| The directors
and executive officers of the Company as at December 31,
2001 were as follows:
Name
Gil Shwed (1)
Marius Nacht
Jerry Ungerman
Eyal Desheh
Shlomo Kramer
Irwin Federman (1)(2)(3)
David Rubner (2)
Ray Rothrock (1)(2)(3)
Alex Vieux
Tal Shavit
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Position
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
Senior Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Board
President
Chief Financial Officer
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
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| (1) |
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Member of Compensation Committee |
| (2) |
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Member of Audit Committee |
| (3) |
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Outside Director; see "Outside
and Independent Directors" below in this Item
6. |
Gil
Shwed, a co-founder of the Company, is Chairman of the
Board of the Company, a position he has held since July
1998, and is also the Company's Chief executive officer
and a Director of the Company, both of which positions
he has held since the Company 's inception in July 1993.
Mr. Shwed also served as President of the Company from
its inception until 2001.
Marius
Nacht, a co-founder of the Company, has served as the
Company's Senior Vice President and Vice Chairman of
the Board since the beginning of 2001. Mr. Nacht served
as the Company's Senior Vice President from January
1999 until the beginning of 2001. Mr. Nacht served as
the Company's Vice President of International Operations
from September 1995 until December 1998, and from July
1993 to September 1995 Mr. Nacht served as a Vice-President
of the Company. Mr. Nacht has served as a director of
the Company since its inception in July 1993. Mr. Nacht
received a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering
and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University,
as well as a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
Jerry
Ungerman was appointed President of the Company in 2001
and has global responsibility for sales, marketing,
business development and technical services. He served
as Senior Vice President from 1998 until 2000. He began
his career with IBM in 1967 and from July 1971 to October
1998, Mr. Ungerman held a number of senior management
positions with Hitachi Data Systems Corp., a provider
of computer networking and data storage solutions for
computing environments. Mr. Ungerman holds a B.S.B.
in business from the University of Minnesota and is
a director of Serena Software.
Eyal
Desheh has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company
since May 2000. He was Chief Financial Officer for Scitex
Corporation Ltd., a company engaged in digital imaging
for graphics communications, where he was responsible
for all the major finance functions, investor relations,
risk management, mergers and acquisitions and legal
affairs. Before joining Scitex, he served as Vice President
for business development and strategy at Bezeq, The
Israeli Telecommunications Corp. Ltd., Deputy Chief
Financial Officer of Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chief
Executive Officer of H.L. Financial Services Ltd. and
numerous positions in Bank Hapoalim. Mr. Desheh holds
a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A in Finance, both from
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Shlomo
Kramer, a co-founder of the Company, served as the Company's
Executive Vice President from October 1996 until December
1998, and served as Vice President of Product and Business
Development from October 1995 to October 1996. From
July 1993 to October 1995, Mr. Kramer served as a Vice
President of the Company. Mr. Kramer has served as a
director of the Company since its inception in July
1993. Mr. Kramer received a Masters degree in Computer
Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well
as a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel
Aviv University. |
