David A. de Simone has served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Blue Coat since September 2003. From December 2002 to September 2003 Mr. de Simone worked as an independent consultant providing technical assistance and executive coaching to several clients. From May 2000 to December 2002 Mr. de Simone served as Vice President of Platform Development for Brocade Communications Systems a leading provider of storage area networking products. From February 1989 to May 2000 Mr. de Simone held a number of positions with Tandem Computers which was acquired by Compaq Computer Systems. During the last several years of his tenure with Compaq and Tandem Mr. de Simone was Vice President of Clustering Technology and earlier in his tenure with Tandem he was a Director of Engineering. Mr. de Simone has an additional 11 years of experience in a variety of Engineering and Operations roles. Mr. de Simone holds a B.S.E.E. from the University of California Davis. |