Betsy Atkins Joins Netcordia's Board of Directors.Industry Veteran Brings More Than 25 Years of Operational and Board of Directors Expertise to the Company ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Netcordia, a leading provider of network analysis tools, today announced the appointment of Betsy Atkins to the Netcordia board of directors. Betsy has served on some of the world's most visible global public company boards, and worked behind the scenes at companies like Lucent, HealthSouth, Wilmington Trust Wilmington Trust (NYSE: WL) was founded on July 8, 1903) as a banking, trust, and safe deposit company by DuPont president T. Coleman du Pont. He opened the business in the dining room and parlor of a former private residence at 915 Market Street in Wilmington, Delaware with a , and Paychex Corp. She currently serves on five public company boards: Polycom, Inc., Chico's FAS, Reynolds American Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE: RAI) is an American company whose holdings include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Forsyth Tobacco, Lane Limited, Conwood Company (formerly American Snuff Company), and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., and SunPower Corporation. Betsy has been known for her venture capital firm, Baja LLC's technology investing acumen in companies such as Yahoo and eBay. She started her business career as an entrepreneur co-founding several successful high tech companies including blockbuster Ascend Communications, a NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on company achieving $5.4B in revenue in nine short years. Her corporate board experience covers all industries including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , technology, retail, and consumer products. "As Netcordia continues to expand its network analysis portfolio, including expanding internationally, Betsy's extensive experience in the operations of successfully building start-ups into billion dollar businesses will be invaluable to us," said Don Pyle, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Netcordia. "We enthusiastically welcome her to our company." With over 25 years global and operational experience in the IT industry, Betsy's broad experience in sales, marketing, customer service and operations and extensive technical background will provide strategic depth to Netcordia's Board of Directors. She is widely published in the Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. world, including the Conference Board, National Association of Corporate Directors, (NACD NACD National Association of Corporate Directors NACD National Association of Conservation Districts NACD National Association of Chemical Distributors NACD National Academy for Child Development NACD National Advisory Committee on Drugs ) and Corporate Board Member. She is also recognized as an "expert witness" on Corporate Governance Best Practices, testifying before Congress on governance reform. "This is an exciting time for me to join Netcordia's Board of Directors," said Betsy Atkins. "As networks become more complex, Netcordia's innovative network analysis tools will enable companies to manage their networks quickly and easily, which is an absolute necessity in running a successful business today." Betsy joins Netcordia board members Don Pyle, Terry Slattery, Fred Wang, and Phil Bronner. About Netcordia Netcordia develops NetMRI, a network analysis appliance. NetMRI is the most comprehensive automated network diagnostic tool for enterprise and government networks. This "automated best practices in a box" allows a network engineer to easily and quickly identify issues with respect to VoIP, wireless, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network , and IP within the network. Netcordia has been recognized as one of the top companies to watch in network management by Network Computing and one of the Fierce15 top emerging companies in IP Telephony by FierceVoIP. (www.netcordia.com) |
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