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Mr. Owens joined the Polycom Board of Directors in December 2005 and was previously a Director of Polycom from August 1999 to May 2004. Owens joined AEA Investors, a New York private equity company, in April 2004. Owens is also the former CEO of Nortel and Vice Chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Owens is a recognized leader in the telecommunications industry, which he entered following a distinguished military career. He joined Nortel Networks in 2004 as chief executive officer and vice chairman and during his tenure re-established the company as a strong, stable and ethical leader in the telecommunications and enterprise IT global marketplace. Prior to joining Nortel, Owens was chief executive officer and chairman of Teledesic LLC and president, COO, and vice chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the largest employee-owned technology company in the U.S.
Owens was a career officer in the U.S. Navy where he served as commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1990 and 1991, and as senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney. His military career culminated in his position as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he had responsibility for the reorganization and restructuring of the armed forces in the post-Cold War era. He is widely recognized for bringing commercial high technology into the Department of Defense for military applications and as the architect of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), an advanced systems technology approach to military operations.
Mr. Owens also sits on the board of Daimler Chrysler AG, Embarq Corporation, and Wipro Ltd., as well as several private and philanthropic boards. | 