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Ted Hulick is the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of nVision Software Technologies. Mr. Hulick has been architecting and developing software for more than 22 years, specializing in network analysis, real-time monitoring solutions, and cross-platform operability for performance and security solutions. Ted co-founded nVision in 2001 after leaving Marimba where he served as chief architect responsible for Marimba's Web analysis and management product lines. Prior to Marimba, he worked as product author and chief architect at BMC Software developing the Patrol For Network Applications product and the Network Decoder portion of Patrol for Internet Services. Mr. Hulick was also responsible for helping shape BMC's strategy for products to address the Internet. Mr. Hulick is also the author of the Detective Series product line, a successful family of security products which are still heavily utilitized at many Fortune 500 companies today. Mr. Hulick has held senior level engineering positions at ITT Federal Systems, Bell Helicopter Textron, Excelan/Novell, and Demax/OpenVision Technologies. He initiated his engineering career by serving in the US Air Force at the USAF Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, CA. and is a 1984 graduate of Chapman University with BS/MS degrees in Computer Science/Information Systems with a Mathematics Minor.

Rick Crandall was one of the four Founders of Arbor Partners. He contributes to the Firm his 40-year background in computer technology ranging from startups to Board governance of large public technology companies, as well as his expertise in private equity and venture capital investing. His long and varied career has created a wealth of experience and contacts that have contributed to successful strategies, execution and partnering by the Firm's portfolio companies. Mr. Crandall applies his time broadly throughout the technology industry and brings the benefits of this involvement to Arbor Partners, although only a portion of his time is spent directly with Arbor Partners' activity. He is a shareholder and Partner, but not a direct operator in the Fund. Mr. Crandall's continuing role in Arbor Venture Partners III is, as before, that of an advisor, a source of deal flow, a contributor to investment decisions, and a strategist as applied to individual portfolio company's directions, market positioning and exits. In 1966, Mr. Crandall founded Comshare, Inc., which grew to become a publicly held, $130 million international market leader in decision support applications and executive information systems software. The company originated as a pioneer of computer timesharing. During his 24-year tenure as Comshare's CEO, Mr. Crandall led the company through several highly publicized transitions in response to the rapid market changes characteristic of the computer industry. Comshare was one of the few early timesharing firms to make a complete and successful transition to software products, while remaining an independent company. In 1994, Mr. Crandall left his position at Comshare and formed the Enterprise Software Roundtable, consisting of the CEOs of the industry's top 40 software firms focusing on enterprise software (and generating more than $100 billion sales in 2003). He continues as Chairman of the Roundtable. During the period 1995 2003, Mr. Crandall helped create Giga Information Group one of the nation's premier information technology research and advisory firms, which serves Fortune 1000 clientele. He was Chairman of Giga from 2002-2003, when it was sold to Forrester Research. Mr. Crandall presently serves as the software and services advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and assists its efforts in areas of legal reform and advocacy in Federal and State government actions that affect the technology industries in the U.S. Among his many other industry honors is the ICP Business Software Review listing as "One of the 5 Leading Pioneers of the Software Services Industry" in its commemorative issue celebrating the 25th anniversary of the software industry. Mr. Crandall also received the 1992 Outstanding Entrepreneur Award from The University of Michigan Business School and Harvard Business School Alumni groups and served on the National Advisory Board to The University of Michigan College of Engineering and Computer Science. Mr. Crandall is on the Boards of Directors of Diebold (DBD); Novell (NOVL), the Dreman/Claymore Dividend and Income Fund, and several private companies, including ChannelNet (multi-channel ecommerce software), ITRACS (network security software) and Illinois Energy Partners, as well as on the Executive Advisory Board to Beacon IT, Japan's largest enterprise software company. He also served as Chairman of ITAA, the association for the computer software and services industry and was on the Board for more than 20 years, chairing its strategic planning committee for 12 years. Mr. Crandall received a BS in electrical engineering, a BS in mathematics, and an MS in industrial engineering from The University of Michigan.

