Board of Directors

Patrick C.S. Lo is the co-founder of NETGEAR and has been the Chairman and CEO since 2002. Patrick founded NETGEAR with Mark 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 US and Asia. Mr. Lo was named the Ernst & Young National Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006. Mr. Lo received a BS degree in electrical engineering from Brown University.

Jocelyn E. Carter-Miller has served as one of our directors since January 2009. From 2004 to the present, Ms. Carter-Miller has served as President of TechEdVentures, Inc., a community empowerment firm that educates and inspires children, families and communities through the development and management of charter schools and community-based programs. From February 2002 until March 2004, Ms. Carter-Miller served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Office Depot, Inc. Prior to that, she spent a decade with Motorola, initially as a Director of Marketing and Network Service Quality and ultimately as Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. She also spent eight years at Mattel in marketing, product development and strategic business planning roles. Ms. Carter-Miller is a member of the Board of Directors of the Principal Financial Group, Inc., the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. and a non-profit organization. Ms. Carter-Miller holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Ralph E. Faison has served as one of our directors since August 2003. From February 2003 to the July 2003, Mr. Faison has served as chief executive officer of Andrew Corporation, a public company and a manufacturer of communications equipment and systems, and from June 2002 to the present, Mr. Faison has also served as president and a director of Andrew Corporation. From June 2002 to February 2003, Mr. Faison served as chief operating officer of Andrew Corporation. From June 2001 to June 2002, Mr. Faison served as president and chief executive officer of Celiant Corporation, a manufacturer of power amplifiers and wireless radio frequency systems, which was acquired by Andrew Corporation in June 2002. From October 1997 to June 2001, Mr. Faison was vice president of the New Ventures Group at Lucent Technologies, a communications service provider, and from 1995 to 1997, he was vice president of advertising and brand management at Lucent Technologies. Prior to joining Lucent, Mr. Faison held various positions at AT&T, a voice and data communications company, including as vice president and general manager of AT&T's wireless business unit and manufacturing vice president for its consumer products unit in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a member of the board of directors of WatchMark Corporation, a telecommunications company and a member of the board of directors of The Chicago Executives Club. Mr. Faison received a B.A. degree in marketing from Georgia State University and a M.S. degree in management as a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University.

A. Timothy Godwin has served as one of our directors since August 2003, and is also chairman of the audit committee of our board of directors. From July 1989 to January 1997, Mr. Godwin worked at Tech Data Corporation, an information technology products distributor, in various capacities including serving as a member of its board of directors, vice chairman focusing on worldwide finance and administration, president and chief operating officer, chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. From 1974 to June 1989, Mr. Godwin was employed by Price Waterhouse (now part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP), most recently as an audit partner from July 1987 to June 1989. Mr. Godwin is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of West Florida.

Jef Graham brings over 20 years global experience in the computer and networking hardware, software, and service industries to his role as Chairman and CEO of RGB Networks.

Graham has previously held positions of CEO, executive vice president and general manager in Fortune 500 companies and private start-ups. Graham has a proven track record of driving successful global product development, marketing, sales and channel management efforts. He has also managed worldwide business acquisition, integration and divestiture.

Prior to RGB, Graham was executive vice president of the Application Products Group (APG) at Juniper Networks, a division created through the acquisition of Redline Networks and Peribit Networks, a company focused on improving business efficiency by resolving the technical limitations of WANs. As chairman and CEO of Peribit, Graham successfully guided the company through a $337 million acquisition by Juniper in 2005.

Before joining Peribit, Graham held the post of senior vice president at 3Com overseeing operations of their Commercial and Consumer division. During his tenure at 3Com, Graham managed several key business units, including the systems, connectivity, and consumer business units. Graham served on the executive committees at both 3Com and Juniper, reporting directly to the CEO.

From 1993 to 1995, Graham served as the CEO of Trident Systems, a document management systems integrator. Prior to Trident, Graham worked for Hewlett-Packard for fifteen years at several posts around the world, most recently serving as general manager of both a hardware and a software division. He began his career as an IBM systems engineer.

Graham currently serves on the board of directors of NETGEAR and holds a B.A. with honors in Business Studies from Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom.

Linwood A. Lacy, Jr. has served as one of our directors since September 2002. From July 1998 to July 2001, Mr. Lacy served as chairman of 4Sure.com, a direct marketer of computer and technology products. From October 1996 to October 1997, Mr. Lacy served as president and chief executive officer of Micro Warehouse Incorporated, a micro computer direct-marketing company. From 1985 to May 1996, he served as the co-chairman and chief executive officer of Ingram Micro, Inc., a microcomputer products distributor and a then wholly-owned subsidiary of Ingram Industries Inc. From April 1996 to May 1996, Mr. Lacy served as vice chairman of Ingram Industries Inc.; from June 1995 to April 1996, he served as its president and chief executive officer; and from December 1993 to June 1995, he served as its president. Mr. Lacy is a director of EarthLink, Inc., a public company, as well as a director of several private companies, including Ingram Industries Inc. Mr. Lacy received both a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and an M.B.A from the University of Virginia.

Gregory J. Rossmann has served as one of our directors since February 2002. From April 2000 to the present, Mr. Rossmann has served as a General Partner of Pequot Capital Management, Inc.s venture and private equity investment funds. From April 1994 to April 2000, Mr. Rossmann served as Managing Director and partner at Broadview International, an investment banking firm. From June 1991 to April 1994, he worked at Dynatech Corporation, a technology holding company, where he served as manager of new business development. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Telemaster Corporation. Mr. Rossmann is a director of several private companies. Mr. Rossmann received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Barbara V. Scherer is SVP, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Plantronics, a global leader in audio communication devices for businesses and consumers. In this position, she is responsible for all aspects of the company's financial management, as well as information technology, legal and investor relations. Prior to joining Plantronics in 1997, Ms. Scherer held various executive management positions spanning eleven years in the disk drive industry, was an associate with The Boston Consulting Group, and was a member of the corporate finance team at ARCO in Los Angeles. Ms. Scherer served as a director of Keithley Instruments, a publicly traded test and measurement company, from September 2004 to December 2010, when Keithley was acquired by Danaher Corporation. She also has experience serving on the boards of non-profit organizations. Ms. Scherer received B.A. degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her M.B.A. from the School of Management at Yale University.

Julie A. Shimer, Ph.D. has served as one of our directors since March 2007. Dr. Shimer is presently the president and CEO of Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions. Prior to Welch Allyn, Dr. Shimer served as president and CEO of Vocera Communications, a provider of wireless communications systems enabling instant voice communication among mobile workers for companies. Dr. Shimer also previously held executive positions at 3Com Corporation, most recently serving as vice president and general manager of its networking products. Before joining 3Com, she held executive positions at Motorola, where she was vice president and general manager for the paging division, and prior to that post, vice president of its semiconductor products section. Dr. Shimer worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bethlehem Steel Company before joining Motorola. Dr. Shimer is a member of the Board of Directors of Welch Allyn and several other private foundations. Dr. Shimer is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the Forum of Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. Dr. Shimer holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.