People: 3Com Corporation (COMS.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Benhamou, Eric 53 2001 Chairman of the Board
Mao, Robert 65 2008 Chief Executive Officer, Director
Sege, Ronald 52 2008 President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Zager, Jay 59 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Goldman, Neal 58 2007 Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, Secretary
Zheng, Shusheng 42 2009 Executive Vice President; Chief Executive Officer of H3C
DiCamillo, Gary 58 Lead Independent Director
Long, James 66 2000 Director
Trempont, Dominique 55 2006 Director
Cote, Kathleen 60 2008 Director
Ho, David 50 2008 Director
Sherman, J. Donald 44 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Benhamou, Eric Eric A. Benhamou has been Chairman of the Board of 3Com Corporation since July 1994. Since June 2005, this position has been in a non-employee capacity. Mr. Benhamou is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC, an investment vehicle he formed in 2004. Mr. Benhamou served as Chief Executive Officer of Palm, Inc. from October 2001 to October 2003. Mr. Benhamou served as the Chief Executive Officer from September 1990 to January 2001 and President from April 1990 through August 1998. Mr. Benhamou is also Chairman of the Board of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, and a director of RealNetworks, Inc., SVB Financial Group and Voltaire, Inc. Mr. Benhamou also serves on the Executive Committee of TechNet.
Mao, Robert Robert Y. L. Mao has been Chief Executive Officer since April 2008 and a member of the Board of Directors of 3Com Corporation since March 2007. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mao was most recently the Executive Vice President, Corporate Development from August 2006 to March 2007. Mr. Mao has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and IT industries. Before joining 3Com, Mr. Mao was President and Chief Executive Officer of Greater China for Nortel Networks from September 1997 to May 2006 and Regional President of Greater China for Alcatel from September 1995 to September 1997. Nortel and Alcatel are global suppliers of communication equipment serving both service provider and enterprise customers. At these positions, Mr. Mao managed operations in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Mr. Mao also held senior managerial and technical positions at Alcatel and ITT in Asia and the U.S. Mr. Mao holds a Master’s degree from Cornell University in Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering and earned a Master’s in Management from MIT. Mr. Mao is the past Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Pacific Telecommunication Council (from 2003 to 2005). Mr. Mao serves on the Board of Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd., a wireless value-added services provider.
Sege, Ronald Ronald A. Sege has been President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of Board of Directors of 3Com Corporation since April 2008. Prior to re-joining 3Com, Mr. Sege served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropos Networks, Inc., a provider of wireless broadband networks, from 2004 to 2008. Prior to Tropos, Mr. Sege was President and Chief Executive Officer of Ellacoya Networks, Inc., a provider of broadband service optimization solutions based on deep packet inspection technology, from 2001 to 2004. Prior to Ellacoya, Mr. Sege was Executive Vice President of Lycos, Inc., an internet search engine, from 1998 to 2001. Prior to Lycos, Mr. Sege spent nine years at 3Com Corporation, from 1989 to 1998, serving in a variety of senior management roles including Executive Vice President, Global Systems Business Unit. Mr. Sege holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Pomona College.
Zager, Jay Jay Zager has been Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of 3Com Corporation since June 2007. Immediately prior to joining 3Com, Mr. Zager was an executive at Gerber Scientific, Inc., a international supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible materials, and ophthalmic lens processing. Mr. Zager joined Gerber in February 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2006, a position he held until he left the company in June 2007. As a member of the senior management team of Gerber, he was responsible for financial reporting, accounting, treasury operations, business planning, corporate development, investor relations, tax/pension administration and information technology. Prior to joining Gerber, Mr. Zager was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Helix Technology Corp., a semiconductor equipment manufacturer, from February 2002 to February 2005. Earlier, from 2000 to 2001, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Inrange Technologies Corp., a storage networking company. Before Inrange, he was with the Compaq/Digital Equipment organization for 14 years, holding a number of senior financial and business management positions including Vice President, Business Development and Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Worldwide Engineering & Research. Mr. Zager received a Master’s degree in Finance and Strategic Planning from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Goldman, Neal Neal D. Goldman has been 3Com’s Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer and Secretary since March 2007, and he served as Senior Vice President, Management Services, General Counsel and Secretary from September 2003 until March 2007. Prior to joining 3Com, Mr. Goldman worked for Polaroid Corporation from August 1997 to September 2003. From March 2003 to September 2003, he was Executive Vice President, Business Development and Chief Legal Officer of Polaroid and prior to that Mr. Goldman served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer from July 2001 to June 2002. From August 1997 to July 2001, Mr. Goldman held a number of senior management and executive positions at Polaroid, including Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Deputy General Counsel. Before joining Polaroid, Mr. Goldman served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Nets, Inc. from March 1996 to June 1997. Before joining Nets, Inc., Mr. Goldman held a number of positions with Lotus Development Corporation, including Vice President and General Counsel from November 1995 to February 1996 and Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary from April 1990 to November 1995.
