Philippe Courtot \ Chairman and CEO

Demonstrating a unique mix of technical vision, marketing and business acumen, Philippe Courtot has repeatedly built innovative companies into industry leaders. As CEO of Qualys, Philippe has worked with thousands of companies to improve their network security. Philippe received the SC Magazine Editor's Award for bringing on demand technology to the network security industry and for co-founding the CSO Interchange to provide a forum for sharing information in the security industry.

Before joining Qualys, Philippe was the Chairman and CEO of Signio, an electronic payment start-up that he repositioned to become a significant e-commerce player. In February 2000, VeriSign acquired Signio for more than a billion dollars. Today, VeriSign's payment division, based on the Signio technology, handles 30% of electronic transaction in the U.S., processing $100-million in daily sales. Prior to Signio, Philippe was President and CEO of Verity, where he re-engineered the company to become the leader in enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions. Under Philippe's direction, the company completed its initial public offering in November 1995. Philippe also turned an unknown company of 12 people, cc:Mail, into the dominant e-mail platform provider, achieving a 40% market share while competing directly against IBM and Microsoft. Acknowledging the market leading position of cc:Mail and the significance of e-mail in corporate environments, Lotus acquired the company in 1991. In 1986, as CEO of Thomson CGR Medical, a medical imaging company, Philippe received the Benjamin Franklin award for his role in the creation of a nationwide advertising campaign promoting the life-saving benefits of mammography. Philippe served on the Board of Trustees for The Internet Society, an international non-profit organization that fosters global cooperation and coordination on the development of the Internet. French and Basque born, he holds a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Paris, came to the US in 1981 and has lived in Silicon Valley since 1987.

Don McCauley \ Chief Financial Officer

As the Chief Financial Officer of Qualys, Don brings over 25 years of unique financial and administrative experience in successfully growing early-stage software and services companies. Included among his achievements are three initial public offerings resulting in over $5 billion of shareholder value. In 2003, Don led the successful $112 million IPO of iPass, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a $165 million provider of secure enterprise mobility services. In his six years with iPass, Don was a key driver of sales strategy and international expansion that resulted in more than 10 times revenue growth with consistent profitability and cash flows. Don led the successful development and implementation of best-of-breed financial systems and controls which resulted in a fully unqualified opinion for the company's first Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 audit. In the 1990's Don teamed with Philippe Courtot at Verity as CFO for four years which resulted in a very successful IPO and follow-on offering. After ten years as a public company, Verity was acquired in 2005 for $500 million. Don also spent eight years as the CFO of GTECH Holdings. As their Senior VP and CFO, he was a key contributor to significant worldwide market expansion as well as systems and organizational development resulting in 20 times revenue growth and consistent profitability. Don led both a successful IPO and follow-on offering. GTECH was acquired in 2006 for $4.4 billion. Don has also served as CFO for a number of other private technology companies. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island and is a certified public accountant.

Amer Deeba \ Chief Marketing Officer & VP of Product Marketing

Responsible for branding, product management and customer relations activities, Amer has a proven track record in driving company growth in fast moving technology fields. Amer came to Qualys from VeriSign, where he was the General Manager for the Payment Services Division, and helped establish VeriSign as a leader in the online payments space - where 40% of all credit card transactions were processed by VeriSign across the Internet. Amer joined VeriSign as part of its acquisition of online payments pioneer Signio, where he served as Director of Product Marketing. Prior to VeriSign and Signio, Amer spent five years at Adobe where he led the development of Web-enabling PDF. Before that, he held a variety of technical and management positions at Verity, and Amdahl. Amer earned MS and BS degrees in Computer Sciences.

Wolfgang Kandek \ Chief Technical Officer

As the CTO for Qualys, Wolfgang is responsible for product direction and all operational aspects of the QualysGuard platform and its infrastructure. Wolfgang has over 20 years of experience in developing and managing information systems. His focus has been on Unix-based server architectures and application delivery through the Internet. Prior to joining Qualys, Wolfgang was Director of Network Operations at the Online Music streaming company myplay.com and at iSyndicate, an Internet media syndication company. Earlier in his career, Wolfgang held a variety of technical positions at EDS, MCI and IBM. Wolfgang earned a Masters and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

Ken Okumura \ Vice President of Engineering

As Vice President of Engineering, Ken is responsible for developing and deploying Qualys' suite of SaaS solutions. He brings to Qualys over 22 years of experience building and scaling core internet infrastructure. Ken was most recently at Google through the acquisition of Postini where he was Vice President of Engineering responsible for building its messaging security and management systems. Before Postini, he was Vice President of Engineering at VeriSign where he developed and managed its cryptographic, PKI and payments systems. Earlier in his career he held engineering management positions at VISA International and GTE Government Systems. Ken earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

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Nils Puhlmann \ Chief Security Officer and Vice President of Risk Management

Nils is responsible for security, risk management and business continuity planning, including the security of the QualysGuard platform. He will also lead the Qualys CSO Advisory Board efforts to collaborate with customers on forging and implementing security and compliance best practices.

