Andrew Wahl

ANDREW WAHL has been President and Chief Executive Officer of
Optiva, Inc., since April 2002. Before joining Optiva, he was CFO
and Corporate Secretary for PCTEL, Inc., where he lead their IPO
and secondary offerings that raised over $200 million on NASDAQ,
creating a market capitalization exceeding $2 billion. In
addition to finance and investor relations, he also had
responsibilities for manufacturing, quality, legal, human
resources and administration. Prior to PCTEL, Mr. Wahl was
President and CFO of Designs for Education, Inc., and CFO/COO of
the software company Starbase Corporation. He started his career
at Arthur Andersen as a management consultant and held senior
financial positions with Crown Zellerbach and The Santa Cruz
Operations, Inc. He has an MBA from Rutgers University and a BA
from Villanova University.