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Motive, now part of Alcatel-Lucent, provides digital life management software for broadband and mobile data services. Motive's software is helping wireline, wireless, cable and satellite operators worldwide deliver a new generation of IP-based services that seamlessly integrate voice, video and data into a single, connected experience. With Motive products, operators can leverage one service management platform to automate and remotely manage key customer touch points throughout the service lifecycle, across multiple services, networks and devices. The result is a consistent, unified experience for both end-users and service providers that increases revenues from new and converged services, reduces fulfillment and support costs, and drives greater customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Alfred T. Mockett
Contact Information

12515 Research Blvd Bldg 5

Austin, Texas 78759

www.motive.com

1 512 339 8335

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
April Downing Acting CFO
Brian Vetter Chief Technical Officer
Mike Fitzpatrick Chief Financial Officer
Mike Maples Jr. Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
R. Logan Wray COO
Rick Hanna COO
Doug McNary Executive Vice President
Kenny Van Zant Executive Vice President, Marketing & Products
Kenny Zant Executive Vice President, Marketing
Scott Abel Executive Vice President
Alan Ganek Vice President
Anna Clepper Vice President, Corp Affairs
Aramis Alvarez Vice President, Services
Bruno Teuber Vice President & General Manager, EMEA
Greg Kattawar Vice President, Product Development
Jay Hallberg Vice President, Product Marketing
Jeff Bolke Vice President, Worlwide Sales
Jeff Weber Vice President, Planning
Sanjay Castelino Vice President, Marketing
Scott Edgington Vice President & General Manager
Wesley Jones General Counsel & Vice President
Arun Balaraman Director, Conferences
Denise Court Director, Marketing
Michael Archuleta Director, Marketing
Steve Semelsberger Director, Marketing
Tony Frey Senior Product Manager
Yuji Taguchi General Manager
Jack Greenberg General Counsel
Kenny Van
Scott Harmon
David Sikora Director
Harvey P. White Director
Bruce Ezell Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Alfred T. Mockett Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Michael J. Maples Board of Directors
Tom Meredith Board of Directors
Virginia Gambale Board of Directors

Alfred Mockett joined Motive in February 2006 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. His career in technology and telecommunications spans more than 30 years, working in both private and public companies. Prior to joining Motive, Mr. Mockett served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Management Systems Inc. (AMSY), the $1 billion IT consulting and professional services company which was acquired in 2004 by the CGI group. Before AMS, Mr. Mockett served on the Executive Committee of BT for 10 years in a range of divisional capacities, including Chief Executive Officer of BT Ignite, BTa s $6 billion international broadband data and applications services business. Prior to this role, Mr. Mockett led BTa s initiative to bring together all of the companya s disparate international activities under BT Worldwide, a single division to deliver on BTa s vision to be a major player in the global communications marketplace. He has also held executive positions at Memorex Telex and General Computer Systems Inc. Mr. Mockett graduated with honors from the University of London.

Organization Position Status
Motive Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Current
Translation Summit Board of Directors Current
BT Ignite President & CEO Former
Translation Summit Chairman and Chief Executive of Motive, Inc. Former
Gen Computer Systems Former
Memorex Telex Former
University of London Former

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Alterpoint, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Motive Inc. Acting CFO Current
for Women's Sake Chief Financial Officer, Alterpoint Current
for Women's Sake Board of Directors Current
PricewaterhouseCoopers Former
The University of Texas Masters in Professional Accounting Former
The University of Texas Bachelor's Degree Former

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Motive Inc. Chief Technical Officer Current
Bluespace Cto Current
Tivoli Systems Chief Architect Former
Tandem Computers Software Designer Former
Statcom Former
Digital Research Incorporated Former
The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science Former
The University of Texas BA In Computer Science Former

Mike Fitzpatrick joined Motive as chief financial officer in October 2006. With more than 25 years experience in finance, accounting, legal and human resources, Mr. Fitzpatrick is responsible for the financial health of Motivea s business. He has served as chief financial officer for Frame Technology Corporation where he led the companya s initial public offering, and was corporate controller at Ashton-Tate where he was involved in two secondary offerings and responsible for all Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements. Recently, Mr. Fitzpatrick has specialized in providing leadership to private equity-funded technology startups and turnarounds, including QuickArrow, Traq Wireless, Lane15 Software, ibooks.com, Collective Technologies and Technology Works, Inc. He is a certified public accountant and holds a mastera s degree in business administration from Rochester Institute of Technology and a bachelora s degree from Bowling Green State University.

