Tekelec Board Of Directors

	Mark A. Floyd Chairman, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. Floyd has been a director of our Company since October 2004, was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board in February 2006 and became Chairman of the Board in January 2007. Mr. Floyd served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Entrisphere, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, from August 2002 until its sale to Ericsson in February 2007. Mr. Floyd also serves as a director of Riverbed Technology, Inc. Member of Audit Committee Member of Compensation Committee
	Ronald W. Buckly Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. Buckly has been a director of our Company since November 2007. Since April 2007, Mr. Buckly has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Ixia, a provider of IP performance test systems. Mr. Buckly served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Tekelec from January 2004 until his resignation from that office in December 2006 due to the Company's relocation from California to North Carolina. Mr. Buckly also served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Company from April 1998 until January 2004 and as our Corporate Secretary from 1987 until May 2007. From April 1998 until November 2003, Mr. Buckly served as of counsel to Bryan Cave LLP, the Company’s legal counsel. Member of Corporate Development Committee
	Hubert de Pesquidoux Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. de Pesquidoux, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Alcatel-Lucent and president of the Enterprise Business Group of Alcatel-Lucent, became a director of our Company in May 2009. Prior to his most recent positions, Mr. de Pesquidoux was a member of the Alcatel Executive Committee and held several executive positions at Alcatel, including: executive vice president; president of Alcatel North America; chief operating officer (COO) of Alcatel North America; chief executive officer (CEO) of Alcatel Canada; and CFO of Alcatel USA. He first joined Alcatel in 1991. Mr. de Pesquidoux holds a master’s degree in law and a master’s degree in business from the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris and a DESS in Finance from Paris Dauphine University. Member of Audit Committee Member of Corporate Development Committee
	David R. Laube Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. Laube has been a director of our Company since August 2008. He is currently executive in residence for the Business School of the University of Colorado at Denver. For 17 years, Mr. Laube was a senior executive at U S WEST, now Qwest Communications. He began his career with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco, specializing in high-tech start-up firms. Mr. Laube is a graduate of the University of Washington, holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and is a CPA. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Colorado. Mr. Laube serves on the board of directors of Network Equipment Technologies, several non-profit organizations, and on the advisory boards for the business schools of the University of Colorado at Denver and Seattle Pacific University. Chairman of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member of Audit Committee
	Carol G. Mills Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Ms. Mills became a director of our Company in June 2007. Since February 2006, Ms. Mills has been an independent consultant. She served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Products Group, of Juniper Networks, Inc., a provider of networking and security solutions, from November 2004 until February 2006. Ms. Mills is also a director of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Chairman of Compensation Committee Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
	Franco Plastina President and Chief Executive Officer, Tekelec Mr. Plastina joined our Company as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director in February 2006. From September 2005 until joining our Company and from March 2003 until joining Proxim Corporation in May 2003, Mr. Plastina served as an Executive in Residence at Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm. From May 2003 until July 2005, he held various executive positions with Proxim Corporation, a provider of wireless infrastructure equipment for wireless fidelity, or Wi-Fi, and wireless broadband markets, including Executive Chairman from January 2005 until July 2005 and President and Chief Executive Officer and a director from May 2003 until December 2004. In June 2005, Proxim Corporation filed a voluntary petition for relief under the reorganization provisions of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Mr. Plastina is also a director of Cree, Inc.
	Krish Prabhu Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. Prabhu became a director of our Company in May 2008. Mr. Prabhu served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Tellabs from February 2004 until his retirement in February 2008. From November 2001 until February 2004, Mr. Prabhu was a venture partner in Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm. Chairman of Corporate Development Committee Member of Compensation Committee
	Michael P. Ressner Member, Tekelec Board of Directors Mr. Ressner became a director of our Company in November 2006. From 1980 until his retirement in 2003, Mr. Ressner held a number of senior management positions in finance and operations at Nortel Networks, where he most recently served as a Vice President and General Manager. Since 2002, Mr. Ressner has served as an advisor in the College of Management at North Carolina State University, where from 2002 until 2004, he was also an adjunct professor of finance and accounting. Mr. Ressner also serves as a director of Entrust, Inc., Exide Technologies and Magellan Health Services, Inc. Chairman of Audit Committee Member of Corporate Development Committee Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee