there, Raj was responsible for driving new product and R&D initiatives in many areas of software.

Yavatkar brings a wealth of experience in emerging technologies. He has been awarded more than 45 patents, published over 60 research papers, authored 5 Internet standards, and co-authored a book on internet quality of service. He is an IEEE Fellow and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University.

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Jean English

SVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Jean English is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, leading an award-winning global marketing organization that is highly data-driven, results-oriented, ROI-focused and plays a strategic role in Juniper’s growth. English has extensive career experience in driving unprecedented growth across all business verticals, as customers increasingly look to cloud-delivered, AI-driven and secure solutions to power their strategic evolution toward delivering better digital experiences.

Prior to joining Juniper in 2023, English served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of NetApp, Chief Marketing Officer of Palo Alto Networks, Global Vice President of Marketing of IBM Cloud and, most recently, Chief Marketing Officer of Armis Security. She has also held international leadership roles, including Chief Marketing Officer of IBM Asia Pacific in Singapore.

English is a Board Member of Sunday Friends, a nonprofit that works to ensure every family in San Jose has the fundamental building blocks to create mobility from poverty. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is based in Sunnyvale area.

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Jean English

SVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Jean English is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, leading an award-winning global marketing organization that is highly data-driven, results-oriented, ROI-focused and plays a strategic role in Juniper’s growth. English has extensive career experience in driving unprecedented growth across all business verticals, as customers increasingly look to cloud-delivered, AI-driven and secure solutions to power their strategic evolution toward delivering better digital experiences.

Prior to joining Juniper in 2023, English served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of NetApp, Chief Marketing Officer of Palo Alto Networks, Global Vice President of Marketing of IBM Cloud and, most recently, Chief Marketing Officer of Armis Security. She has also held international leadership roles, including Chief Marketing Officer of IBM Asia Pacific in Singapore.

English is a Board Member of Sunday Friends, a nonprofit that works to ensure every family in San Jose has the fundamental building blocks to create mobility from poverty. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is based in Sunnyvale area.

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Sujai Hajela

EVP, AI-Driven Enterprise

Sujai Hajela is currently Executive Vice President, AI-Driven Enterprise at Juniper Networks and is focused on ushering in the network for the next decade. Prior to Juniper, he was co-founder, president and CEO of Mist Systems, a pioneer in AI-Driven operations for Wi-Fi. Prior to Mist, Hajela held senior-level roles across data center networking, campus networking (including wired and wireless LAN), and enterprise routing.

Previously, Hajela was Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Group and he was responsible for the vision, solutions, and product strategy of Cisco’s enterprise routing, switching, and mobility portfolios.  Hajela also served as Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Wireless and Cloud Networking Group, and he led Cisco’s acquisitions of ThinkSmart and Meraki.

Before Cisco, Hajela was Vice President and General Manager at Motorola, where he was responsible for the wireless network solutions business. In that role, he established Motorola’s vision for the wireless enterprise and drove the development of the distributed next-generation WLAN architecture (WiNG). Hajela has also held global positions at Nortel and Hewlett-Packard.

Hajela holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology degree from Bangalore University in India and a Master of Business Administration degree from Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

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Sujai Hajela

EVP, AI-Driven Enterprise

Sujai Hajela is currently Executive Vice President, AI-Driven Enterprise at Juniper Networks and is focused on ushering in the network for the next decade. Prior to Juniper, he was co-founder, president and CEO of Mist Systems, a pioneer in AI-Driven operations for Wi-Fi. Prior to Mist, Hajela held senior-level roles across data center networking, campus networking (including wired and wireless LAN), and enterprise routing.

Previously, Hajela was Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Group and he was responsible for the vision, solutions, and product strategy of Cisco’s enterprise routing, switching, and mobility portfolios.  Hajela also served as Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Wireless and Cloud Networking Group, and he led Cisco’s acquisitions of ThinkSmart and Meraki.

Before Cisco, Hajela was Vice President and General Manager at Motorola, where he was responsible for the wireless network solutions business. In that role, he established Motorola’s vision for the wireless enterprise and drove the development of the distributed next-generation WLAN architecture (WiNG). Hajela has also held global positions at Nortel and Hewlett-Packard.

Hajela holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology degree from Bangalore University in India and a Master of Business Administration degree from Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

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AE Natarajan

EVP, Chief Development Officer

AE Natarajan is Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. In this role, he is responsible for Juniper's Engineering organization.
 
Prior to this, he served as SVP at Juniper, heading the JUNOS/JUNOS EVO, Routing and Advanced Telemetry and Analytics teams. Natarajan was also the engineering leader for the Cloud Business Team and an Executive Sponsor from Juniper for several large Cloud Providers.
 
