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Paul brings more than 20 years of experience in finance, technology and corporate leadership to the Board. Since March 2007, Paul has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of security-as-a-service solutions. From September 2006 to March 2007, Paul was with Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to that, from 2002 to July 2006, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer at VMware, Inc.

Previously, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer for Vitria Technology, Inc., an eBusiness platform company and held various executive positions at VLSI Technology, Inc., a semiconductor and circuit manufacturing company, including Vice President of the Internet and Secure Products Division. Since 2007, Paul has served on the board of directors for Quantum Corporation.

From 2009 to 2010, Paul served on the board of directors of OpenTV Corp. Paul holds an A.B. in Engineering Sciences and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Management degree in Finance and Marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Paul is an experienced financial leader with the skills necessary to lead our audit committee. His current service as Chief Financial Officer at Proofpoint and service as a member of the audit committee of Quantum, as well as previously serving as Chief Financial Officer at VMware and chairman of the audit committee of OpenTV, have provided him with extensive financial and accounting experience, particularly in the areas of accounting principles, financial reporting rules and regulations, as well as in evaluating financial results and generally overseeing the financial reporting process at a public company.