September 12, 2001
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United
States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
On behalf of TechNet and our member companies, we want to
offer our fullest support to you and your Administration in
this difficult time. If there is anything that TechNet or our
technology companies can do to help out we hope that you will
call on us.
We appreciate your generosity in scheduling the time to
meet with us today for our TechNet Day events in Washington,
DC. We understand, of course, that today was not the right
time to discuss these issues, but look forward to the chance
to meet with you in the future.
We know that our country is in good hands with you and your
experienced leadership teams, and will work with Lezlee
Westine and others on your staff to assist in any way possible
during this time of national need.
Sincerely,
Jim Barksdale
Partner, The Barksdale Group
John Chambers
President & CEO, Cisco Systems
John Doerr
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Rick White
President & CEO, TechNet
Scott Abbott
Founder & Chairman
Eviciti
Robert J. Abernethy
President
American Standard
Development Company
Pam Alexander
President & CEO
Alexander Ogilvy PR
Worldwide
Dick Allen
President
DIMA Ventures, Inc.
Joseph Alsop
President
Progress Software Corporation
Harold J. Apple
President and CEO
Vector
Technologies, Inc.
Don N. Aquilano
Managing Director
Gazelle
TechVentures
William T. Archey
President & CEO
American
Electronics Association
Gregory M. Avis
Managing Partner
Summit Partners
Ben Barnes
Board Member
Techxas Ventures
Ned Barnholt
President & CEO
Agilent Technologies
Craig Barrett
CEO
Intel Corporation
Carol Bartz
CEO & Chairman of the Board
Autodesk,
Inc.
Eric Benhamou
Chairman
3Com
Marc Benioff
Chairman
Salesforce.com
Stephen Bennett
President & CEO
Intuit
Steffan Berelowitz
President
BitGroup, Inc
Karl Berron
Vice President Government
Relations
Indiana Association of Realtors
Mike Betzer
President, CEO & Founder
Ineto, Inc
Michael F. Bigham
Vice Chairman
Corixa Corporation
Leonard Blaylock
CEO
ServiceLane.com
David Blohm
President & CEO
SmarterKids.com
Scott A. Blum
Founder
Think Tank.com
Hale Boggs
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Sheryle Bolton
Chairman & CEO
Scientific Learning
Corporation
Donald Bren
Chairman
The Irvine Company
Jim Breyer
Managing Partner
Accel Partners
Gary Bridge
Managing Director
Horsley Bridge Partners
Bob Brisco
CEO
CARSDIRECT.COM
Edwin J. Broecker
Director
Sommer & Barnard, PC
Michael G. Browning
President
Browning Investments,
Inc
Scott Browning
Managing Director
myCFO, Inc.
Gary Burke
Vice President
NASDAQ
Richard M. Burnes, Jr
Partner, Charles River
Ventures
Barry Bycoff
Chairman & CEO
Netegrity, Inc
Ciaran Byrne
President, CFO &
Co-Founder
Myroad.com
Michael Capellas
Chairman & CEO
Compaq Computer
Corporation
Robert Carroll
President
Access Technology, Inc
Steve Case
Chairman & CEO
AOL Time Warner
Toni Casey
President
T. Casey & Assoc.
Paul Chamberlain
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Albert Chen
President & CEO
Zentality Corporation
Rick Cockrum
Director of Government Relations
Anthem,
Inc.
Louis C. Cole
Former Chairman
Legato Systems
Bruce Coleman
Chairman
Stamps.com
Regan Coleman
Founder
Xenient
James A. Coles
Partner, Chair of IP and
High-Tech
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Richard Collins
Co-Founder
istation.com
William Conley
Chairman
California Honor Schools
George Conrades
Chairman & CEO
Akamai
Technologies, inc
Ron Conway
Founder and General Partner
Angel
Investors, LLP
Christos Cotsakos
Chairman, CEO, and Director
E*Trade
Group
Robert E. Cox
Attorney At Law
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown
& Enersen, LLP
Steven Crane
Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer
Hanover Communications
Joe Cullinane
CEO
Telum Group, Inc.
