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Errol Ginsberg - Chairman of the Board and Chief Innovation Officer

Errol Ginsberg, Ixia's founder and chairman of the board, assumed the role of chief innovation officer in March 2008. In the role of chief innovation officer, Errol leads Ixia Labs, which focuses on engineering advances aimed at encouraging organic growth in new product areas. He also works closely with the Ixia management team in evaluating new market opportunities and potential acquisitions and performing early due diligence on potential acquisitions. Errol became chairman of the Ixia board of directors in January 2008. He served as the company's CEO from September 2000 to March 2008, and as president from June 1997 to September 2007. From the early days of Ixia's founding, Errol Ginsberg has helped shape the IP communications testing industry. A visionary leader, Errol has overseen many of Ixia's innovations, including multiuser high-density platforms, CPU per-port interface modules, and high-productivity, test-specific applications.

Errol brings more than 20 years' experience in the communications industry, with broad expertise in the design, development, and successful commercial marketing of technologies for the Internet and distributed networking community.

From February 1996 to March 1997, he served as vice president of Engineering at NetVantage, a network equipment manufacturer. From November 1994 to February 1996, he served as an engineering consultant to Netcom Systems, a test equipment manufacturer.

Errol holds a BSEE from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

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