Jim Mccluney

Jim McCluney joined Emulex in November 2003 as president and chief operating officer and was subsequently appointed to the position of president and chief executive officer in September 2006. During his tenure at Emulex, Mr. McCluney was instrumental in formulating Emulex's strategy for growth and executing on three strategic acquisitions, ServerEngines, Aarohi Communications and Sierra Logic, which have positioned Emulex for entry into new high-growth market segments. In 2008, Mr. McCluney was named “CEO of the Year” by the Technology Council of Southern California and “Outstanding Public Company CEO” from the trade group AeA of Orange County. In 2009, Mr. McCluney received an award for his Vision in Advancing Innovation and Research in the Technology Industry and his instrumental Engagement and Support of Scholarly Excellence by the School of Engineering at University of California, Irvine. In addition, Mr. McCluney recently won the National Human Relations Award from the Orange County chapter of the AJA. Prior to Emulex's acquisition of Vixel Corporation in November 2003, Mr. McCluney served as Vixel's chairman, president and chief executive officer. From October 1997 to January 1999, he served as president and chief operating officer of Crag Technologies, formerly Ridge Technologies, a storage system manufacturer. From October 1994 to September 1997, Mr. McCluney served in various executive positions at Apple Computer, including senior vice president of worldwide operations and vice president of European operations. Prior to Apple Computer, Mr. McCluney held several executive positions in the U.S. and Europe with Digital Equipment Corporation for 13 years. Mr. McCluney is heavily involved with Project Tomorrow, a business and education non-profit collaborative dedicated to enhancing K-12 science education in Orange County schools, is on the board of the Mind Research Institute, a non-profit focused on improving K-12 math education in America, is on the Dean’s Advisory Board of University of California, Irvine’s School of Engineering, is the chairman of the University of California, Irvine’s CEO Roundtable, is on the board of OCTANe, a networking organization for Orange County's information technology and biomedical industries, and on the board of PBS Socal. Mr. McCluney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in business and administration from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland.