People: Polycom Inc (PLCM.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Kevin Parker	53	2013	Chairman of the Board
Andrew Miller	53	2010	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eric Brown	47	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Tracey Newell	46	2011	Executive Vice President - Global Sales
Sayed Darwish	39	2012	Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President - Corporate Development, Secretary
Laura Durr	52	2011	Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Worldwide Controller
Betsy Atkins	59	1999	Independent Director
John Kelley		2000	Independent Director
D. Scott Mercer	62	2007	Independent Director
William Owens	72	2008	Independent Director
Laura Graves			Vice President - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Kevin Parker	Mr. Kevin T. Parker has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Polycom, Inc., effective May 16, 2013. Mr. Parker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Deltek, Inc., a provider of enterprise software applications, since June 2005 and as Chairman of the board of directors of Deltek since April 2006. Prior to joining Deltek, Mr. Parker served as Co-President of PeopleSoft, Inc., an enterprise application software company, from October 2004 to December 2004, as Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of PeopleSoft from January 2002 to October 2004, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PeopleSoft from October 2000 to December 2001. Prior to joining PeopleSoft, Mr. Parker served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2000 at Aspect Communications Corporation, a customer relationship management software company. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Parker was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration at Fujitsu Computer Products of America. Mr. Parker also serves on a private company board. Mr. Parker holds a B.S. in Accounting from Clarkson University and sits on its board of trustees.
Andrew Miller	Mr. Andrew M. Miller is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Polycom, Inc. Mr. Miller has been a director of Polycom since June 2010. He also served as Executive Vice President of Global Field Operations from July 2009 to May 2010. Prior to joining Polycom, Mr. Miller served as global president of IPC Information Systems, LLC, a provider of communications solutions and services, from December 2007 to June 2009. Prior to his position with IPC, Mr. Miller joined Monster Worldwide Inc., a provider of global online employment solutions, as Senior Vice President, Monster North America from June 2006 to August 2007. Mr. Miller served as Chief Executive Officer of Tandberg ASA, a provider of videoconferencing systems, from January 2002 to June 2006. Mr. Miller also held a number of roles at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 1990 to 2001, including Vice President, US Area Sales (West) and Vice President, Marketing (Customer Advocacy). Mr. Miller currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bridgepoint Education, Inc. Mr. Miller previously served on the Board of Directors of Broadsoft, Inc. from June 2006 to October 2010. Mr. Miller holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.
Eric Brown	Mr. Eric F. Brown is Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Polycom, Inc., since February 21, 2012. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Electronic Arts Inc., an interactive entertainment software company, from April 2008 to February 2012. Prior to joining Electronic Arts, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of McAfee, Inc., a security technology company, from March 2006 until March 2008. From January 2005 until March 2006, Mr. Brown was McAfee’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brown served as President and Chief Financial Officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated, a business intelligence software provider, from 2000 until 2004. Mr. Brown serves on the Board of Directors of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. Mr. Brown received an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Tracey Newell	Ms. Tracey E. Newell is Executive Vice President - Global Sales of Polycom Inc., since July 2011. Prior to joining Polycom, she served at Juniper Networks, a network infrastructure company, from March 2010 to July 2011, most recently as Senior Vice President of Worldwide General Business Sales. Prior to that, Ms. Newell served in several leadership positions at Cisco Systems, a networking company, from October 1999 to March 2010, including worldwide sales for WebEx. Ms. Newell holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sayed Darwish	Mr. Sayed M. Darwish isChief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President - Corporate Development, Secretary of Polycom, Inc., since February 2012. Mr. Darwish also served as Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary from February 2011 to February 2012, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary from January 2008 to February 2011, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from July 2007 to January 2008 and Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from August 2005 to July 2007. Prior to joining Polycom, from December 2003 to August 2005, Mr. Darwish served in various legal positions at EMC Corporation, ultimately as Vice President and General Counsel for EMC Corporation’s Software Group after EMC’s acquisition of Documentum, Inc., where he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from July 2000 to December 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Darwish served as Vice President and General Counsel for Luna Information Systems, served in various positions, including as General Counsel and Vice President, Legal and HR, for Forté Software, Inc. through its acquisition by Sun Microsystems, Inc., served as Corporate Counsel at Oracle Corporation, and was an associate in the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Mr. Darwish is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D. cum laude, and holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana.