William H. Davidow
General Partner
Mohr Davidow
Ventures
Rhett Dawson
President
Information Technology
Industry Council
Aart DeGeus
CEO and Chairman
Synopsys
Ken DeAngelis
General Partner
Austin Ventures
Allen DeBevoise
Chairman & CEO
Creative Planet
Dean DeBiase
Chairman
Autoweb
Dwight Decker, PhD
Chairman & CEO
Conexant
Systems, Inc.
Jeff DeCoux
CEO
eCustomers.com
William J. Del Biaggio, III
Chairman & CEO
Sand
Hill Capital
Michael Dell
Ceo and Chairman of the Board
Dell
Computers
Paul Deninger
Chairman & CEO
Broadview
International LLC
H.K. Desai
Chairman And Ceo
QLogic Corporation
Lawrence J. Ellison
Chairman & CEO
Oracle
Corporation
Derrik Deyhimi
President Western Region
Iconixx
Corporation
Ron Dollens
President & CEO
Guidant Corporation
William H. Draper III
General Partner
Draper Richards
L.P.
Rick Dutta
Chairman and Co-CEO
Nexgenix
Robert Dykes
President, System Group &
CFO
Flextronics International
Alex Edelstein
Chairman & Founder
Viralon
Corporation
Paul Egerman
Chairman & CEO
eScription, Inc
Taher Elgamal
CEO
Securify
Neil Ellerbrook
Chairman & CEO
Vectren
Corporation
Thomas J. Engibous
Chairman, President &
Ceo
Texas Instruments
Carl Feldbaum
President
Biotechnology Industry
Organization
Carly Fiorina
Chairman, President & CEO
Hewlett
Packard
Paul Folino
President & CEO
Emulex Corp.
Ralph Folz
CEO
Molecular, Inc
Kevin Fong
General Partner
Mayfield Fund
Joe Forehand
Chairman & CEO
Accenture
Robert Gibbs
CEO
Aperian
John R. Gibbs
Executive Vice-President &
Co-Found
Interactive Intelligence, Inc.
Steve Glenn
CEO
PeopleLink
Michael D. Goldberg
Managing Director
JasperCapital
David Goodrich
President & CEO
Central Indiana
Corporate Partnership
Michael D. Greenbaum
President & CEO
Hybrid
Networks, Inc
Christopher Greene
President & CEO
Greene
Engineers
Carl Guardino
President And CEO
Silicon Valley
Manufacturing Group
Paul R. Gudonis
Chairman & CEO
Genuity, Inc.
Alan Hale
CFO
Dallas Semiconductor
Brian Halla
Chairman, President & CEO
National
Semiconductor
Judy Hamilton
CEO
Classroom Connect
Jim Hammock
CEO
Hire.com
David Hanna
Chairman
Hanna Capital Management
William Hannigan
Chairman, President & CEO
Sabre,
Inc
Scott Harmon
President And Ceo
Motive Communications,
Inc.
Patti Hart
Chairman and CEO
Excite@Home
Reed Hastings
CEO
NetFlix.com, Inc.
David Hayden
Chairman, Critical Path
Mark G. Heesen
President
National Venture Capital
Association
Nancy Heinen
Senior VP, General Counsel
Apple
Joseph S. Heller
Managing Partner
Stephen, Mason
& Sterling Seach Group
Jeffrey O. Henley
Executive VP & CFO
Oracle
Corporation
Bob Herbold
Executive Vice President &
COO
Microsoft Corporation
Penny Herscher
Chairman & CEO
Simplex Solutions
Steven T. Hershberger
CEO
Innovis
Konrad Hilber
CEO
Napster
Gene Hoffman Jr.
Founder, President & CEO
EMusic
Richard Hoffman
CEO & Founder
Supportkids.com
Guy Hoffman
Venture Partner
TL Ventures
Robert Holleyman
Ceo And President
Business Software
Alliance
J. Mark Howell
President & COO
Brightpoint, Inc
S. Michael Hudson
Vice Chairman
Rolls Royce North
America
Joseph P. Huffine
CEO
ONEX, Inc
Kingdon R. Hughes
President
Rush Network
Frank Ingari
Founder & Chairman
Wheelhouse
Corporation
Neil Iscoe
CEO
eCertain
Rick Jackson
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Privada, Inc.
