People: Plantronics Inc (PLT.N)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Marvin Tseu	64		Independent Chairman of the Board
Pamela Strayer	44	2013	Acting Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Carsten Trads	56	2003	President - Clarity Division
Joseph Burton	47	2011	Senior Vice President - Engineering and Development, Chief Technology Officer
Marilyn Mersereau	58	2012	Senior Vice President - Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer
Don Houston	57	1998	Senior Vice President - Sales
Patricia Wadors	47	2010	Senior Vice President - Human Resources
Renee Niemi	47	2009	Senior Vice President - Communication Solutions
Larry Wuerz	54	2007	Senior Vice President - Worldwide Operations
Philip Vanhoutte	56	2003	Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Barry Margerum	60	2010	Chief Strategy Officer
Ken Kannappan	52	2013	Director
Brian Dexheimer	49	2008	Independent Director
Robert Hagerty	60	2011	Independent Director
Greggory Hammann	49	2005	Independent Director
John Hart	67	2006	Independent Director
Marshall Mohr	57	2005	Independent Director
Greg Klaben			Vice President - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Marvin Tseu	Mr. Marvin Tseu is Independent Chairman of the Board of Plantronics, Inc. Mr. Tseu has been a member of the Board since 1999 and serves as Chair of the Board and the Presiding Director of executive sessions. Mr. Tseu has served as Chief Operating Officer of Exponential Interactive since June 2009. Exponential Interactive, Inc. is a global provider of advertising intelligence and digital media solutions to brand advertisers. From May 2006 to November 2007, Mr. Tseu served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Axesstel, Inc., a designer and developer of fixed wireless voice and broadband data products. From October 2002 to March 2006, Mr. Tseu served as the Chief Executive Officer and a founder of Active Reasoning, Inc., a private company that produces resource management software to help enterprises manage their IT operations that was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007. Since November 2001, Mr. Tseu has also been a consulting venture partner with ComVentures, LLP, a venture capital firm focusing on communications companies. From February 2001 to July 2001, Mr. Tseu was Chief Executive Officer of Method Networks, Inc., an Internet technology company helping enterprises automate the management of their Internet networks. From October 1999 to October 2000, Mr. Tseu was President and Chief Executive Officer of SiteSmith, Inc., a provider of outsourced Internet site operations that he co-founded. From August 1998 to July 1999, Mr. Tseu served as President of Structured Internetworks, Inc., a company engaged in the design and marketing of bandwidth allocation products. Mr. Tseu has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University.
Pamela Strayer	Ms. Pamela Strayer is Acting Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Plantronics Inc. She has been appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer of Plantronics Inc., effective April 14, 2013. Ms. Strayer holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ohio State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in California and Illinois. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Strayer spent seven years at Autodesk, Inc., in a variety of roles with increasing responsibilities, most recently as its Vice President Finance, Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to Autodesk, Ms. Strayer spent five years at Epiphany, Inc., a customer relationship management software company acquired by SSA Global Technologies in 2005, the last three years of which as Epiphany's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller.
Carsten Trads	Mr. Carsten Trads is President - Clarity Division of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Trads joined Clarity (formerly Walker-Ameriphone) in 2003 as President. Prior to joining Plantronics, from 1994 to 1998, Mr. Trads served as a Senior Vice President at GN Resound. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Trads served as President of GN Resounds' North American operation. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Trads was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Dancall Radio A/S, a manufacturer of cell phones and cordless phones. Mr. Trads holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.
Joseph Burton	Mr. Joseph B. Burton is Senior Vice President - Engineering and Development, Chief Technology Officer of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Burton joined Plantronics in 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering and Development. Prior to joining Plantronics, Mr. Burton held various executive management, engineering leadership, strategy, and architecture-level positions. From October 2010 to May 2011, Mr. Burton was employed by Polycom, Inc., a global provider of unified communications solutions for telepresence, video and voice, most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and, for a period of time, as General Manager, Service Provider concurrently with his technology leadership role. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Burton was employed by Cisco Systems, Inc., a global provider of networking equipment, and served in various roles with increasing responsibility including Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Unified Communications and Vice President, SaaS Platform Engineering, Collaboration Software Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Excelsior College (formerly Regents College) and attended the Stanford Executive Program.
