TiVo Management Team

Tom Rogers
CEO and President

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Thomas S. Rogers was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in September 2003 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer of TiVo, effective July 1, 2005. Prior to taking on this role, Mr. Rogers served as Vice Chairman of the Board of TiVo. Before that Mr. Rogers was Chairman of the Board of Teleglobe International Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: TLGB), an international telecommunications provider of voice, data, internet, and mobile telephony services. He also served as the Senior Operating Executive for media and entertainment for Cerberus Capital Management, a large private equity firm. Previously, Tom was Chairman and CEO of PRIMEDIA, Inc. (NYSE: PRM), which then was the leading targeted media company in the United States. PRIMEDIA published some 200 magazines, operated more than 400 websites, and owned a wide range of television and video businesses. Prior to joining PRIMEDIA, Tom was President of NBC Cable and Executive Vice President of NBC, as well as NBC's chief strategist. Among his many accomplishments, Tom founded CNBC, the nation's leading business news channel and established the NBC/Microsoft cable channel and Internet joint venture, MSNBC. In addition, he served as co-chairman of the Arts and Entertainment, and History Channels, and was responsible for overseeing many other cable channels including Court TV, Bravo, American Movie Classics, Independent Film Channel, the National Geographic Channel, and numerous regional sports channels. Prior to NBC, Tom was Senior Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee and was responsible for drafting a number of communications laws, including the Cable Act of 1984, as well as overseeing the FCC. Tom began his career as an attorney with a Wall Street law firm. He currently also serves as Chairman of TRget Media, LLC, a media investment and operations advisory firm. Mr. Rogers holds a B.A. degree in Government from Wesleyan University and a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.

Jim Barton
TiVo Co-Founder, CTO and Senior Vice President

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At TiVo, Jim sets the technical vision for the company, including our product, service and partnership roadmaps. In addition to responsibility for all product development, his special area of emphasis is on the software and digital video streaming technologies behind the TiVo Service.

Prior to co-founding TiVo, Jim was President and CEO of Network Age Software, Inc., a company he founded to develop software products targeted at managed electronic distribution. The concepts he developed at Network Age form the foundation of the TiVo Personal TV Service.

Jim began his executive career at SGI, holding a position as Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Software Division, and continued with executive roles in both operational management and R&D organizations within the company. While at SGI, he became the lead system software architect of the Full Service Network in Orlando, Florida, in which he worked to develop the only large-scale interactive television system to be put into operational service. He also served as CTO of Interactive Digital Solutions Company, a joint venture of Silicon Graphics and AT&T Network Systems created to develop interactive television systems.

Prior to joining SGI, Jim held technical and management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Bell laboratories in the areas of operating system and networking technology and product development. Jim holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Karen Bressner
Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales

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Karen brings to TiVo more than 25 years of experience in developing strategies for integrated sales efforts across national cable television, broadcast, and online. These efforts have resulted in significant growth in advertising revenue and a substantial increase in the national advertiser base in her prior positions. Prior to joining TiVo, Karen was Senior Vice President, National Advertising Sales for some of Viacom International's most well known brands, running advertising sales for Nick at Nite, TV Land, and TVLAND.com. Prior to that, she served as Vice President, Eastern Region Sales for Discovery Communications, Inc. Karen launched her advertising career at Young & Rubicam Inc. and Foote, Cone & Belding. In 2007, Karen was named recipient of Working Mother magazine's "Advertising Working Mother of the Year".

Anna Brunelle
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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At TiVo, Anna Brunelle is responsible for financial operations including accounting, tax, treasury, purchasing, internal audit, financial reporting and planning.

Prior to joining TiVo, Anna held Corporate Controller positions at Broadvision, Adaptec, Roxio and Napster. At Adaptec, she facilitated the spin-off of Roxio from Adaptec. Later, she helped Roxio venture into the online music business through the acquisition of Napster which eventually became the primary strategy of the company.

She began her career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP in San Jose, and has also held senior finance roles at Silicon Valley start-ups where she was responsible for raising capital, developing business plans, integrating acquisitions, and building the finance teams.

