Jay Zager

Overview

Jay Zager has been our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since June 2007. Immediately prior to joining 3Com, Mr. Zager was an executive at Gerber Scientific, Inc., a leading international supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible materials, and ophthalmic lens processing. Mr. Zager joined Gerber in February 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2006, a position he held until he left the company in June 2007. As a member of the senior management team of Gerber, he was responsible for financial reporting, accounting, treasury operations, business planning, corporate development, investor relations, tax/pension administration and information technology. Prior to joining Gerber, Mr. Zager was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Helix Technology Corp., a semiconductor equipment manufacturer, from February 2002 to February 2005. Earlier, from 2000 to 2001, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Inrange Technologies Corp., a storage networking company. Before Inrange, he was with the Compaq/Digital Equipment organization for 14 years, holding a number of senior financial and business management positions including Vice President, Business Development and Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Worldwide Engineering & Research. Mr. Zager received a Master"s degree in Finance and Strategic Planning from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.