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Board of Directors – Presidio, Inc.

 
Bandel L. Carano
General Partner, Oak Investment Partners

Bandel L. Carano joined Oak as a General Partner in 1985. Bandel has invested in companies with emphasis on design automation (Centric Software, Interconnectix, Parametric, Synopsys and Tensilica); telecommunications (2Wire, Airspan, Avici, CommVerge, CoreTek, Endwave, FiberTower, General Bandwidth, Metawave, NeoPhotonics, Netopia, PictureTel, Polycom, PulsePoint, Qtera, ReliOn, Sentient Networks, Tegic, Trapeze, Wellfleet and WFI); software (Entropic, firstRain, Illustra/Informix, Sybase, Tele Atlas and Visto); and advanced semiconductors (Actel, Airgo, CommQuest, Kenet, Level 5, NemeriX, Newport Media, nLight, Plastic Logic, Resonext, SMIC, Solarflare, Stretch, Synaptics and Virata). Prior to Oak, Bandel worked with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group. He was responsible for advising Morgan Stanley on high-tech new business development, as well as sponsoring venture investments. Bandel received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He currently serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.

Bruce A. Eatroff
Partner, Halyard Capital

Bruce Eatroff is a partner at Halyard Capital, a private equity fund specializing in middle-market leveraged buyouts, growth equity and structured investments in media, communications and business services companies. Mr. Eatroff is a founding senior partner of Halyard Capital. He has over 20 years of Wall Street experience, including senior positions at Goldman Sachs, UBS Securities and CIBC World Markets. Most recently, Mr. Eatroff was also executive managing director and head of media and communications investment and corporate banking at Harris Nesbitt. Mr. Eatroff has a broad variety of private equity investing experience across the media and communications industry, including telecommunications, cable, publishing, broadcasting and marketing services. He represents Halyard on the boards of Halyard Education Partners, Impremedia, Presidio Networked Solutions and TRANZACT and previously sat on the Board of Hanley Wood. Mr. Eatroff received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a B.A. with honors from Lafayette College.

Jim Fleming
Partner, Columbia Capital

Jim Fleming joined Columbia Capital in 1994 where he focuses on investments and communication services. Columbia Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in the communications and information technology industries. In addition to his Presidio Networked Solutions board membership, Mr. Fleming is also a member of ICG Communications, NuVox Communications, WCS Wireless and The Tennis Channel. He has been involved with MindSHIFT Technologies, Mobile Satellite Ventures and XM Satellite Radio. He previously held board seats with Taqua and WNP Communications and has worked closely with a number of former Columbia portfolio companies, including NeoWorld and Digital Television Services. Prior to joining Columbia, he served as president of Prime Cellular, an entity involved in the operation of rural cellular markets. Mr. Fleming is a former member of the audit department of Price Waterhouse. He received his B.A. from Stanford University.

Joel A. Schleicher
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Presidio Networked Solutions

Joel Schleicher founded and was the initial investor in Presidio Networked Solutions in late 2003. Prior to founding Presidio Networked Solutions, Mr. Schleicher was brought in as the chairman and CEO of Interpath Communications, Inc. in 2000 to turn around and build Interpath’s Enterprise Application Service business. Under Mr. Schleicher’s leadership, Interpath successfully acquired market leader US internetworking in the summer of 2002 to create the largest and most profitable enterprise applications service provider in the industry. He remained on their board until their sale to ATT in late 2006. Previously, Mr. Schleicher has worked with private equity firms as an investor, advisor, board member and manager in telecommunications and technology companies which included Nextel, where he held the positions of president, chief operating officer and board member from 1989 to 1995. Mr. Schleicher currently serves on the board of directors for Techtronic Industries, Inc., a Hong Kong-listed company. He previously served on the board of directors for Novatel GPS, a NASDAQ-listed company until its sale in November 2007. Mr. Schleicher received his B.S.B. in accounting from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, where he currently serves on the school’s board of advisors. Mr. Schleicher is also an active member of BENS, Business Executives for National Security.

John Siegel
Partner, Columbia Capital

John Siegel joined Columbia Capital in 2000 and focuses on communication services investments. In addition to his Presidio Networked Solutions board membership, Mr. Siegel is currently a member of the board of directors of MindSHIFT Technologies, FDN Communications, ICG Communications, EnVysion, New Global Telecom and Netifice Communications. He is also actively involved in Mpower, Mobile Satellite Ventures and MetroPCS Communications. Prior to joining Columbia Capital, Mr. Siegel was a member of Morgan Stanley's Private Equity Group, where he specialized in investments in telecommunications and data services. He has held positions with Fidelity Ventures, the private equity division of Fidelity Investments, and the Investment Banking Division of Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. Mr. Siegel received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Miles Cook
Director, Bain & Company

Miles Cook is a partner at Bain & Company, a global strategy consulting firm. Since joining Bain in 1986, he has worked with a wide range of clients and industries on growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, new business and new product launches and performance improvement programs.

Mr. Cook co-leads Bain’s supply chain management global division and its private equity practice for the southeastern U.S. Mr. Cook has worked extensively in the technology sector with leading companies in PC technology, enterprise computing equipment, enterprise software, software hosting and consumer electronics. His work for these clients has included customer analysis and segmentation, sales force design, pricing strategy, new product launch support, international expansion and organizational design. He has also spent significant time developing market entry and growth strategies for clients in other industries, including media, distribution, logistics and industrial service and retail sectors.

Mr. Cook earned an M.B.A. with honors from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford and a B.A. in economics with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia. He serves on advisory boards for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia and for Zoo Atlanta.

Richard Gillespie
Management Consultant

Richard Gillespie has built a successful independent consulting practice focusing on executive mentoring and sales force leadership since retiring from Cisco Systems, where he served as vice president and managing director of the UK and Ireland divisions. During his tenure at Cisco, Mr. Gillespie led an organization that grew revenue to over $1 billion, a growth rate averaging over 25 percent. In addition to consistent growth in market share and customer satisfaction, under his leadership, Cisco was voted “Best Place to Work in the UK” by the Sunday Times magazine. Mr. Gillespie has also been a frequently requested public speaker on subjects ranging from supply chain automation to values-based leadership. Mr. Gillespie joined Cisco in 1993 as Operations Director in the Northwest United States and managed the largest and fastest growing Cisco commercial operation in the U.S., covering 13 states.

Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Gillespie was a vice president at Data General Corporation where he held various positions over 14 years. He has been in the computer and networking business since earning a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Minnesota.