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Table of Contents
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following table sets forth the names, ages and positions of our executive officers as of February 7, 2014.
Patrick C.S. Lo is our co-
founder and has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since March 2002. He also served as temporary
General Manager of our Commercial Business Unit from May 2012 until July 2013. Patrick founded NETGEAR with Mark G. Merrill with the singular
vision of providing the appliances to enable everyone in the world to connect to the high speed Internet for information, communication, business
transactions, education, and entertainment. From 1983 until 1995, Mr. Lo worked at Hewlett-
Packard Company, where he served in various
management positions in sales, technical support, product management, and marketing in the U.S. and Asia. Mr. Lo was named the Ernst & Young
National Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006. Mr. Lo received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Brown University.
Christine M. Gorjanc
has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2008, Chief Accounting Officer from December 2006 to January
2008 and Vice President, Finance from November 2005 to December 2006. From September 1996 through November 2005, Ms. Gorjanc served as Vice
President, Controller, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for Aspect Communications Corporation, a provider of workforce and customer management
solutions. From October 1988 through September 1996, Ms. Gorjanc served as the Manager of Tax for Tandem Computers, Inc., a provider of fault-
tolerant computer systems. Prior to that, Ms. Gorjanc served in management positions at Xidex Corporation, a manufacturer of storage devices, and
spent eight years in public accounting with a number of accounting firms. Ms. Gorjanc holds a B.A. in Accounting (with honors) from the University of
Texas at El Paso and a M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University.
Jeffrey M. Capone
serves as our Chief Technology Officer and joined us as Vice President of engineering through the acquisition of Leaf
Networks in 2010. As CEO and co
-
founder of Leaf Networks, Mr. Capone was involved in all aspects of technology and corporate development
including product and engineering management, technology licensing, patent filing and general management of the company. Before Leaf Networks,
Mr. Capone co-founded Aligo, Inc. and served as the CTO until 2004 where he led the company’
s technology vision. Prior to Aligo, Mr. Capone was an
assistant professor at Arizona State University and Director of the Network Engineering and Wireless Telecom Laboratory. Mr. Capone's distinctions
include the National Science Foundation's CAREER award, numerous IEEE Journal and conference publications. Mr. Capone holds a PhD in Electrical
Engineering from Northeastern University.
Mark G. Merrill is our co-
founder and currently serves as our Senior Vice President of Advanced Engineering. In this role, Mr. Merrill continues
to guide the emerging market efforts and work closely the RF engineering team to ensure technical leadership of our wireless networking products.
Previously, Mr. Merrill served as our Chief Technology Officer from January 2003 to April 2013. From September 1999 to January 2003, he served as
Vice President of Engineering and served as Director of Engineering from September 1995 to September 1999. Mr. Merrill received both a B.S. degree
and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Michael P. Clegg
has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager of Service Provider Business Unit since August 2005. Prior to
joining NETGEAR, Mr. Clegg served as VP Engineering, at Entrisphere (acquired by Ericsson) from February 2003 to January 2005, and COO and
CTO at Virtual Access from September 1999 to April 2002. From March 1999 to September 1999, Mr. Clegg served as Vice President DSL Solutions at
Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe which acquired the Westell Europe subsidiary, which Mr. Clegg led as Managing Director from May 1995 to
September 1999. Prior to May 1995, Mr. Clegg served as Senior Consultant at Scientific Generics (now Sagentia) from December 1989 to April 1994.
Mr. Clegg
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Name Age Position
Patrick C.S. Lo
57
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Christine M. Gorjanc
57
Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey M. Capone
43
Chief Technical Officer
Mark G. Merrill
59
Senior Vice President of Advanced Engineering
Michael P. Clegg
53
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Service Provider Business Unit
John P. McHugh
53
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Business Unit
David S.G. Soares
47
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Retail Business Unit
Michael F. Falcon
57
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations and Support
Andrew W. Kim
43
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Tamesa T. Rogers
40
Senior Vice President, Human Resources