Organization Position Status
Motive Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
QuickArrow, Inc. Current
Frame Technology Chief Financial Officer Former
Traq Wireless, Inc. Former
Rochester Institute of Technology MBA Former
Rochester Institute of Technology Business Administration Former
Bowling Green State University Degree Former

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Motive Inc. Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer Current

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Motive Inc. COO Current

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Motive Inc. COO Current

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Motive Inc. Executive Vice President Current

Kenny Van Zant serves as chief product strategist and is responsible for overall product strategy and strategic partnership activities. Prior to SolarWinds, Kenny served as head of Strategy and Corporate Development at Motive, Inc., a leading provider of broadband management software. Kenny joined Motive following its merger with BroadJump in 2003. Prior to Motive, Kenny co-founded BroadJump in 1998, and served as its COO. Previously, Van Zant was responsible for the technical direction and strategy for Broadband sales in the United States for Cisco Systems.

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Solarwinds.Net, Inc Chief Current
Motive Inc. Executive Vice President, Marketing & Products Current

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Motive Inc. Executive Vice President, Marketing Current

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Motive Inc. Executive Vice President Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Corp Affairs Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Services Current
Jacada Ltd. Senior Vice President of Operations Former
PeopleSoft, Inc. Vice President of International Services Former
Georgia State University Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Computer Information Systems Former

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Motive Inc. Vice President & General Manager, EMEA Current
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Former

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Product Development Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Product Marketing Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Worlwide Sales Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Planning Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

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Motive Inc. Vice President & General Manager Current

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Motive Inc. General Counsel & Vice President Current

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Motive Inc. Director, Conferences Current

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Motive Inc. Director, Marketing Current
Motive Inc. Director, Marketing Former

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Motive Inc. Director, Marketing Current

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Motive Inc. Director, Marketing Current
Motive Inc. Director, Marketing Former

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Motive Inc. Senior Product Manager Current

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Motive Inc. General Manager Current

Jack Greenberg joined Motive as general counsel in August 2006. With more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications and IT industries, Mr. Greenberg has held a range of senior executive positions leading legal, business development and merger and acquisition activities. Prior to joining Motive, he was general counsel of Corinthian Capital, a management services, advisory and investment company focused on telecommunications and its enabling technologies. Mr. Greenberg was also general counsel for Earthlease Ltd. and Bulldog Communications, two UK-based startups. He was formerly with BT where he held a variety of senior management positions, including senior vice president and general counsel of BT Global, and senior vice president of international development and major transactions. Prior to BT, Mr. Greenberg served as general counsel of Sprint International and its predecessor GTE Telenet. He holds a bachelora s degree in American History from Rutgers College and a law degree from the Rutgers School of Law.

Organization Position Status
Motive Inc. General Counsel Current
Bulldog Communications Counsel Former
Rutgers School of Law Law Degree Former
Rutgers College Degree, American History Former

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Motive Inc. Current
Cisco Systems, Inc. member Former
The University of Texas Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering Former

Scott spent the first 9 years of his career in engineering and marketing in both the aerospace and computer systems industries. In 1991, he shifted over to software where he has worked ever since. At Tivoli Systems from 1991-1996, he led product marketing, the applications management product division, and finally marketing and strategy for the company. During that time, Tivoli grew from $4M in annual revenues to a $250M+ division of IBM. In 1997, Scott co-founded Motive Communications with four others and served as CEO and President through Feb of 2006. During that time, Motive grew from 0 to $80M in annual revenues and 400 employees worldwide and established itself as the market leader for management software for the broadband communications industry. During his 9 year tenure, Scott oversaw the company's growth both through organic product and market development as well as through 3 different strategic acquisitions. Scott holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Iowa State University.