Previously, Natarajan was the EVP, Head of Worldwide Engineering at Polycom, responsible for all product development, project management and engineering operations. Prior to Polycom, he served as vice president of engineering at Cisco, where he helped create and grow several billion-dollar product lines. Natarajan has led numerous industry forums and has built and managed teams across multiple geographies.
 
Natarajan holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.

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AE Natarajan

EVP, Chief Development Officer

AE Natarajan is Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. In this role, he is responsible for Juniper's Engineering organization.
 
Prior to this, he served as SVP at Juniper, heading the JUNOS/JUNOS EVO, Routing and Advanced Telemetry and Analytics teams. Natarajan was also the engineering leader for the Cloud Business Team and an Executive Sponsor from Juniper for several large Cloud Providers.
 
Previously, Natarajan was the EVP, Head of Worldwide Engineering at Polycom, responsible for all product development, project management and engineering operations. Prior to Polycom, he served as vice president of engineering at Cisco, where he helped create and grow several billion-dollar product lines. Natarajan has led numerous industry forums and has built and managed teams across multiple geographies.
 
Natarajan holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.

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David Cheriton

Chief Data Center Scientist

Dr. David Cheriton serves as Chief Data Center Scientist. He has more than 40 years’ experience in software, distributed systems and networking, including over 35 years as Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He has founded several companies in the networking space, seed funded a number of significant companies including Google, VMware and Arista and served as chief scientist and technical advisor in several companies. Prior to Juniper, he was co-founder, chief scientist and CEO of Apstra, which was acquired by Juniper.

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David Cheriton

Chief Data Center Scientist

Dr. David Cheriton serves as Chief Data Center Scientist. He has more than 40 years’ experience in software, distributed systems and networking, including over 35 years as Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He has founded several companies in the networking space, seed funded a number of significant companies including Google, VMware and Arista and served as chief scientist and technical advisor in several companies. Prior to Juniper, he was co-founder, chief scientist and CEO of Apstra, which was acquired by Juniper.

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Rami Rahim

Chief Executive Officer, Juniper Networks

Rami Rahim joined Juniper Networks in January 1997 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in November 2014. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Juniper Development and Innovation, responsible for driving innovation across the Company through the oversight of all research and development programs, strategy, development, and business growth across the portfolio of routing, switching, and security. Rahim has also overseen the ongoing evolution of silicon technology and the Junos operating system. In addition, Rahim has served at Juniper Networks in a number of roles, including Executive Vice President, Platform Systems Division, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Edge and Aggregation Business Unit, and Vice President, Product Management for Edge and Aggregation Business Unit.

Prior to that, Rahim spent the majority of his time at the Company in the development organization where he helped with the architecture, design and implementation of many Juniper Networks’ core, edge, and carrier Ethernet products. Rahim holds 20 U.S. Patents in networking technologies and is a member of IEEE.

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Rami Rahim

Chief Executive Officer, Juniper Networks

Rami Rahim joined Juniper Networks in January 1997 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in November 2014. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Juniper Development and Innovation, responsible for driving innovation across the Company through the oversight of all research and development programs, strategy, development, and business growth across the portfolio of routing, switching, and security. Rahim has also overseen the ongoing evolution of silicon technology and the Junos operating system. In addition, Rahim has served at Juniper Networks in a number of roles, including Executive Vice President, Platform Systems Division, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Edge and Aggregation Business Unit, and Vice President, Product Management for Edge and Aggregation Business Unit.

Prior to that, Rahim spent the majority of his time at the Company in the development organization where he helped with the architecture, design and implementation of many Juniper Networks’ core, edge, and carrier Ethernet products. Rahim holds 20 U.S. Patents in networking technologies and is a member of IEEE.

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Anne DelSanto

Director since 2019

Anne DelSanto has principally served as a limited partner at Operator Collective, a consulting company, since December 2019.  She is also serving as a limited partner at Stage 2 Capital, a consulting company, since March 2019.  From February 2018 to April 2019, she served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Platform at Salesforce.com, Inc.

Prior to her current role, she served in various executive-level roles at Salesforce since October 2012, including as Executive Vice President, Americas Solution Engineering & Cloud Sales from February 2016 to February 2018; Executive Vice President, Global Solution Engineering and Cloud Specialist Sales from February 2015 to February 2016; and Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering from October 2012 to February 2015. Prior to joining Salesforce, she also served in various roles of increasing responsibility in pre-sales from 1999 to 2012 at Oracle Corporation including most recently as Group Vice President, Sales Engineering from February 2012 to September 2012; and Vice President of Sales Engineering from 2007 to February 2012.

