
	Dan Fairfax was named Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance in June 2011 and has responsibility for the company&#39;s financial processes and reporting, as well as global real estate and facilities. Fairfax joined Brocade in 2008, as the result of the Company&#39;s acquisition of Foundry Networks, where he served as CFO. Fairfax joined Foundry Networks in May 2006, and has more than 25 years of senior financial and operations management experience.

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	Prior to joining Foundry Networks, Fairfax served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GoRemote Internet Communications. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Ironside Technologies, Inc.; ACTA Technology; and NeoVista Software. Before that, Fairfax held senior financial management and operations positions at Siemens and Spectra-Physics.

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	Fairfax holds a BA in Economics from Whitman College and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and is a Certified Public Accountant in California with an inactive license.
