Board of Directors

Steven Ledger
Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Ledger joined the board of directors in February of 2010. With more than 26 years of experience in the financial services industry, Ledger is the Founder and Managing Partner at Tamalpais Partners. He previously served as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of eCompanies Venture Group where he managed an Internet focused, strategic venture capital fund with investors that included Sprint, Disney, EarthLink and Sun America. Prior to founding eCompanies Venture Group, Ledger served as Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at San Francisco Investment Group and Kayne Anderson Investment Management. He began his career at Fidelity Management and Research as an Equity Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Ledger is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.

Elliott Brackett
Board Member and Chairman of the Compensation Committee

Elliott joined the board of directors in September of 2008, bringing more than 20 years of experience in new product funding, marketing, acquisitions and turnarounds. Throughout his career, Elliott has been focused on introducing new products to mass markets, gaining international brand recognition and turning companies profitable within the shortest possible time. In 1988, Elliott rescued Lifetime Automotive Products from bankruptcy turning it into an overnight success story. Elliott is a co-founder of Encrypto Inc., is a key founder of NexQL, and currently serves as a consultant for SCA Promotions and Davis Technologies International. Elliott holds a BBA from Southern Methodist University.

Joseph J. Hartnett
Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Joseph joined the Board on March 1, 2011, adding to the Board's strategic, operational, financial and governance capabilities. He held the positions of President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Ingenient Technologies, Inc., an embedded software solutions company, from September 2007 through November 2010. From June 2000 through October 2006, Joseph held various positions at U.S. Robotics Corporation, an Internet communications product company, including Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining U.S. Robotics, he was a partner with Grant Thornton LLP where he served for more than 20 years in various leadership positions at the international, national and regional levels. Joseph has advised multiple boards and management teams with respect to strategic, operational and financial matters. He is a CPA and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently serves as a director of Sparton Corporation, a NYSE-listed company, Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Compensation Committee and is a past member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Don Pearce
Board Member

Don joined the board of directors in May 2009, providing a wealth of experience and a global network of industry contacts from a long and successful career focused on sales. A recognized leader in business management, Don brings a significant track record of delivering revenue generating strategies within the high-tech sector. Beginning his career in systems and sales at IBM, he continued achieving consistent corporate growth results for more than 20 years at Amdahl Corp. He then held sales executive positions at Tarantella, StorageTek and Sun Microsystems where received numerous accolades for business excellence, including achievements such as leading his Amdahl sales team to number one in U.S. revenue for 15 consecutive years. Currently, Don serves as Vice President for the Texas division of Alliance Technology Group. Throughout his career, he has built a solid reputation for excellence in providing business solutions for his customers' processor, storage, and data management needs. As a result, he has gained trusted relationships with end-user executives, channel partners and industry experts. Don has also been involved with a wide variety of civic activities, which has led him to serve on the board of many organizations. He now serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Computer Science Engineering Department at Southern Methodist University where he was an honors graduate with a B.S. in mathematics. He subsequently received a M.S. in mathematics from Louisiana State University where he also taught Mathematics for two years.

Rob Sims
Board Member, President and Chief Executive Officer

As an international data storage, management and protection expert with more than 22 years of in-depth engineering expertise, Rob joined Crossroads Systems' development and operations team in 1999. Given his business track record and leadership, he rose quickly to the position of President, CEO and Board member of Crossroads Systems where he leads Crossroads' corporate vision and growth strategy. His industry knowledge and foresight have led him to become a sought-after industry expert on the topics of cloud computing, storage virtualization, disaster recovery, IT-based cost-containment and data availability. His hands-on experience in IT design, development, operational management, and engineering have led to several award-winning solutions and patents. Among his accomplishments, Rob is recipient of the technology industry's Most Valuable Performers Award, and has been honored with numerous other industry recognitions including being named finalist for the Stevie Award for Best Executive in the American Business Awards. Prior to joining Crossroads, Rob managed the advanced manufacturing and product test organizations at Kentek Corporation as well as managed the manufacturing, engineering and quality organizations at Exabyte. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University.

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