Organization Position Status
Alterpoint, Inc. President and CEO Current
Motive Inc. Current
Tivoli Systems Former
Apollo Computer Former
Iowa State University B.S. In Computer Science Former

David Sikora has served as a Director of Motive since January 2000. Mr. Sikora served as Chairman and CEO of several leading software companies, including Pervasive Software, Question Technologies and Ventix Systems. In addition, Mr. Sikora served as President and CEO of Houston-based ForeFront Group, Inc., a leading provider of e-Learning solutions for information technology professionals. During his six years at ForeFront, he led the company through an initial public offering in 1995 and a successful merger with SmartForce in 1998. Mr. Sikora received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Houston and a Mastera s in Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

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Motive Inc. Director Current
Pervasive Software Inc. Chairman and CEO Former
The Forefront Group, LLC President and CEO Former
Pervasive Software Inc. President Former
SmartForce Former
Harvard Business School Master's in Business Administration Former
The University of Houston Bachelor of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering Technology Former

HARVEY P. WHITE has been a director of ViaSat since May 2005. Since June 2004, Mr. White has served as Chairman of (SHW)2 Enterprises, a business development and consulting firm. From September 1998 through June 2004, Mr. White served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leap Wireless International, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. White was a co-founder of QUALCOMM Incorporated where he held various positions including director, President, and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. White attended West Virginia Wesleyan College and Marshall University where he received a B.A. degree in Economics.

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Vsat Networks Chairman Current
Quanlight, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
ViaSat, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Viasat Director Current
Motive Inc. Director Current
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Board of Directors Current
Amcc Corp Board of Directors Current
Leap Wireless International, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
QUALCOMM Incorporated President Former
QUALCOMM Incorporated Coo Former
QUALCOMM Incorporated Executive Vice President Former
QUALCOMM Incorporated Co-Founder Former
Linkabit Coo and Director Former
Link-16 and International Chairman Former
Leap Wireless International, Inc. Chairman Former
Linkabit Director Former
Link-16 and International Director Former
Vsat Networks Director Former
QUALCOMM Incorporated Director Former
Marshall University Ph.D. In Humanities Former
Marshall University B.A. In Economics Former
University of California, Santa Barbara Bachelor's Degrees Former
West Virginia Wesleyan College Former

Mike Maples' impressive background spans over 35 years in the computer industry, including tenure at Microsoft, where he served as Executive Vice President of the Worldwide Products Group, and as a member of the Office of the President, reporting directly to Bill Gates. He is still a Microsoft Ambassador, advising Microsoft on strategic relationships and management initiatives. Prior to joining Microsoft, Maples served as the Director of Software Strategy at IBM. He is currently on the boards of J. D. Edwards & Co., Lexmark Corporation, Mission Critical Software, Motive Communications, Alibre, and Concero.

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Nexql Corporation Member of The Office of The President Current
Vincera, Inc. Current
Multimedia Games, Inc. Chairman Current
Lexmark International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The University of Oklahoma Board of Directors Current
JD Edwards Company Board of Directors Current
Nexql Corporation Board of Directors Current
Lexmark International Middle East Fz LLC Director Current
Sonic Corporation Board of Directors Current
Lexmark Board of Directors Current
Concero Board of Directors Current
The University of Texas Board of Directors Current
Visitors Board of Directors Current
Motive Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bluespace Board Director Current
Vincera Software, Inc Member of the Vincera Board of Advisors Current
Alibre, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mission Critical Software Ltd Board of Directors Current
Microsoft Corporation President Former
Microsoft Corporation executive vice president Former
International Business Machines Corporation Director of Software Strategy Former
The Office of The President Board of Directors Former
Microsoft Corporation Director Former
Motive Inc. Director Former
Oklahoma University MBA. Former
Oklahoma City University Master of Business Administration Former
Oklahoma City University Bachelor of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
Oklahoma University Bachelor of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
The University of Oklahoma Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Former
Microsoft Corporation member Former

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Motive Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dell Inc. Senior Vice President of Business Development Former
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Vice President Former
Georgetown University Master's of Law degree in Taxation Former

