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Mr. Richard A. McGinn is Independent Co-Chairman of the Board of Nexsan Corp., since September 2008. Mr. McGinn has served as a Director since October 2003. Mr. McGinn has been a partner with M.R. Investment Partners, a private equity firm, since December 2009. Mr. McGinn has been a General Partner with RRE Ventures, a venture capital firm, since August 2001. From November 2000 to July 2001, Mr. McGinn served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies, a communications systems and software company. From 1996 to October 2000, Mr. McGinn served as President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Viasystems, Inc. Mr. McGinn also previously held several executive positions at AT&T, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T's Network Systems Group, President of AT&T Computer Systems, and President of AT&T's Data Systems Group. Mr. McGinn also serves as a Director of the American Express Company, Verifone and Viasystems, Inc. Mr. McGinn brings to the board his substantial prior experience in executive roles at a number of technology companies, as well as his director role at public companies, including technology companies. Since he has served on board of directors since 2003, he also has experience with the historic growth and changes that have occurred at company and in business. |
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Mr. George M. Weiss is Co-Chairman of the Board of Nexsan Corp., since September 2008. Mr. Weiss has served as a Director since August 2001, was elected Chairman of Board of Directors in August 2001. Mr. Weiss founded Beechtree Capital LLC, a private venture capital and business advisory firm, in 1993, and is currently its chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Weiss previously served as a senior partner at the law firm of Rubin Baum, LLP. Mr. Weiss has served on the board since company's early stages and has the longest history with company. Accordingly, he has experience with the historic growth and changes that have occurred at company and in business over most of corporate history. Mr. Weiss also brings his experience as an investor and former attorney to provide additional perspective on issues considered by the board. |
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Mr. Philip Black is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Nexsan Corp., since September 2004. From January 2002 to July 2004, Mr. Black served as Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of LightSand Communications, a storage networking provider. Prior to joining LightSand, Mr. Black was the Chief Executive Officer of Box Hill/Dot Hill, a storage systems manufacturer, and was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tekelec, a telecom equipment provider. Mr. Black has previously served as a Director for Simtek Corporation from September 2007 to September 2008. |
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Mr. Eugene Spies is Chief Financial Officer of Nexsan Corp., since January 2007. From May 2005 to January 2007, Mr. Spies served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the company, from December 2002 to May 2005, Mr. Spies served as a Vice President of Finance with the Networking Division of Alcatel, a global telecommunications equipment provider. Prior to that, Mr. Spies was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP, a public accounting firm. |
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Mr. Thomas F. Gosnell is Chief Executive Officer of Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc., subsidiary of Nexsan Corp., since March 2005. Mr. Gosnell was the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of AESign Evertrust Inc., or Evertrust, from November 2001 until acquisition of that company in March 2005. Mr. Gosnell has also served as Chief Operating Officer of CS&T (now a division of Oracle) and Vice President of Product Development for Speedware Corporation, a provider of enterprise software solutions and applications development. |
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Mr. Richard Mussman is Chief Operating Officer of Nexsan Corp., since October 2006. From December 2000 to October 2006, Mr. Mussman served as Vice President of Technical Services. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Mussman was Vice President of Sales for Lighthouse Technology Inc., a network systems integration company, and Vice President of Global Services for Andataco, Inc., a data storage company. |
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Mr. Gary Watson is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Nexsan Corp., since 2000. Previously, Mr. Watson founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer at Nexsan Technologies Ltd., U.K. subsidiary. Prior to that, Mr. Watson was an Engineering Manager at Trimm Technologies, Europe, a provider of data storage subsystems, and a Senior Engineer at Trimm Technologies, U.S. |
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Mr. Michael P. McGuire is Chief Commercial Officer of Nexsan Corp., since November 2008. Prior to joining the company, Mr. McGuire served as Global Vice President of Agami Systems, Inc., an enterprise-class unified network storage company from October 2007 to July 2008. At Agami, he was responsible for worldwide sales. From August 2005 to October 2007, Mr. McGuire served as Vice President, Americas Storage Sales for Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. McGuire joined Storage Technology Corporation in 1990 and held several positions, including serving as Vice President and General Manager, Sales and Services, U.S. and Canada from 2003 until its acquisition by Sun in August 2005. |
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Dr. Geoff Barrall is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since April 2009. Dr. Barrall was Chief Executive Officer of Data Robotics, Inc., an automated data products storage company, from May 2005 to December 2009. He served as Principal and Founder of Barrall Consulting, an information technology and services consulting firm, from August 2004 to April 2005. Dr. Barrall served as Chief Technology Officer of BlueArc Corporation, a data storage company, from 1999 to July 2004. Dr. Barrall was selected as a Director of Nexsan based upon his background experience in the data storage industry, including as Chief Executive Officer at Data Robotics, Inc., and as Chief Technology Officer at BlueArc. |