DelSanto began her career in 1985 as an account systems engineer at IBM. She began her service on the board of directors of New Relic, Inc. in August 2020 and her service on the board of directors of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. in October 2020.

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Anne DelSanto

Director since 2019

Anne DelSanto has principally served as a limited partner at Operator Collective, a consulting company, since December 2019.  She is also serving as a limited partner at Stage 2 Capital, a consulting company, since March 2019.  From February 2018 to April 2019, she served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Platform at Salesforce.com, Inc.

Prior to her current role, she served in various executive-level roles at Salesforce since October 2012, including as Executive Vice President, Americas Solution Engineering & Cloud Sales from February 2016 to February 2018; Executive Vice President, Global Solution Engineering and Cloud Specialist Sales from February 2015 to February 2016; and Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering from October 2012 to February 2015. Prior to joining Salesforce, she also served in various roles of increasing responsibility in pre-sales from 1999 to 2012 at Oracle Corporation including most recently as Group Vice President, Sales Engineering from February 2012 to September 2012; and Vice President of Sales Engineering from 2007 to February 2012.

DelSanto began her career in 1985 as an account systems engineer at IBM. She began her service on the board of directors of New Relic, Inc. in August 2020 and her service on the board of directors of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. in October 2020.

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Kevin DeNuccio

Director since 2014

Kevin DeNuccio most recently served as Executive Chairman of SevOne, Inc. from May 2017 to November 2019. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Violin Memory from February 2014 to April 2017. Prior to joining Violin Memory, he served as a co-founder of Wild West Capital, LLC, a venture and technology consulting firm he co-founded in July 2012.

Prior to that, DeNuccio served as Chief Executive Officer of Metaswitch Networks from February 2010 to July 2012. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Redback Networks Inc. from August 2001 to January 2008, during which time it was acquired by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in January 2007 and operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson.

DeNuccio held various positions at Cisco  from 1995 to 2001, including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Service Provider Operations. Previously, Mr. DeNuccio was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Network Integration Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Atlantic (now Verizon Communications).

He serves on the board of directors of Marathon Patent Group, Inc. since January 2021. He previously served as a director of Calix from September 2012 to May 2022, Sandisk Corporation from August 2009 to February 2014, Metaswitch Networks from December 2008 to February 2014 and Violin Memory from February 2014 to April 2017.

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Kevin DeNuccio

Director since 2014

Kevin DeNuccio most recently served as Executive Chairman of SevOne, Inc. from May 2017 to November 2019. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Violin Memory from February 2014 to April 2017. Prior to joining Violin Memory, he served as a co-founder of Wild West Capital, LLC, a venture and technology consulting firm he co-founded in July 2012.

Prior to that, DeNuccio served as Chief Executive Officer of Metaswitch Networks from February 2010 to July 2012. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Redback Networks Inc. from August 2001 to January 2008, during which time it was acquired by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in January 2007 and operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson.

DeNuccio held various positions at Cisco  from 1995 to 2001, including Senior Vice President of Worldwide Service Provider Operations. Previously, Mr. DeNuccio was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Network Integration Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Atlantic (now Verizon Communications).

He serves on the board of directors of Marathon Patent Group, Inc. since January 2021. He previously served as a director of Calix from September 2012 to May 2022, Sandisk Corporation from August 2009 to February 2014, Metaswitch Networks from December 2008 to February 2014 and Violin Memory from February 2014 to April 2017.

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Jim Dolce

Director since 2015

Jim Dolce has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director at Lookout, Inc. since March 2014. Prior to joining Lookout, he was the Vice President of carrier market development at Akamai Technologies, Inc. from December 2012 until February 2014, and prior to that, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Verivue, Inc. which was acquired by Akamai, from 2006 until December 2012.

Prior to Verivue, Dolce served as Executive Vice President of worldwide field operations at Juniper Networks from 2002 to 2006, where he led Juniper Networks’ global sales, marketing and customer service efforts. He joined Juniper Networks through its acquisition of Unisphere Networks, Inc., where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to  2002. Dolce served on the board of directors of Infinera Corporation from May 2014 until January 2016.

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Jim Dolce

Director since 2015

Jim Dolce has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director at Lookout, Inc. since March 2014. Prior to joining Lookout, he was the Vice President of carrier market development at Akamai Technologies, Inc. from December 2012 until February 2014, and prior to that, he was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Verivue, Inc. which was acquired by Akamai, from 2006 until December 2012.