"Director since 2007 Jones, 64, is chairman of the board for Lattice Semiconductor and an active board member for Genesys SA, Smarttrust AB, and Epocrates. He was chairman of the audit committee for mobile messaging leader Mobile 365, acquired by Sybase in 2006. Previously, Jones served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Gemplus International SA, a $1 billion revenue company which he assisted in taking public in December 2000. Prior to Gemplus, he was vice president and corporate controller at Intel Corp. Jones also served as chief financial officer at LSI Logic, and he began his career at IBM."

Mr. Poduska resides in Boston. He is a retired business executive. Mr. Poduska was Chairman of Advanced Visual Systems, Inc., a provider of visualization software, from 1992 until 2002. Mr. Poduska is a director of Novell, Inc. and Safeguard Scientific, Inc. He was a director of UPRG from 1995 until 2000. Mr. Poduska has been a director of the company since 2000.

Vladimir Stroleny is the Technical Services Manager of P.C. Networks where he is in charge of technical integration and design, implementation, and technical quality control. Vladimir provides high-level technical support for complex integration services. He is also responsible for new product and technology deployment in network and communications related areas. Vladimir provides sales assistance in highly technical scenarios. Prior to founding P.C. Networks in 1983, Vladimir was a staff accountant at the University of Miami where he also attended Graduate School. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the University of Miami. Vladimir attended University of Maryland in Munich, West Germany where he obtained an Associate of Arts degree. Vladimir has extensive industry experience directly from major software manufacturers. He is a Novell NDS trained and certified technician, a certified technician with Compaq. He is a communications specialist holding various industry partner certifications. Vladimir also holds certifications by industry-leaders Optika and Filenet on installation and support of their respective Imaging, Document management, Computer report management and Workflow automation modules.

In his role as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Greenfield is overseeing a number of initiatives designed to achieve greater operating efficiencies across the company and to solidify Avid's position as a world leader in designing and developing innovative content creation, media production and broadcast solutions. Mr. Greenfield is a proven senior executive with multidisciplinary experience in high technology. Prior to joining Avid in December 2007, Mr. Greenfield was CEO of GXS, Inc. from 2003 to 2007, a leading worldwide provider of business-to-business integration, synchronization and collaboration solutions. Since December 2003, he had also been an operating partner with Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm. Previously, Mr. Greenfield served as CEO of Peregrine Systems, Inc. where he managed the restructuring of that company's business. He has also served as president and CEO of MERANT and CEO of INTERSOLV, which merged with Micro Focus to form MERANT. He has experience growing businesses both organically and through acquisition, managing development, marketing and operations, and serving diverse customers from small businesses to the Fortune 500. Mr. Greenfield earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Science Administration degree from George Washington University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Most recently serving in a director-level business development role at Reed Business Information, Thomas Fraser joined Kaspersky Lab, Inc. with more than 20 years experience in enterprise-software sales and sales management. Fraser's resume includes management roles at Novell Inc. as Director of Business Development, Entegrity Solutions as Vice President of Sales, and Invention Machine Corporation as Vice President of Sales.

Peter has more than 20 years of experience with international software and consulting companies in multiple European countries, including, most recently, as Country Manager of Novell and Cambridge Technology Partners, Switzerland. Previously, he was General Manager Southern Europe for Kintana, Regional VP and Country Manager for Sterling Software and Knowledgeware in Germany, France and Switzerland and various management roles at IBM Switzerland. He has extensive experience in launching international start-up companies as well as managing global and well-established organizations.

Hubert Canuet leads Thales consumer and professional operations. She brings to Magellan nearly 20 years of experience leading a broad range of marketing programs for both consumer and business-to-business high tech companies, including Infoseek/Go Network, Novell, and Freshwater Software. Most recently, Carbonnet served as vice president of marketing for iGeneration, an Internet education, certification and staffing company, setting marketing strategy for the company and spearheading company name, identity and business model shifts. Her career is marked by the rare ability to manage strategic brand issues while executing ROI-driven campaigns directed at specific target audiences.

