Mr. Gary L. Steele is an Independent Director at Upwork, Inc., an Independent Director at Vonage Holdings Corp. and a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Proofpoint, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Observe IT Ltd., Meta Networks Ltd., Upwork, Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Cloudmark Europe Ltd., Malwarebytes, Inc., MessageOne, Inc., Proofpoint Ltd., Synack, Inc. and Upwork Global, Inc. Mr. Steele was previously employed as a Chief Executive Officer by Portera Systems, Inc., a Vice President by Sybase, Inc., a Principal by HP, Inc., and a Head-Business Development by Sun Microsystems, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington State University.