Richard L. Johnson
Chairman
Johnson Oil Company
Scott Jones
Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer
Escient
Tim
Jones
President
Nacimiento Software Corporation
Terrell B. Jones
President & CEO,
Travelocity
Larry Kamer
Executive Vice
President
GCI Group
Roberta Katz
Ceo
Flywheel
Communications
Joe Katz
Vice President & General
Manager
PocketMail Inc.
Steven
Katz
CEO
PowerMarket, Inc
Bruce
Katz
Chairman
Rosewood Stone Group
Steven
Kaufman
President & CEO
Avici Systems,
Inc.
Ken Kay
CEO
Infotech
Strategies
John F. Keane, Sr
Founder &
Chairman
Keane, Inc.
Harry Kellogg
Vice
Chairman
Silicon Valley Bank
Alan Kelly
CEO &
Founder
Applied Communications
Charles R.
Kenmore
President & CEO
ANDA Networks
John
Kernan
Chairman and CEO
Lightspan, Inc.
Lou
Kerner
CEO
The .TV Corporation
Mitchell
Kertzman
CEO
Liberate Technologies
Raman
Khanna
Managing Director
Diamondhead Venture Management
LLC
Bijan R. Kian
Chairman of the Board
Lenders
Technology, Inc
Charles Kissner
Chairman
DMC
Stratex Networks
George Klaus
Chairman &
CEO
Epicor Software
Robert A. Kleist
President
& CEO
Printronix
Fred S. Klipsch
Chairman
& CEO
Klispch Audio Technologies
Nicholas
Konidaris
CEO
Advantest America , Inc.
Tim
Koogle
Vice Chairman
Yahoo!
C. Richard Kramlich
General Partner & Co-Founder
New Enterprise
Associates
Kendrick Largent
President &
CEO
Expidant LLC
James H.
Lee
President
Momentum Securities
George
Leppert
President & CEO
ibooks.com
Arthur D.
Levinson, PhD
Chairman & CEO
Genentech
David
Levison
President & CEO
iScribe, Inc.
Ken
Levy
Chairman
KLA-Tencor Corporation
Anthony
Ley
Chairman & CEO
Harmonic Inc.
Paul
Lippe
CEO
SKOLAR
Tim
Litle
Chairman
OrderTrust, Inc.
Tim
Main
Managing Director
JP Morgan Chase &
Co.
Ernest Mario
Chairman &
CEO
ALZA
Frank Marshall
Vice Chairman
Covad
Communications Company
Mike McCue
CEO
TellMe
Networks, Inc.
Dave
McCurdy
President
EIA
Aleecia
McDonald
Technical Writer
Ariba
Burt
McMurtry
Partner
Technology Venture
Investors
Scott McNealy
Chairman and Ceo
Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
Brose A. McVey
Senior Consultant,
Public Policy
Bingham Summers Welsh &
Spilman
Jack Messman
CEO
Novell
Harris
Miller
President
ITAA
Lori P. Mirek
President
& CEO
Currenex -- Global Financial
Exchange
Scott Moeller
President & Co-Founder,
MShift
Gregory Moore
Partner
Ropes &
Gray
D. William Moreau
Partner
Barnes &
Thornburg
James Morgan
CEO
Applied
Materials
Steven Morrison
Director Of Corporate
Programs
Phase Two Strategies
Dennis
Murphree
President & CEO
Murphree Venture
Partners
David G. Nance
President &
Ceo
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc.
Paul
Olson
CEO
Insight Marketing
Steve
Papermaster
Chairman of the Board
Powershift
Ventures
Vip
Patel
Chairman
eHealthInsurance
Nancy
Pfund
Managing Director
JP Morgan H & Q
Peter
Pitts
Managing Partner
Wired World
John
Pleasants
President & CEO
CitySearch
Kim
Polese
Chairman, Co-Founder, & Chief Strat
Marimba,
Inc.
