Press Release - For Immediate Release
Celebrated Entrepreneurial Mentor and Silicon Valley Leader, Audrey MacLean, Joins IronPort Board
IronPort's Market Opportunity and Industry Leadership Entice Seasoned Expert
SAN BRUNO, CA - October 24, 2006
IronPort® Systems Inc., the leading Internet gateway security provider, today announced that Audrey MacLean has joined its board of directors. Audrey MacLean is well known in Silicon Valley as a mentor to entrepreneurs with a unique track record for entrepreneurial success as a founder, CEO, seed investor and board member. She has been on Forbes' Midas Touch list and named by BusinessWeek as one of the 50 most influential business women in America.
MacLean joins board members: Bob Kavner, Chairman and former CEO of AT&T's Multimedia Products and Services Group; Robert Thomas, President and CEO, Infoblox and former President and CEO of NetScreen Technologies; Bob Ackerman, co-founder of Allegis Capital; Doug Carlisle, Managing Director of Menlo Ventures; Scott Banister, co-founder and CTO of IronPort and founder of ListBot; and Scott Weiss, CEO and co-founder of IronPort.
"We heartily welcome Audrey MacLean to IronPort's Board of Directors," said IronPort Systems' CEO Scott Weiss. "We have been in search of a decidedly different voice, with a new perspective, to add to our board. Audrey is well known for her insight, candor and forthrightness. We know that she will add to the excitement and rigorous debate that has become commonplace at IronPort Board meetings."
"IronPort is already an established leader in email and Web security. It is apparent to me that IronPort has the technology and the vision to set the standard for success in this highly competitive and fast moving marketplace," said MacLean. "I'm enthusiastic about being part of the team. I believe that my experience and background will help round out an already impressive board of directors and management team."
MacLean was one of the founders of Network Equipment Technologies, which went public in 1987. She later co-founded and served as CEO of Adaptive, which merged with NET in 1993. Building on her own entrepreneurial success, she has been instrumental in helping to launch and grow successful companies through her work as a mentor capitalist and professor of entrepreneurship. Audrey is a Consulting Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and on the board of the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Companies MacLean has seed funded, which have gone public, include: Pure Software, Pete's Brewing Company, AdForce, dsl.net and Selectica. Successful acquisitions have included: Avidia/PairGain, Firefly/Microsoft, InternetMiddleware/NetworkAppliance, Amplitude/CriticalPath, SpecialtyMD/Chemdex, Gigabeat/Napster, Achieva/Kaplan, Schoolpop and Applied Discovery.
About IronPort Systems
IronPort System, Inc., headquartered in San Bruno, California, is the leading Internet gateway security provider for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. The company has developed a family of security gateway appliances, including the IronPort C-Series email security appliances, and the IronPort S-Series Web security appliances. All IronPort® application-specific appliances offer breakthrough performance, and utilize SenderBase®, the world's largest email and Web threat detection network and database. IronPort provides high-performance, easy-to-use and technically innovative products for those faced with the monumental task of managing and protecting their mission-critical networks from Internet threats. To learn more about IronPort products and services, please visit: http://www.ironport.com/.
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