Ken Xie

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
A seasoned and successful entrepreneur, Ken Xie started his first network security company SIS in 1993, designing software firewalls while studying at Stanford University. In 1996, he realized the performance limitations of software firewalls running on PCs/servers, and then started NetScreen. As founder, president and CEO, he lead the company to develop the industry's first ASIC and dedicated hardware systems for high performance firewalls and VPNs. NetScreen (NASDAQ: NSCN) later was acquired by Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) for $4 billion. In 2000, after recognizing that firewalls and VPNs alone could not stop content and application network attacks such as viruses, intrusions, spam and malicious Web content, Ken founded Fortinet. Fortinet pioneered Unified Threat Management (UTM) - a market which Fortinet leads and has quickly grown to be among the largest segments in the network security space. Fortinet completed its IPO (NASDAQ: FTNT), which was lauded by Renaissance Capital as "2009 IPO of the Year."

Business success and technology innovation has garnered Ken numerous patents and accolades. In 2006, Ken was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and Time Magazine, and Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He was also recognized as a Top 5 Entrepreneur by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2005, top 25 Chinese-Americans in Business by Forbes in 2010, and "Father of UTM" in an InfoSecurity cover story in 2011.

Ken earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is also a state registered Professional Engineer in Electrical, and hold certificates of Advanced Project Management, Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University. Ken is active in the industry and community, serving as a board member of HuaYuan Science and Technologies Association, and a member of Committee of 100 and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council.

Ken Goldman

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Ken Goldman is an accomplished executive with extensive financial, operational and business management experience and a solid track record of success. He served as senior vice president, finance and administration, and CFO of Siebel Systems from August 2000 until the close of Oracle Corporation's acquisition in January 2006. Prior to that, he held CFO positions at Excite@Home, Sybase, Inc., Cypress Semiconductor and VLSI Technology. Additionally, his experience includes board director, audit committee chairman, and financial advisory roles at several leading public and private technology companies. Ken earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1971 and his master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1974. He is a member and the former president of The Financial Executive Institute, Santa Clara chapter, and was formerly a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council (FASAC) from 2000 to 2004.

Michael Xie

Founder, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice President of Engineering
Michael Xie has more than 15 years of experience in the network security industry. Previously, he held positions as Vice President of Engineering for ServGate, Software Director and Architect for NetScreen, and Senior Software Engineer for Milkyway Networks. He was honored with 2009 Tech Innovator Awards by Everything Channel's CRN. He was also named a 2006 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and a Top Technology Innovator by VARBusiness Magazine in 2004. Michael has an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba as well as B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China.

Gregory S. Fitzgerald

Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing
Mr. Fitzgerald serves Fortinet, as the Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing. Mr. Fitzgerald is responsible for overseeing worldwide positioning, product delivery and go-to-market strategies. Prior to joining Fortinet, Mr. Fitzgerald was SVP Marketing for Sourcefire, a public network security company; CEO of DisplayPoints, a privately held web 2.0 media company, from inception to its profitable sale in September 2009; Global Vice President of Marketing, Product Management, Channels and Inside Sales at TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and leading provider of Intrusion Prevention Security Systems. Prior to this, Mr. Fitzgerald was an executive for growth-stage ventures, and high growth public organizations. He has also been an instructor of marketing and sales at ACTON MBA, Austin Texas. Mr. Fitzgerald holds a BBA in Marketing and Finance from Emory University, an MBA in Product Marketing from the University of Colorado, and a MIM in International Marketing Strategy from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.

Michael Anderson

Vice President, Services
Michael Anderson has more than 20 years experience leading high-performance support and services teams for global technology companies. He is responsible for leading Fortinet's global support, professional services and training organizations. He joined Fortinet from Check Point Software Technologies, where he led professional services and training. Michael was brought to Check Point through its acquisition of Nokia's Network Security division, where he led global services. Prior to Check Point and Nokia, Michael was the vice president of global services for SonicWALL and held senior leadership positions with Silicon Graphics and Digital Equipment Corporation. Michael holds a B.S. degree in communications from the University of Washington.

Patrice Perche

Vice President, International Sales and Support
Patrice Perche has nearly two decades of experience in the IT security industry. In his current position, Patrice is responsible for managing Fortinet's international sales and support operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia. Prior to this, Patrice was vice president of EMEA sales at Fortinet and helped drive the company's sales into , Benelux, Spain, India and the Middle East region. Patrice has extensive experience in launching innovative security technologies into new markets and working closely with channel partners. Prior to joining Fortinet, he was co-founder and CEO of Risc Group, a French-based company focusing on IT Security with pan-European operations. Patrice graduated from Insa Lyon and holds a masters degree in computer engineering.

Michelle Spolver

Vice President, Corporate Communications
Michelle Spolver has nearly 20 years of experience helping technology companies gain mindshare and market share through the development, management and implementation of public, analyst and investor relations programs, corporate reputation management, executive communications, and customer and channel marketing activities. Prior to joining Fortinet, Michelle was director of worldwide public relations for Check Point Software Technologies, where she was instrumental in growing the company's brand awareness through business, financial and industry trade press. Prior to Check Point, Michelle held senior public relations positions at Compaq Computer Corporation (acquired by HP) and Weber Shandwick Public Relations. Michelle earned a B.A. degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach, and is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

Michael Valentine

Vice President, Americas Sales and Support
Michael Valentine brings to Fortinet more than 20 years of sales and channel experience. Michael joined Fortinet as Vice President of Americas Channel Sales, during which time he expanded the company's network of North America technology distributors, signed more than 700 new Americas partners, grew the internal channel team by 82 percent and updated the award-winning FortiPartner Program with a stronger enterprise focus. He is a recognized and respected sales executive who in 2008 and 2009 was named a top "Channel Chief" by CRN magazine. Prior to joining Fortinet, Michael held vice president of Americas sales positions at both SonicWALL and WatchGuard Technologies, as well as held senior sales positions at Panasonic. He holds a bachelors degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Arlington.

John Whittle

Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development
John Whittle has significant experience managing a wide range of legal matters for technology companies. Most recently John was Vice President, General Counsel for Ingres Corporation, an open source database company formed by a divestiture from Computer Associates (CA). Prior to that, John was Vice President, General Counsel for Corio, Inc., an enterprise application services provider, where he managed the company's legal matters, which included an initial public offering process and acquisition by IBM. Prior to Corio, John was an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, representing technology companies in general corporate matters, initial public offerings and follow-on offerings. John holds a BA degree in history from the University of Virginia and a JD, magna cum laude, from Cornell University. ;