Marilyn Mersereau	Ms. Marilyn Mersereau is Senior Vice President - Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer of Plantronics, Inc., since April 02, 2012. Prior to joining Plantronics, from November 2011 to February 2012, Ms. Mersereau served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of C3 Energy Network, a provider of energy management software solutions. From 2002 to 2011, at Cisco Systems, Inc., a global provider of networking equipment, Ms. Mersereau served in various roles of increasing responsibility including Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing. Earlier in her career Ms. Mersereau served in senior marketing roles at IBM, Coca-Cola, Wendy's and Burger King International. Ms. Mersereau holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario.
Don Houston	Mr. Don Houston is Senior Vice President - Sales of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Houston joined Plantronics in 1996 as Vice President of Sales and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales in 1998. From 1995 through 1996, Mr. Houston served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Proxima Corporation, a designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of multi-media projection products. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Houston held management positions at Calcomp, Inc., a company engaged in the business of manufacturing computer peripherals for the CAD and graphic market. Prior to 1985, Mr. Houston held sales and marketing management positions with IBM Corporation. Mr. Houston graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Marketing.
Patricia Wadors	Ms. Patricia L. Wadors is Senior Vice President - Human Resources of Plantronics Inc., since April 14, 2010. Ms. Wadors joined Plantronics in 2010 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Facilities. Prior to joining Plantronics, Ms. Wadors worked at Yahoo, Inc. where she served as Senior Vice President of Total Rewards, Systems and Mergers and Acquisitions - Human Resources from 2009 to 2010, and as Senior Vice President of World Wide Business Partners - Human Resources from 2007 to 2009. Ms. Wadors has held human resource management positions with Align Technology, Inc., Applied Materials, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc. and Viacom, Inc. Ms. Wadors graduated from Ramapo College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a focus in Human Resource Management.
Renee Niemi	Ms. Renee Niemi is Senior Vice President - Communication Solutions of Plantronics Inc. Ms. Niemi joined Plantronics in 2005 as Vice President and General Manager, Mobile and Entertainment. In 2009, she was promoted to Senior Vice President, Communications Solutions. Prior to joining Plantronics, Ms. Niemi held senior positions with companies such as Visto Corporation, Mobilesys, Inc., Xircom, and NEC Technologies, and was most recently at Danger, Inc. Ms. Niemi graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. She earned a certificate in General Management for High Technology from Stanford University's IEEE Joint Program.
Larry Wuerz	Mr. Larry Wuerz is Senior Vice President - Worldwide Operations of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Wuerz joined Plantronics in 2007 as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Prior to Plantronics, Mr. Wuerz spent 28 years at Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") where he held several senior positions. Mr. Wuerz was the Worldwide Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain for the Desktop Personal Computer organization, including consumer, commercial and workstation PCs. Prior to this role, Mr. Wuerz held the same title for HP's Consumer Desktop Personal Computer organization. In addition to Mr. Wuerz's operations roles at HP, he held senior positions in other functional areas, including Research and Development and Human Resources. Mr. Wuerz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Stanford University.