Laura Durr	Ms. Laura J. Durr is Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Worldwide Controller of Polycom Inc., since October 2011. Ms. Durr also served as Company's Vice President, Worldwide Controller and Principal Accounting Officer from March 2005 to October 2011 and as Assistant Controller from March 2004 to March 2005. Prior to joining Polycom, Ms. Durr served as the Director of Finance and Administration for QuickSilver Technology, Inc. from February 2003 to March 2004, as an independent consultant from July 2002 to February 2003 and as the Corporate Controller for C Speed Corporation from April 2001 to June 2002. From October 1999 to October 2000, Ms. Durr was a business unit Controller at Lucent Technologies, Inc. after Lucent’s acquisition of International Network Services, where she served as the Corporate Controller from May 1995 to October 1999. Ms. Durr also spent six years in various capacities at Price Waterhouse LLP. Ms. Durr is a certified public accountant and holds a B.S. in Accounting from San Jose State University in San Jose, California.
Betsy Atkins	Ms. Betsy S. Atkins is Independent Director of Polycom, Inc. Ms. Atkins has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Baja LLC, an independent venture capital firm focused on technology, renewable energy and life sciences industries, since 1994. Ms. Atkins served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Clear Standards, Inc., a provider of enterprise carbon management and sustainability solutions, from February 2009 until August 2009 when Clear Standards was acquired by SAP AG, a business software company. Previously, Ms. Atkins served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCI, Inc., a functional food/nutraceutical company, from 1991 through 1993. Ms. Atkins was a co-founder of Ascend Communications, Inc. in 1989 and a member of its board of directors, and served as its EVP of sales, marketing, professional services and international operations prior to its acquisition by Lucent Technologies. Ms. Atkins served on the boards of directors of Vonage Holdings Inc. from July 2005 to March 2007, Towers Watson & Co. from January 2010 to November 2010 and Reynolds American Inc. from July 2004 to June 2010, and has served on the boards of directors of SunPower Corporation since October 2005, Chico’s FAS, Inc. since January 2004, and Schneider Electric, SA since April 2011, as well as the boards of a number of private companies. Ms. Atkins is also an advisor to SAP, was formerly an advisor to British Telecom and was a presidential-appointee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation advisory committee. Ms. Atkins holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts.
John Kelley	Mr. John A. Kelley, Jr., is Independent Director of Polycom, Inc. Mr. Kelley has served as the Chief Executive Officer of CereScan Corp., a provider of high-definition functional brain Mr. Kelley has served as the Chief Executive Officer of CereScan Corp., a provider of high-definition functional brain imaging, since July 2009 and as Chairman of the board of directors of CereScan since March 2009. Previously, Mr. Kelley served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of McDATA Corporation, a provider of storage networking and data infrastructure solutions until McDATA was acquired by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a data infrastructure company, in January 2007. Mr. Kelley started at McDATA as President and Chief Operating Officer in August 2001. Prior to joining McDATA, Mr. Kelley served as Executive Vice President of Networks at Qwest Communications International, Inc. from August 2000 to December 2000. He served as President of Wholesale Markets for U.S. West, Inc. from May 1998 to July 2000. From 1995 to April 1998, Mr. Kelley served as Vice President and General Manager of Business and Government Accounts and President of Federal Services for U.S. West. Prior to joining U.S. West, Mr. Kelley was the Area President for Mead Corporation’s Zellerbach Southwest Business Unit from 1991 to 1995, and held senior positions at Xerox Corporation and NBI, Inc. Mr. Kelley served on the board of directors of McData Corporation from August 2001 until McDATA was acquired in January 2007. Mr. Kelley is also a director of several private company and not-for-profit boards. Mr. Kelley holds a B.S. in business management from the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
D. Scott Mercer	Mr. D. Scott Mercer is Independent Director of Polycom, Inc. From April 2008 to April 2011, Mr. Mercer served as the Chief Executive Officer of Conexant Systems, Inc., a semiconductor solutions company that provides products for imaging, video, audio and Internet connectivity applications. Mr. Mercer also served on the board of directors of Conexant from May 2003 to April 2011 and served as Chairman of the board of directors of Conexant from August 2008 to April 2011. Mr. Mercer served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Adaptec, Inc., a provider of software and hardware-based storage solutions, from May 2005 through November 2005. Mr. Mercer also served as a senior vice president and advisor to the chief executive officer of Western Digital Corporation, a supplier of disk drives to the personal computer and consumer electronics industries, from February 2004 through December 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Mercer was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Western Digital Corporation from October 2001 through January 2004. From June 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Mercer served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Teralogic, Inc. From June 1996 to May 2000, Mr. Mercer held various senior operating and financial positions with Dell, Inc. In addition to Conexant, Mr. Mercer served on the boards of directors of Net Ratings, Inc. from January 2001 to June 2007, Adaptec, Inc. from November 2003 to October 2008, SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. from June 2007 to January 2009, and Palm, Inc. from June 2005 until July 2010 when Palm was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Mercer has served as a director of QLogic Corp. since September 2010. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from California Polytechnic University.
