NetQoS

Michael Turner joined Alert Logic in early 2007 to lead the company's further growth and penetration into new markets. Turner is an experienced start-up executive, with multiple successes growing early stage companies to market leadership positions and profitability. Most recently, he was Executive VP and Director for NetQoS, where he was responsible for Marketing, Sales, Product Development and Business Development. During his tenure the company grew rapidly, and was named to both Inc. Magazine and Deloitte & Touche's lists of fastest growing companies in multiple years. Turner continues to serve as a NetQoS board member. Earlier, he was VP of Marketing for NetSolve, an early leader in remote network management services which went public and was later acquired by Cisco Systems; and Director of Marketing for Logic Automation, acquired by Synopsys. He holds a B.S. in Macromolecular Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Purdue University.

Since joining NetQoS in 2000, Mr. Panter has been instrumental in guiding the company to profitability while managing its rapid revenue growth rate. This growth prompted Deloitte & Touche USA LLP to name NetQoS to its list of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America for the past three years in a row (2004-2006). Brett has more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting. Prior to joining NetQoS, he worked for Austin, Texas-based Powell, Ebert & Smolik providing business consulting and tax-related services. Brett also worked for KPMG's tax division serving technology companies and high-wealth individuals, and for Ernst & Young's audit division serving technology and manufacturing clients. Brett is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Prior to co-founding NetQoS, Cathy was employed as a Vice President for Smaqcom, a network consulting firm, and as a Research Scientist and Project Leader for Schlumberger. Cathy has provided consulting to major firms such as Cisco, Schlumberger, and Samsung, and has taught nuclear physics at the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power School. Since January 1999, she has been developing the NetQoS proprietary system for network performance management. Cathy received her doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas, specializing in performance analysis of multimedia networks. She also holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Texas A&M University. Cathy has earned many outstanding distinctions over the years, such as National Science Foundation Fellow, National Defense Science and Engineering Fellow, Navy Achievement Medal recipient, National Defense Service Medal recipient, and Navy Master Training Specialist. In addition to these distinctions, Cathy is a member of the board of NetQoS, Inc. and is an active member of both IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

As Vice President of Product Design, Russell Wilson provides the creative leadership and guiding principles to deliver best of class network performance management products that set the industry standard for software usability. Wilson joined NetQoS as director of product design in May 2005 and has since led the user interface design of the company's NetQoS Performance Center suite of products, with an emphasis on interaction design, usability, and the user experience. Working closely with sales, product management, and software engineering, he has implemented leading edge processes and tools that have enhanced the design of existing and upcoming NetQoS products. His design expertise and industry knowledge have helped NetQoS maintain its exceptional customer satisfaction ratings and ensure that ease of use remains a focal point of the company's product development strategy. With more than 18 years of experience, Wilson has been involved in the design and development of eight successful commercial products and more than 15 enterprise software applications for the Fortune 500. Prior to joining NetQoS, he served as the vice president of engineering for HyPerformix, a predictive IT management vendor, and president and chief executive officer of ALVE Technology, a call center management software company. Wilson began his career with IBM, where he held development manager and design lead positions. Wilson is the Austin ambassador for the User Experience Network (UXnet), as well as the Austin representative for the Interaction Designers Association (IxDA). In addition, he is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and the Usability Professionals' Association, as well as a requested reviewer and contributor to many design conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a Master of Science degree in software engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.