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Board of Directors

Ashutosh Agrawal

Mr. Agrawal is a Vice President with Francisco Partners. Prior to joining Francisco Partners, Mr. Agrawal worked in the Leveraged Finance group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was involved in the structuring and execution of leveraged loan, high-yield bond, bridge loan, and mezzanine financing transactions for companies in a variety of industries including telecommunications and information technology. Mr. Agrawal serves on the board of directors of Primavera.

Education:
  • M.B.A. from Harvard Business School with high distinction (Baker Scholar)
  • M.Eng. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University
  • B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, summa cum laude

Benjamin Ball

Mr. Ball is a founder of Francisco Partners and has been a Partner since its formation in August 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Ball was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Previously, he worked for Genstar Capital LLC, a middle-market LBO firm, where he focused on investments in the semiconductor, capital equipment and communications industries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ball worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company. Mr. Ball serves on the board of directors of ECI, Legerity and WebTrends.

Education:
  • M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • A.B. from Harvard College

Peter Krow

Peter Krow joined Vector Capital as a Vice President in 2008. Prior to Vector, Peter worked at Atalaya Capital Management, a special situations investment firm. He also worked in sales and operations at Google. Previously, Peter was an Associate with Alta Communications where he made middle market buyout and growth equity investments in the media and telecommunications services sectors. Prior to Alta, Peter was an Associate and Analyst in JPMorgan's Technology Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group.

Peter received his MBA from Harvard Business School with high distinction as a Baker Scholar. He holds a B.S. in finance from Pennsylvania State University.


Alex Slusky

Alex Slusky is the founder and Managing Partner of Vector Capital. His areas of expertise include infrastructure and applications software, internet services, corporate spinouts, and technology buyouts. Alex currently serves on the boards of Corel Corporation, SafeNet Inc., and Register.com. Prior to their acquisitions, Alex was also a director of Savi Technology (acquired by Lockheed Martin), LANDesk Software (acquired by Avocent) and NetGravity (acquired by DoubleClick). Alex also led Vector's investments in RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK), Acuity (acquired by Avaya), and Extricity Software (acquired by Peregrine).

Prior to Vector, Alex led the technology equity practice at Ziff Brothers Investments, managing a portfolio of public and private technology investments. Before joining Ziff Brothers, Alex was at New Enterprise Associates, focusing on venture investments in software, communications, and digital media. Prior to NEA, Alex was a consultant at McKinsey & Company and a product manager at Microsoft Corporation.

Alex has an A.B. in Economics, summa cum laude from Harvard University, and an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from the Harvard Business School.


Joe Wang

Joe Wang, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies, has a proven track record of growing businesses and generating tremendous returns during his 20 years in the high technology marketplace. Prior to joining WatchGuard, Wang was the CEO of LANDesk Software, an Intel spin-off, where he grew the company by 150% in four years. He successfully sold LANDesk Software for over $400m, generating significant returns for shareholders. Prior to LANDesk, Wang was vice president and general manager of Symantec's Enterprise Administration Division, a business unit with $230m in annual sales. Before joining Symantec, Wang was CEO of 20/20 Software. He built the company from conception to a growing and profitable business and ultimately championed its successful acquisition.


Management


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