Jeff Reedy
President and CEO

 Jeff has contributed to the networking industry for more than 25 years. He began his career in 1980 at Bell Laboratories designing packet switching hardware and in 1984 joined FiberLAN, Inc., rising to Director of Engineering. In 1988 he co-founded T3 Technologies, a successful startup later acquired by Larscom Incorporated, a leader in network access equipment based in Silicon Valley. He was VP of Engineering of Larscom for eight years, managing more than 60 people in two locations. Products for the carrier market conceived and developed under Jeff's direction fueled Larscom's growth in the mid-nineties and positioned Larscom for an IPO in 1996. Jeff holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and a MSEE from Stanford University. He holds two patents.

Prayson Pate
VP, Engineering

 Prayson brings more than 22 years of experience developing software and hardware for networking products to Overture Networks. He began his career in 1983 at FiberLAN, moved to Bell Northern Research (Nortel) and joined Larscom in 1992. He has extensive hardware/software design and management experience, and served as Director of Engineering at Larscom managing more than 20 people. Prayson is also active in standards bodies such as the IETF, and he was chosen to be the co-editor of the pseudowire emulation edge-to-edge (PWE3) requirements and architecture documents (RFCs 3916 and 3985). He has already assembled an unparalleled team of experienced engineers at Overture Networks with a strong track record of developing innovative carrier class products. Prayson holds a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University and an MS in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He holds seven patents.

Chip Redden
VP, Marketing and Product Management

 With over 25 years experience in the Ethernet and IP networking arenas, Chip brings extensive experience in technical marketing and product management to Overture Networks. Chip's career began in the early days of the LAN industry, including 11 years at 3Com during their growth period. He then joined Juniper Networks as Director of Technical Marketing, leading the growth of the technical marketing organization as Juniper overtook several incumbent vendors in the core routing business. Chip advanced to Extreme Networks serving as Director of Ethernet Services Marketing, overseeing product management and technical marketing programs for Extreme's Metro Ethernet solutions. Chip holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University.

Scott St John
VP, Worldwide Sales and Service

 Scott brings over 15 years of experience to Overture Networks in telecommunications sales, business development and customer service gained at AT&T, Lucent and VINA Technologies. While at VINA, Scott was instrumental in fueling the company's sales growth and helped position the company for a successful IPO in 2000. Before Overture Networks, Scott was the Vice President of North American Sales at Larscom, where he led the introduction of new products into several Tier 1 carriers. Scott has a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University.

Nour Eddine Derouiche
VP, Operations

 Nour Eddine brings over 22 years of manufacturing and operations experience to Overture Networks from a broad base of technical disciplines. He has served as Director of Operations at Animas and Hologic, two medical equipment firms, and was also Director of Manufacturing and Test Engineering at Pliant Systems, a manufacturer of next generation Digital Loop Carrier systems. Prior to this, Nour Eddine held a number of positions at Mitsubishi Semiconductor. Nour Eddine's expertise is in the areas of process optimization and control, supply chain stability, equipment & resources utilization and cost reduction. Nour Eddine earned a B.S.E.E. from Case Western Reserve and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.

Mehran Musai
VP, Strategic Relationships

Mehran has over 23 years experience in the networking area, first as an engineer at Intel and Tellabs and then in product marketing at Clear Communications, Actelis and AFC.  Mehran was a co-founder and VP Sales and Marketing at Pedestal Networks, a developer of line-powered access multiplexers and recently co-founded Airsonics, a provider of fixed and mobile broadband wireless solutions.   Mehran earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.