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EMPLOYEES
As of March 31, 2002, we had 1,129 full-time employees: 97 in administration, 601 in research and
development, 214 in operations and 217 in marketing and sales. Our ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel is essential to our continued success. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining
agreement, nor have we ever experienced any work stoppage. We believe our employee relations are very good.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
Our executive officers and their ages as of May 1, 2002, are as follows:
Name Age Position
David M. Rickey ............ 46 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Roger A. Smullen, Sr. ........ 66 Vice Chairman of the Board
Douglas C. Spreng .......... 58 President and Chief Operating Officer
William E. Bendush ......... 53 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Brent E. Little .............. 38 Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and General Manager of
Mixed Signal Products Division
Ramakrishna R. Sudireddy .... 35 Senior Vice President and General Manager of Framer Layer Products
Thomas L. Tullie ............ 37 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Gregory A. Winner .......... 46 Senior Vice President, Corporate Engineering, Technology and Quality
Jeffrey J. Cashen ............ 41 Vice President, General Manager of Switching and Network Processing
Timothy M. Heenan ......... 42 Vice President, Operations
Stephen M. Smith ........... 43 Vice President, Controller
Vincent J. DeMaioribus ...... 43 Vice President, Manufacturing
David M. Rickey re-joined the Company in February 1996 as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a
Director. In August 2000, Mr. Rickey was appointed Chairman of the Board. In July 2001, Mr. Rickey resigned
from the position of President, but continues to serve as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
From August 1993 to May 1995, Mr. Rickey served as the Company’s Vice President of Operations. From May
1995 to February 1996, Mr. Rickey served as Vice President of Operations at NexGen, a semiconductor
company. Previously, for eight years, Mr. Rickey was employed by Northern Telecom, Inc., a
telecommunications manufacturer, where he led the wafer fab engineering and manufacturing operations in both
Ottawa, Canada and San Diego, California. Mr. Rickey is a director of Macropore, Inc. Mr. Rickey has earned
B.S. degrees from both Marietta College (summa cum laude) and Columbia University. In addition, Mr. Rickey
received a M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Roger A. Smullen, Sr. was elected Vice Chairman of the Board in August 2000. Prior to August 2000,
Mr. Smullen served as the Chairman of the Board from October 1982. Mr. Smullen also served as Acting Vice
President, Operations of the Company from August 1997 through October 1997 and the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer from April 1983 until April 1987. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Operations of
Intersil, Inc.’s semiconductor division. In 1967, Mr. Smullen co-founded National Semiconductor Corporation, a
manufacturer of integrated circuits. Prior to that, he was Director of Integrated Circuits at Fairchild
Semiconductor, a manufacturer of integrated circuits. Mr. Smullen is currently a Director of Micro Linear
Corporation, a manufacturer of integrated circuits. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Minnesota.
Douglas C. Spreng joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Switch Fabric and Network Processing
Division and Chief Executive Officer of MMC Networks when the Company acquired MMC Networks in
October 2000. Mr. Spreng was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President of the Company in July 2001.
Mr. Spreng was Executive Vice President of the Client Access Business Unit at 3Com Corporation for seven
years. In the early 1990’s, Mr. Spreng was President and Chief Operating Officer of Cellnet Data Systems. He
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