Since 1989, Jerry Rawls has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors for Finisar Corporation. In 2006, Mr. Rawls was elected Chairman of the Board. From 1968 to 1989, he was employed by Raychem Corporation, a materials science and engineering company. At Raychem he held various management positions including Manager of Product Marketing, National Sales Manager, General Manager of the Aerospace Products Division, and General Manager of the Interconnection Systems Division. Mr. Rawls holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma engineering honorary societies.

Dave Buse is currently senior vice president, general manager of the Network Tools group. Mr. Buse joined the company in 2003 as Finisar's senior vice president of sales and marketing for Optics. Before joining Finisar, Mr. Buse was employed by Silicon Bandwidth as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He spent over twenty years at Raychem/Tyco in various senior positions, most recently serving as the Americas' National Sales Manager, in addition to a management position at Texas Instruments.

Mr. Buse holds a BS in Engineering Management from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA from UCLA.

Stephen K. Workman currently serves as Finisar's Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since September 2002. Mr. Workman previously served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from March 1999 to August 2002 and as our Secretary since August 1999. From November 1989 to March 1999 he served as Chief Financial Officer at Ortel Corporation. Mr. Workman holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Purdue University.

Joseph Young is currently senior vice president, general manager of the Optics group. Mr. Young joined the company in 2004 as Finisar's senior vice president, operations. Before joining the Finisar team, Mr. Young was employed by Intel where he was responsible for the Enterprise Optics business unit. Prior to Intel, Mr. Young was vice president of operations at LightLogic and Lexar Media and, in his last position at Tyco/Raychem, served as director of worldwide operations for the OEM electronics division of Raychem Corporation. Mr. Young has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a M.S. in Operations Research from the University of New Haven, and a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Since 1989, Jerry Rawls has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors for Finisar Corporation. In 2006, Mr. Rawls was elected Chairman of the Board. From 1968 to 1989, he was employed by Raychem Corporation, a materials science and engineering company. At Raychem he held various management positions including Manager of Product Marketing, National Sales Manager, General Manager of the Aerospace Products Division, and General Manager of the Interconnection Systems Division. Mr. Rawls holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma engineering honorary societies.

Roger C. Ferguson has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 1999. Mr. Ferguson has served as Chief Executive Officer of Semio Inc., an early stage software company, since July 1999 and as a principal in VenCraft, LLC, a venture capital partnership, since July 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Ferguson was Chief Executive Officer of DataTools, Inc., a database software company. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Ferguson served as Chief Operating Officer for Network General Inc., a network analysis company. Mr. Ferguson also serves on the Boards of Directors of Microtest, Inc. and several other private companies. Mr. Ferguson holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.

David Fries joined the Finisar Board of Directors in June 2005. Mr. Fries is Managing Director, Co-Head, Semiconductor & Components Practice at VantagePoint . He has more than 35 years of operations, advanced technology, and investment experience. Mr. Fries has been a senior-level venture capitalist for more than 20 years. He began his career at General Electric, serving 17 years in numerous executive roles in engineering, manufacturing, senior management, and finance. He directed GE Venture Capital?s California operations, which later became the venture capital firm Canaan Partners and, in his last role, was President of General Electric Ceramics, a wholly owned subsidiary. Mr. Fries is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University (BS) and Case Western Reserve University (PhD in Physical Chemistry).

Frank Levinson has served as Director since January 2006. He is currently the managing director of Small World Group, PTE LTD, (www.SmallWorldGroup.com) with offices in Singapore and Syracuse, Indiana, USA." Dr. Levinson founded Finisar in 1988 and served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical officer until December 2005. From 1980 to 1983, Dr. Levinson was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. In 1984, he became a Member of Technical Staff at Bellcore, a provider of services and products to the communications industry. In 1985, Dr. Levinson joined Raychem Corporation as their Chief Optical Scientist. In 1986 Dr. Levinson transferred to Raynet, a fiber optics systems subsidiary of Raychem, as Optical Department Manager. He served in that capacity until 1988. Dr. Levinson holds a B.S. in Mathematics/Physics from Butler University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Virginia.

Larry D. Mitchell has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 1999. Mr. Mitchell retired from Hewlett Packard in October 1997. From 1983 to October 1997 he held several General Manager positions for Hewlett Packard in Roseville, CA. Mr. Mitchell holds a B.A. in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Robert N. Stephens joined the Finisar Board of Directors in August 2005. Mr. Stephens is the former Chief Executive Officer and President of Adaptec, Inc., a storage solutions provider. Before joining Adaptec, Mr. Stephens was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Power I/O, a company that developed serial interface solutions and silicon expertise for high-speed data networking. Mr. Stephens has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Emulex Corporation, which designs, develops, and supplies Fibre Channel host bus adapters and held the position of Senior Vice President, General Manger, and Founder of the Microcomputer Products Group at Western Digital Corporation. He began his career at IBM, where he served over 15 years in a variety of management positions. Mr. Stephens holds bachelor's and master's degrees from San Jose State University.

Dominique Trempont joined the Finisar Board of Directors in August 2005. Mr. Trempont is the Chief Executive Officer in residence at Battery Ventures. Prior to joining Battery Ventures, Mr. Trempont was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kanisa, Inc., a software company focused on enterprise self-service applications. Mr. Trempont has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gemplus Corporation, a smart card company, and Chief Financial Officer and later Chief Operating Officer at NeXT Software. Mr. Trempont began his career at Raychem Corporation, a high-tech material science company focused on telecommunication, electronics, automotive and other industries. Mr. Trempont received an undergraduate degree in Economics from College Saint Louis (Belgium), a bachelor's in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from the University of Louvain (Belgium) and a master's in Business Administration from INSEAD.