People: F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.O)
FFIV.O on Nasdaq
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23 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Alan Higginson |
65 | 2004 | Independent Chairman of the Board |
John McAdam |
61 | 2000 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Andrew Reinland |
48 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Karl Triebes |
45 | 2004 | Executive Vice President - Product Development, Chief Technical Officer |
Jeffrey Christianson |
55 | 2006 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
David Feringa |
50 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Worldwide Sales |
Dan Matte |
46 | 2004 | Executive Vice President - Marketing and Business Development |
Edward Eames |
54 | 2001 | Executive Vice President - Business Operations |
Manuel Rivelo |
48 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - Security and Strategic Solutions |
John Rodriguez |
52 | 2012 | Senior Vice President, Corporate Compliance Officer |
A. Gary Ames |
68 | 2004 | Independent Director |
Sandra Bergeron |
54 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Deborah Bevier |
61 | 2006 | Independent Director |
Jonathan Chadwick |
47 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Michael Dreyer |
49 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Stephen Smith |
56 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Alan Higginson |
Mr. Alan J. Higginson is Independent Chairman of the Board of F5 Networks, Inc., since April 2004. He serves as one of the company's directors since May 1996. Mr. Higginson served as Chairman of Hubspan, Inc., an e-business infrastructure provider, from September 2009 to March 2012. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hubspan from August 2001 to September 2007. From November 1995 to November 1998, Mr. Higginson served as President of Atrieva Corporation, a provider of advanced data backup and retrieval technology. Mr. Higginson also serves as a director of Pivot3, Inc., a privately-held company that develops and markets shared storage and virtual server appliances, Clarity Health Services, a privately-held company that provides web-based health care coordination services, and adeptCloud Inc., a privately-held company that provides a cloud-based collaboration service. Mr. Higginson holds a B.S. in Commerce and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University. |
John McAdam |
Mr. John McAdam is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of F5 Networks, Inc., since July 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McAdam served as General Manager of the Web server sales business at International Business Machines Corporation from September 1999 to July 2000. From January 1995 until August 1999, Mr. McAdam served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems, which was sold to International Business Machines Corporation in September 1999. Mr. McAdam serves as a director of Tableau Software, a privately-held company that provides business intelligence software. Mr. McAdam holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. |
Andrew Reinland |
Mr. Andrew Reinland is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of F5 Networks, Inc., since October 2012. For SEC reporting purposes, Mr. Reinland is the principal financial officer. From October 2005 to October 2012, Mr. Reinland served as Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Finance Office. Mr. Reinland joined F5 in 1998 as a senior financial analyst and served as Company's Vice President of Finance from January 2004 to October 2005. Prior to joining F5, Mr. Reinland was Chief Financial Officer for RTIME, Inc., a developer of real-time 3D software for Internet applications, which was acquired by Sony. Mr. Reinland started his career in public accounting. Mr. Reinland holds a B.A. in Business from Washington State University. |
Karl Triebes |
Mr. Karl D. Triebes is Executive Vice President - Product Development, Chief Technical Officer of F5 Networks, Inc., since August 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Triebes served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering of Foundry Networks, Inc. from January 2003 to August 2004. From June 2001 to January 2003, he served as Foundry’s Vice President of Hardware Engineering. From May 2000 to June 2001, Mr. Triebes was Vice President of Engineering at Alcatel U.S.A., a telecommunications company. From December 1999 to May 2000, he was Assistant Vice President of Newbridge Networks Corp., a networking company acquired by Alcatel. Mr. Triebes holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. |
Jeffrey Christianson |
Mr. Jeffrey A. Christianson is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of F5 Networks, Inc., since December 2006. From February 2000 to July 2006, Mr. Christianson was Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of Western Wireless Corporation, a wireless service provider. From March 1996 to January 2000, Mr. Christianson served as Sr. Vice President of Business Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a game and software company. From September 1992 to March 1996, he served as General Counsel and Secretary of Heart Technology, Inc., a medical device company. From September 1990 to September 1992, he was Vice-President and General Counsel of Spider Staging Corporation and Vice President of Administration and Corporate Counsel for Flow International Corporation after its acquisition of Spider Staging Corporation. Mr. Christianson holds a B.A. from Whitman College and a J.D. from the University of Washington, and serves on the Board of Overseers of Whitman College and the Board of Directors of the Humane Society for Seattle/King County. |
David Feringa |
