Stratton Sclavos President and CEO, VeriSign, Inc. Mr. Sclavos joined VeriSign as president and chief executive officer in July of 1995. Under his guidance the company has quickly grown to become the market leader in trusted certification services for the Internet. The company has been first to market with online Digital IDs for secure Web servers, browsers, e-mail packages, and payment applications and maintains a commanding marketshare in all the segments it serves. This relentless first to market approach has allowed the company to forge marketing and service relationships with the premier companies involved in Internet commerce including AOL, Microsoft, Netscape, and VISA International. Prior to joining VeriSign, Mr. Sclavos held executive management positions with several Silicon Valley technology companies. From 1994 to 1995, he was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Sales for Taligent Inc., a joint venture of Apple, IBM, and Hewlett Packard. Mr. Sclavos served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development for GO Corporation, a mobile computing company, from 1992-1993 culminating in the company's eventual sale to AT&T. Prior to that he spent five years at MIPS Computer Systems in various executive positions and as a member of the senior management team during the company's successful IPO in 1989 and subsequent merger with Silicon Graphics Inc. in 1992. Mr. Sclavos also held executive positions at Megatest Corporation, a semiconductor equipment firm, from 1982 through 1987. Mr. Sclavos holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis.