Mr. Meyercord has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Extreme since April 2015. He joined our Board of Directors as an independent director in October 2009 and served as Chairman from March 2011 through August 2015.

Prior to assuming an operating role at Extreme, Mr. Meyercord was Chief Executive Officer and Director at Critical Alert Systems, LLC, a software-driven, healthcare information technology company that he co-founded in July of 2010. Previously, Mr. Meyercord served as CEO, President and Director of both Cavalier Telephone & TV, a privately held voice, video and data services company with an extensive fiber network; and Talk America, Inc., a publicly traded company that provided phone and internet services to consumers and small businesses throughout the U.S.

Mr. Meyercord was also a Vice President in the investment banking division of Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup), and previously served on the board of Tollgrade Communications, Inc.

Nabil Bukhari is a futurist and business leader working at the crossroads of technology, industry, and human impact.
 
As President of AI Platforms and Chief Technology Officer at Extreme Networks, he leads the company’s vision for transforming networks into intelligent systems that anticipate, adapt, and advance the way people and organizations connect. In his dual role, Nabil oversees Extreme’s global engineering, product, and Office of the CTO functions, shaping the strategy and innovation behind the company’s AI-driven platform.
 
A believer in technology’s potential to improve the human condition, Nabil is focused on building scalable, ethical, and accessible AI ecosystems that deliver real-world value. His leadership combines deep technical insight with a pragmatic understanding of business transformation, turning bold ideas into outcomes that make technology work for people.
 
With a career that spans entrepreneurial ventures and executive roles at global technology leaders, Nabil brings decades of experience driving innovation across cloud, networking, and software. He holds degrees in Engineering, Arts, and Business, and has studied at the London School of Economics, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris.
 
Nabil continues to define an AI-powered future that is both powerful and profoundly human.

Monica Kumar is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Extreme Networks, leading the company’s go-to-market strategy and global marketing organization focused on initiatives that elevate the company’s brand and unique value proposition to drive customer and revenue growth.

With more than 20 years of experience in enterprise technology, Monica has an extensive history of accelerating growth through compelling product differentiation as well as championing business transformation, sustainability, and equity initiatives. She is a passionate advocate for inclusion and belonging and supports those initiatives as an active board member for UPWARD Women and City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley, and as a founding member of Neythri Futures Fund.

Prior to joining Extreme, Monica served as CMO at Hitachi Vantara, where she launched Hitachi’s new brand strategy and narrative, and led a product simplification strategy that brought the company’s portfolio of data storage products together into one easy-to-consume, scalable, and resilient platform. Previously, she served as SVP of Marketing and Cloud go-to-market at Nutanix and spent more than 20 years at Oracle in a variety of marketing roles, most notably as the CMO of the Oracle Data Management and Database Cloud business.

Monica has a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology India and an MBA from San Jose State University.

Norman serves as Chief Commercial Officer, leading the company’s sales, services and supply chain organizations with a focus on driving revenue growth. In addition, Norman is the Executive Sponsor for the Sports and Entertainment industry and the company’s National Football League (NFL) partnership.

Rice joined Extreme in 2015 and most recently served as Chief Operating Officer. During his tenure, he architected successful go-to-market sales motions including building the company’s stadium and venue business, orchestrating large opportunities with Verizon and Kroger, and managing the company through a complex macro supply chain environment.

Prior to Extreme, Norman worked in private equity as an operating partner with Marlin Equity, as managing director for New Castle Capital group and had management roles in technology firms CA (NASDAQ: CA), Concord Communications (Acquired by CA), Aprisma Management Technologies (Acquired by Concord), HoustonStreet Exchange and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR). Previously, Norman was a Director on the Boards of DSP Group (NASDAQ: DSPG) and NitroSecurity (Acquired by McAfee) as well as on the Advisory Board of vKernel (Acquired by Quest Software).

Norman holds a master’s degree in management and an MS in Engineering, both from Dartmouth College, where he was a Scoville Fellow and Woodhouse Scholar award winner, as well as a BS from the University of Michigan.

Anisha Vaswani spearheads the development and implementation of Extreme’s overall IT strategy, ensuring that technology investments support the company’s business objectives and growth. Vaswani drives internal innovation and customer success for the company by acting as “Extreme’s Customer ONE,” testing and validating Extreme’s products and solutions before rolling them out to customers.

Vaswani engages with customers to complete successful technology migrations and deliver significant value add, prioritizing long-term customer relationships, loyalty, and retention.

Before joining Extreme, she served in several CIO roles at prominent companies such as IDG, Box, Toast, Inc., and Shockwave Medical. At Shockwave Medical, she helped the company scale operations and grow annual revenue to $1B. As CIO of Toast, she guided the company through the IPO process and played a role in growing the company from $1B in revenue to over $3B in annual revenue. She holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from San Jose State University.