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Management Team

The Vocera management team is lead by executives with a track record of successes at companies including Motorola, Nortel Networks, Polycom, 3Com Corporation, IDEO, Neoforma, Cardinal Health, and Juniper Networks. With extensive experience in bringing a variety of complex network-based software and hardware systems to market, the Vocera team is committed to developing and delivering the highest quality wireless voice communication solutions to hospitals, retailers, libraries, hotels, and other organizations with mobile workforces.

Robert Zollars is Chairman and CEO of Vocera Communications, Inc. He joined the company in May 2007 and has 30 years of experience leading healthcare and technology organizations. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Wound Care Solutions, the leading operator of outsourced chronic wound care centers. For six years prior to that, Mr. Zollars was Chairman and CEO of Neoforma, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEOF), a leading healthcare technology company focused on the supply chain that serviced 1,200 hospital and 465 supplier customers. Before Neoforma, he was EVP for Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH), a $75 billion healthcare product and service company, where he was responsible for five wholly owned subsidiaries: Pyxis Corporation, Owen Healthcare, Medicine Shoppe International, Cardinal International, and Cardinal's information technology businesses. Mr. Zollars came to Cardinal from Baxter International (NYSE: BAX), where he led four different operating divisions ranging in size from $100 million in revenue to over $5 billion in revenue. He started his career at American Hospital Supply Corporation which was acquired by Baxter in 1985.

Mr. Zollars has an MBA in Finance from John F. Kennedy University and graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Marketing from Arizona State University.

He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Center for Services Leadership at Arizona State University. He is also a Director of VWR International, and Diamond Foods.

Brent Lang is President and COO of Vocera Communications, Inc. Previously at Vocera Mr. Lang was Executive Vice President. In his prior position, Mr. Lang was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for more than five years. He was an early member of the Vocera team and has lead the development of the company's marketing and product strategies. He has been directly involved in venture capital fund raising, company strategy and branding, and go-to-market channel strategy. Mr. Lang joined Vocera from 3Com Corporation, where he was the Senior Director of Marketing for their digital home products managing marketing, business development, and product management for the broadband cable and DSL modems and home networking products. While at 3Com, he co-founded the Home Networking Division and managed the rapid growth of the Fast Ethernet network interface card business. Prior to 3Com, Mr. Lang worked as a Strategy Consultant for Monitor Company, advising Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Lang earned his BS degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Martin Silver, Vocera's Chief Financial Officer, has over 17 years experience as a CFO at pre-IPO and publicly-traded technology companies. Most recently, Mr. Silver held CFO positions at Elance and Green Border Technologies, Inc. Mr. Silver began his career at Hewlett-Packard as a product engineer, then moved to the venture side of the business where he became a partner at a Boston-based venture capital firm. He then joined the team of one of his investment companies, Credence Systems, where as CFO he helped drive the company to five-fold growth in four years. Previously, while at Corsair Communications, Inc., Mr. Silver managed the company’s $40 million initial public offering. Mr. Silver holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

Bob Flury, Vocera's Vice President of Sales, brings extensive knowledge of sales organizations, strategic sales channels, and the healthcare industry to his position.  Most recently, Mr. Flury was President and COO of LifeNexus.  Prior to LifeNexus, Mr. Flury was Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Neoforma and was also Vice President of Sales at PeopleSoft's healthcare division, Software AG, and Dun & Bradstreet.  Mr. Flury holds an MBA and a BS from Georgia State University and is a CPA.

Victoria Perkins, Vice President of Customer Services, joined Vocera after successfully assisting the company in defining a growth-oriented strategic customer services framework. Before joining Vocera, Ms. Perkins assisted venture-backed companies in launching strategic services organizations. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Professional Services for Sun Microsystems' Software Tools Division and at Forte Software, which was acquired by Sun in 1999. She has also held senior management positions at Objectivity Software, Verity Software, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Ms. Perkins received a BA from Brown University.