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John McAdam

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

John McAdam has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of F5 Networks, as well as on the board of directors, since July 2000. Prior to joining F5, McAdam served as General Manager of the Web server sales business at IBM. From January 1995 until August 1999, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems, which was sold to IBM in September 1999. McAdam holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.


John McAdam President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Andy Reinland Senior Vice President and Chief Finance Officer
John Rodriguez Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Karl Triebes Senior Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer
Christopher P. Lynch Senior Vice President of Data Solutions
Edward J. Eames Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Mark Anderson Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Dan Matte Senior Vice President of Marketing
Jeff Christianson Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Alan J. Higginson Board Chair
Deborah Bevier Director
Gary Ames Director
Karl D. Guelich Director
Scott Thompson Director