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This excerpt taken from the ISLN DEF 14A filed Apr 9, 2007. Continuing
Class III Directors — Terms Expiring at the 2009
Annual Meeting
Steven Goldman, age 46, has served as our President
and Chief Executive Officer since August 2003 and as a director
since September 2003. Prior to joining us, from 1997 to August
2003, Mr. Goldman served in various senior executive
capacities in sales, marketing and services at F5 Networks,
Inc., an application traffic management company, most recently
as Senior Vice President, Sales and Services. From 1996 to 1997,
Mr. Goldman served as Vice President of Enterprise Sales
and Services for Microtest, Inc., a maker of network testing
products, after its acquisition of Logicraft Information
Systems, a network CD-ROM server company. From 1995 to 1996,
Mr. Goldman served as Executive Vice President of North
American Operations for Logicraft Information Systems. From 1983
to 1995, Mr. Goldman served in various positions for
Virtual Microsystems, a communications software company, most
recently as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Goldman received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of
California at Berkeley.
Mr. Goldman, who, prior to joining us, served in various
senior executive positions in sales, marketing and services at
F5 Networks, Inc., has been named, together with other former
and current officers and directors of F5 Networks, as a
co-defendant in a number of federal and state derivative
lawsuits that have been filed since May 2006. The plaintiffs in
these actions are seeking to bring derivative claims on behalf
of F5 Networks against the defendants based on allegations of
improper stock option pricing practices. Mr. Goldman has
engaged his own counsel to represent him in these actions and
believes that he has meritorious defenses to all claims against
him.
Matthew S. McIlwain, age 42, has served as a
director since May 2001. Since June 2002, Mr. McIlwain has
served as a Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, a
venture capital firm, which he joined in May 2000. Prior to
joining Madrona, Mr. McIlwain served as Vice President of
Business Process for the Genuine Parts Company. Previously,
Mr. McIlwain served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey
& Company, where he focused on strategy and marketing in
technology-driven industries, and also worked in investment
banking at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. McIlwain
currently serves on the boards of directors of several private
companies. Mr. McIlwain received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in government and economics from Dartmouth College, a Master of
Arts degree in public policy from Harvard University’s
Kennedy School of Government and a Master of Business
Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
James G. Richardson, age 49, has served as a
director since October 2006. Mr. Richardson has been with
Cisco Systems, Inc. since 1990, where he began his career as the
founder of Cisco’s Canadian operations. Mr. Richardson
has served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President, Commercial
Business since January 2006 and has held numerous other senior
leadership positions at Cisco, including Vice President of North
American Operations; President of EMEA and Senior Vice
President; Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Line of
Business and Internet Communications Software Group; and Senior
Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Richardson
received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in marketing and finance
from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
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