Most recently, Nils was the CISO for Electronic Arts, where he was globally responsible for managing information security and risk management. While CISO of Robert Half International, Nils led information security and business continuity on a global enterprise-wide scale. Nils has also held the position of Director Global IT & Security and Chief Privacy Officer at Mindjet Corp and Senior Manager Product Security at Adobe Systems where he created Adobe's product security incident response team, chaired Adobe's Security Task Force and managed Adobe's first Common Criteria Certification. He maintains numerous security certifications, including CISSP-ISSMP and CISM. He has held several Board of Directors positions (ISACA Silicon Valley, OVAL) and is a member of Corporate Advisory Boards. Nils is a member of the CSO Interchange, the CISO Executive Council and is a subject matter expert for ISACA and ISC2. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for the CISO Forum of ISSA.

Terry Ramos \ Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Channel Development

As Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Channel Development for Qualys, Terry Ramos is responsible for developing strategic alliances and partnerships around Qualys' Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. While at Qualys, he has assumed multiple positions including Director of Strategic Development where he was instrumental at establishing and developing partnerships with leading Managed Service Providers (MSPs) such as BT, IBM, SecureWorks, Savvis, Symantec and VeriSign. Prior to joining Qualys, Terry was a Regional Technical Manager at VeriSign, responsible for Sales Engineering in the Enterprise Sales Division and a Senior Technical Security Manager at SBC where helped design the company's perimeter security infrastructure and network security architecture. Terry has 17 years experience in the IT industry with the last nine focused specifically on information security. He is a well known speaker on the topics of Vulnerability Management, SaaS, and the PCI Data Security Standard and has spoken at many national and regional events including the RSA Security Conference and Secure World Expos. Terry is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

David French \ Vice President of US Field Operations

As Vice President of Qualys' US Field Operations team, David is responsible for delivering IT security and compliance solutions to the Fortune Global 2000. The US Field Operations team executes on account management and growth, new product introduction to the market, and continuous customer and partner education. Prior to joining Qualys in 2004, David was a Senior Security Consultant for Ernst & Young, where he led security assessments, threat and vulnerability analysis, and architectural reviews for Fortune 500 clients. David is a frequent presenter on topics related to information security and audit at conferences and for professional organizations. David holds the CISSP and CISA industry certifications, and earned his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University with a special focus on Information Systems Audit and Control.

Uma Nikhilesh \ Vice President of Customer Support

Uma Nikhilesh is the Vice President of Customer Support at Qualys. With over 16 years of experience in building, managing and scaling support operations globally, she oversees the daily operations of Qualys' Global Support team consisting of Technical Support, Customer Service and Training. Uma comes to Qualys most recently from Salesforce.com where she was responsible for managing the operations of the North American Basic Support line of business. Prior to Salesforce.com, Uma held the position of Director of Worldwide Support at BroadVision managing Global Support teams across EMEA, APJ and NASA. Uma has also served as Director of Worldwide Support and Maintenance at SupportSoft. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from Bangalore University, Bangalore.

Rima Touma-Bruno \ Vice President of Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Rima helps the Qualys workforce maintain a high level of performance by serving as an employee champion and cultivating the corporate community. She brings more than 15 years of domestic and international human resources experience to the company. Prior to joining Qualys, Rima was in HR at VeriSign as part of the mergers and acquisitions group where she was responsible for investigating potential acquisitions, focusing on talent assessment, management style, cost analysis of benefits, and stock plan transfers. Rima joined VeriSign as part of its acquisition of Signio, where she served as Director of Human Resources, spearheading employee practices and all other aspects of HR. She also led the Human Resources departments at NetObjects, Inc. and Verity, Inc. where she played an integral role in taking both companies through a public offering. Ms. Touma-Bruno holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from San Jose State University.