"Director since 2006 Mr. Hovsepian, 48, serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Novell, Inc. Mr. Hovsepian joined Novell in June 2003 as President of North America, and has most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Hovsepian held management and executive positions at IBM Corporation over a 17 year period, including worldwide general manager of IBM's distribution industries, managing global hardware and software development, sales, marketing and services. Mr. Hovsepian also served as a managing director of Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm. Mr. Hovsepian is non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ann Taylor Corporation."

"Maarten Koster is President, General Manager of Novell Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Novell, he spent nine years at IBM, most recently serving as director, Tivoli Asia-Pacific for IBM Software, helping IBM significantly expand the presence of its management solutions in key Asia countries. He also headed up IBM's small and medium-sized business sales, was the point person for the integration of Rational Software into IBM in Asia, and served as IBM's channel leader for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining IBM, Koster managed business development for Wang Australia, and directed sales and marketing for BHL Systems. Earlier in his career, Koster focused on technology and services for the legal sector, holding management positions in Mahlab Group, co-founding Anstat Systems LTD, and serving as a consultant for Computer Power Group. Prior to moving to Australia in 1982, Koster worked at Kluwer Group, the Netherland's largest legal publishing house. He began his career at the University of Groningen as a lecturer in Economic Law. Koster has a law degree from the University of Groningen and a marketing degree from Monash University in Australia."

"Tim Wolfe serves as President and General Manager of Novell Americas. He is responsible for Novell business operations across the United States, Canada and Latin America. Mr. Wolfe joined Novell in October 2003 as Southeast Area VP/GM, and has most recently served as East Area VP/GM. Prior to joining Novell, Mr. Wolfe served as executive VP for Covansys, a consulting company that specializes in public sector solutions and offshore application development and maintenance. In that role he was responsible for strategy, sales, delivery and leadership of a 1000-person team. Prior to joining Covansys, Mr. Wolfe worked for IBM for 20 years in a variety of roles. His last roles at IBM were worldwide VP/GM of Distribution Industry, worldwide VP of ERP/SCM Solutions Unit, Executive Assistant to the Senior VP of Sales and Distribution, Wal-Mart Client Director and VP of Point of Sale Brand for North America. Mr. Wolfe is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program/International Senior Management Program and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri. "

"Dana serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Novell. He has been the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since August 2003. He has also been responsible for Tax and Treasury from September of 2005. Prior to becoming the Corporate Controller and Treasurer, Dana held a variety of financial positions within Novell, including Operational Vice President of Finance, Sales and Marketing Controller, Product Development Controller and Business Unit Controller. Dana has been responsible for Revenue Recognition, SEC Reporting, Consolidations, Compliance, Transactional Accounting, Management Reporting, Tax and Treasury. Prior to joining Novell in 1994, Dana held financial positions at WordPerfect, Iomega and Price Waterhouse. Dana is a CPA licensed in the State of Utah and received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Accounting from Weber State University. "

Dr. Jeffrey Jaffe serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Novell. He is responsible for Novell's technology direction, as well as leading Novell's product business units. Dr. Jaffe serves as a member of Novell's Worldwide Management Committee. After receiving a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1979, Dr. Jaffe joined IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. During his tenure at IBM, he held a wide variety of technical and management positions, including vice president, Systems and Software Research, corporate vice president of technology, and general manager of IBM's SecureWay business unit, where he was responsible for IBM's security, directory, and networking software business. Dr. Jaffe most recently served as president of Bell Labs Research and Advanced Technologies, where he established new facilities in Ireland and India, and served as chairman of the board of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium. Dr. Jaffe was also appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Presidential Commission for Critical Infrastructure Protection. He has also chaired the Chief Technology Officer group of the Computer Systems Policy Project, and has served on the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. He is a fellow of ACM and the IEEE. Dr. Jaffe holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Electrical Engineering in addition to his Doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"John Dragoon serves as Novell's senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Mr. Dragoon brings over 24 years of high technology operations experience to his role, and is responsible for all aspects of Novell's marketing strategy and activities worldwide, including corporate marketing, field marketing, partner and channel marketing, product and solution marketing, sale enablement and marketing operations functions. Prior to joining Novell, Dragoon was the senior vice president of marketing and product management at Art Technology Group where he was responsible for all aspects of ATG's product plans and strategy, product marketing, and corporate marketing. Before ATG, Dragoon spent more than 16 years at IBM, where he held a number of marketing and sales positions, including director of marketing, IBM Supply Chain Management Solutions. After IBM, Dragoon served as vice president, operations, Internet Capital Group, where he was on the board of nine partner companies providing guidance on strategy, marketing, business development, financing, and product development. Dragoon holds an MBA from Cornell University and a bachelor of science in computer science and economics from Union College. "

