Management

Gene Hodges is chief executive officer of Websense, Inc. He joined the company in early 2006 to drive the organization's growth, set the strategic vision and manage the global operations of the business.

Under Hodges' leadership, Websense has expanded its business to deliver essential information protection solutions that include Web security, email security, data loss prevention and hosted security. By driving the acquisitions of PortAuthority Technologies and SurfControl, Hodges has bolstered the Websense security offerings and increased its customer base worldwide.

Hodges joined the company from McAfee, Inc., a security software vendor, where he was president.

Hodges earned a bachelor's degree in arts from Haverford College in Pennsylvania with honors, and he completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program for business executives.

John McCormack is president of Websense, Inc.

McCormack brings a strong history of building innovative products to Websense. Most recently, McCormack was vice president of engineering for Symantec's Client Security group, responsible for Symantec AntiVirus products and the acquired Sygate Technologies product line. McCormack joined Symantec through the acquisition of Sygate where he was senior vice president of product development. His efforts led Sygate's entry into the Network Access Control market and delivered products to achieve the leadership position in Gartner's Magic Quadrant.

Prior to Sygate, McCormack served as general manager of the Secure Managed Networks Business Unit of Cisco where he led a global implementation team of more than 300 engineers, marketing, and development experts responsible for a broad range of security and network management hardware and software products. During his eight-year career at Cisco, McCormack's organization delivered many innovations including significant components of Cisco's Network Admission Control (NAC) initiative and the delivery of the company's Wireless LAN security services. Before joining Cisco, McCormack spent nine years as a development executive at Tandem Computers where he was responsible for the development of networking and operating system software.

McCormack earned a master's degree in engineering management from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of New Hampshire. He also holds three U.S. patents in network information acquisition and presentation.

Didier Guibal is executive vice president of worldwide sales at Websense, Inc. He is responsible for helping accelerate Websense growth by leading the company's global sales organization.

Guibal brings more than 20 years of experience in the industry as a sales and marketing executive, more than half of it as a senior executive at publicly traded companies.

He was most recently president of Panda Security, where he oversaw the company's U.S. corporate and consumer security products business and architected the company's turnaround strategy. Reporting to the CEO, he worked closely the board and the management team to define and roll out best practices throughout the organization and drive the strategy to bring the organization back to growth.

For more than six years, Didier was vice president of sales at Rightnow Technologies, a successful pioneer in software-as-a-service (SaaS) business applications, and grew the business from the early start up phase to a successful IPO and beyond.

At security vendor McAfee, he grew through the ranks and held multiple strategic roles from managing director for Southern Europe to Vice President of EMEA and Latin America Sales , then Vice President Worldwide Marketing and Alliances and Vice President of Sales-Americas.

His background also includes sales roles at Sun Microsystems, Wyse Technologies and UNILOG.

He received a master's degree in business at Sup de Co-Business School in Montpellier, France.

Michael Newman is senior vice president, interim chief financial officer, general counsel and chief administrative officer for Websense, Inc. An experienced executive in the technology sector, he has executive responsibility for finance, tax, accounting, internal audit, investor relations, human resources, facilities and administration, as well as all areas of legal guidance for the company.

Mr. Newman has been a member of the executive committee since joining the company in 2002. He is actively involved in the development and execution of the company's strategies, including the company's transformation strategy, acquisitions, and patent portfolio expansion. Additionally, Newman supports the Governance, Audit and Compensation Committees of the Websense Board.

Prior to joining Websense in 2002, Newman served as a senior attorney specializing in securities, finance and corporate development at Gateway Inc., a leading PC manufacturer. Before Gateway, Newman practiced law at Cooley Godward LLP, a leader in the representation of high-growth information technology and life sciences companies. Prior to Cooley Godward, he was an attorney with Latham & Watkins, one of the world's largest law firms.

Newman received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, after graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.S. in finance.