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Our Board composition is a strong, balanced blend of skills and experience, allowing it to offer guidance in core areas important to EdgeWave.
Mr. Ryan brings over 20 years of executive leadership to his position as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Ryan became a member of the company's Board of Directors upon completion of the merger of St. Bernard Software, Inc. with Sand Hill IT Security Acquisition Corp. in July 2006, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 2008.
Mr. Ryan's extensive background in the technology industry includes roles as a co-founder and/or executive in several technology startups including Delrina and Living VideoText, which were both sold to Symantec Corp., and Entercept Security Technology, which was sold to McAfee Inc. Mr. Ryan also remains an active investor and /or board member for several companies including HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., Paglo, Plastic Jungle, SprayCool, Network Chemistry, which was sold to Aruba, and Foundstone, which was sold to McAfee Inc.
Mr. Polanen served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company from April 2004 to June 2008 and is now chair of the board's compensation committee. Mr. Polanen founded and was Managing Director of Internet Venture Partners, a strategic consulting and venture capital management firm for technology companies. He was General Manager of two divisions of Sun Microsystems where he led the Internet Commerce Group and the Network Security Division. He also held executive positions at Tandem Computers. Mr. Polanen is a director of Heritage Bank of Commerce, a Nasdaq listed bank holding company. Mr. Polanen is also board chair of uCirrus Corp., a venture stage company focused on managing data in motion. Mr. Polanen is a graduate of Hamilton College and Harvard Law School.
Mr. van Hedel is an Executive Officer for Vogel Investments B.V. in addition to the companies listed below. Mr. van Hedel became a member of the Board of Directors of the Company upon completion of the merger of St. Bernard Software, Inc. with the Company (when the Company was known as “Sand Hill IT Security Acquisition Corp.”) in July 2006. Prior to the merger, he served as a director of St. Bernard Software since 1996. He has been a Partner of BeeBird Corporate Finance C. V. since 1992. Mr. van Hedel was a non-executive member of the board of Ai-Investments N.V. from 1997 until December 2005, when he was named an executive board member. He was an executive board member of venture capital firm Paribas Participations N.V., from 1990 to 1992 and was an executive board member for Kempen & Co., Investment Bank in Amsterdam from 1981 to 1990. Mr. van Hedel graduated in 1973 from Eramus University of Rotterdam with a Masters in economics and tax.
Mr. Baumel is a Managing Director of RWI Ventures and has been a venture capitalist for over fifteen years. He was named to the Venture Capital 100 in 2009 as one of the top 100 venture capitalists based on realized returns. Mr. Baumel's current and past investments focus on data storage, security, communications and mobile and include: BlueArc, ebix (Nasdaq: EBIX), Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), Magnet (sold to Intuit, Nasdaq: INTU), Optical Solutions (sold to Calix, Nasdaq: CALX), and SiGe and Turin/Force10, both of which have registered for an IPO. Prior to his career in venture Capital, Baumel was a small-cap portfolio manager at Brinson Partners, a $40 billion institutional investment firm acquired by UBS.
Mr. Baumel joined the company's Board as part of its acquisition of Red Condor, an award-winning e-mail security vendor. Mr. Baumel holds a B.S. summa cum laude from The Ohio State University and an MBA with high distinction from the University of Michigan and earned his C.P.A. while at Deloitte & Touche.
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