Prior to Verivue, Dolce served as Executive Vice President of worldwide field operations at Juniper Networks from 2002 to 2006, where he led Juniper Networks’ global sales, marketing and customer service efforts. He joined Juniper Networks through its acquisition of Unisphere Networks, Inc., where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to  2002. Dolce served on the board of directors of Infinera Corporation from May 2014 until January 2016.

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Steve Fernandez

Director since 2022

Steve Fernandez is the Chief Transformation Officer at NCR Corporation. 

Prior to NCR, Fernandez served as AIG’s Global Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading technology vision and operations of the enterprise. Before AIG, he worked as Global Chief Technology Officer at L’Oréal in Paris, France, where he led the global digital transformation from legacy footprints to cloud, created a modern digital workplace for employees, and successfully developed a technical culture focused on agility, speed and professional results. Prior to L’Oréal, he was Chief Information Officer at Conisus, LLC and Chief Technology Officer for The Coca-Cola Company, Bottling Investments Group. Fernandez has held several technology leadership positions at General Electric and Ford Motor Company as well.

Fernandez has a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and International Studies from Northwestern University.

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Steve Fernandez

Director since 2022

Steve Fernandez is the Chief Transformation Officer at NCR Corporation. 

Prior to NCR, Fernandez served as AIG’s Global Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading technology vision and operations of the enterprise. Before AIG, he worked as Global Chief Technology Officer at L’Oréal in Paris, France, where he led the global digital transformation from legacy footprints to cloud, created a modern digital workplace for employees, and successfully developed a technical culture focused on agility, speed and professional results. Prior to L’Oréal, he was Chief Information Officer at Conisus, LLC and Chief Technology Officer for The Coca-Cola Company, Bottling Investments Group. Fernandez has held several technology leadership positions at General Electric and Ford Motor Company as well.

Fernandez has a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and International Studies from Northwestern University.

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Christine Gorjanc

Director since 2019

Christine Gorjanc served as the Chief Financial Officer of Arlo Technologies, Inc., an intelligent cloud infrastructure and mobile app platform company, from August 2018 to June 2020. Prior to her role with Arlo, she assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of NETGEAR, Inc. in January 2008, where she previously served as the Chief Accounting Officer from December 2006 to January 2008 and Vice President, Finance from November 2005 to December 2006.

Prior to joining NETGEAR, she served in a number of roles including Vice President, Controller, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of Aspect Communications Corporation from September 1996 through November 2005.

Gorjanc served as Manager of Tax for Tandem Computers, Inc. from October 1988 through September 1996. Prior to 1996, she served in management positions at Xidex Corporation and spent eight years in public accounting. Gorjanc has served on the board of directors and as the Chair of the audit committee of Invitae Corporation since November 2015.

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Christine Gorjanc

Director since 2019

Christine Gorjanc served as the Chief Financial Officer of Arlo Technologies, Inc., an intelligent cloud infrastructure and mobile app platform company, from August 2018 to June 2020. Prior to her role with Arlo, she assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of NETGEAR, Inc. in January 2008, where she previously served as the Chief Accounting Officer from December 2006 to January 2008 and Vice President, Finance from November 2005 to December 2006.

Prior to joining NETGEAR, she served in a number of roles including Vice President, Controller, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of Aspect Communications Corporation from September 1996 through November 2005.

Gorjanc served as Manager of Tax for Tandem Computers, Inc. from October 1988 through September 1996. Prior to 1996, she served in management positions at Xidex Corporation and spent eight years in public accounting. Gorjanc has served on the board of directors and as the Chair of the audit committee of Invitae Corporation since November 2015.

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Janet Haugen

Director since 2019

Janet Haugen served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unisys Corporation from April 2000 to November 2016. She also held positions as Vice President, Controller and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Unisys between April 1996 and April 2000. Prior to joining Unisys, she was a partner at Ernst & Young from 1993 to 1996, after serving in positions increasing responsibility at EY from 1980 to 1993.

Haugen currently serves on the board of directors, audit committee chair, and is a member of the compensation committee of Paycom Software, Inc., a position she has held since February 2018. She is also on the board of directors and a member of the compensation committee and audit committee of Bentley Systems, Incorporated, since September 2020. She also served on the board of directors and Chair of the audit committee of SunGard Data Systems, Inc. from 2002 to 2005.

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Janet Haugen

Director since 2019

Janet Haugen served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unisys Corporation from April 2000 to November 2016. She also held positions as Vice President, Controller and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Unisys between April 1996 and April 2000. Prior to joining Unisys, she was a partner at Ernst & Young from 1993 to 1996, after serving in positions increasing responsibility at EY from 1980 to 1993.

