People: Sonus Networks Inc (SONS.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Janzen, Howard 55 2008 Chairman of the Board
Nottenburg, Richard 55 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Pastore, Wayne 44 2008 Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller
Pai, Gurudutt 43 2008 Senior Vice President
England, Gale 59 2005 Vice President - Product Operations
Shanableh, Mohammed 39 2007 Vice President - Worldwide Sales
Dillon, Matthew 48 2001 Vice President - Global Services
Vishwanathan, Kumar 2009 Vice President - Engineering and Chief Architect
Severino, Paul 63 1999 Director
Thompson, H. Brian 70 2003 Director
Cunningham, John 71 2004 Director
Schofield, John 60 2009 Director
Schubert, Scott 54 2009 Director
Brewington, James 65 2009 Director
Infante, Beatriz 49 2010 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Janzen, Howard Mr. Howard E. Janzen is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc. since January 2006 and the Chairman of the Board since December 2008. Mr. Janzen has been Chief Executive Officer of One Communications, a supplier of integrated advanced telecommunications solutions to businesses, since March 2007 and has served on the Board of Directors of One Communications since June 2007. He served as President of Sprint Business Solutions, the business unit serving Sprint's business customer base with almost 10,000 employees and $12 billion in annual revenue, from January 2004 to September 2005. From May 2003 to January 2004, he was President of Sprint's Global Markets Group, responsible for Sprint's long distance service for both consumer and business customers. From October 2002 to May 2003, Mr. Janzen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Janzen Ventures, Inc., a private investment business venture. From 1994 until October 2002, Mr. Janzen served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman from 2001, of Williams Communications Group, Inc., a high technology company, which emerged from bankruptcy in October 2002 as WilTel Communications Group, Inc. Mr. Janzen currently serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. and Macrosolve, Inc. He also serves on the Governor's Science and Technology Council for the State of Oklahoma and is a Commissioner and Chairman for the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC). Mr. Janzen received his B.S and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He also has completed the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development.
Nottenburg, Richard Mr. Richard N. Nottenburg, Ph. D. is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc. since June 2008, and is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Company. From 2004 until 2008, Dr. Nottenburg was an officer with Motorola, Inc., ultimately serving as its Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer. While at Motorola, Dr. Nottenburg was responsible for shaping Motorola's overall corporate strategy. Prior to joining Motorola as an officer in July 2004, Dr. Nottenburg was a strategic consultant to the company from January 2004 to July 2004. Prior to that, Dr. Nottenburg was Vice President and General Manager of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation after its merger with Multilink Technology Corporation in 2003. From 1995 to 2003, Dr. Nottenburg served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Multilink the company from inception to a successful initial public offering in 2001. He holds a Doctor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Pastore, Wayne Mr. Wayne M. Pastore has been appointed as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller of Sonus Networks, Inc. He had previously been the Director, Business Process Improvement from February 2008 to May 2008. From September 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Pastore was Director of Financial Planning and Analysis of Sycamore Networks, Inc., an optical switching company. From December 2003 to September 2006, he was Corporate Controller of Spotfire, Inc., a business analytics software company.
Pai, Gurudutt Mr. Gurudutt U. Pai has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Sonus Networks, Inc. Mr. Pai joined Sonus from Veveo, Inc. a company that provides solutions to simplify access to web video content from Internet-connected devices, where he served as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development since June 2005. From June 2003 to June 2005, Mr. Pai served as Vice President of the Core Networks division for Motorola, a provider of a portfolio of technologies, solutions and services for mobile communications.
England, Gale Mr. Gale England is Vice President, Product Operations of Sonus Networks, Inc. since May 2005. Prior to joining Sonus, Mr. England was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Numetrix Inc., a San Francisco based Software Applications Company. From 2000 to 2001, he was General Manager and VP of Engineering Development at VillaMontage Systems (a Broadband Access Solution funded by Convergence Partners). Prior to 2000, Mr. England had also held senior management positions at Digital Equipment Corp., Wellfleet Communications, Inc., Bay Networks, and Nortel Networks, Inc.
