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Mr. Meyercord serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Extreme. He joined our Board of Directors as an independent director in October 2009 and has served as Chairman since March 2011. Prior to assuming an operating role at Extreme, Mr. Meyercord was Chief Executive Officer and Director at Critical Alert Systems, LLC, a software-driven, healthcare information technology company, that he co-founded in July of 2010. Previously, Mr. Meyercord served as CEO, President and Director of both Cavalier Telephone & TV, a privately held voice, video and data services company with an extensive fiber network; and Talk America, Inc., a publicly traded company that provided phone and internet services to consumers and small businesses throughout the U.S. Mr. Meyercord was also a Vice President in the investment banking division of Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup). He previously served on the board of Tollgrade Communications, Inc.

Ken Xie is an American billionaire businessman who founded Systems Integration Solutions (SIS), NetScreen, and Fortinet. He is CEO of Fortinet, a cybersecurity firm based in Silicon Valley. Xie was previously the CEO of NetScreen, which was acquired by Juniper Networks for $4 billion in 2004. He built the first ASIC-based firewall/VPN appliance in 1996.

Visionary software executive with a proven record of delivering outstanding shareholder returns through innovative growth strategies and strong execution. Chief Executive Officer of high growth enterprise software companies. Expertise in product management, marketing, technology, customer relationships & M&A. Core leadership skills in building strong teams, effective communications and operations.

As CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. Since 2014, he has served as Chief Product Officer at Qualys, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24x7 follow-the-sun product team. Sumedh is a long-time proponent of SaaS and cloud computing. He previously worked at Intacct, a cloud-based financial and accounting software provider. He also worked at Northwest Airlines developing complex algorithms for its yield and revenue management reservation system. Sumedh has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with distinction from the University of Pune.

As a senior level executive with more than 20 years of experience developing innovative technology portfolios and leading high-growth organizations, I specialize in building creative go-to-market strategies, enabling growth, developing sales talent and organizing highly effective teams to achieve remarkable results. With a dynamic background that includes roles as general manager, sales vice president, engineer and CEO, I bring deep cross-functional experience spanning a wide range of company sizes, technologies and industries. This includes startups as well as Global and Fortune 500 companies where I held senior leadership roles at Cisco, Seagate, CITTIO, XUMA, and Platinum Technology (acquired by CA). As the Chief Executive Officer and President at Quantum, my responsibilities at Quantum span from leading the business transformation to driving innovation throughout our portfolio. I am passionate about leveraging our vast storage and data management intellectual property and development expertise to provide true value to our users globally. From media and entertainment, autonomous vehicle development, genomics, geospatial, surveillance and security, to the biggest cloud providers, our customers are looking for modern solutions purpose-built for every stage of the data lifecycle - high-performance ingest, real-time collaboration and analysis, and low-cost archiving - on-premise or in the cloud. Whether it’s unlocking the potential of digital content, driving innovation, creating entertainment that enriches lives, or keeping nations secure, we work together with customers to make the world a happier, safer and smarter place. Quantum is woven so deeply into the fabric of our society that you interact with us almost daily. Whenever you watch television or online content, or go to the latest blockbuster, chances are you’ll see something produced on our gear.