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Dan Cordingley, President and Chief Executive Officer

Dan brings to Teradici 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having started several new business initiatives and managed their successful growth. Prior to co-founding Teradici, Dan was a General Manager with Intel Corporation, where he oversaw the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) silicon business unit, a group with leading market share in key segments of the highly competitive DSL chipset industry. Before Intel, Dan was a General Manager and Director at Level One Communications, a leading supplier of networking and telecom semiconductors that was acquired by Intel in 1999 for US $2.2B. Under Dan's leadership, Level One conceived, standardized, and delivered several important communications standards in widespread use today. Dan has also held senior marketing and design engineering roles at Mitel Semiconductor (now Zarlink), Spectrum Signal Processing, Nortel Networks and IBM.

Dan holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Dave Hobbs, Chief Architect

Dave Hobbs, also a co-founder of Teradici, brings a wealth of graphics and digital signal processing experience to Teradici. Dave was the Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer at Spectrum Signal Processing, where he was responsible for defining Spectrum's technology direction and leading the company's product development organization. Dave oversaw the design of audio, imaging and communications algorithms and their supporting hardware and software platforms in addition to the development of products that included consumer, personal computer, industrial, and defense systems, all using Spectrum developed embedded DSP and communication ICs. Prior to Spectrum, Dave was a technical lead at Gemini Technology, a graphics IC company and at Cemcorp, a developer of personal computers.

Dave graduated with both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Randy Groves, Chief Technology Officer

Randy Groves brings extensive experience in computer systems, software, and semiconductor design. He was most recently the Vice President of Engineering for LifeSize Communications, the leader in high definition video communications. Before joining LifeSize, he was Chief Technology Officer for Dell Product Group responsible for the architecture and technology direction for all of Dell's product offerings. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of Dell Enterprise Systems Group and was responsible for the worldwide development and marketing of Dell's server, storage, and systems management software products.

Before joining Dell, Mr. Groves spent 21-years at IBM where he held many product development roles for IBM's Intel- and RISC-based servers, as well as roles in corporate strategy and RISC microprocessor development and architecture.

Mr. Groves holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, a master's degree in management of technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and general business administration from Kansas State University. He is the author of numerous technical papers, disclosures, and patents as well as the recipient of several corporate and industry awards.

Ken Unger, Vice President, Software Engineering

As another member of the Teradici founding team, Ken Unger brings over 20 years of software development and management experience to the company, having delivered complex embedded signal processing and networking software at world class companies. Prior to Teradici, Ken was the Director of Engineering for VoIP Products at Broadcom Corporation overseeing the company's development efforts directed at tier one telecom and networking OEMs. Before Broadcom, Ken was a key member of the engineering team at HotHaus Technologies, a leading provider of VoIP software purchased by Broadcom for US $280M in 1999. Previously, he held various technical roles developing real-time flight simulation systems at CAE Electronics and high speed storage networking for the film industry at Discreet Logic.

Ken has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

Maher Fahmi, Vice President, Silicon Engineering

Maher Fahmi is a seasoned silicon development engineering leader, with an extensive background in deep sub-micron chip design for large system-on-chip (SoC) products. Maher's most recent position prior to co-founding Teradici was as Director of Product Development for the Optical Networking and Service Provider Divisions at PMC-Sierra. In this position Maher oversaw the development and market introduction of many successful products for PMC-Sierra. He directed design programs and teams in multiple sites, which included coordinating product definition and development.

Maher earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Victoria.

Sam Davison, Vice President, Finance and Administration

Sam Davison brings to Teradici more than fifteen years of financial and operations experience in the high tech industry, with specific knowledge of semiconductor and embedded software businesses. Prior to Teradici, Sam spent four years with Broadcom Corporation, where he was the Business Unit Controller for the Carrier Access and Mobile Communications business units. Before Broadcom, Sam was Vice President of Finance at HotHaus Technologies, a VoIP software provider that was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in 1999. In addition to senior finance roles at other technology companies, Sam was also an Audit Manager with Ernst and Young.

Sam earned his Chartered Accountant designation in 1989, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.

Joe Gorfinkle, Vice President, Sales

Joe Gorfinkle joins Teradici with over 20 years experience in the Computer & Consumer Technology markets at both the semiconductor and system level. Joe has an engineering background from HP/Apollo and moved on to technical sales and sales management roles at semiconductor companies Weitek, C-Cube Microsystems, and NVIDIA. Most recently Joe was VP Sales for NVIDIA's Professional Workstation, Consumer, and Channel segments following his position as General Manager of European Sales. In these key positions, he helped the company grow from Pre-IPO to over $2.5B in annual sales.

Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Behavioral Science from Lesley University.

Tapan Mohanti, Vice President of Operations and Manufacturing

Tapan brings 20 years of extensive experience in semiconductor operations (i.e. design, quality, reliability and test). Prior to joining Teradici, he was the VP of Operations and Manufacturing at Centillium Communications where he was responsible for managing multiple manufacturing sites, numerous vendor relationships, and developed an industry-leading level of quality and cost competitiveness. He has also held both management and technical positions at Fairchild Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, SGS Thomson Microelectronics, and CMC Limited in semiconductor IC design and manufacturing.

Tapan received his B.E.(Electrical and Electronics) from B.I.T.S. Pilani, India and M.S.(Microelectronics) from Clemson University, SC, USA.