From the prospectus for annual meeting (new members highlighted):
NOMINEES FOR TERM ENDING UPON THE 2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
PETER D. FENNER. Mr. Fenner has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Com21 since February 1996. From January 1989 through April 1992, he served as President of the Transmission Systems Business Unit of AT&T Network Systems (Lucent) and Corporate Officer at AT&T. From April 1992 to February 1996, Mr. Fenner was an independent consultant. From February 1986 through December 1988, Mr. Fenner was Vice President, Product Planning for AT&T's Network Systems Division. Mr. Fenner is Director of CorNet Information Ltd. Mr. Fenner received an S.M. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan Fellow, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University.
PAUL BARAN. Mr. Baran has been the Chairman of the Board since Com21's inception in June 1992. He is presently retired. Mr. Baran was awarded the 1999 Business Journal Entrepreneurial Award in Technology and was recipient of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award (1993), the Marconi International Fellowship Award (1991), the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Inc. ("IEEE") Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1990), the ACM SIG/Communications Award (1989) and the IEEE Communications Society Edwin Armstrong Award (1987). He co founded Equatorial Communications, Packet Technologies, Telebit Corporation and Metricom, Inc. Mr. Baran is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the AAAS and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineers. Mr. Baran received an M.S. in Computers from the University of California, Los Angeles, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Dr.Sci. in Engineering (Hon.) from Drexel University.
C. RICHARD KRAMLICH. Mr. Kramlich has been a Director of Com21 since May 1994. Mr. Kramlich is the co-founder and has been General Partner of New Enterprise Associates since 1978. He is a Director of Chalone, Inc., Juniper Networks, Lumisys, Inc., Netsolve and Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mr. Kramlich received a B.S. from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
JERALD L. KENT. Mr. Kent has been a Director of Com21 since May 1999. Mr. Kent co-founded Charter Communications, Inc. and, from 1992 to the present has served in various executive capacities at Charter. He has served as President
since 1996 and as Chief Executive Officer since 1997. Previously, Mr. Kent served in various executive capacities with Cencom Cable Associates, Inc. He joined Cencom in 1983 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1987 to 1992. Mr. Kent serves as a director of Charter Communications, Inc., High Speed Access Corp. and Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Kent received a B.A. and a M.B.A. from Washington University and is a certified public accountant.
ROBERT C. HAWK. Mr. Hawk has been a Director of Com21 since January 1997. Mr. Hawk has been an independent business consultant since April 1997. From April 1996 through March 1997, he was President of U.S. West Multimedia, a cable
company. From April 1986 through March 1996, he was the President of Carrier Division, U.S. West Communications, a telecommunications company. He is a Director of PairGain Technologies, COVAD Communications, Inc., Xylan Corp.,
Concord Corp., and RADCom Corp. Mr. Hawk received a M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco and a B.B.A. from the University of Iowa.
DANIEL J. PIKE. Mr. Pike has been a Director of Com21 since March 2000. Mr. Pike has been a Senior Vice President of Science and Technology at Prime Cable, since 1982. He has authored six papers and co-authored three papers published in the NCTA Transcript and one paper on engineering management for AMA Communication publication. Mr. Pike was the recipient of the 1994 Communications Technology Service in Technology Award and received the NCTA Vanguard Award for Science and Technology in 1991. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and SCTE while holding membership on the CableLabs Board of Directors, NCTA Engineering Committee, Cable Television Pioneers, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Advisory Board of Communications Technology. Mr. Pike received a B.S. and a M.S. from Oklahoma State University.
JAMES SPILKER, JR. Dr. Spilker, has been a Director of Com21 since February 2000. Dr. Spilker is a co-founder of Stanford Telecommunications, Inc., where he was Chairman of the Board from 1973 through 1999 and Principal Scientist from June 1995 through 1999. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Stanford Telecommunications, Inc., from August 1981 to June 1995. Dr. Spilker is a member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States and a Life Fellow of the IEEE. Dr. Spilker received a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
ROBERT W. WILMOT. Dr. Wilmot has been a Director of Com21 since April 1995. Dr. Wilmot has been Chairman at Wilmot Consulting Inc. since May 1995. From April 1994 to May 1995, Dr. Wilmot was an independent consultant and investor.
From May 1985 through April 1994, he was Chairman at Wilmot Enterprises Ltd. His other prior positions include Vice President and Managing Director of Texas Instruments and CEO of International Computers PLC, a computer company. He is a limited partner in four venture funds, and Chairs the Supervisory Board of EuroVentures BV, a $400 million venture fund operating in 9 European countries. He is a Director of FVC.COM and @POS.COM. Dr. Wilmot received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Nottingham University. |
