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Robert Frankenberg joined the Polycom Board of Directors in October 2013. Robert Frankenberg currently heads NetVentures, a management consulting firm he founded in 1996 that focuses on the high tech industry, and previously was Chairman of Kinzan, a leading provider of Internet services platforms that was sold in 2004.From 1994 to 1996, Robert Frankenberg was Chairman and CEO of Novell, one of the largest networking software companies in the world, where he led the business through a major strategy change to focus the company on the network software business.

After Novell, Robert Frankenberg served for more than three years as Chairman, President, and CEO of eBusiness software and services provider Encanto Networks through the sale of its major business to Avaya.Prior to Novell and Encanto Networks, Robert Frankenberg was Vice President & Group General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's Personal Information Products Group, responsible for the personal computer, server, networking, and other office software and consumer product lines. Under his leadership, HP's PC business moved from #26 in market share to #7, and the team he built took HP to the #1 position after he left for Novell. Mr. Frankenberg joined HP as a manufacturing technician and moved up through engineering and management positions.

Robert Frankenberg is currently on the Board of Directors of Polycom, Nuance Communications, Rubicon Project, Inc., SQLStream, Sylvan Source, Veracity Networks and Wave Systems, and serves on the board of Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. He is a former member of many other boards including San Jose State University Advisory, Stanford Business School Alumni, National Semiconductor, AOL, Encanto Networks, PowerQuest, Secure Computing and Starlight Networks.Robert Frankenberg is a summa cum laude Computer Engineering graduate from San Jose State University, graduate of Stanford's Graduate School of Business executive program, and four-year member of the U.S. Air Force. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal, Smithsonian Jefferson Scholar, Distinguished Utahan, SJSU College of Engineering Distinguished Graduate and Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame inductee.