William Owens	Mr. William Arthur Owens is Independent Director of Polycom, Inc. He was previously a director of Polycom from August 1999 to May 2004. Mr. Owens presently serves as the Chairman of AEA Investors (Asia) since April 2006 and has served as Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AEA Holdings Asia, a New York private equity company at various times during that period. Mr. Owens previously served as Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Nortel Networks Corporation, a global supplier of communications equipment, from May 2004 to November 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Owens served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic LLC, a satellite communications company, from February 1999 to May 2004. During that same period, Mr. Owens also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic’s affiliated company, Teledesic Holdings Ltd. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Owens was President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Mr. Owens was a career officer in the U.S. Navy where he served as commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1990 and 1991, and as senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney. Mr. Owens’ military career culminated in his position as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he had responsibility for the reorganization and restructuring of the armed forces in the post-Cold War era. Mr. Owens is widely recognized for bringing commercial high technology into the U.S. Department of Defense for military applications and as the architect of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), an advanced systems technology approach to military operations. Mr. Owens holds a B.A. in mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University, and a Master’s degree in Management from George Washington University.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Kevin Parker	--
Andrew Miller	5,016,650
Eric Brown	--
Tracey Newell	2,439,150
Sayed Darwish	1,389,460
Laura Durr	546,023
Betsy Atkins	--
John Kelley	--
D. Scott Mercer	--
William Owens	--
Laura Graves	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Kevin Parker	0	0
Andrew Miller	0	0
Eric Brown	0	0
Tracey Newell	0	0
Sayed Darwish	2,396	39,075
Laura Durr	6,146	107,212
Betsy Atkins	0	0
John Kelley	0	0
D. Scott Mercer	0	0
William Owens	0	0
Laura Graves	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
MILLER ANDREW M	4,016	$0.00
NEWELL TRACEY	3,213	$0.00
DURR LAURA J	725	$11.03
MILLER ANDREW M	2,096	$11.03
NEWELL TRACEY	1,208	$11.03
DARWISH SAYED M	1,208	$11.03
DARWISH SAYED M	3,213	$0.00
DURR LAURA J	1,929	$0.00
OWENS WILLIAM ARTHUR	5,000	$0.00
PARKER KEVIN T	5,000	$0.00
ATKINS BETSY S	5,000	$0.00
KELLEY JOHN A JR	5,000	$0.00
MERCER D SCOTT	5,000	$0.00
KELLEY JOHN A JR	50,000	$10.67
KELLEY JOHN A JR	50,000	$11.29
DEWALT DAVID G	5,000	$0.00
DEWALT DAVID G	47,357	$11.26
DEWALT DAVID G	50,000	$10.67
OWENS WILLIAM ARTHUR	50,000	$10.67
OWENS WILLIAM ARTHUR	47,357	$11.26
MILLER ANDREW M	2,500	$0.00
MILLER ANDREW M	1,305	$11.32
MILLER ANDREW M	5,218	$11.00
MILLER ANDREW M	10,000	$0.00
DURR LAURA J	3,568	$10.27

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