Mr. David Feringa is Executive Vice President - Worldwide Sales of F5 Networks, Inc., since May 25, 2012. He joined F5 Networks in December 2004 as Regional Vice President of Sales for the Eastern U.S. and has assumed multiple sales leadership roles during his tenure at F5. He was appointed Vice President of North America Sales in October 2007 and Senior Vice President of Americas Sales in January 2012. Prior to joining F5, Mr. Feringa served in senior sales and business development positions for 20 years at technology companies including Cisco Systems, Inc. and Lucent Technologies. Mr. Feringa holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University. |
Dan Matte |
Mr. Dan Matte is Executive Vice President - Marketing and Business Development of F5 Networks, Inc., since June 2004, and as Vice President of Product Marketing and Management from March 2002 through May 2004. He served as Company's Senior Director of Product Marketing and Management from February 2001 through February 2002. From March 1999 to February 2001, Mr. Matte served as Company's Director of Product Management. Mr. Matte joined F5 in February 1997. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queens’s University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia. |
Edward Eames |
Mr. Edward J. Eames is Executive Vice President - Business Operations of F5 Networks, Inc., since January 2001. He was Vice President of Professional Services from October 2000 to January 2001. From September 1999 to October 2000, Mr. Eames served as Vice President of e-Business Services for International Business Machines Corporation. From June 1992 to September 1999, Mr. Eames served as the European Services Director and the Worldwide Vice President of Customer Service for Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems. Mr. Eames holds a Higher National Diploma in Business Studies from Bristol Polytechnic and in 1994 completed the Senior Executive Program at the London Business School. |
Manuel Rivelo |
Mr. Manuel F. Rivelo is Executive Vice President - Security and Strategic Solutions of F5 Networks, Inc., since October 31, 2011. Prior to joining F5, Mr. Rivelo served as Senior Vice President — Engineering Operations and Systems for Cisco Systems, Inc. During his 19-year career at Cisco, Rivelo was a member of the Cisco Development Counsel, the senior leadership team of the Cisco Development Organization. While at Cisco, he served as head of the worldwide systems engineering organization. His managerial career spans 25 years in product engineering, strategic planning, business operations, field engineering sales and IT. Rivelo serves on the board of directors of Apollo Group, Inc., one of the world’s private education providers. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. |
John Rodriguez |
Mr. John Rodriguez is Senior Vice President, Corporate Compliance Officer of F5 Networks, Inc., since October 2012. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and principal financial officer from October 2005 to October 2012. Mr. Rodriguez joined F5 in 2001 as Corporate Controller and served as Company's Vice President and Corporate Controller from January 2004 to October 2005. Prior to F5, Mr. Rodriguez was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CyberSafe, a security solutions company, and Senior Director of Finance and Operations at Mosaix, which was acquired by Lucent Technologies. Mr. Rodriguez started his career in public accounting. Mr. Rodriguez holds a B.A. in Business from the University of Washington. |
A. Gary Ames |
Mr. A. Gary Ames is Independent Directors of F5 Networks, Inc., since July 2004. Mr. Ames served as President and Chief Executive Officer of MediaOne International, a provider of broadband and wireless communications from July 1995 until his retirement in June of 2000. From January 1990 to July 1995, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of US West Communications, a regional provider of residential and business telephone services, and operator and carrier services. Mr. Ames also serves as a director of MMGL Corporation (formally known as Schnitzer Investment Corp.). Mr. Ames served as a director of Tektronix, Inc., a publicly-traded supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, from 1994 to 2007; SuperValu, Inc., a publicly-traded food and drug retailer, from 2006 to 2010 and iPass, Inc., a publicly-traded enterprise mobility company, from 2002 to 2010. Mr. Ames holds a B.A. in Finance from Portland State University. |
Sandra Bergeron |
Ms. Sandra E. Bergeron is Independent Director of F5 Networks Inc., since January 3, 2013. From 2004 until 2012, Ms. Bergeron was a venture partner at Trident Capital, Inc., a venture capital firm. Ms. Bergeron currently serves on the board of directors of Qualys, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of cloud security and compliance solutions; Sophos, Inc., a privately-held provider of IT security and data protection products; and TraceSecurity, a privately-held provider of cloud-based security solutions and IT governance, risk and compliance management solutions where she also serves as chairman. Ms. Bergeron previously served on the board of directors of TriCipher, a privately-held secure access management company acquired by VMware in August 2010 and ArcSight, Inc., a publicly-traded security and compliance management company acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company in September 2010. Ms. Bergeron holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Georgia State University and a M.B.A. from Xavier University. |
Deborah Bevier |