José Almandoz serves at Novell's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, overseeing Novell's information systems and technology infrastructure. With over 17 years of experience in the software and consulting industry, Almandoz brings real world experience that will assure Novell's in house technology is delivering the highest levels of customer, partner and employee satisfaction and results. Almandoz joined Novell in 2001 through the acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners as Vice President of Operations for Latin America. In 2004, José was promoted to President of Latin America and in 2005 to Executive Operations Assistant to the President and COO of Novell, Inc. In June 2006, he served as Chief of Staff to the CEO and assumed his current role in July 2007. José is also a member of Novell's Executive Leadership Team. Prior to joining Novell, José ran his own consulting company from 1992 through 1996 and served as a consultant with Accenture between 1989 and 1992. José received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar and also studied for a Master's in Management Engineering at Universidad Metropolitana, both in Caracas, Venezuela.

"Colleen O'Keefe serves as Novell's Senior Vice President, Services, TeleWeb and Operations, overseeing Novell's global technical support group (which provides on-site and remote support services as well as outsourced IT management services), technical training and consulting services to customers. With over 29 years in operations and services positions in the telecommunication and technology sector, O'Keefe brings deep expertise that will help ensure Novell customers receive world-class services to optimize the value of their Novell investments. Prior to joining Novell, O'Keefe served as Vice President and General Manager, Payment Solutions Division at NCR Corporation, following her distinguished service as vice president of Global Managed Services for NCR's Worldwide Customer Services division, where she was responsible for the development, marketing and sale of NCR's portfolio of IT service capabilities. Prior to NCR, she served as senior vice president, Customer Services, at Global Crossing, and senior vice president, Telecom Operations, at e.Spire Communications. Earlier in her career, she served as Local Operations Vice President at AT&T, and spent 18 years at Southern New England Telecommunications in a variety of business and management roles. O'Keefe has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from the College of the Holy Cross. She is also a graduate of the Stanford University executive education program. "

"Bill Smith serves as the Vice President of Finance for Novell. In this position he has responsibility for the worldwide finance function in sales, marketing, professional services and product development in addition to corporate financial planning & analysis. Prior to this position, Bill was the Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. In this position, he managed significant elements of Novell's acquisitions, venture capital investments and licensing transactions and was also responsible for all aspects of the company's investor relations program. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith served as Vice President, Investment Banking at Cowen & Co., a leading technology investment bank. Prior to that, over his career he has a held a variety of positions in investment banking at The Bridgeford Group, Morgan Stanley & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Smith holds a BA in History from Dartmouth College and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. "

"Susan Heystee serves as Vice President, General Manager, Global Strategic Alliances. She is responsible for driving Novell’s strategic objectives to establish major partnership ecosystems on which to build Novell’s market relevance and growth businesses. This encompasses strategic global partnerships with leading companies such as; Accenture, Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, SAP as well as Intel and AMD. Ms. Heystee is a member of Novell’s Worldwide Executive Leadership. Ms. Heystee also served as President of Novell Americas where she was responsible for the Novell's business as well as transformational initiatives to orient Novell's business for growth. Joining Novell in March, 2004, Ms Heystee served as vice president and area general manager for the Midwest Area, Novell Americas, being responsible for Novell’s business in the largest area within the Americas. Prior to joining Novell, Ms. Heystee was vice president global channels at SSA Global, where she was responsible for leading the global channels business, driving the software license and maintenance revenue growth. Ms. Heystee also served as executive vice president worldwide sales & delivery at Baan, being responsible for leading the worldwide sales and services business. Ms. Heystee graduated with honors from the University of Waterloo, earning a degree in mathematics with business administration. "

