People: Rackspace Hosting Inc (RAX.N)

Mr. Mark P. Mellin, CPA, is Independent Director of Rackspace Hosting, Inc., since May 2009. Mr. Mellin is a certified public accountant (CPA) and has been employed at Vidacare Corporation, a San Antonio, Texas based medical device company since December 2009, where he currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mellin previously was the managing partner of the San Antonio office of Arthur Andersen LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm he was with from September 1982 to August 2002. During his tenure at Arthur Andersen, Mr. Mellin oversaw the operations of the audit, tax and consulting practice of the San Antonio office and served as an auditor and financial advisor to numerous public and private companies. Mr. Mellin was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ilex Oncology, Inc., a publicly traded bio-pharmaceutical company, from September 2002 to December 2004 until its acquisition by Genzyme Corporation. At different points from January 2005 through December 2009, Mr. Mellin worked as a financial consultant, providing among other things, regulatory reporting and merger and acquisition assistance. Mr. Mellin is Chairman of Company's Audit Committee. He received his B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas in Austin in 1982 and his CPA license from the state of Texas in 1984.