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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$685.5M
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The heat is rising for Mercury Interactive. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQE) makes software for testing and performance analysis for enterprise and web-based applications. Its products allow customers to perform a variety of performance capabiliy testing such as eliminating performance bottlenecks, quality assurance testing, and reducing hardware and operational expenses. The company also offers services such as training, software maintenance, and consulting. It generates annual revenues of over $685 million and employs over 2,600 people. In January 2006, the company acquired Systinet Corporation and in September 2005 it acquired BeatBox Technologies (formerly ClickCadence LLC), a privately held company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for approximately $14 million in cash.

President, Asia Pacific
Graham Sowden
Number of Employees 2,854
Contact Information

379 N Whisman Rd Bldg A

Mountain View, California 94043

www.mercuryinte...

(650) 603-5200

NAICS Code Computer and Software Stores: 443120

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News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Graham Sowden President, Asia Pacific
Christopher Lochhead Chief Marketing Officer
James Larson Senior Vice President, Field Operations, Worldwide
Onagh Ash Senior Vice President, Global Services
Yuval Scarlat Senior Vice President, Products
Andy Aicklen Managing Director & Reg Vice President
David Scholtz Vice President, Americas Field Alliances
Dione Hedgpeth Vice President of Services
James Stevenson Managing Director & Vice President
Leilani Gayles Vice President, HR
Ori Danieli Vice President, Res & Development
Sue Barsamian Vice President, Global Sales & Operations
Zohar Gilad Vice President, Product Strategy
Amnon Landan Founder
Regis Mauger Field Market Manager
Roger W. Lambert Manager, Federal District
Stephen Myers Manager, Sales & Marketing
David J Blumberg
Elie Kanaan
Matthew J. Morgan
Michael Levinthal
Shai Cohen
Yair Shamir Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Brad Boston Board of Directors
Clyde W. Ostler Board of Directors
Igal Kohavi Board of Directors
Joseph Costello Board of Directors
Stanley Keller Board of Directors
Tony Zingale Board of Directors

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Mercury Interactive Corporation President, Asia Pacific Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Chief Marketing Officer Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Senior Vice President, Field Operations, Worldwide Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Senior Vice President, Global Services Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Senior Vice President, Products Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Managing Director & Reg Vice President Current

Mr. Scholtz is Vice President, Americas Field Alliances, Mercury Interactive. He is presently responsible for all field sales pursuits and go-to-market activities with alliance partners in the Americas. In this role, he manages the joi nt-selling relationships with large systems integrators, such as Accenture, BearingPoint and IBM Global Services, as well as overseeing Mercury's Solutions Partner Program, consisting of nearly 150 partner companies ranging from multi- national outsourcers to regional systems integrators. Mr. Scholtz~Rs team is distributed across North and South America and manages over 100M dollars per year in partner-related sales for Mercury. Prior to Mercury, Mr. Scholtz was the President and CEO of CoreMatter, Inc., a software and services firm that he founded to deliver solutions to manage the community involvement activities for large corporations. CoreMatter was Mr. Scholtz's second start-up, as he was pre viously a founder of Fort Point Partners, a services company that developed web-based business applications, where he was the VP of Sales. Before venturing into the start-up world, he sold enterprise software for Walker Interactive, a vendor of mainframe-based ERP solutions, and designed custom software applications for Fortune 500 clients while at Andersen Consulting (Accenture).

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President, Americas Field Alliances Current
Stillsecure Board of Directors Current

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Pano Logic, Inc. Vice President of Services and Alliances Current
Tpsa Vice President of Services for the Americas at Mercury Interactive Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President of Services Current
Tpsa Board of Directors Current
University of California, Los Angeles B.S. In Computer Science and Engineering Former
University of California, Los Angeles Degree Former

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Managing Director & Vice President Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President, HR Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President, Res & Development Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President, Global Sales & Operations Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Vice President, Product Strategy Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Founder Current
Mu Dynamics, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology B.Sc. Degree In Computer Sciences Former

Regis Mauger has over 15 years of experience in the High Tech Industry. He is Field Market Manager for Mercury Interactive and is responsible for the Load Testing and Application Performance Management product lines. Prior to joining Mercury, Regis worked as OLTP and Data Warehouse specialist at Sybase.

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Field Market Manager Current
Quality Week Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Manager, Federal District Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Manager, Sales & Marketing Current