Zheng, Shusheng Dr. Shusheng Zheng has served as Executive Vice President of 3Com Corporation since May 2008, as the Chief Executive Officer of H3C subsidiary since July 2009, and as the Chief Operating Officer of H3C from its inception in the fall of 2003 to July 2009. Previously, Dr. Zheng worked at Huawei Technologies, a telecommunications equipment provider based in China, from 1993 to 2003. At Huawei, Dr. Zheng held several senior management positions, including manager in the research and development department, Director of Manufacturing and Customer Service, Head of Sales and Marketing for the datacom business, and President of the switching business unit. Dr. Zheng holds a PhD in Telecommunication Science from Zhejiang University in China.
DiCamillo, Gary Gary T. DiCamillo serves as Lead Independent Director of 3Com Corporation. Mr. DiCamillo is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of RADIA Internationalsm, a group of technical, professional and commercial staffing companies headquartered in Dedham, Massachusetts. In this position from September, 2005 to July, 2009, Mr. DiCamillo was responsible for seven staffing companies in the United States and Europe with revenues of nearly $1.6 billion. Prior to joining RADIA International, Mr. DiCamillo was President and Chief Executive Officer of Technical Aid Corporation®, a large privately held technical and professional staffing company based in Dedham, Massachusetts from 2002 to 2005. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the Polaroid Corporation for nearly seven years. He also has served as President of Worldwide Power Tools and Accessories at Black & Decker Corporation and VP/General Manager for Culligan U.S.A., a division of Beatrice Corporation. He began his career in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble Co., followed by several years as a manager at McKinsey & Company. He presently is a board member of the Whirlpool Corporation and the Sheridan Group. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and the Museum of Science and is a Trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Babson College.
Long, James James R. Long serves as Director of 3Com Corporation. Mr. Long is the former Executive Vice President of Nortel Networks, a global leader in telephony, data, wireless and wireline solutions for the Internet, a position he held from 1994 to his retirement in 1999. Mr. Long also served as President of Enterprise Solutions of Nortel Networks from 1997 through 1999, President of Nortel World Trade, based in London and Hong Kong, from 1994 through 1997, and Senior Vice President of Nortel’s Asia Pacific Division from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Long is a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.
Trempont, Dominique Dominique Trempont serves as Director of 3Com Corporation. Mr. Trempont is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Finisar Corporation, a position he has held since September 2005. Finisar develops and markets optical components and modules for network equipment vendors, instruments and software for communications designers and products and services for large enterprise storage networks. Mr. Trempont also serves on the Board of Directors, and Chairs the Audit Committee, of Energy Recovery, Inc., a company that helps water desalination plants recycle energy used in the desalination process. Mr. Trempont was CEO-in-Residence at Battery Ventures, a venture capital firm, from September 2003 to September 2005. Prior to Battery Ventures, Mr. Trempont was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kanisa, Inc., a software company focused on customer self-service, contact center and peer support applications, from May 1999 to November 2002. Mr. Trempont has served as Chief Executive Officer of Gemplus Corporation, a smart card application company, and Chief Financial Officer at NeXT Software. Mr. Trempont began his career at Raychem Corporation, a high-tech material science company focused on the telecommunication, electronics and automotive industries, including holding the position of Chief Audit Officer. Mr. Trempont received an undergraduate degree in Economics from College St. Louis (Belgium), a bachelor’s in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from IAG at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and a master’s in Business Administration from INSEAD.
