People: Fusion-io Inc (FIO)

FIO on New York Consolidated

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23 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Shane Robison

59 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Dennis Wolf

59 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Lance Smith

48 2010 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Richard Boberg

64 2012 Executive Vice President - Strategic Business Development, General Manager - Caching Solutions

James Dawson

50 2010 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Shawn Lindquist

42 2010 Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary

Pankaj Mehra

2013 Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Scott Sandell

48 2011 Lead Independent Director

David Flynn

43 2013 Director

Rick White

42 2013 Director

Forest Baskett

69 2008 Independent Director

H. Raymond Bingham

66 2011 Independent Director

Dana Evan

52 2011 Independent Director

Nancy Fazioli

IR Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Shane Robison

Mr. Shane V. Robison has been appointed as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Fusion-io Inc., effective May 7, 2013. Mr. Robison served as Chief Strategy & Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Hewlett-Packard Company from May 2002 to November 2011. From 2000 to May 2002, Mr. Robison served as Senior Vice President, Technology and Chief Technology Officer of Strategy and Technology of Compaq Computer Corporation. Prior to joining Compaq, Mr. Robison served as the President of Internet Technology and Development at AT&T Labs. Prior to AT&T Labs, Mr. Robison was Executive Vice President, Research and Development, and then served as President of the Design Productivity Group at Cadence Design Systems. Mr. Robison also spent seven years at Apple Inc., where he held a series of executive-level positions, leaving the company as Vice President and General Manager of the Personal interactive Electronics Division. Mr. Robison’s experience includes work at Schlumberger’s research groups in Silicon Valley, at Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation and consulting for the University of Utah in the area of database systems architecture. Mr. Robison holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Utah.

Dennis Wolf

Mr. Dennis P. Wolf is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Fusion-io Inc., since October 2010. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from March 2010 to October 2010, and as Chief Financial Officer from November 2009 to March 2010. From January 2009 to April 2009, Mr. Wolf served as interim chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Finjan Software, Inc., a provider of web security solutions. From March 2005 to June 2008, Mr. Wolf served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of MySQL AB, an open source database software company. Prior to MySQL, Mr. Wolf held financial management positions for public high technology companies, including Apple Inc., Centigram Communications, Inc., Credence Systems Corporation, Omnicell, Inc., Redback Networks Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Wolf currently serves as a director of Codexis Inc. and Exponential Interactive, Inc., and is the chair of the audit committees of these companies, and has been a director and chair of the audit committee for other publicly and privately held companies including Quantum Corporation, BigBand Networks, Inc., Registry Magic, Inc., Avanex Corporation, Komag, Inc. and Vitria Technology, Inc. He holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver.

Lance Smith

Mr. Lance L. Smith is Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Fusion-io Inc. He has served as Chief Operating Officer since April 2010, as Executive Vice President since October 2010, as Senior Vice President of Engineering from September 2009 to October 2010, and as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing from May 2008 to September 2009. From January 2003 to May 2008, Mr. Smith served as vice president and general manager of RMI Corporation, a semiconductor company. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Smith served as senior vice president, business development of Raza Foundries, Inc., a broadband networking and communications investment company, and served in various interim executive roles at Pacific Broadband Communications, Inc., Acirro, Inc. and Omnishift Technologies Inc. He also served as the director of commercial segment marketing and director of technical marketing for the computational products group of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., the x86 microprocessor and video card maker, and had management roles at technology companies NexGen, Inc. and Chips and Technologies, Inc. Mr. Smith holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Richard Boberg

Mr. Richard W. Boberg is Executive Vice President - Strategic Business Development, General Manager - Caching Solutions of Fusion-io, Inc., since August 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Boberg served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development since April 2012 and Executive Vice President and General Manager of Virtualization Solutions since joining the company following the completion of acquisition of IO Turbine, Inc. in August 2011. Mr. Boberg was one of the co-founders of IO Turbine. From IO Turbine’s inception in December 2009 until August 2011, Mr. Boberg served as the president and chief executive officer and a director of IO Turbine. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Boberg served as vice president of InnovationQ, a nonprofit organization that he co-founded, which focused on working with California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Mr. Boberg was the sixth employee at NetApp, Inc., a provider of storage and data management solutions, and during his 12 years with NetApp from 1993 to 2005, he held executive positions in marketing, corporate development, and engineering, directed product management, strategic marketing, mergers and acquisitions, several software engineering groups, and strategic alliances and business development. Mr. Boberg has also held engineering and engineering management positions at several other technology companies, including Intel Corporation. Mr. Boberg holds a B.S. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

