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As the chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of the NaviSite Board of Directors, Arthur Becker provides day-to-day leadership to the company’s senior management and is personally involved in the strategy, financing and merger and acquisition (M&A) activities of the company. Mr. Becker was a founding investor and member of the Board of Directors of ClearBlue Technologies, Inc., a company started in 2001 with the purpose of acquiring distressed Internet infrastructure companies. He is also co-founder of Atlantic, LLC, an investment fund company he started with NaviSite Chairman Andy Ruhan, which acquired the data center assets of Colo.com in 2001. Mr. Becker comes to NaviSite with experience as founder and managing member of several technology and investment companies, including Impower, a London-based provider of technology consulting services to government; Advance Partners, LLC, which provided financial advisory services to Cendent Corporation and Global Switch in the UK; and Madison Technology, LLC, a New York-based technology investment firm. From 1987 through 1993, Mr. Becker served as a director with Bear Stearns & Company (BSC-NYSE), where he led the successful proxy contest for control of ProGroup, Inc., a leading golf equipment and apparel manufacturer. Prior to that, he held various positions from managing partner to owner of a number of real estate development companies. | 