Philip Vanhoutte	Mr. Philip Vanhoutte is Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Vanhoutte joined Plantronics in 2003 as Managing Director of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”). Effective for fiscal year 2013, Mr. Vanhoutte will serve as Managing Director of Europe and Africa. Prior to joining Plantronics, from 2001 to 2003, Mr. Vanhoutte served as Corporate Vice President of Marketing at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. In 2001, he served as Vice President of Strategic Market Development at Ericsson's Personal Communications Division. From 1998 until 2000, he served as Senior Vice President of Products, Marketing and Sales at MCI WorldCom's International Division in London. Mr. Vanhoutte held management positions at Dell Computer Corporation and Nokia Data, which was merged into Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc. Mr. Vanhoutte studied Applied Economics and Engineering at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Barry Margerum	Mr. Barry Margerum is Chief Strategy Officer of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Margerum joined Plantronics in 1994 as Vice President of Marketing and was promoted in 1996 to President and General Manager of the Computer and Mobile Systems Group. In 1997, he left Plantronics to become President and CEO of Euphonix, Inc., a public company in the high-end audio equipment space. In 2000, he re-joined Plantronics and in 2004, he became Vice President of Strategy and Business Development and, in 2008, he was named Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to joining Plantronics, from 1989 to 1994, Mr. Margerum was CEO of MITEM Corporation, a middleware software company. From 1980 to 1989, he held a marketing and sales positions, including Vice President of Marketing for GRiD Systems Corporation, a laptop computer manufacturer. Mr. Margerum serves on the Board of Directors of MITEM Corporation. Mr. Margerum holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.
Ken Kannappan	Mr. Ken Kannappan is Director of Plantronics Inc. Mr. Kannappan joined Plantronics in 1995 as Vice President of Sales and was promoted to positions prior to being named President and Chief Operating Officer in March 1998. In January 1999, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1999. Prior to joining Plantronics, Mr. Kannappan served as Senior Vice President of Investment Banking for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, where he was employed from 1985 to 1995. Mr. Kannappan serves on the Board of Directors at Mattson Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced process equipment for the semiconductor industry. Mr. Kannappan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. Ken Kannappan has taken a temporary medical leave of absence. He is expected to be on leave for approximately four months.
Brian Dexheimer	Mr. Brian S. Dexheimer is Independent Director of Plantronics, Inc., since April 1, 2008. Mr. Dexheimer spent 25 years at Seagate Technology in various sales, marketing and general management positions. In his last role at Seagate Technology, before he left in July 2009, he served as President - Consumer Solutions, where he was responsible for the development, manufacturing and go-to-market of Seagate’s branded DAS, NAS and back-up oriented consumer products and services. Mr. Dexheimer has also held executive level roles in Seagate’s core business including: Chief Sales & Marketing Officer; Executive Vice President - Sales, Marketing and Customer Service; and Executive Vice President - Storage Businesses. Mr. Dexheimer began his career with Control Data Corporation and then joined Seagate Technology via acquisition in 1989. Mr. Dexheimer has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the University of Portland and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
Robert Hagerty	Mr. Robert Hagerty has been appointed as Independent Director of Plantronics, Inc., effective September 14, 2011. He has served as CEO of iControl Networks, Inc., a software and services company for the broadband home management market, since September 2011. From 1998 to May, 2010, Mr. Hagerty served as CEO, President and Chairman of Polycom, Inc., a provider of personal video systems, video and voice collaboration infrastructures and conference phones. Prior to joining Polycom, Mr. Hagerty served as President of Stylus Assets, Ltd., a developer of software and hardware products for fax, document management and Internet communications. He also held several key management positions with Logitech, Inc., including Operating Committee Member to the Office of the President, and Senior Vice President/General Manager of Logitech's retail division and worldwide operations. In addition, Mr. Hagerty's career includes positions as Vice President, High Performance Products for Conner Peripherals and key management positions at Signal Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Hagerty is currently a director of Smart Technologies, Inc. and Eye IO (a private company). He has served on several boards of directors in the past including Palm from 2007 to 2010, Modulus Video, Inc. from 2007 to 2009, and as Chairman of the Board of Polycom. Mr. Hagerty holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters of Arts in Management from St. Mary's College of California.