James Dawson

Mr. James L. Dawson is Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales of Fusion-io Inc., since October 2010. He served as Senior Vice President of Sales from April 2009 to October 2010. From 2004 to April 2009, Mr. Dawson served as vice president of worldwide sales of 3PAR Inc., a storage solutions company. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Dawson served as vice president, strategic sales and business development of Neoscale Systems, Inc., an enterprise storage security company. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Dawson served as vice president of worldwide sales for Scale Eight, Inc., a storage solutions company. From 1987 to 2000, Mr. Dawson served in various positions with Data General Corporation, a supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions, most recently as vice president of EMEA and Asia Pacific for its CLARiiON Storage Division. Mr. Dawson holds a B.A. in Economics from Weber State University.

Shawn Lindquist

Mr. Shawn J. Lindquist is Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary of Fusion-io Inc., since October 2010. He served as Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President and Secretary from February 2010 to October 2010. From 2005 to January 2010, Mr. Lindquist served as chief legal officer, senior vice president and secretary of Omniture, Inc., an online marketing and web analytics company, through the completion and integration of the merger of Omniture with Adobe Systems Incorporated. Mr. Lindquist was a corporate and securities attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. from 2001 to 2005 and from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Lindquist has also served as in-house corporate and mergers and acquisitions counsel for Novell, Inc., and as vice president and general counsel of a privately held, venture-backed company. Mr. Lindquist is also an adjunct professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. Mr. Lindquist holds a B.S. in Business Management-Finance and a J.D. from Brigham Young University.

Pankaj Mehra

Mr. Pankaj Mehra is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Fusion-io Inc. Mehra has been advising the Fusion-io office of the CTO in recent months, and brings more than 20 years of global experience in developing innovative hardware and software technologies to Fusion-io. Mehra will oversee the research of core technology across the Fusion-io product portfolio and develop strategies for collaborating with Fusion-io partners and industry standards associations. An industry veteran, Mehra directed the development of persistent memory at Compaq, to his appointment as a distinguished technologist at Hewlett Packard, and subsequently Chief Scientist of HP Labs Russia. Mehra previously chaired the InfiniBand Trade Association's Management Working Group and contributed to the 1.0 specification. He was recently Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Whodini, Inc., a big data engagement analytics company he co-founded in 2010. Mehra holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and has held prior academic and research positions at NASA, IIT Delhi, IBM, and University of California. Mehra also pioneered the design of quantitative self-tuning software for systems and co-authored 20 patents and three books on storage, load balancing, and machine learning. Mehra currently serves on the editorial board of IEEE Internet Computing magazine and is guest editor of special issues on cloud computing, global deployment of datacenters, and webscale datacenters.

Scott Sandell

Mr. Scott D. Sandell is Lead Independent Director of Fusion-io Inc., since May 2011. He has served as a director since March 2008. In 1996, Mr. Sandell joined New Enterprise Associates, where he became a general partner in 2000. In addition to serving on the board of directors, Mr. Sandell serves on the boards of directors of Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. and a number of privately held companies. Mr. Sandell started his career at the Boston Consulting Group and later joined C ATS Software, Inc. Later, he worked as a product manager for Windows 95 at Microsoft Corporation before joining New Enterprise Associates in 1996. Mr. Sandell is a member of the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Sandell holds an A.B. in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

David Flynn

Mr. David A. Flynn is Director of Fusion-io, Inc. He resigned as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of the Company on May 7, 2013. He is one of the founders and has served as a director since July 2006 and was appointed as the Chairman of the board of directors in May 2011. Mr. Flynn has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since March 2010 and previously served as President from inception to February 2009 and Chief Technology Officer from inception to March 2010. From November 2004 to October 2006, Mr. Flynn served as chief scientist of Realm Systems, Inc., a company offering research and development services for developing mobile computing platforms. From January 2002 to November 2004, Mr. Flynn served as chief architect software engineer of Linux Networx, Inc., a developer of high performance computing technology. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Flynn served as senior software engineer of Liberate Technologies, Inc. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Flynn founded the Utah research and development satellite office of Oracle Corporation, which subsequently became a founding part of Network Computer Inc., later renamed Liberate Technologies. Mr. Flynn holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Brigham Young University.

