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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$308.4M
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Thanks to WebEx, New York can go Shanghai and back before lunch. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, WebEx Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBX) develops online conferencing systems that enable people to convene via the internet. The company provides conferencing capability, integrated telephony, and web-based audio and video services. It allows a share of voice, video, and data across distances. The company has 2005 revenue of about $308 million and employs about 2,091 people. It recently teamed with AOL to develop on-demand service for instant messaging.

Chairman & CEOSubrah Iyar
Number of Employees 2,189
Contact Information

3979 Freedom Cir Ste 100

Santa Clara, California 95054

www.webex.com

1 408 435 7000

NAICS Code Computer Systems Design Services: 541512

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
David Thompson Chief Marketing Officer
Jon Meyer CIO
Randolph Barr Chief Security Officer
Shawn Farshchi CIO & Vice President, Technology Operations
Bert van der Zwan Vice President, EMEA
Dan Derosa Vice President, Marketing
Dave Whetstone Vice President, Prof Segment Services
David Berman Vice President
David Farrington General Counsel & Vice President, Corp Development
David McKay Vice President, Marketing
David W. Hsieh Vice President, WebEx Services
Dean MacIntosh Vice President, Finance
Glenn Reinus Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Jeff Tonkel Vice President, Prod Management
Jeffrey Schmidt Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales
Jim Hirt Vice President, Strategic Accts
Michael LeBlond Vice President, Communications
Peter Carson Vice President, Business Development
Peter Scocimara Vice President, Customer Success
Praful Shah Vice President, Strategic Communications
Rena Lane Vice President, HR
Robert Farris Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Stewart Sonnenfeldt Vice President, Business Development
Tony Gasson Vice President & General Manager, Communications
Chris Haddock Director, Marketing
Jack Chawla Director, Product Management
Sanjay Dalal Director, Communications
Dan Lauder General Manager, Communications
Isabel Kaplan Marketing Manager
Kevin Mackin General Manager, Communications
Mark Fenson Manager, Channel Sales
Dianna Miller Designer
Norman Fogelsong Venture Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Subrah Iyar Chairman & CEO
Anthony R. Muller Board of Directors
Casimir S. Skrzypczak Board of Directors
Dan Eilers board member
Michael T. Flynn Board of Directors
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Newton Group, Inc. Former
Apple Inc. Former
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. CIO Current

Randolph Barr serves as the Chief Security Officer for WebEx Communications, now a part of Cisco. WebEx is the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web with 35 ,000 customers worldwide and 2.5M registered hosts . Barr oversees the company's global security infrastructure and the WebTrust Seal, ISO-17799 attestation and SAS-70 Type II reporting for WebEx. Prior to his appointment as Chief Security Officer, Barr held several management positions within WebEx. Barr brings more than 10 years of IT and leadership experience from the healthcare, gaming and high-tech industries.

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Chief Security Officer Current
I Scream for Telework Current
Telework Exchange Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. CIO & Vice President, Technology Operations Current
Golden Gate University MBA Former
California State University BSEE Former
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, EMEA Current
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WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

Whetstone has over a decade of experience marketing communication services. Most recently, Whetstone founded and served as chief marketing officer of Virgin Mobile, the first US-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Whetstone developed the company's strategy, product and marketing proposition, wireless applications and retail relationships. Prior to that, Whetstone was a marketing executive at Vodafone AirTouch (now Verizon Wireless) for seven years, where he introduced new products and targeted new customer segments, increasing prepaid subscribers from 150,000 to over 1,000,000 in two years. Whetstone also worked as a consultant at Bain & Co. and Price Waterhouse.

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Prof Segment Services Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President Current
Webex, Inc. Former
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Former
University of San Diego Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Former
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. General Counsel & Vice President, Corp Development Current
Webex, Inc. Former
Apple Inc. Former
University of California Santa Cruz B.A. Former
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current
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WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, WebEx Services Current
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WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current
Webex, Inc. Vice President, Finance Former
San Francisco State University Masters of Business Administration Former
University of California, Los Angeles B.A. in Economics Former

Glenn Reinus joined Rackspace from WebEx, a leading provider of Web communications services, where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development. He brings 20 years of sales management and business development experience in the telecommunications, networking and Internet software markets. Reinus has significant experience working with early stage companies and has been in the Internet market since 1995. He served as Vice President of Business Development at BackWeb Technologies prior to joining WebEx, and has held senior management positions with industry leaders such as Compaq, GTE and IBM/ROLM. Reinus holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and Business Administration from California State University, Northridge.

