MetraTech's outside directors have a proven track record of working with high technology leaders in start-ups in the Internet, billing, telecommunications, and conferencing markets to create industry pioneering public companies.

Jim Swartz, Chairman
Jim is a founder of Accel Partners. He served as a Director for over forty successful companies and has been closely involved as lead investor with the emergence of numerous industry pioneering public firms, including Avici Systems, BroadBand Technologies, FastForward/Inktomi, FVC.COM, Medical Care America, Netopia, PictureTel, Polycom, Remedy, and Ungermann-Bass. His current private company directorships include Gen3 Partners, Ingenuity, Riverbed Technology and Transera. Active in industry affairs, he is a past Director and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association.

Bob Crowley, Director
Bob is the managing director of Safeguard Scientific's [NYSE:SFE] software portfolio where he leads the technology operating company's strategy, acquisition and partner company management for software properties. Crowley was the former president and CEO of Bowstreet, the Web services pioneer in software automation, from 1999 to 2001. Prior to Bowstreet, Bob was the President and CEO of ArborText, the leading enterprise e-Content management system for the Web. Prior to joining Arbortext, Bob led business development and international sales at Kenan Systems, a leading convergence customer care, billing, and analysis software supplier to wireline, wireless, cable television, and e-Commerce providers. During Bob's two year tenure, the company grew from $15 million in revenues to $120 million. In January 1999, Kenan was sold to Lucent for $1.4 billion. Bob also led business development at CableData, a software and billing fulfillment provider. During his tenure, the company grew four-fold, serving over 35 million global subscribers. He also held positions with American Cablesystems and Martin-Marietta.

Zenas Hutcheson, Director
Zenas is a senior managing partner at Vesbridge Partners, LLC and is focused on investments in communications companies. Prior to joining Vesbridge in 1998, he was an active board member or interim manager with numerous technology companies, including CAECO, PictureTel, Concord Data Systems, Natural Microsystems, Multilink and Vivo Software. In 1981, Zenas founded Hutcheson & Co., Inc. (originally Daly, Hutcheson & Co.) to provide strategy consulting, investment banking, and interim management services to early stage technology companies. He also held positions at the Bank of New York and at Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm. His current company directorships include Aravox Technologies, Crescent Networks, Granite Systems, Natural Microsystems, Octave Communications, Pingtel, and StarBridge Technologies.

Les Strauss, Director
Les is a senior financial executive with an extensive background in high technology companies. Les retired from the position of Chief Financial Officer at PictureTel where, during his term, PictureTel grew from $20 million in revenues to $480 million. Prior to PictureTel, Les was a senior executive in various high technology firms, including Camex, The Adler Group, two subsidiaries of Canada Development Corporation, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Les was also on the board of UUNET Technologies until it merged with Metropolitan Fiber Systems, which subsequently merged with WorldCom. His current private company directorships include Cello Music & Film Systems, Tantivy, 2nd Century, and Continuity Systems.