Shanableh, Mohammed Mr. Mohammed Shanableh is Vice President, Worldwide Sales of Sonus Networks, Inc., since August 2007. From October 2006 to July 2007, he was Vice President, Sales Engineering, and was Vice President, Network Technology Solutions, from September 2004 to October 2006. Mr. Shanableh was Director, Carrier Strategy at Telica, a developer of intelligent multi-service broadband switching systems for next generation service providers from January 2002 to September 2004. He co-founded Valiant Networks, where he was served as Vice President, Professional Services, from December 1999 to December 2001.
Dillon, Matthew Mr. Matt Dillon is Vice President, Global Services of Sonus Networks, Inc. since 2001. Prior to joining Sonus, from 1987 to 2000, he was a founding member of Boston Technology (later purchased by Comverse), which created the de-facto standard in scalable central office-based voicemail platforms for Bell Atlantic. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Dillon was Vice President of Operations for Technology Enterprises.
Vishwanathan, Kumar Mr. Kumar Vishwanathan is Vice President - Engineering and Chief Architect of Sonus Networks, Inc. Mr. Vishwanathan most recently served as the co-founder and vice president of solutions for envIO Networks, a mobile content and social marketing platform provider. In this role, he led the company's product management, system engineering and deployment teams across the US, South East Asia and India. Mr. Vishwanathan was part of the founding team at Winphoria Networks, helping the company to pioneer technology in the Wireless SoftSwitch and Push-To-Talk over cellular markets. After Motorola's acquisition of Winphoria Networks in May 2003, Mr. Vishwanathan served as the senior director of engineering where he was responsible for overseeing the development of the company's Core Networks product line including SoftSwitch, Media Gateway, IMS and Push-to-Talk solutions. Prior to Winphoria Networks, Mr. Vishwanathan worked at Lucent Bell laboratories defining the early softswitch architectures and the development of the Lucent SoftSwitch.
Severino, Paul Mr. Paul J. Severino is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc., since March 1999. Mr. Severino has been an investment advisor to emerging companies and venture funds since 1996. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Analog Devices, Inc. Mr. Severino has a B.S. in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Thompson, H. Brian Mr. H. Brian Thompson is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc., since October 2003. Mr. Thompson has been Executive Chairman of Global Telecom and Technology (GTT), a global network integrator, since October 2006 and continues to head his own private equity investment and advisory firm, Universal Telecommunications, Inc. From December 2002 to June 2007, Mr. Thompson was Chairman of Comsat International, an independent telecommunications operator serving all of Latin America. He currently serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc., ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited and Penske Automotive Group, Inc. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business, and received an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts.
Cunningham, John Mr. John P. Cunningham is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc., since September 2004. In June 2002, Mr. Cunningham retired from Citrix Systems, Inc., a global leader in virtual workplace software and services. From May 2001 to June 2002, Mr. Cunningham was Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations of Citrix. He joined Citrix in November 1999 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and served in that capacity until May 2001. From 1998 to June 1999, Mr. Cunningham served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wang Global, a worldwide provider of network services. Prior to joining Wang, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Whirlpool Corporation from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Financial Officer of Maytag Corporation from 1994 to 1996, both diversified manufacturers. Mr. Cunningham has also held various management positions at International Business Machines. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Smart Disk Corporation. Mr. Cunningham has an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.S. from Fordham University.
Schofield, John Mr. John A. Schofield is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc. since January 2009. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Schofield served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc., a supplier of next-generation edge access equipment and multi-service broadband solutions for the telecommunications industry. Form 1992 to 1999, Mr. Schofield served as Senior Vice President and then President of the Integrated Solutions Group of ADC Telecommunications, Inc., a world-wide supplier of network equipment, software solutions, and integration services for broadband and multiservice networks. Mr. Schofield currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Mr. Schofield has a BSEE from the NSW Institute of Technology, in Sydney Australia and is a graduate of Raytheon's Advanced Management Program.