Greggory Hammann	Mr. Greggory C. Hammann is Independent Director of Plantronics, Inc. Mr. Hammann is currently an Operating Partner with the private equity firm of J.H. Whitney, acting Chief Executive Officer of Power Plate North America Inc. which makes a technologically advanced exercise product used to improve athletic performance, and also Chief Executive Officer of Action Advisors. From 2003 to 2007 he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nautilus, Inc. He has held executive positions at Levi Strauss & Company and Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Hammann also has held management positions at Famous Footwear, The Rayovac Corporation, and Procter & Gamble. Mr. Hammann graduated from the University of Iowa. Mr. Hammann has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
John Hart	Mr. John H. Hart is Independent Director of Plantronics, Inc., since March 8, 2006. He is a former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of 3Com Corporation where he was responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company during the 10 year period (September 1990 to September 2000) in which it grew annual revenue from $400 million to almost $6 billion. Prior to 3Com, Mr. Hart was Vice President of Engineering at Vitalink Communications Corporation where he led the group that invented, patented and shipped the industry’s first Ethernet switching products. Mr. Hart is a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Compensation and Nominating Committee of PLX Technology, Inc. Mr. Hart holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Georgia.
Marshall Mohr	Mr. Marshall L. Mohr is Independent Director of Plantronics, Inc. He has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a provider of surgical robotics, since March 2006. Prior to joining Intuitive Surgical, Mr. Mohr was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Adaptec, Inc., a computer hardware company that was acquired by PMC-Sierra in 2010. Prior to joining Adaptec in July 2003, Mr. Mohr was an audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he was most recently the managing partner of the firm's West Region Technology Industry Group and led its Silicon Valley accounting and audit advisory practice. Mr. Mohr was a member of the Board of Directors of Atheros Communications, Inc., a developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products, from November 2003 to May 2011 when Atheros was sold to QUALCOMM, Incorporated. Mr. Mohr also served as the Chairman of Atheros, Inc.'s Audit Committee. Mr. Mohr received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Western Michigan University.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Marvin Tseu	--
Pamela Strayer	--
Carsten Trads	--
Joseph Burton	2,845,870
Marilyn Mersereau	--
Don Houston	1,449,130
Patricia Wadors	--
Renee Niemi	1,359,130
Larry Wuerz	--
Philip Vanhoutte	797,843
Barry Margerum	--
Ken Kannappan	3,961,640
Brian Dexheimer	--
Robert Hagerty	--
Greggory Hammann	--
John Hart	--
Marshall Mohr	--
Greg Klaben	--

As Of 30 Mar 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Marvin Tseu	0	0
Pamela Strayer	0	0
Carsten Trads	0	0
Joseph Burton	0	0
Marilyn Mersereau	0	0
Don Houston	370,000	6,719,466
Patricia Wadors	0	0
Renee Niemi	15,000	31,016
Larry Wuerz	0	0
Philip Vanhoutte	150,000	1,438,500
Barry Margerum	0	0
Ken Kannappan	1,762,600	30,721,330
Brian Dexheimer	0	0
Robert Hagerty	0	0
Greggory Hammann	0	0
John Hart	0	0
Marshall Mohr	0	0
Greg Klaben	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	357	$46.14
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	780	$46.26
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	9,005	$45.95
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	233	$46.33
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	630	$46.17
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	1,600	$46.09
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	800	$46.15
TSEU MARVIN	100	$46.19
TSEU MARVIN	300	$46.23
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	2,400	$46.30
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	179	$46.09
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	100	$46.39
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	2,101	$46.25
TSEU MARVIN	220	$46.16
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	2,600	$46.00
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	200	$46.38
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	100	$46.35
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	99	$46.35
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	143	$46.06
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	530	$46.16
TSEU MARVIN	230	$46.18
TSEU MARVIN	400	$46.17
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	1,001	$46.28
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	900	$46.11
VANHOUTTE PHILIP	1,061	$46.13

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People: Plantronics Inc (PLT.N)

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