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EMPLOYEES
On March 31, 2015, we employed approximately 3,397 people worldwide, including approximately 2,248 employees at our
manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. To our knowledge, no employees are currently covered by collective bargaining
agreements.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Set forth in the table below is certain information regarding the executive team of Plantronics:
NAME AGE POSITION
Ken Kannappan *55 President and Chief Executive Officer
Pamela Strayer * 46 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joe Burton * 50
Executive Vice President of Products, Technology & Strategy and Chief
Technology Officer
Alejandro Bustamante 59 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations
Don Houston *61 Senior Vice President, Sales
Susan Lovegren 54 Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Barry Margerum 63 Chief Strategy Officer
Marilyn Mersereau 61 Senior Vice President, Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer
Philip Vanhoutte *59 Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe and Africa
* Executive is also considered an Executive Officer as defined under Regulation S-K Item 401(b).
Mr. Kannappan joined Plantronics in 1995 as Vice President of Sales and was promoted to various positions prior to being named
President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. In 1999, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and has been a member of
our Board of Directors since that date. Prior to joining Plantronics, Mr. Kannappan served as Senior Vice President of Investment
Banking for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated. Mr. Kannappan currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at
Mattson Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced process equipment for the semiconductor industry and is a member of the Board
of Directors of Integrated Device Technology, Inc., a developer of system-level optimization solutions. Mr. Kannappan has a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.
Ms. Strayer joined Plantronics in 2012 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She is responsible for all aspects of
the Company's financial management, in addition to managing the information technology, legal, and investor relations
organizations. Prior to joining Plantronics, from 2005 to 2012, Ms. Strayer held senior financial management roles at Autodesk,
Inc., a world leading software design and services company. Most recently, Ms. Strayer served as Autodesk's Vice President of
Finance, Corporate Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to Autodesk, Ms. Strayer held senior finance positions at
Epiphany, Inc., a developer of customer relationship management software and Informix Software, Inc., a developer of database
software for computers. She also worked in audit services at KPMG, LLP. Ms. Strayer holds a bachelor's degree in Business
Administration from The Ohio State University and is a California licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Burton joined Plantronics in 2011 as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Development and Chief Technology Officer.
To reflect added responsibilities, in 2012, Mr. Burton's title was changed to Senior Vice President of Technology, Development
& Strategy and Chief Technology Officer and in 2014 he became Executive Vice President Products, Technology & Strategy and
Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Plantronics, Mr. Burton held various executive management, engineering leadership,
strategy, and architecture-level positions. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Burton was employed by Polycom, Inc., a global provider of
unified communications solutions for telepresence, video and voice, most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy
and Technology Officer and, for a period of time, as General Manager, Service Provider concurrently with his technology leadership
role. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Burton was employed by Cisco Systems, Inc., a global provider of networking equipment, and
served in various roles with increasing responsibility including Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Unified
Communications and Vice President, SaaS Platform Engineering, Collaboration Software Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Computer Information Systems from Excelsior College (formerly Regents College) and attended the Stanford Executive
Program.
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