飞塔(Fortinet) FTNT

Ken Xie has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since he co-founded Fortinet in October 2000. He previously served as our President until November 2013. Prior to co-founding Fortinet, Mr. Ken Xie was the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of NetScreen Technologies, Inc., a provider of network security products, which was acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc. in April 2004. Additionally, Mr. Ken Xie was Chief Executive Officer of Systems Integration Solutions, Inc., a talent services firm that specializes in delivering technology solutions, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In addition to the Board of Directors, Mr. Ken Xie has served on the board of directors of TeleNav, Inc., a wireless location-based services corporation, since July 2012. Mr. Ken Xie served on the board of directors of the Cyber Threat Alliance from 2017 to 2022. Mr. Ken Xie received a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in China and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Michael Xie has served as our President and Chief Technology Officer since November 2013 and as a member of the Board of Directors since February 2001. He previously served as our Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer after co-founding Fortinet in October 2000. Prior to co-founding Fortinet, he held positions as Vice President of Engineering for ServGate Technologies, Inc., a network security provider that was acquired by Amarium Technologies, Inc. in April 2006, Software Director and Architect for NetScreen and Senior Software Engineer for Milkyway Networks Corporation, a network security solutions provider. Mr. Michael Xie has an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba in Canada, as well as a B.S. and an M.S. in automobile engineering from Tsinghua University in China.

John Whittle has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2024. Mr. Whittle served as our Chief Legal Officer from April 2022 to January 2024, and as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from January 2019 to January 2024. Mr. Whittle served as our General Counsel from October 2006 to April 2022 and as Vice President of Corporate Development from October 2010 until January 2019. From March 2006 to October 2006, Mr. Whittle was Vice President and General Counsel for Ingres Corporation, an open-source database company formed by a divestiture from Computer Associates. Prior to working at Ingres, from January 2000 to March 2005, Mr. Whittle was Vice President and General Counsel for Corio, Inc., an enterprise application services provider. Mr. Whittle worked from March 2005 to March 2006 with International Business Machines Corporation following its acquisition of Corio. Prior to joining Corio, Mr. Whittle was an attorney at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. from 1996 to 2000, representing technology companies in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions and initial and follow-on public offerings. Mr. Whittle holds a B.A. in history from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Cornell University Law School.

Christiane Ohlgart has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2025. Ms. Ohlgart previously served as our Chief Accounting Officer from March 2024 until May 2025. Ms. Ohlgart has more than three decades of finance and accounting experience at software and technology companies. Ms. Ohlgart previously served as Chief Financial Officer at IGEL Technology, a secure access operating system developer. Prior to IGEL, she served as VP Finance at Fortinet. Ms. Ohlgart also previously served as SVP Finance and Treasurer at Syapse, Inc., a digital health company, and as VP Finance of Intermedia.net, Inc., a cloud-based communication platform. Before that, Ms. Ohlgart worked at SAP, an enterprise software and services company, for 18 years, in various roles in Germany and the U.S. The last position held there was Chief Financial Officer at SAP SuccessFactors, a global provider of cloud-based human experience management software. Ms. Ohlgart holds a master's degree in computer science and business administration from the Technical University of Karlsruhe.

Janet Napolitano has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2024. Ms. Napolitano currently serves as the founder and faculty director of the Center for Security in Politics at UC Berkeley and as a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. She previously served as President of the University of California from September 2013 until her departure in August 2020. Prior to her time serving as the President of the University of California, she served as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013, as governor of the state of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, as attorney general of Arizona from 1998 to 2003 and as U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona from 1993 to 1997. Prior to that, Ms. Napolitano was previously a partner of Lewis and Roca LLP, a law firm, from 1989 to 1993. Ms. Napolitano currently serves on the boards of directors for Vir Biotechnology, Inc., a pharmaceutical company that developed and sold drugs, and Zoom Communications, Inc., a communications technology company, and on the board of trustees at RAND Corporation, a nonprofit global policy research institute. Ms. Napolitano holds a B.S. in political science from Santa Clara University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Judith Sim has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 2015 and has served as our Lead Independent Director since April 2024. Ms. Sim previously held various customer-related and marketing positions at Oracle Corporation, multinational computer technology company providing cloud applications and cloud platform services, from 1991 to April 2020, including serving as the Chief of Staff to the Office of the CEO and as its Chief Marketing Officer from 2005 to April 2020. Ms. Sim has served as a director of First Advantage Corporation, a global provider of technology solutions for screening, verifications, safety and compliance related to human capital, including as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee, since June 2021. Ms. Sim also previously served from October 2021 to March 2023 on the board of directors of Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company focused on enterprise technology companies, including as chair of the compensation committee. Ms. Sim has also served on the board of directors for DataStax, Inc., a private database-as-a-service artificial intelligence company, since June 2021. Ms. Sim also previously served as a director on the board of directors of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce from 2015 to 2020. Ms. Sim received a B.S. in dietetics from the University of California at Davis.