Cote, Kathleen Kathleen A. Cote serves as Director of 3Com Corporation. Ms. Cote is a private investor and advisor providing strategic and operational expertise to technology companies. From May 2001 through June 2003, she was Chief Executive Officer of Worldport Communications, Inc., a provider of internet managed services to the European market. In January 1998, Ms. Cote founded Seagrass Partners, a provider of expertise in business planning and strategic development, and served as its President until May 2001. From November 1996 to January 1998, Ms. Cote served as Chief Executive Officer of Computervision Corporation, an international provider of software for data management and product development software and services. From November 1986 to November 1996, she held various senior management positions with Computervision Corporation. In January 1998, Computervision Corporation was acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation. Ms. Cote is also a director of Western Digital Corporation and VeriSign, Inc.
Ho, David David H. Y. Ho serves as Director of 3Com Corporation. Since November 2008, Mr. Ho has been the Chairman of Kiina Group, a China-based group of private companies engaged in investment in start-up Internet, communications and technology companies; consulting services for multi-national companies in the Greater China market; and investment in real estate properties. From April 2007 to November 2008, Mr. Ho served as the Chairman of the Greater China Region for Nokia Siemens Networks, a telecommunications infrastructure company that is a joint venture between Finland-based Nokia Corporation and Germany-based Siemens AG. Between April 2004 and March 2007, Mr. Ho served as the President of Nokia China Investment Limited, the Chinese operating subsidiary of Nokia Corporation, a multinational telecommunications company. From January 2002 to March 2007, Mr. Ho also served as Nokia China Investment Limited’s Senior Vice President, Networks — Greater China. Between 2000 and August 2001, Mr. Ho was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Nortel Networks China Limited, the Chinese operating subsidiary of Canada-based Nortel Networks Corporation, a multinational telecommunications company. Between 1998 and 1999, Mr. Ho was the Vice President and General Manager of Nortel Networks China Limited’s Greater China Wireless Solutions division. Prior to joining Nortel Networks China Limited, Mr. Ho spent 15 years working in the Chinese operating subsidiaries of multinational telecommunications companies in roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Ho serves on the board of directors of Pentair, Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Sinosteel Corp.
Sherman, J. Donald J. Donald Sherman serves as Director of 3Com Corporation. Mr. Sherman is the Chief Financial Officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a provider of managed services for powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online. Mr. Sherman has been Akamai’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2006 and was its Senior Vice President and CFO-Elect from November 2005 to March 2006. Prior to joining Akamai, Mr. Sherman was employed by IBM for fifteen years (1990-2005). At IBM, Mr. Sherman served in a variety of finance roles including Vice President, Finance, Systems and Technology Group from January 2005 to October 2005 and Vice President, Finance of IBM’s zSeries Server Division from 2002-2004. Mr. Sherman has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Emory University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Benhamou, Eric 938,348
Mao, Robert 3,524,040
Sege, Ronald 2,479,080
Zager, Jay 1,674,140
Goldman, Neal 1,974,000
Zheng, Shusheng 1,579,140
DiCamillo, Gary --
Long, James --
Trempont, Dominique --
Cote, Kathleen --
Ho, David --
Sherman, J. Donald --
As Of 28 May 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Benhamou, Eric 9,786,818 15,979,978
Mao, Robert 0 0
Sege, Ronald 0 0
Zager, Jay 0 0
Goldman, Neal 800,000 351,000
Zheng, Shusheng 0 0
DiCamillo, Gary 0 0
Long, James 0 0
Trempont, Dominique 0 0
Cote, Kathleen 0 0
Ho, David 0 0
Sherman, J. Donald 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
GOLDMAN NEAL D 18,265 $5.46
GOLDMAN NEAL D 25,485 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 93,000 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 25,485 $0.00
ZAGER JAY 12,963 $5.46
BENHAMOU ERIC A 18,716 $0.00
SHERMAN J DONALD 18,716 $0.00
COTE KATHLEEN A 18,716 $0.00
DICAMILLO GARY T 18,716 $0.00
TREMPONT DOMINIQUE 18,716 $0.00
LONG JAMES ROBERT 18,716 $0.00
HO DAVID H Y 18,716 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 13,279 $3.93
GOLDMAN NEAL D 24,221 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 24,221 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 13,650 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 6,350 $4.02
GOLDMAN NEAL D 13,650 $0.00
ZHENG SHUSHENG 397,000 $0.00
ZAGER JAY 23,812 $4.72
GOLDMAN NEAL D 27,300 $0.00
GOLDMAN NEAL D 12,700 $4.88
GOLDMAN NEAL D 27,300 $0.00
ZAGER JAY 11,906 $4.05
GOLDMAN NEAL D 29,860 $0.00
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