David Blumberg brings more than 22 years of investing experience in venture capital backed technology companies including Zoran [ZRAN], ABIC - acquired byTeva [TEVA], Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. [CHKP], Creo Products [CREO], DSP Group [DSPG], Electronics For Imaging [EFII], AbirNet - acquired by Computer Associates [CA], Conduct Software and Allerez - both acquired by Mercury Interactive [MERQ], Vista Research acquired by McGraw Hill [MHP], PureSight - acquired by Boston Communications Group, Inc. [BCGI], IP Infusion - acquired by ACCESS Co., Ltd. [TSE: 4513], and GoNetworks - acquired by NextWave Wireless [WAVEX]. Prior to founding Blumberg Capital in 1991, David managed technology investments with Claridge Investments, Adler & Co., Apax, and T. Rowe Price Associates. David's operational experience includes launching the highly successful business development, marketing, and public relations efforts for CHKP in the US and Japan , helping build a substantial revenue stream prior to its IPO. David earned his AB in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD. David speaks French and is proficient in Hebrew and Spanish. David serves as a member or observer on the Board of Directors of CaseStack, Siperian, Damballa, Insightix and Correlix. He also serves on the board of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Organization Position Status
Blumberg Capital Founder Current
Harvard College AB in Government Current
Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. Current
XIUS-BCGI Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Current
Correlix, Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Seclarity, Inc. Director Current
Jewish Community Federation Board of Directors Current
Casestack, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Insightix Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Damballa, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Pacific Council on International Policy Member Current
Blumberg Capital Managing Partner Former
Netegrity, Inc. Former
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Former
Siperian, Inc. Director Former
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Investor Former
IP Infusion, Inc. Investor Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
Harvard College Ab In Government Former

Prior to joining Mercury Interactive in January 1999, Elie Kanaan was Business Development Director for Sybase Europe, Middle East and Africa. From '90 to '95 he held senior product marketing and sales positions with Sybase France, having started his career in 1988, in the Advanced Services Group at Oracle Corp., USA. He has a Diplome d'ingenieur de l'Ecole Centrale de Paris and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Current
Quality Week Current

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Sofea, Inc. Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Current
Blueprint Software Systems Inc. Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Current
Minolta-Qms Software Engineer Former
University of South Alabama Bachelor of Science Degree In Computer Science Former

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Mytwofrontteeth.Org Venture Partner, Mayfield Fund Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Current
Senforce Technologies, Inc. Current
Cirrus Data Board of Directors Current
Military Advantage, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Altiris Inc. Board of Directors Current
Forever Young Foundation Board of Directors Current
Metricstream, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sdrky Health Board of Directors Current
AppLabs, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cemaphore Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Transparient Inc. Board of Directors Current
Instill Corporation Board of Directors Current
High-Tech, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Concur Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Directpointe Inc. Board of Directors Current
Eunoe, Inc Board of Directors Current
Interplast, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Jostens Learning Vice President of Sales Former
ONSET Ventures Founder Former
New Enterprise Associates Former
Stanford University MS Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
Stanford University BS Degrees In Engineering Former
Mayfield Fund Member Former

Mr. Cohen has amassed over 14 years of technology, business development and product management leadership in the high tech industry. He worked with start-ups and global companies and served in numerous senior management and executive positions. Previous companies include Mercury Interactive (NASDAQ: MERQ) and RadView Software (NASDAQ: RDVW) as well as number of start-ups. Mr. Cohen holds a BA degree in Computer Science and Business Administration and an MA degree in Business Administration from the Hebrew University.

Organization Position Status
Repliweb, Inc. Vice President Products Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Current
RadView Software Ltd. Current
Hebrew University of Jerusalem MA Degree In Business Administration Former
Hebrew University of Jerusalem B.A. In Computer Science Former
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Business Administration and An Ma Degree In Business Administration Former

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current

Clyde W. Ostler is group executive vice president of Wells Fargo & Company. He is responsible for the Wealth Management Group and the Internet Services Group. Wealth Management Group provides high net worth and affluent clients with products and services in the areas of Private Banking, investment counseling and management, trust and estate planning, and brokerage. Wealth Management Group has more than $200 billion in total assets under administration as of June 2007. Internet Services provides a full range of products and services online, via a single sign on, for consumers and small businesses. Wells Fargo was the first major financial services company to launch internet banking services and enjoys a #1 market share of active online users among banks. Joining Wells Fargo in 1971, Ostler has held management positions in Finance, Planning, International, Systems, Investment and Online Banking. A native of San Diego, he graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a B.A. in mathematics in 1968, and from the University of Chicago with an M.B.A. in 1970. Ostler serves on a number of charitable and business boards.

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Wells Fargo & Company Group Executive Vice President, Wealth Management & Internet Services Current
ExlService Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current
Wells Fargo & Company Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Former

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Mercury Technologies, Inc. Current
Solidware Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Board of Directors Current
Jive Software Board of Directors Current
Coverity, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Mercury Inc President & CEO Former
Mercury Interactive Corporation President Former
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. senior vice president of worldwide marketing Former
University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration Former

Yair Shamir has served as a director of the Company since October 1996. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of VCON Telecommunications, Ltd., a developer and marketer of video conferencing systems, since February 1997. From July 1995 to February 1997, Mr. Shamir served as the Executive Vice President of The Challenge Fund-Etgar L.P., a venture capital firm. Mr. Shamir currently serves as a director of Mercury Interactive, a provider of performance management solutions; Orckit Communications, Limited, a developer and manufacturer of local loop communications systems; Poalim Capital Markets and Investments, Ltd., an investment banking firm; and VCON Telecommunications, Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of desktop and group videoconferencing systems. Mr. Shamir also currently serves as Chairman of Catalyst Fund, a venture capital firm.

Organization Position Status
DSP Group, Inc. Director Current
Mercury Interactive Corporation Director Current
Orckit Communications Ltd. Board of Directors Former
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology B.Sc in Electrical Engineering Former

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