Virginia Gambale is a successful investor and technology leader. As Managing Partner of Azimuth Partners LLC, which she founded in 2003, Gambale operates globally, developing growth strategies, business partnerships and executing successful exits for technology and business service companies. She is highly regarded for her innovative thinking, personal involvement, concern for people and ability to deliver results. Gambale garnered such prestigious awards as the Forbes Great Communicators in 1999 and was named one of the top three CIOs on Wall Street in 1997. Most recently, she was named by Directors and Boards Magazine as one of 12 "Directors To Watch" for in their special 30th anniversary celebration publication in 2006. She has served on over 20 public and private boards including: JetBlue (NASDAQ-BLU), Motive (NASDAQ-MOTV), Workbrain (TSE-WB), Voxpath, IQ Financial (Chairman) and Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ-SNCR). She has often served as Board Chair and Compensation & Transaction Committee Chair. Gambale's work on Advisory Boards is extensive and includes: DB Capital Partners, FT Ventures, Apax Technology Ventures, New York City Investment Fund, Mobius Ventures, Gartner Group & SIM CIO Roundtables, CPM Brazil, MPI Professionals, Knoa Software, and RWD Executive Search. Prior to 2003, Gambale held senior management positions, including CIO, at global corporations including: Merrill Lynch, Marsh & McLennan, Bankers Trust Alex Brown and Deutsche Bank. Additionally, she headed DB Strategic Ventures, where she successfully liquidated their 100M investment portfolio. This lead to her appointment as general partner in ABS Ventures where all investments she led resulted in successful IPOs; Workbrain (TSE-WB) and Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ-SNCR). She was subsequently a partner at DB Capital Partners. A former senior executive in large multinationals, she has recruited senior level executives and understands how a firm becomes the employer of choice. An advocate of performance management systems and metrics, she is known for her success in employee development and satisfaction. Gambale's memberships include: National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Economic Club of New York, Women's Hi-Tech Coalition and Women on Wall Street. She is a member of the Mentor Faculty and Thesis Evaluation board for Columbia University's Graduate Masters in Technology Leadership. Ms. Gambale is also an active mentor and financial sponsor for the education of underprivileged minority women at St. Michael's Academy in New York City. Gambale earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science with a minor in Business from the New York Institute of Technology. She also studied at Julliard and Hartt Conservatories.

Organization Position Status
St. Michael's Academy Financial Sponsor Current
Motive Inc. Board of Directors Current
Selker Leadership, LLC Successful Investor and Technology Leader Current
DB Capital Partners Partner Former
Deutsche Bank AG Former
Adeptra, Inc. Former
Workbrain Corporation Former
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Former
New York Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science Degree In Mathematics and Computer Science Former

Mr. Ezell has been a venture capitalist for over 10 years as founding managing partner of Techxas Ventures. Techxas investments include Motive (MOTV), Caleb Technologies (acquired by ACN), Conformative Systems (acquired by INTC), iMark (acquired by FMKT), Spectral Genomics (acquired by PKI), and TManage (acquired by Netifice). His current activities include Crystal Fuels (alternative energy), Medical Present Value (healthcare IT), Murex Pharma (personalized cancer vaccines), Nanotechnologies Inc (nanomaterials), Oncovance (predictive medicine) and BCM Ventures (bioscience venture capital). Mr. Ezell's operating experience includes founding general manager of Dell Software and Peripherals; Dell strategic planning manager; founding CFO of Underwater Technology (industrial coatings) and Ernst and Young management consultant (clients included Dell (computers), First Reserve (energy), and HEI (healthcare)). Mr. Ezell has served on the Governor's Science and Biotechnology council, Texas Venture Capital Association founding board, University of Texas leadership council, Trinity Episcopal School founding board, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year advisory board and is an Aspen Institute member. He graduated with a BBA from the University of Texas and an MBA from Houston Baptist University.

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Techxas Ventures, LLC Managing Director Current
Techxas Ventures, LLC Founder Former
Trinity Episcopal School Founding Board Current
Spectral Genomics, Inc. Investor Current
Motive Inc. Investor Current
I-Mark, Inc. Investor Current
The Leasing Group Cfo Former
Com/Peripherals, Inc. General Manager Former
First Reserve Corporation Team Member Former
HEI, Inc. Team Member Former
Ernst & Young Management Consultant Former
The University of Texas Leadership Council Former
Gulf Oil Corporation Former
Houston Baptist University MBA Former
The University of Texas BBA Former
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