Organization Position Status
Rackspace, Ltd. Vice President of Worldwide Sales Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
BackWeb Technologies Ltd. Vice President of Business Development Former
GTE Former
Webex, Inc. Former
California State University, Northridge Business Administration Former
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Prod Management Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Strategic Accts Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current
Raychem vice president of electronics systems Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Vanderbilt University BS in Mechanical Engineering Former

Peter Scocimara has served as Vice President, Customer Success since August 2002. From April 2002 to August 2002, Mr. Scocimara served as WebEx Vice President, Business Planning. From January 1998 through September 2001, Mr. Scocimara held the following management positions at Excite@Home Corporation: Director of National Accounts (January 1998 to May 1998), Director International Operations (May 1998 to September 1999), Vice President International Operations (September 1999 to March 2001) and Executive Vice President, International (March 2001 to September 2001). Mr. Scocimara earned a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Customer Success Current

Praful Shah is the Vice President, Strategic Communications of WebEx Communications. Praful has completed his BS in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in India. After completion he move to US where he studied MS in Computer Science from Penn State. Praful has 20 years of senior management experience with major technology companies. At Oracle, Tandem, and NCR, Praful developed his technological proficiency. While at Oracle, Praful was the marketing senior director for the Internet and database divisions, as well as director of consultant marketing. He was instrumental in the launch of the Network Computing Architecture, Web Application, Electronic Commerce and Oracle8 Database Servers. During his employment at Tandem, Praful held senior level positions in product management, as well as consultant, product and competitive marketing areas. Founded in 1996, WebEx is the leader in Web Communications Services. It provides Web based carrier class communication services using its multimedia switching platform deployed over global network. WebEx's services enable end-users to share presentations, documents, applications, voice and video spontaneously in a seamless environment. WebEx's services are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering, and various other functions. With its modular framework, standards-based APIs and unique Media Tone technology, WebEx is the leading provider of Web meeting services.

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Strategic Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, HR Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Director, Marketing Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Director, Product Management Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Director, Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. General Manager, Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Marketing Manager Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. General Manager, Communications Current
Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Manager, Channel Sales Current

Dianna Miller is an interaction designer at WebEx Communications and has been wearing a variety of hats in Silicon Valley for the past fifteen years. She's designed interfaces for interactive TV products, web sites and web applications for companies such as Microsoft/WebTV Networks, Sun Microsystems, MetaTV, Apple Computer, Splash Technologies, and Disney. In 2003, she completed her Masters in Interaction Design at the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, Italy, where she focused on the consumer application of wearable computing in fashion. Interests include new design education and bringing design tools to the development of service ideas that use convergent technologies to support sustainable business models.

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Designer Current
Society for New Communications Research Research Fellow and Advisory Board Member Current

Anthony R. Muller, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation, joined Uniphase Corporation in January 1998 after serving on their Board of Directors for fourteen years. He has been Chief Financial Officer during a period of almost forty-fold growth, including the merger with JDS FITEL that formed JDS Uniphase and twelve acquisitions including the largest announced technology acquisition in history (SDL). From 1985 to 1990, he was Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Valley Group while that company was expanding with a vigorous acquisition program. He was Senior Vice President Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Centigram Communications Corporation from 1990 to 1996, taking the company public after restructuring its operations and finance operations, and Senior Vice President and CFO of Micro Focus Group Plc. during its very successful turnaround from 1996 to 1998. He was a director of Uniphase Corporation and Megahertz Corporation until the latter's acquisition by U.S. Robotics, serving on the audit and compensation committees of each company. His earlier experience was as consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He earned a BA in economics from the Uni

Organization Position Status
WebEx Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Symyx Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
JDS Uniphase Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
Silicon Valley Group Chief Financial Officer Former
JDS Uniphase Corporation Executive Vice President Former
Silicon Valley Group Senior Vice President Former
WebEx Communications, Inc. member Former
Symyx Technologies, Inc. Chairperson Former
Silicon Graphics, Inc. audit committee chair Former
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Director Former
Silicon Valley Group Director Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
Organization Position Status
International Engineering Consortium Board Member Current
Axiom Venture Advisors, Inc. Advisory Board Member Current
VPI Systems Board of Directors Current
JDS Uniphase Corporation Board of Directors Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Polytechnic University Board Member Current
RF Micro Devices, Inc. Board of Directors Current
IP Unity, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Webex, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Somera Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Battery Ventures Board Member Current
Logistic Solutions Inc. Board of Directors Current
Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Group President Former
Cisco Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
JDS Uniphase Corporation Director Former
Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Hofstra University Masters in operations research Former
Villanova University bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering Former