Schubert, Scott Mr. Scott E. Schubert is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc. since February 2009. From 2005 until June 2008, Mr. Schubert served as Chief Financial Officer of TransUnion LLC. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Schubert served as Chief Financial Officer and, prior to that, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of NTL, Inc. (now Virgin Media, Inc.). From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Schubert held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Williams Communications Group, Inc., a high technology company, which emerged from bankruptcy in October 2002 as WilTel Communications Group, Inc. Mr. Schubert also served as head of BP Amoco's Global Financial Services, the initial integration of BP and Amoco's worldwide financial operations following the merger of the two companies. Mr. Schubert is a graduate of the Krannert School of Business at Purdue University where he completed his MBA degree in Finance and Economics in 1976. He also earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Purdue in 1975, with dual majors in Engineering and Accounting.
Brewington, James Mr. James K. Brewington is a Director of Sonus Networks, Inc., since May 2009. Mr. Brewington retired as President of Developing Markets at Lucent Technologies in 2007. Prior to heading Lucent's Developing Markets group, Mr. Brewington served as president of Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group, where he was responsible for all wireless infrastructure for the mobility segment, including global wireless development and product architecture, project management, and business and product management. Mr. Brewington joined Lucent in 1996. He began his career at AT&T in 1968, and has held various executive management positions in the telecommunications industry, including overseeing Bell Telephone Wireless Laboratories. Mr. Brewington serves on the Board of Directors of Kopin Corp. and advises several technology startup companies. Mr. Brewington holds a BA from the College of Idaho, MBA from Seattle University, and a MS from Stanford University (Sloan Fellow).
Infante, Beatriz Ms. Beatriz V. Infante has been appointed as Director of Sonus Networks, Inc. effective January 10, 2010. Ms. Infante is currently the chief executive officer of BusinessExcelleration LLC, a strategic business consultancy and previously served as the chief executive officer of VoiceObjects Inc. (now Voxeo Corporation) from March 2006 to December 2008. From December 2004 to June 2005, Ms. Infante served as chief executive officer of Sychron Inc., which was sold to an investor group. From October 1998 to October 2003, Ms. Infante held various positions with Aspect Communications, including the roles of chairman, president and chief executive officer. In addition to her current role as chief executive officer for BusinessExcelleration, Ms. Infante is also an Executive-in-Residence at U.S. Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee to the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science and is an advisor and investor in several early-stage technology companies. Previously, Ms. Infante held board positions with Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, Netli, Sychron and PlanetWeb, and has served as chair of the technology subcommittee of the Silicon Valley Blue Ribbon Task Force on Aviation Security and Technology. Ms. Infante holds a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University and holds an MS in Engineering and Computer Science from California Institute of Technology.

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PAI GURUDUTT U 23,812 $2.13
NOTTENBURG RICHARD N 39,686 $2.14
GAYNOR RICHARD J 1,389 $2.12
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 10,623 $2.11
PASTORE WAYNE 2,116 $2.11
DILLON MATTHEW S 10,556 $2.11
GAYNOR RICHARD J 15,875 $2.11
DILLON MATTHEW S 992 $1.86
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 998 $1.86
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 1,996 $1.90
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 1,996 $1.94
NOTTENBURG RICHARD N 79,374 $1.99
GAYNOR RICHARD J 1,389 $1.57
DILLON MATTHEW S 1,185 $1.32
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 1,192 $1.32
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 2,384 $1.32
NOTTENBURG RICHARD N 500,000 $0.00
PAI GURUDUTT U 300,000 $0.00
DILLON MATTHEW S 133,000 $0.00
PASTORE WAYNE 26,667 $0.00
SHANABLEH MOHAMMED 133,000 $0.00
GAYNOR RICHARD J 200,000 $0.00
GAYNOR RICHARD J 3,653 $2.88
AHMED HASSAN 156,562 $3.05
DILLON MATTHEW S 1,984 $3.37
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