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part i
15A R 2 0 0 7
Mr. Sotelo joined Plantronics in August of 2002 as Sr. Director, Electrical Engineering and in 2004 he
was promoted to Vice President, Engineering. In March 2007 he was promoted to his current position of
Vice President, Product Development & Technology, reporting to the President & CEO. Prior to joining
Plantronics, Mr. Sotelo held various senior level management positions with companies in the Silicon
Valley. He has extensive experience in Engineering and Product Planning, and over 17 years experience
in wireless technologies. Mr. Sotelo holds a BA degree in Mathematics from the University of California,
Berkeley and an MSEE, with a focus in Communications, from the University of Santa Clara.
Mr. Trads joined Clarity (formerly Walker-Ameriphone) in September 2003 as President. From 1994
until joining Plantronics, Mr. Trads held various positions within GN ReSound, a manufacturer of
hearing aids and audiological measurement equipment. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Trads served as President
of GN ReSounds’ North American operation and from 1994 until 1998 he served as a Senior Vice
President at its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was a member of the executive
management committee and the global management group and also led the sales and marketing
organization. From 1991 to 1994 Mr. Trads was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Dancall
Radio A/S, a manufacturer of cell phones and cordless phones. From 1985 to 1991, he held management
positions in the distribution and marketing divisions of Bang and Olufsen Group, a global manufacturer
of consumer electronics. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from the
Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.
Mr. Vanhoutte joined Plantronics in September 2003 as Managing Director of EMEA. From October
2001 until September 2003 he served as Corporate Vice President of Marketing at Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications. From October 2000 to October 2001, Mr. Vanhoutte served as Vice President of
Strategic Market Development at Ericsson’s Personal Communications Division. From December 1998
until September 2000, he served as Senior Vice President of Products, Marketing and Sales at MCI
WorldCom’s International Division in London. From November 1994 until December 1998 Mr.
Vanhoutte held various marketing and general management positions at Dell Computer Corporation
including, General Manager for the Business Systems Division in the United States, Managing Director
for Dell Direct in the United Kingdom and Ireland and Vice President of Products, Marketing & Services
for EMEA. Beginning in June 1991 he worked for Nokia Data as Vice President of Marketing, which
was merged into Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc. where he continued as Vice President of Marketing, Personal
Systems and Client-Server Division until November 1994. From 1985 until May 1991 Mr. Vanhoutte
worked in various European marketing and division manager roles with Wang Laboratories. He started
his career at Arthur Andersen’s Benelux Information Consulting Division in 1977 where he specialized
in structured programming and office automation. Mr. Vanhoutte studied Applied Economics and
Engineering at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Mr. Yort joined Plantronics in June 2005 as Vice President and General Manager of B2B Solutions. Prior
to joining Plantronics, Mr. Yort was Vice President of Business Development at Venturi Wireless, where
he led strategic relations with mobile wireless carriers and infrastructure players. Before Venturi, he was
the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at PolyFuel, Inc., a pioneer in direct methanol
fuel cell-powered products. During 1998 to 2000, Mr. Yort directed Palm’s enterprise business as its
general manager. He has also held management positions at 3Com, HP and Inmac. Mr. Yort has an
MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and BSE and AB degrees from Princeton
University.
Executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors. There are no family relationships
between any of the directors and executive officers of Plantronics.