Haugen currently serves on the board of directors, audit committee chair, and is a member of the compensation committee of Paycom Software, Inc., a position she has held since February 2018. She is also on the board of directors and a member of the compensation committee and audit committee of Bentley Systems, Incorporated, since September 2020. She also served on the board of directors and Chair of the audit committee of SunGard Data Systems, Inc. from 2002 to 2005.

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Scott Kriens

Chairman of the Board

Scott Kriens has served as Chairman of the Board of Juniper Networks since October 1996, was Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks from October 1996 to September 2008, and was an employee of Juniper Networks through April 2011. From April 1986 to January 1996, he served as Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Operations at StrataCom, Inc., which he cofounded in 1986. Kriens also served on the board of directors of Equinix, Inc. from July 2000 to June 2020.

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Scott Kriens

Chairman of the Board

Scott Kriens has served as Chairman of the Board of Juniper Networks since October 1996, was Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Networks from October 1996 to September 2008, and was an employee of Juniper Networks through April 2011. From April 1986 to January 1996, he served as Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Operations at StrataCom, Inc., which he cofounded in 1986. Kriens also served on the board of directors of Equinix, Inc. from July 2000 to June 2020.

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Rahul Merchant

Director since 2015

Rahul Merchant has served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Client Services & Technology of TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, since March 2017. Previously, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of TIAA-CREF from January 2017 to March 2017 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of TIAA-CREF from April 2015 to January 2017.

Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, he was the Chief Information and Innovation Officer for the City of New York from April 2012 to February 2014. From 2009 to April 2012, Merchant was a partner at Exigen Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. From 2006 until 2008, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and member of the Executive Committee at Fannie Mae.

Merchant also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 2000 to 2006. He has also held senior leadership positions at Cooper Neff and Associates, Lehman Brothers, Sanwa Financial Products, and Dresdner Bank. Merchant previously was a member of the board of directors of Emulex Corporation, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Fair Isaac Corporation.

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Rahul Merchant

Director since 2015

Rahul Merchant has served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Client Services & Technology of TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, since March 2017. Previously, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of TIAA-CREF from January 2017 to March 2017 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of TIAA-CREF from April 2015 to January 2017.

Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, he was the Chief Information and Innovation Officer for the City of New York from April 2012 to February 2014. From 2009 to April 2012, Merchant was a partner at Exigen Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. From 2006 until 2008, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and member of the Executive Committee at Fannie Mae.

Merchant also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 2000 to 2006. He has also held senior leadership positions at Cooper Neff and Associates, Lehman Brothers, Sanwa Financial Products, and Dresdner Bank. Merchant previously was a member of the board of directors of Emulex Corporation, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Fair Isaac Corporation.

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William Stensrud

Director since 1996

William Stensrud has previously served as a Partner of the SwitchCase Group, the Chairman of InstantEncore.com, and Chairman and Principal at Interactive Fitness Holdings. From January 2007 to March 2007, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Muze, Inc., a provider of business-to-business digital commerce solutions and descriptive entertainment media information.

Stensrud was also a general partner with the venture capital firm Enterprise Partners from January 1997 to December 2006. He was an independent investor and turn-around executive from March 1996 to January 1997. During this period, Stensrud served as President of Paradyne Corporation and as a director of Paradyne Corporation, Paradyne Partners LLP, and of GlobeSpan Corporation, Inc., (acquired by Conexant, Inc.). From January 1992 to July 1995, Stensrud served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Primary Access Corporation, a data networking company acquired by 3Com Corporation. From 1986 to 1992, he served as the Marketing Vice President of StrataCom, Inc., a telecommunications equipment company, which he co-founded.

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William Stensrud

Director since 1996

William Stensrud has previously served as a Partner of the SwitchCase Group, the Chairman of InstantEncore.com, and Chairman and Principal at Interactive Fitness Holdings. From January 2007 to March 2007, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Muze, Inc., a provider of business-to-business digital commerce solutions and descriptive entertainment media information.

Stensrud was also a general partner with the venture capital firm Enterprise Partners from January 1997 to December 2006. He was an independent investor and turn-around executive from March 1996 to January 1997. During this period, Stensrud served as President of Paradyne Corporation and as a director of Paradyne Corporation, Paradyne Partners LLP, and of GlobeSpan Corporation, Inc., (acquired by Conexant, Inc.). From January 1992 to July 1995, Stensrud served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Primary Access Corporation, a data networking company acquired by 3Com Corporation. From 1986 to 1992, he served as the Marketing Vice President of StrataCom, Inc., a telecommunications equipment company, which he co-founded.