Dan Eilers is a Managing Director at Vanguard and invests in software, hardware, storage, and other information technology companies. He brings over 20 years of technology management and venture capital experience to his role, including serving as the President and CEO of three companies--two private, one public, was the founding managing partner of Apple Computer's venture capital fund, has been an active angel investor/advisor to start-ups, and the chief marketing officer at Apple Computer. Immediately prior to joining Vanguard Ventures, he was an angel investor, advisor and board member to several early stage private and public companies including WEBEX Communications, SiteSmith, and Carrier Access Corporation. Dan served as President and CEO of CIDCO, Inc., a consumer telecommunications products company which grew to over $250 million in revenue under his leadership. There Dan was responsible for launching twelve new products, including the pioneering iPhone Internet screen phone and the MailStation. He also served as CEO-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, assisting in the evaluation of numerous venture capital investments, and advising portfolio companies on operational and strategic matters. While in this role, he became CEO and President of NAT Systems, a private enterprise software and services company backed by KPCB, which was subsequently acquired. He spent nine years at Apple, held the Chief Marketing Officer position (Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing), and established and led for 6 years Apple's strategic investment group, which included venture capital investing, joint ventures, acquisitions and alliances. Dan also led Claris Corporation as President and CEO as it grew from being the world's 13th largest to the 8th largest vendor of personal computer software applications. Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and an MBA degree from Stanford University. Dan's board memberships include Artificial Muscle, Inc., DVD Play, Presto, Radiance Technologies, and Vormetric.

Organization Position Status
Vanguard Ventures Managing Director Current
Truedelivery General Partner, Vanguard Ventures Current
Ami Electronics General Partner of Vanguard Ventures Current
Artificial Muscle, Inc. General Partner of Vanguard Ventures Current
Vanguard Ventures Board of Directors Current
Vormetric, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Artificial Muscle, Inc. Board Member Current
Browster, Inc. Board Member Current
Radiance Technologies, Inc. Board Member Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. board member Current
CIDCO, Inc. CEO Former
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers CEO-in-residence Former
CIDCO, Inc. President Former
Claris Corporation President and CEO Former
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers President Former
Vanguard, Inc. General Partner Former
Apple Inc. partner Former
SiteSmith Angel Investor Former
WebEx Communications, Inc. Angel Investor Former
Carrier Access Corporation Angel Investor Former
Stanford University MBA Degree Former
University of Washington Bachelor of Arts Degree In Economics Former
Organization Position Status
Airspan Networks, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Optical Solutions Inc. Director Current
Calix Director Current
Antelecom, Inc. Director Current
Standard Renewable Energy Board of Directors Current
Seapoint Ventures Board of Directors Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ALLTEL Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Sb&C, Ltd. President Former
AT&T Inc. President Former
Southwestern Bell Telephone President Former
ALLTEL Corporation President Former
ALLTEL Corporation officer Former
BayPackets Board of Directors Former
Webex, Inc. Director Former
Texas A&M University Bachelor of Science Degree In Industrial Engineering Former
Airspan Networks, Inc. member Former
Organization Position Status
International Venture Partners, Inc. General Partner Current
Cortina Systems Corporation Board of Directors Current
Genentech, Inc. Venture Investor Current
Verisity, Ltd. Venture Investor Current
Aspect Software, Inc. Investor Current
3Com Corporation Venture Investor Current
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Venture Investor Current
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Venture Investor Current
Artisan Components, Inc. Investor Current
WebEx Communications, Inc. Venture Investor Current
MIPS Technologies, Inc. Venture Investor Current
LSI Corporation Venture Investor Current
Applied Biosystems Group Venture Investor Current
Dust Networks Venture Investor Current
Linear Technology Corp. Venture Investor Current
SupportSoft, Inc. Venture Investor Current
Concur Technologies, Inc. Investor Current
Compaq Computers Investor Current
Websense Inc. Investor Current
Lam Research Corporation Investor Current
Polycom, Inc. Investor Current
Motion Computing, Inc. Investor Current
@Road, Inc. Venture Investor Current
Amgen Inc. Venture Investor Current
Quantum Corporation Venture Investor Current
Digital River, Inc. Venture Investor Current
Institutional Venture Partners General Partner Former
Hewlett-Packard Company computer programmer Former
McKinsey & Company, Inc. management consultant Former
Stanford University Board Member Former
Harvard Law School J.D Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A Former
Stanford University B.S. degree in Management Science & Engineering Former
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