Board of Directors

John McHale - Chairman

Mr. McHale has served as Chairman of the Board since our inception in September 2005. From May 2001 to February 2005, Mr. McHale was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. which was purchased by 3Com in February 2005. From January 1996 to April 1998, Mr. McHale served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NetSpeed, Inc., which was sold to Cisco. Prior to that time, Mr. McHale was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NetWorth, Inc., which was sold to Compaq.

Des Wilson

As Chief Executive Officer and a member of the BreakingPoint Board of Directors, Des Wilson brings more than 20 years of leadership and a strong track record of building high growth technology companies. Before joining BreakingPoint, Wilson served as CEO at Axel Johnson Inc., a $3 billion privately owned corporation with interests in the technology, energy, and environmental sectors. Wilson’s knowledge of the network and application test industry was developed over the course of a 14-year long career at Hekimian Laboratories Inc., a leading supplier of network management and test systems for telecommunications service providers. Wilson was ultimately selected to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer. Under Wilson’s leadership, the company was acquired by Spirent Communications, and Wilson was appointed President of the Spirent Service Assurance Division.

Mike Corboy

Mr. Corboy has served as a BreakingPoint Director since inception. Mr. Corboy has served on numerous technology company boards including NetWorth, NetSpeed and TippingPoint. Since January 1992, Mr. Corboy has served as President of Corboy Investment Company.

Barry Phelps

Mr. Phelps joined our Board of Directors in April 2007, and brings over 10 years of executive management experience in the test and measurement sector, and over 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Phelps served as Division President of PAB (Performance Analysis - Broadband) with Spirent Communications. Mr. Phelps joined Spirent in 2000 as a member of executive management after Spirent's acquisition of Netcom Systems, where he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 1997. Under Mr. Phelps tenure, Netcom grew revenues from $60 million to over $200 million at the time of acquisition. Prior to NetCom, Mr. Phelps served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of MICOM Communications. Mr. Phelps currently serves on the Board of Directors of Empower RF Systems, and formerly was the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Somera Communications. Mr. Phelps also serves as a Trustee for St. Lawrence University.

Paul Zito

Mr. Zito has served as a BreakingPoint Director since inception , and is Chairman of Audit and Compensation Committees of the Board. Mr. Zito currently is a partner in Z Start, L.P. and Genesis Inventions , L.P., both private venture capital investment funds. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Zito served as a Director of TippingPoint and was the Chairman of the Audit Committee. From April 1996 until April 1998, Mr. Zito served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of NetSpeed. From 1993 to March 1996, Mr. Zito served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of NetWorth.