Rick White

Mr. Rick C. White is Director of Fusion-io Inc. He served as Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President of the Company. He is one of the founders and has served as a director since April 2009. He also served as a director from inception to March 2008. Mr. White has served as Chief Marketing Officer since 2008. From inception to February 2008, Mr. White served as the Chief Executive Officer. From 2006 to January 2007, Mr. White served as chairman of DAZ Productions, Inc., a developer of 3D graphics software and content. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. White served as chief executive officer of Realm Systems, Inc. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. White served as chairman of Forum Systems, Inc. a developer of XML enterprise messaging systems. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. White served as chief executive officer and chairman of Phobos Corporation, a developer of PCI based switching and load balancing technology for data centers. In April 2005, Mr. White filed for personal bankruptcy and was discharged under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in February 2009.

Forest Baskett

Dr. Forest Baskett, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Fusion-io Inc., since March 2008. Dr. Baskett has been a general partner of New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, since 2004. Dr. Baskett joined New Enterprise Associates in 1999. From 1986 to 1999, Dr. Baskett served as chief technology officer and senior vice president, research and development of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Dr. Baskett founded and directed the Western Regional Laboratory of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1982 to 1986. From 1971 to 1982, Dr. Baskett was a professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. In addition to serving on the board of directors, Dr. Baskett serves on the boards of directors of Audience, Inc. and a number of privately held companies. Dr. Baskett holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Rice University, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

H. Raymond Bingham

Mr. H. Raymond Bingham is Independent Director of Fusion-io Inc., since February 2011. Mr. Bingham has been an advisory director of General Atlantic LLC, a private equity firm, since January 2010 and managing director and head of the Palo Alto office from September 2006 to December 2009. From August 2005 to August 2006, Mr. Bingham was a self-employed private investor. From 1993 to 2005, Mr. Bingham served in various positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic design automation software and services, including executive chairman of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer and executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Bingham also currently serves as a director of Oracle Corporation, Flextronics International Ltd., STMicroelectronics N.V., Spansion Inc. and Dice Holdings, Inc. Mr. Bingham holds a B.S. from Weber State University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Dana Evan

Ms. Dana L. Evan is Independent Director of Fusion-io Inc., since February 2011. Since July 2007, Ms. Evan has invested in and served on the boards of directors of companies in the Internet, technology and media sectors, including Omniture, Inc. From May 1996 until July 2007, Ms. Evan served as chief financial officer of VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks. Previously, Ms. Evan worked as a financial consultant in the capacity of chief financial officer, vice president of finance or corporate controller over an eight-year period for various public and private companies and partnerships, including VeriSign, Inc., Delphi Bioventures, a venture capital firm, and Identix Incorporated, a multi-biometric technology company. Prior to serving as a financial consultant, Ms. Evan worked in a variety of positions at KPMG LLP. Ms. Evan also serves on the board of directors of Proofpoint, Inc. and a number of privately held companies, including Box, Inc. Ms. Evan is a certified public accountant (inactive) and holds a B.S. in Commerce with a concentration in Accounting and Finance from Santa Clara University.

Nancy Fazioli

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Shane Robison

--

Dennis Wolf

3,318,530

Lance Smith

3,367,680

Richard Boberg

2,828,140

James Dawson

2,612,040

Shawn Lindquist

--

Pankaj Mehra

--

Scott Sandell

--

David Flynn

6,222,690

Rick White

2,507,940

Forest Baskett

--

H. Raymond Bingham

--

Dana Evan

--

Nancy Fazioli

--
As Of 29 Jun 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Shane Robison

0 0

Dennis Wolf

412,250 10,756,600

Lance Smith

798,749 22,559,400

Richard Boberg

0 0

James Dawson

263,042 7,233,190

Shawn Lindquist

0 0

Pankaj Mehra

0 0

Scott Sandell

0 0

David Flynn

100,000 2,815,050

Rick White

0 0

Forest Baskett

0 0

H. Raymond Bingham

0 0

Dana Evan

0 0

Nancy Fazioli

0 0
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