Isilon Systems Board of Directors

Barry Fidelman
Ren Jurgensen
Greg McAdoo
Matt McIlwain
Sujal Patel
William D. Ruckelshaus
Peter H. van Oppen

Barry J. Fidelman has served as a director since May 2003. Mr. Fidelman has been a Senior Partner of Atlas Venture, a venture capital firm, since 1988. Prior to Atlas Venture, Mr. Fidelman worked in senior executive positions for Data General, Apollo Computer and Alliant Computer. Mr. Fidelman also currently serves on the boards of directors of several private companies. Mr. Fidelman received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Elliott H. Jurgensen, Jr. has served as a director since April 2006. Mr. Jurgensen retired from KPMG LLP, an accounting firm, in January 2003 after 32 years as an auditor at KPMG, including 23 years as a partner. Mr. Jurgensen held a number of leadership roles with KPMG, including national partner in charge of its hospitality industry practice from 1981 to 1993, Managing Partner of the Bellevue office from 1982 to 1991 and Managing Partner of the Seattle office from 1993 to October 2002. Mr. Jurgensen currently serves on the boards of directors of BSquare Corporation, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc. and ASC Management, Inc. and served

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Gregory L. McAdoo has served as a director since July 2002. Mr. McAdoo has been a Partner of Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm, since 2000. Prior to Sequoia Capital, Mr. McAdoo served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sentient Networks, a circuit emulation company that was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 1999. Mr. McAdoo has over 17 years of engineering and management experience in the networking industry and has held senior engineering and executive level management positions at Cisco Systems, Inc., Sourcecom, Micom Communications and Datability Systems. Mr. McAdoo also serves on the boards of directors of flipt, Inc. and PowerFile, Inc. Mr. McAdoo received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Matt McIlwain has served as a director since February 2008. He was previously a director from May 2001 until April 2007. Since 2002, Mr. McIlwain has served as Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, which he joined in May 2000. Prior to joining Madrona, Mr. McIlwain served as Vice President of Business Process for the Genuine Parts Company (GPC). Prior to GPC, Mr. McIlwain served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on strategy and marketing in technology-driven industries. Mr. McIlwain currently serves on the boards of directors of several emerging technology companies. Mr. McIlwain holds a B.A. in government and economics from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Sujal M. Patel is one of our founders and has served as a director and Chief Technology Officer since January 2001. He also served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2001 to August 2003. Prior to joining us, from 1996 to January 2001, Mr. Patel served in various engineering roles at RealNetworks, Inc., a provider of Internet media delivery software and services, most recently as Development Manager, RealSystem Products, in which capacity he was the chief architect for the second generation of RealSystem products. Mr. Patel received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Maryland at College Park.

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William D. Ruckelshaus has served as a director since October 2004 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2006. Mr. Ruckelshaus has served in a consultative capacity to the Madrona Venture Group as a non-management strategic director since 1999. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Ruckelshaus served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Browning-Ferris Industries, and from 1995 to 1999 he served as Chairman. Mr. Ruckelshaus served as the founding Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and has served as Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Ruckelshaus served as Senior Vice President for Law and Corporate Affairs for the Weyerhaeuser Company and again served as EPA Administrator in the mid-1980s before joining Perkins Coie, a private law firm, where he worked as an attorney. Mr. Ruckelshaus has previously served on the boards of directors of several corporations, including Cummins Engine Company, Nordstrom, the Weyerhaeuser Company and Vykor. Mr. Ruckelshaus is Chairman of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. Mr. Ruckelshaus received a B.A. in politics from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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Peter H. van Oppen has served as a director since February 2008. From 1994 to 2006, Mr. van Oppen served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), transitioning the company to an independent, publicly traded company with annual revenue exceeding $450 million. ADIC was acquired in August 2006 by Quantum Corp. Prior to ADIC, Mr. van Oppen served in various positions including Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Interpoint Corporation, from 1985 to 1996. Mr. van Oppen also previously served as a managing consultant at Price Waterhouse LLP and Bain & Company. Mr. van Oppen has served as a director of multiple other public companies including Interpoint Corporation, Western Wireless Corporation, Spacelabs Medical, Receptech Corp. and Key Technology. Mr. van Oppen holds a B.A. in political science from Whitman College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

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