Mr. Stein has over 35 years of experience in the computer and communications industry. He recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Netrix Corporation. He joined Netrix in 1987 when it was a development-stage startup, backed by venture capital. Mr. Stein led the company through an initial public offering to its position today as a leading supplier of international-wide area networking products.

Prior to Netrix, Mr. Stein was a Vice President with BBN Communications Corporation, initially responsible for Marketing and later heading the Professional Services Division. Before joining BBN, Mr. Stein was a founder of two other start-up companies, Ruben Corporation and DataRoyal, and spent several years in various capacities with Digital Equipment Corp.

Mr. Stein curently serves on the board of directors of two public companies-- Trusted Information Systems, a network security company in Maryland and Deltek Systems, a software company in Virginia.