Anna is a CPA and holds a B.A. in Business Administration/ Accounting from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Nancy Kato
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

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A Silicon Valley native, Nancy Kato is one of the region's most experienced Human Resources professionals. As Senior Vice President of Human Resources at TiVo, Nancy is responsible for developing and managing all processes and policies in regard to employee relations, recruiting and hiring, performance assessment and compensation as well as employee and organizational development.

Nancy joins TiVo from Hewlett-Packard, where she served as Vice President of Global Compensation. At HP, Nancy developed strategic compensation and planning for the company's 150,000 worldwide employee base. Prior to her role at HP, Nancy was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Ariba. She has also held senior roles at Compaq and Tandem.

Nancy earned her BS in Health Sciences and MA in Education and Counseling from San Jose State University. In addition, she has served as a guest lecturer at Stanford University and Santa Clara University. She is active in numerous charitable causes for Valley children and the elderly.

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Jeff Klugman
Senior VP, General Manager of Service Provider and Advertising Engineering Division

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Jeff is responsible for TiVo's Service Provider division, helping cable, satellite and other service providers deploy the TiVo Service to their customers world-wide. Jeff leads the sales, marketing, design, engineering, product qualification and program management functions for the service provider division.

Jeff joined TiVo in 2001. Previously Jeff was Vice President for TiVo's Platform business and led a group that was responsible for technology licensing, product marketing, manufacturing, customer support, and service operations. Over the last three years TiVo established licensing relationships and deployed products with the world's largest consumer electronic and STB companies.

Jeff has over 20 years of experience in marketing, engineering, and general management. Before joining TiVo, Jeff was CEO for PointsBeyond - a venture-backed internet portal focused on the outdoor adventure market. Prior to that, Jeff founded and was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Quantum Corporation's Consumer Electronics Business Unit where he built Quantum's first business relationships with Panasonic, Sony, and TiVo. Jeff started his career at Hewlett-Packard and held a variety of engineering, marketing management and business development roles.

Jeff earned a B.S. with Honors in Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and holds an MBA from Stanford University.

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Joe Miller
Senior Vice President, Consumer Sales and Distribution

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As an early member of the TiVo sales and marketing team, Joe orchestrated the company's entry into the retail channel and crafted strong marketing relationships with partner companies. Currently, Joe is focused on the management of all aspects of the company's sales and distribution efforts.

Prior to joining TiVo, Joe was with US Satellite Broadcasting from 1994 to 1999 as General Manager of Retail Sales. As GM of Retail Sales, Joe directed subscriber acquisition via the retail channel. Prior to joining US Satellite Broadcasting, Joe was National Sales Manager for Cox Satellite Programming.

Joe holds a B.A. degree in Public Relations from Southwest Texas State.

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Mark Roberts
Senior Vice President Consumer Products and Operations

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Mark A. Roberts was named Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Operations in October 2005 responsible for Consumer Products Engineering and Product Marketing, Manufacturing, Distribution, Call Center, Service Operations, Information Technology, Facilities and Broadcast Center Operations. He had served as Senior Vice President of Engineering from December 2002 to October 2005 and Chief Information Officer of TiVo from March 1999 to December 2002.

Prior to joining TiVo, Mark served as Vice President of Information Technology at Acuson Corporation, a leading manufacturer of medical diagnostic ultrasound products, where he was responsible for the company's worldwide information technology systems. Prior to that, he was Director of Information Systems at SGI. He also spent seven years with the San Francisco office of Andersen Consulting serving high technology clients including Apple, Sun Microsystems and Tandem.

Mark holds a BS in Economics with a minor in Business from the University of Santa Clara.

Matthew Zinn
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer

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At TiVo, Matt has overall responsibility for the Company's legal, government relations and privacy matters.

Prior to joining TiVo, Matt was Senior Attorney, Broadband Law and Policy for MediaOne in Denver, Colorado. During his tenure there, he developed strategies and advocacy positions on video and high-speed data issues, negotiated carriage deals with television programmers, and provided legal support to MediaOne's corporate marketing, operations, engineering, commercial sales and regional counsel.

Before joining MediaOne, Matt served as Corporate Counsel for Continental Cablevision's Western Region, based in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was an associate with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Cole, Raywid & Braverman, where he represented cable operators before the FCC.

Matt holds a juris doctorate from the George Washington University National Law Center and a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Vermont. Matt is a frequent speaker at conferences addressing legal issues confronting multi-channel video providers.

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