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Dr. William J. Harding, Ph.D., is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since April 2009. Dr. Harding has served as a Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, since October 2007. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Dr. Harding was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co., President of Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and a Managing Member of several venture capital funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley, where he was employed from 1994 through 2007. Dr. Harding also served as an officer in the Military Intelligence Branch of the U.S. Army Reserve. In the previous five years, Dr. Harding has served as a Director for InterNap Network Services Corporation and Aviza Technology Inc. Dr. Harding brings to the board his substantial prior experience as an investor in technology companies, as well as his prior experience serving on the boards of directors of technology companies. Dr. Harding is one of the designees of VantagePoint Venture Partners. |
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Mr. Philip B. Livingston is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since September 2007. Mr. Livingston has served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Solutions, and Chief Executive Officer of Martindale-Hubbell, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. and a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to professionals, since April 2009. Mr. Livingston served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TouchTunes Music Corp., a provider of touch screen digital juke boxes, from November 2007 to January 2009. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Duff & Phelps LLP, a provider of independent financial advisory and valuation services, from April 2006 to September 2006. Mr. Livingston served as Vice Chairman of Approva Corporation, a provider of enterprise controls management software, from January 2005 to March 2006. From March 2003 to January 2005, he served as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a media and entertainment company. In the previous five years, Mr. Livingston has served as a Director for Cott Corporation, MSC Software Inc., World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., QLT Inc. and Insurance Auto Auction Inc. Mr. Livingston brings to the board his substantial prior experience in a wide range of executive roles at a number of companies and technology companies, including as a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as well as his Director role at a number of public companies. Mr. Livingston is one of the designees of MFP Partners. |
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Honourable Arthur L. Money is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since June 2007. Since May 2001, Honourable Money has served as President of ALM Consulting, which specializes in command control and communications, intelligence, signal processing and information operations. Honourable Money served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (ASD (C3I)) from January 1998 to April 2001. From February 1998 to April 2001, Honourable Money also served as the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer. In the previous five years, Honourable Money has served as a Director for CACI International Inc., Essex Corporation, Federal Services Acquisition Corp., IntelliCheck Mobilisa, Inc., Intevac, Inc., KEYW Holding Corporation, SafeNet Inc., SGI International, SteelCloud Inc. and Terremark Worldwide, Inc. Honourable Money brings to the board his substantial experience in the information and communications area, as well his board experience at a variety of technology companies. Honourable Money is the designee of FTQ. |
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Mr. Geoff Mott is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since October 2003. Mr. Mott has served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for TouchTunes Corporation, a provider of out-of-home interactive entertainment, since March 2009. Mr. Mott has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Exymion Partners, LLC since January 2009. Prior to joining TouchTunes Corporation and Exymion Partners, LLC, Mr. Mott served as a Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners from January 2002 to December 2008. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Mr. Mott was the Managing Partner of The McKenna Group, a global strategy consulting firm which he guided through Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings to a sale of assets in 2002. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mott built a business strategy practice for technology firms at Lochridge & Co. Mr. Mott brings to the board his experience as an investor in, and business strategy consultant to, technology companies. Since he has served on board of directors since 2003, he also has experience with the historic growth and changes that have occurred at company and in business. Mr. Mott is one of the designees of VantagePoint Partners. |
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Mr. Michael F. Price is a Independent Director of Nexsan Corp., since July 2009. Since December 1996, Mr. Price has served as the President of The Price Family Foundation, Inc., and since November 2008 as Managing Member of MFP Investors LLC, as Managing Partner of MFP Partners, L.P. and as Managing Member of MFP Services LLC. From 1986 to November 1998, Mr. Price served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Franklin Mutual Advisers and Franklin Mutual Series Fund. From 1975 to 1986, Mr. Price also served as Vice President of the Franklin Mutual Series Fund. Mr. Price also serves as a Director of The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Foundation, Johns Hopkins and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Price brings to the board his experience in the investment industry, including his own investment fund, which provides an additional perspective from outside of the technology industry to issues considered by the board. |
