Pure Storage

Mr. Charles H. Giancarlo, also known as Charlie, has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of Pure Storage, Inc. since August 24, 2017 and is also its Chairman. Mr. Giancarlo serves as an Advisor of Vectra Networks, Inc. and Sharecare Reality Lab. Mr. Giancarlo is the Founder at ItsOn, Inc. Mr. Giancarlo has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, communications and networking industries. Mr. Giancarlo served as Managing Director of Silver Lake Partners from January 2008 until October 2015. He joined Silver Lake in 2008 and served as its Senior Advisor since 2014. Mr. Giancarlo served as Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. from 2008 to 2013. Previously, he served as the Head of Value Creation and Managing Director at Silver Lake Partners since joining Silver Lake in December 2007 until 2015. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Avaya Inc. from June 30, 2008 to 2009. He served as an Interim Chief Executive Officer at Avaya until 2008. He served as Senior Executive at Cisco Systems, from 1993 to 2007. From 1993 to 2007, Mr. Giancarlo served in senior executive roles at Cisco Systems, including Chief Technology Officer since August 2004 and served as its Senior Vice-President. He served as the Chief Development Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc., from July 31, 2005 to January 2008 and served as its Executive Vice President May 2004 to December 2007. He directed the activities of half of Cisco’s employees and was directly responsible for Cisco’s expansion into a large number of new markets and technologies. He served as the Head of Voice and Home Networking Business at Cisco Systems Inc. His first position at Cisco served as Vice President of Business Development, where he developed Cisco’s merger and acquisition strategy and practice. He served as the President of Cisco-Linksys, LLC since June 2003. He served as a Senior Vice President of the Switching Voice and Storage Groups at Cisco Systems, Inc. since May 2002. He served as President of Cisco Linksys LLC since June 2003. While at Cisco, he was directly responsible for the creation of many of Cisco’s advanced technologies including Ethernet Switching, WiFi, Security, IP Telephony and TelePresence, as well as Cisco entry into major new markets such as the small and medium and consumer markets, consumer video and WebEx. Prior to Cisco, he served as the Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development at Kalpana, Inc. (a/k/a Kalpana Corporation) from July 1993 to December 1994 and its Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. Mr. Giancarlo served as Senior Vice President of NetSys Technologies. He founded four communications equipment companies. He was the Founder and Vice President of Marketing at Adaptive Corporation. During his 14 years at Cisco, he was a key contributor to the growth of Cisco and was ultimately responsible for the products that generated 80 percent of Cisco's revenues. He serves as the Chairman of Soraa, Inc. He served as the Chairman of Avaya Holdings Corp. He served as the Chairman of Avaya Inc. since December 22, 2008 and served as its Director since June 30, 2008. He has been a Member of Board of Advisors at vIPtela, Inc. since September 2015. He was an Independent Director of Accenture plc since December 15, 2008 until January 2019. He is an Independent Director of Skype Global S.à r.l. since December 2009. Mr. Giancarlo serves as an Independent Director of Blue Jeans Network, Inc. He serves as a Director of Soraa, Inc. and Vantage. He has been a Director of Vectra Networks, Inc. since May 28, 2014. He has been an Independent Director of Arista Networks, Inc. since April 2013. He serves as a Director of ItsOn, Inc. and Headwater Partners I LLC. Mr. Giancarlo has been Director at Zscaler, Inc. since November 2016. He serves as a Member of the Strategic Advisory Team at Feeva Technology, Inc. He serves as a Board Member at Attivo Networks, Inc. He serves on the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and serves as a Trustee of Brown University. He serves on the Board of Advisors at University of California. He served as a Director at ServiceNow, Inc. (formerly, Service-now.com/Glidesoft Inc) since November 2013 until August 31, 2017 and served as its Lead Independent Director since October 25, 2016 until August 31, 2017. He served as a Director of Skype Limited and InfoGear Technology Corporation. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at Coraid, Inc. since January 2010. He served as a Director of Mirapoint Software, Inc. and Mercury Payment Systems, LLC. He served as a Director of Tintri, Inc. since September 2016 until August 10, 2017 and Imperva. He served as a Director of Mercury Payment Systems, Inc. since April 2010. He served as an Independent Director of Netflix, Inc. from April 4, 2007 to May 2, 2012. He served as a Director of SEEQ Technology, Inc. since August 1997 and Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. since January 4, 2008. In 2007, he was named to Network World’s list of the “Top 50 Most Powerful People in Networking” for the fourth year in a row. Mr. Giancarlo holds an M.B.A. in Business from Harvard Business School in the year 1982 to 1984, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in the year 1979 to 1980 and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in the year 1975 to 1979.