Alan L. Earhart

Overview

ALAN L. EARHART has been a member of the Board since December 2004. Mr. Earhart has more than three decades of financial and accounting expertise that includes close involvement with many technology companies, including Cisco Systems, Legato, Varian and Polycom. A former PricewaterhouseCoopers office managing partner, Mr. Earhart began his career as a certified public accountant in 1970 with Coopers & Lybrand's San Francisco office. He rose through the company to become regional managing partner before its merger with Price Waterhouse. After the merger, Mr. Earhart was named managing partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Silicon Valley offices. In addition, he previously served as chair of Coopers & Lybrand's National Venture Capital Industry Group. Mr. Earhart, who retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001, also serves on the Board of Directors and is chairman of the audit committee of Foundry Networks, Quantum Corporation and Monolithic Power Systems. Mr. Earhart is currently an independent consultant. Mr. Earhart received a BS degree in accounting from the University of Oregon.