Patti S. Hart
Lead Independent Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Industry: Technology
Overview
Patti S. Hart, age 51, has served as a Class A Director since the consummation of our initial public offering in December 2005. Ms. Hart most recently served as chairman and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Systems from March 2004 until August 2005. Prior to joining Pinnacle Systems in 2004, Ms. Hart was chairman and chief executive officer of Excite@Home from April 2001 until March 2002. Excite@Home filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2001. Prior to joining Excite@Home in 2001, Ms. Hart served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Telocity and as a member of Telocity's board of directors from July 1999 through its sale to DirecTV in March 2001. From 1986 to 1999, Ms. Hart worked at Sprint Corporation, most recently as president and chief operations officer of Sprint's Long Distance Division. Ms. Hart is also a member of the board of directors for Korn Ferry International, Game Technology and LIN TV Corp., and is a former board member of Plantronics Inc., Vantive Corporation, EarthLink, Inc. and Premisys Corporation. Ms. Hart holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and economics from Illinois State University.
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