Alan Skidmore

ALAN SKIDMORE is President and CEO of Troika Networks, Inc., a venture-
backed private company offering innovative standards-based storage
networking solutions to address the growing demands of enterprise data
centers. Mr. Skidmore joined Troika in February 2000. Under his
direction, the company has emerged to become a recognized innovator in
the rapidly growing storage networking market. Mr. Skidmore is a
computer industry executive with over 20 years of progressive experience
at high-technology companies in the data storage, systems, and software
market segments. Prior to Troika, he held executive positions at Compaq
Computer Corporation and BMC Software. During his 12-year tenure at
Compaq, he became a leader in the data storage technology business,
eventually running a product development organization generating multi-
billion-dollar annual revenues. Mr. Skidmore started his professional
career at Texas Instruments, Inc. He graduated with honors from Kansas
State University, earning a BS in Computer Science.