Kenneth A. Goldman has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2020. Mr. Goldman served as the President of Hillspire LLC, a family office management company from September 2017 through April 2022. From October 2012 to June 2017, Mr. Goldman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Yahoo! Inc., a provider of internet content and services. Prior to this, Mr. Goldman was our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2007 to October 2012. From January 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Goldman served as a member of the PCAOB, Standing Advisory Group. Mr. Goldman has been serving as a member of the PCAOB, Investor Advisory Group since he joined in February 2024. From December 1999 to December 2003, Mr. Goldman served on the Financial Accounting Standards Board's primary advisory group. Mr. Goldman currently serves on the boards of directors and audit committees of RingCentral, Inc., a provider of cloud-based communication and collaboration products and services, Wealthfront, financial management technology company, C3.ai, Inc., an enterprise AI application software company, and Kodiak AI, Inc., an autonomous trucking company. Mr. Goldman previously served as a director of TriNet Group, Inc., a human resources management company, from August 2009 to August 2020, GoPro, Inc., an action camera technology company, from December 2013 to June 2025, Zuora, Inc., an enterprise software company, from March 2017 to February 2025, and NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, from August 2010 to June 2022, among others. Mr. Goldman holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ming Hsieh has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013. Mr. Hsieh has served as the Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Fulgent Therapeutics Inc., a cancer drug research and development company, since September 2012. From October 2010 to June 2012, Mr. Hsieh served as the President of 3M Cogent, Inc., a provider of global biometric identification solutions, following the acquisition of Cogent, Inc. by 3M Company in 2010. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Hsieh served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the board of directors of Cogent since founding Cogent in 1990. Prior to that, Mr. Hsieh was a research and development engineer at International Rectifier Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductors, from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Hsieh received a B.S.E.E. from the University of Southern California in 1983 and an M.S.E.E. from University of Southern California in 1984.

Admiral James Stavridis (Ret), USN, PhD has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2021. Admiral Stavridis (Ret) spent 37 years in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of 4-star Admiral. Among Admiral Stavridis' (Ret) many commands were four years as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, leading the NATO Alliance in global operations and where his responsibilities included cybersecurity. He was the longest serving Combatant Commander in recent U.S. history. In the course of his Navy career, Admiral Stavridis (Ret) served as senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense. He led the Navy's premier operational think tank for innovation, Deep Blue. Following his military career, Admiral Stavridis (Ret) served for five years as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. While Dean, he created a blended master's degree in cyber and international relations at Tufts. He is a nationally recognized cybersecurity expert and routinely teaches on cyber challenges and offers insights via speaking appearances. He is currently a director, Partner and Vice Chairman, Global Affairs of The Carlyle Group, a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation, and is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation, an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization. Admiral Stavridis (Ret) has also served on the board of directors of Ankura Consulting Group LLP, a global business advisory and expert services company, since December 2020 and on the board of directors and the finance committee of Aon plc since August 2024. Admiral Stavridis (Ret) has served on the boards of directors of several companies and institutions, equipping him with experience to provide valuable insights and an unparalleled leadership skillset to the Board of Directors, including his representation on the boards of directors of the MDA (a Canadian Satellite Company) from April 2020 to May 2022, Vigor Industrial LLC, an industrial services agency, from November 2021 to June 2023, Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, from June 2013 to December 2023, American Water from March 2018 to February 2024, Neuberger Berman Mutual Funds, a leading investment management firm, from December 2015 to June 2024, NFP Corp., a global professional services risk assessment firm, from October 2017 to April 2024 and PreVeil, Inc., a provider of secure email networks and file collaboration, from July 2017 to December 2023. Admiral Stavridis (Ret) attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and earned a PhD in international relations from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Admiral Stavridis (Ret) has extensive government and leadership experience as a result of his military service.

Jean Hu has served as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2019. Since January 2023, Ms. Hu has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company. Prior to AMD, Ms. Hu served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor company, from August 2016 to January 2023. Ms. Hu served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Qlogic Corporation, a network server and storage networking company, from April 2011 to August 2016, and as acting Chief Executive Officer of Qlogic from May 2013 to February 2014 and from August 2015 to August 2016. From 2004 to 2011, Ms. Hu served in various senior positions at Conexant Systems, Inc., a semiconductor company, including as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Development from December 2008 to April 2011 and as Treasurer from June 2009 until April 2011. Ms. Hu holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Economics from Claremont Graduate University.

Mr. Derek T. Kan appointed to the Board effective on 12 June 2026. Derek Kan was nominated by our Board of Directors to serve as a director in April 2026. From December 2020 until its acquisition by Shopify Inc. in July 2022, Mr. Kan served as Chief Business Officer at Deliverr, Inc., a technology-enabled e-commerce fulfillment platform. Following the acquisition, he served as Vice President of Business Operations at Shopify. Previously, Mr. Kan held senior positions in the U.S. federal government, including Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from June 2019 through December 2020, where he oversaw government-wide technology modernization and federal IT security posture, and Under Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation from June 2017 through July 2019, where he oversaw a portfolio of 2,000 staff and a $3 billion budget, including policy governing connected and autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity for networked transportation infrastructure. Mr. Kan also co-led the interagency design and deployment of the nation's COVID-19 economic response, coordinating across Treasury, SBA, and the Federal Reserve. Mr. Kan currently serves as Vice Chairman of the United States Postal Service Board of Governors. Prior to his federal service, Mr. Kan served as General Manager for Lyft in Southern California. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kan served as Chief Economic Policy Advisor to U.S. Senate Majority Leader during the 2008 financial crisis and was a Presidential Management Fellow at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Kan currently serves on the boards of directors of Toll Brothers, Inc., a luxury homebuilding company, as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee with oversight of cybersecurity risk and enterprise risk management, Globe Life Inc., an insurance company, as a member of the Audit Committee, and Oklo Inc., an advanced nuclear technology company. Mr. Kan previously served on the board of Amtrak as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kan holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, a M.S. in Economic History from the London School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar and Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.