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Andrew W. Kim has served as our Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary since October 2008 and as
our Associate General Counsel since March 2008. Prior to joining NETGEAR, Mr. Kim served as Special Counsel in the Corporate and
Securities Department of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he represented public and private technology companies in a wide range of
matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing arrangements, securities law compliance and corporate governance. In
between two terms at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, he served as Partner in the Business and Finance Department of Schwartz Cooper
Chartered in Chicago, Illinois, and was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Kim holds a J.D.
from Cornell Law School, and received a B.A. degree in history from Yale University.
Charles T. Olson has served as our Senior Vice President of Engineering since March 2006 and our Vice President of Engineering since
January 2003. From July 1978 to January 2003, Mr. Olson worked at Hewlett-Packard Company, a computer and test equipment company,
where he served as Director of Research and Development for ProCurve networking from 1998 to 2003, as Research and Development Manager
for the Enterprise Netserver division from 1997 to 1998, and, prior to that, in various other engineering management roles in Hewlett-Packard’s
Unix server and personal computer product divisions. Mr. Olson received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
California, Davis and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
David Soares has served as our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales since August 2004. Mr. Soares joined us in January 1998, and
served as Vice President of EMEA sales from December 2003 to July 2004, EMEA Managing Director from April 2000 to November 2003,
United Kingdom and Nordic Regional Manager from February 1999 to March 2000 and United Kingdom Country Manager from January 1998
to January 1999. Prior to joining us, Mr. Soares was at Hayes Microcomputer Products, a manufacturer of dial-up modems. Mr. Soares attended
Ridley College, Ontario Canada.
Michael A. Werdann has served as our Vice President of Americas Sales since December 2003. Since joining us in 1998, Mr. Werdann
has served as our United States Director of Sales, E-Commerce and DMR from December 2002 to 2003 and as our Eastern regional sales
director from October 1998 to December 2002. Prior to joining us, Mr. Werdann worked for three years at Iomega Corporation, a computer
hardware company, as a sales director for the value added reseller sector. Mr. Werdann holds a B.S. Degree in Communications from Seton Hall
University.
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