Jonathan Potter
Executive Director
Digital
Media Association
Pike Powers
Partner In
Charge
Fulbright & Jaworski
Chris
Pryor
Government Affairs Director
MIBOR
John
Quarterman
CEO
Matrix Information
Frank
Quattrone
Managing Director
Credit Suisse First
Boston
Humayun Rashid
CEO
Xavor
William
Rastetter
Chairman, CEO & President
IDEC
Pharmaceuticals
Alex Razmjoo
President
Procom
Technology
Gary Rieschel
Executive Managing
Director
Softbank Venture Capital
Raymond
Rivas
CFP, LPL Financial
Fred
Rockwood
CEO
Hillenbrand Industries
Willem
Roelandts
CEO
Xilinx
James E. Rogers
Chairman,
President & CEO
Cinergy Group
Byron
Roth
Chairman & CEO
Roth Capital
Partners
Michael Rowan
Founder & Senior Vice
President
Kestrel Solutions
Tim Rowe
President
& CEO
Cambridge Innovations
William H. Rusher,
Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Rusher, Loscavio &
LoPresto
George Samenuk
CEO
Network
Associates
Henry Samueli, PhD
Co-Chairman &
CTO
Broadcom Corporation
Scott C.
Sander
President & Ceo
SightSound
Technologies
George Scalise
President
Silicon
Valley Manufacturing Group
Theodore G.
Scardamalia
Chairman & CEO
Times N Systems,
Inc
Stratton Sclavos
President & CEO
VeriSign
Inc.
Gary Shapiro
President & CEO
Consumer
Electronics Association
Stuart Shiff
CEO
Divco
West Properties
Rohit Shukla
President &
CEO
LARTA
Thomas Siebel
Chairman
Siebel
Systems
John J. Sims
President & CEO
724
Solutions
Gregory W. Slayton
President and
CEO
ClickAction
David Sloves
CEO
Senterprise,
Inc.
Ted Smith
Chairman
FileNET
Larry W.
Sonsini
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Wilson,
Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Cheryl Sorokin
V.P
Corporate Development
Encirq Corporation
Ray
Stata
Chairman
Analog Devices, Inc.
Robert W.
Stearns
Principal
Sternhill Partners
Walter
Straub
CEO
Rainbow Technologies
George Sundheim,
III
President
Doty, Sundheim & Gilmore
Robert
H. Swanson
CEO and Chairman
Linear
Technology
Massih Tayebi
Chairman
Bridgewest,
LLC
Keith Teare
Ceo, Founder &
Chairman
REALNAMES
Peter Thiel
CEO &
Chairman
PayPal, Inc.
Thomas
E.Tucker
President
JenStar Capital
Corporation
Michael Turner
Vice President of
Marketing
ClearCommerce Corporation
Michael A.
Tzannes
President & CEO
Aware, Inc
Dale
Vincent
CEO
Mangosoft Corporation
Perry J.
Viscounty
Partner
Latham & Watkins
Smoke
Wallin
CEO
Solutions, Inc.
John
Warnock
Chairman of the Board
Adobe Systems
Incorporated
Ken Wasch
President
Software
Information Industry Assoc.
Larry Weber
Chairman
& CEO
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Thomas
Weisel
CEO & Chairman
Thomas Weisel
Partners
Thad Whalen
General Partner
Aspen
Ventures
Meg Whitman
CEO
eBay
Inc.
Marguerite Wilbur
Interim CEO
Joint
Venture:Silicon Valley
Jeff Wilhelm
Founder
WCI
Consulting
Troy L. Williams
President &
CEO
Questia Media, Inc.
Walter A.
Winshall
Chairman
Silverplatter Information,
Inc
Stuart Wolff
CEO &
Chairman
Homestore.com
David B. Wortman
Chairman,
President & CEO
Made2Manage Systems, Inc
David
B. Wright
President
CEO & Chairman of the Bo Legato
Systems, Inc.
Nick E. Yocca
President
Stradling,
Yocca, Carlson & Rauth
Christopher
Zannetos
CEO
Courion Corporation
Steve G.
Zylstra
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Pittsburgh Technology Council<