On February 12, 2019, Vincent J. Mullarkey notified NetScout Systems, Inc. of his intent to resign in connection with his retirement, effective on February 19, 2019, from his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. On February 19, 2019, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Vivian Vitale and Michael Szabados as Class I Directors. Ms. Vitale and Mr. Szabados will serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders or until her or his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until her or his earlier death, resignation or removal. The Board determined that Ms. Vitale is independent within the meaning of the director independence standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of the date of this report, it has not been determined to which committees of the Board, if any, Ms. Vitale will be named. Mr. Szabados is the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and does not qualify as an independent director. In connection with his appointment to the Board, Mr. Szabados was also named the Company’s Vice Chairman. Ms. Vitale currently operates Vivian Vitale Consulting, which is focused on assisting organizations with people management practices, organizational transitions, and leadership coaching. In her most recent corporate role, Ms. Vitale served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Veracode, an application security leader that was acquired by CA Technologies in 2017. Michael Szabados has served as NetScout’s Chief Operating Officer since April 2007. In this role, Mr. Szabados is focused on executing NetScout’s vision and strategy. During his tenure, he has been critical in helping lead NetScout’s key functional areas as NetScout more than doubled in size.
NetScout Systems, Inc. provides service assurance and cybersecurity solutions. The Company's service assurance solutions are used by enterprises, including government agencies and service providers to optimize network performance, identify and resolve issues impacting application and service quality. Its cybersecurity solutions are used by enterprises and service providers to identify and mitigate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, as well as assist enterprise security teams in identifying, isolating, investigating, and resolving other advanced network threats. Its primary products are categorized as Service Assurance Solutions for network and application performance and business intelligence analytics and Cybersecurity Solutions. Its Service Assurance Solutions includes nGeniusONE Management Software and Analytic Modules and Visibility Products (Probes, Packet Flow Systems and Taps). Its Cybersecurity Solutions includes DDoS Protection and Advanced Threat Detection.
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