Ms. Deborah L. Bevier is Independent Director of F5 Networks, Inc., since July 2006. Ms. Bevier has been the principal of D.L. Bevier Consulting LLC, an organizational and management consulting firm, since 2004. Prior to that time, from 1996 until 2003, Ms. Bevier served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Laird Norton Financial Group and its predecessor companies, an independent financial advisory services firm. From 1973 to 1996, Ms. Bevier held numerous leadership positions with KeyCorp, including chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Key Bank of Washington. Ms. Bevier currently serves on the board of directors of Coinstar, Inc., a publicly-traded multi-national provider of services to retailers. She served on the board of directors of Fisher Communications, Inc., a publicly-traded media and communications company, from 2003 to 2010, and Puget Sound Bank, a commercial bank, from 2006 to 2008. Ms. Bevier holds a B.S. in Economics from SUNY New Paltz and a graduate degree from Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. |
Jonathan Chadwick |
Mr. Jonathan C. Chadwick is Independent Director of F5 Networks, Inc., since August 2011. Mr. Chadwick is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at VMware. Prior to joining VMware, Mr. Chadwick served as the chief financial officer of Skype and as a corporate vice president of Microsoft Corporation after its acquisition of Skype in October 2011. Mr. Chadwick joined Skype from McAfee where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer from June 2010 until February 2011. From 1997 to 2010, he held various finance roles at Cisco Systems, including senior vice president, CFO — global customer markets, senior vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer, and vice president, corporate finance & planning. He also worked for Coopers & Lybrand in various roles in the US and UK. Mr. Chadwick is a Chartered Accountant in England and holds an honors degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Bath, UK. |
Michael Dreyer |
Mr. Michael L. Dreyer is Independent Director of F5 Networks, Inc., since October 15, 2012. Mr. Dreyer is currently the global head of technology at Visa Inc. and is responsible for the company’s systems and technology platforms. Before joining Visa Inc., he was chief information officer of Inovant, where he oversaw the development and management of Visa’s global systems technology. Previously, Mr. Dreyer held executive positions at VISA USA as senior vice president of processing and emerging products, and senior vice president of commercial solutions. He has also held senior positions at American Express, Prime Financial, Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Downey Savings, Bank of America, and the Fairmont Hotel Management Company. Mr. Dreyer received an M.B.A. with an emphasis in marketing and finance and a B.A. in psychology from Washington State University. |
Stephen Smith |
Mr. Stephen Smith is Independent Director of F5 Networks Inc., since January 3, 2013. Mr. Smith is currently Chief Executive Officer and President, and a member of the board of directors of Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services. Prior to joining Equinix in April 2007, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President at HP Services, a business segment of Hewlett-Packard Co., from January 2005 to October 2006. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard Co., Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Global Professional and Managed Services at Lucent Technologies Inc., a communications solutions provider. Mr. Smith also held various management and sales positions during his 17 years with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (“EDS”), a business and technology solutions company, including Chief Sales Officer, President of EDS Asia-Pacific, and President of EDS Western Region. Mr. Smith serves on the board of directors of Volterra Semiconductor Corporation, a publicly-traded company. He previously served as a director of the public company 3PAR Inc. during the past five years. Mr. Smith graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and holds a B.S. in Engineering. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Alan Higginson |
-- |
John McAdam |
5,214,650 |
Andrew Reinland |
1,557,260 |
Karl Triebes |
1,900,140 |
Jeffrey Christianson |
1,899,860 |
David Feringa |
3,490,120 |
Dan Matte |
2,022,170 |
Edward Eames |
2,430,150 |
Manuel Rivelo |
4,565,400 |
John Rodriguez |
1,274,720 |
A. Gary Ames |
-- |
Sandra Bergeron |
-- |
Deborah Bevier |
-- |
Jonathan Chadwick |
-- |
Michael Dreyer |
-- |
Stephen Smith |
-- |
As Of 29 Sep 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Alan Higginson |
0 | 0 |
John McAdam |
850,000 | 19,408,450 |
Andrew Reinland |
0 | 0 |
Karl Triebes |
281,750 | 8,985,240 |
Jeffrey Christianson |
0 | 0 |
David Feringa |
0 | 0 |
Dan Matte |
32,313 | 1,165,540 |
Edward Eames |
292,436 | 3,907,608 |
Manuel Rivelo |
0 | 0 |
John Rodriguez |
0 | 0 |
A. Gary Ames |
0 | 0 |
Sandra Bergeron |
0 | 0 |
Deborah Bevier |
0 | 0 |
Jonathan Chadwick |
0 | 0 |
Michael Dreyer |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Smith |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
EAMES EDWARD JULIAN |
1,659 | $80.00 |
TRIEBES KARL D |
3,997 | $74.16 |
EAMES EDWARD JULIAN |
290 | $74.99 |
RIVELO MANUEL FELIX |
1,383 | $74.11 |
CHRISTIANSON JEFFREY A |
2,430 | $74.17 |
CHRISTIANSON JEFFREY A |
300 | $75.21 |
CHRISTIANSON JEFFREY A |
2,466 | $0.00 |
MATTE DANIEL J |
2,357 | $0.00 |
REINLAND ANDREW |
2,745 | $0.00 |
EAMES EDWARD JULIAN |
2,745 | $0.00 |
RIVELO MANUEL FELIX |
200 | $75.38 |
TRIEBES KARL D |
600 | $75.18 |
REINLAND ANDREW |
1,792 | $74.14 |
FERINGA THOMAS DAVID |
905 | $74.14 |
MCADAM JOHN |
8,645 | $0.00 |
RIVELO MANUEL FELIX |
3,455 | $0.00 |
EAMES EDWARD JULIAN |
1,690 | $74.23 |
FERINGA THOMAS DAVID |
1,479 | $0.00 |
EAMES EDWARD JULIAN |
100 | $76.10 |
FERINGA THOMAS DAVID |
100 | $75.26 |
RIVELO MANUEL FELIX |
984 | $76.10 |
TRIEBES KARL D |
2,745 | $0.00 |
REINLAND ANDREW |
200 | $75.13 |
CHRISTIANSON JEFFREY A |
2,123 | $0.00 |
FERINGA THOMAS DAVID |
658 | $0.00 |