"Jim Ebzery is responsible for leading product development, marketing and strategy for the Identity and Security Management business unit, one of the key growth areas at Novell. Mr. Ebzery is an experienced technology executive with an extensive track record of delivering results and operational improvements. He is a proven team leader, successfully leading change in a variety of challenging environments and industries, from startups to global technology leaders. Most recently, he was President of the Viisage Division at L-1 Identity Solutions, a leading provider of advanced technology identity solutions. He served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Viisage Technology, and his past experience also includes 17 years at IBM, where he held a variety of sales and executive positions. Mr. Ebzery earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College in Computer Science. "

Kent Erickson serves as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Workgroup Solutions business unit at Novell. He is responsible for the development of all products that make up Novell's collaboration solutions, including Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell GroupWise and Novell Teaming + Conferencing. Mr. Erickson joined Novell in 1991, has served in a number of key engineering and business unit leadership roles, and is a member of the Novell Worldwide Management Committee. His past accomplishments at Novell include responsibility for two major NetWare releases and development of the New Product Initiatives group, which captured technical leadership for Internet-scale caching and security technologies. Previous to his role as general manager, he led the development of Novell's acclaimed Identity and Security Management products. Mr. Erickson earned his degree in Economics from Brigham Young University with an emphasis in management.

"Roger Levy serves as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development at Novell. He is responsible for cross-business unit strategy and offerings for the data center, end-user computing and identity and security management markets. Before Mr. Levy began his current position, he served as the General Manager of the SUSE Linux Enterprise business unit at Novell. Mr. Levy is also a member of the Novell Worldwide Management Committee. Mr. Levy has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, mobility and networking. He has worked extensively with companies such as AT&T and Lucent Technologies, Inc. in the the development and delivery of technology solutions for large enterprises. At Lucent, he held the position of Vice President, Product Realization, and was responsible for product delivery for four internal startups. These startups spanned the routing, mobile applications, enterprise security and service provider network security markets. In addition, Mr. Levy held the position of Vice President, Software Technology Center, where he led Lucent's open source initiative, driving the establishment of an open source policy, the creation of processes to leverage open source, and the definition of open source acceptance tests. His other assignments included Vice President of Global System for Mobile Product Realization, where he led a 1,500 person team across seven countries. Mr. Levy holds a Bachelor or Science in physics from Lafayette college and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. "

Lynn Wallace is Novell's Export Manager and responsible for the export licensing and classification of Novell's products. Prior to Novell, Lynn worked in Tandem's legal department and later served as Trade Manager for the Tandem division of Compaq Computer Corporation. Lynn's trade career has focused on encryption technology. Prior to her career in trade, Lynn was a legal assistant/paralegal. Lynn is a member of the Alliance for Network Security and has represented Compaq and Novell at AeA. Lynn was a charter member of the volunteer board at Tandem and has served as President and Secretary on a child development board, as Secretary of the Santa Clara Historical Society, and as a member at large on the Hakone Gardens board. Lynn served WIT-NC as Assistant Treasurer in 2004 and Treasurer in 2005.

Mr. Plaskett joined the Alcon, Inc. board in May 2003. In September 2003, the Board affirmed Mr. Plaskett as the "audit committee financial expert." Since 1991, Mr. Plaskett has served as Chairman of Fox Run Capital Associates, a private consulting firm, focusing on financial advisory and consulting services for emerging companies. Previously, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pan Am Corporation from 1988 to 1991, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines from 1986 to 1987. Also, during the period from 1974 to 1986, he held several senior management positions at American Airlines and AMR Corporation, including Senior Vice President of Marketing and Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He also was Vice-Chairman of Legend Airlines from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Plaskett was elected to the board of directors of Greyhound Lines, Inc., in May 1994, and served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the company for a period in late 1994. He was elected Chairman of the board in 1995 and served in that role until the company was sold in March 1999. Mr. Plaskett is the non-executive Chairman of Novell Corporation; non-executive Chairman of Platinum Research Organization; director of RadioShack Corporation; and a director of several privately held companies.