Gregory Reyes Trial

I am 45 years old, have been married for 22 years, have two children, and am currently the President of a division of EMC Corporation. EMC and my previous employers (Digital, Compaq, HP) are all in the Information Technology business. At Digital, I started right out of college in 1984 as a mechanical engineer. I worked in a variety of roles in Engineering, and Marketing until Digital was acquired by Compaq Computer. At Compaq, I ultimately became the General Manager of the $3B Storage Business.

I met Greg Reyes over 10 years ago while at Digital Equipment Corporation. We were a potential customer at the time when Brocade was just starting out and still a private company. My responsibilities at the time required a good deal of interaction with potential suppliers, including Brocade. Consequently, I got to know Greg and his team, very well from a business perspective.

In working with Greg, I found a person who was committed, passionate, professional, smart, and who worked with the highest degree of integrity. I have worked literally with thousands of companies and individuals and I can say without hesitation that, of all of the people I know, Greg operates with the highest degree of integrity.

Over the years, Greg and I became close friends. We became, in many ways, mentors for each other. Being the same age with similar roles in the same industry, Greg and I have interacted a great deal over the years. We both have children that have special needs and we both were leading large and complex organizations. We also share similar interests.

In getting to know Greg, I saw a person that was truly passionate towards his family, his work, and his friends. Greg personally was (and still is) an inspiration to me.

Let me relate a personal story so you can understand the depth of Greg's caring for people. The date was September 11,2001. It was about 8:00 am in the morning in LA and I was in a staff meeting with my team. In one hour, I was scheduled to deliver the Keynote address at our user conference with more than 6000 people attending. I was the most senior corporate person at the event. My boss, Michael Cappellas (Compaq CEO), had left the previous evening. The 911 disaster occurred just a few minutes before I was set to speak. Consequently, most in the audience did not even know what had happened.

For the next several days I and my team had to deal with a unique problem of having to try to get 6000 people (including 600 foreign nationals) home. My boss and I had agreed that he would help get me travel home once we had helped everyone else. In the end, my boss did not come through and a core team of about 5 of us, who had worked to get everyone else home, was still stranded. We had been gone for the whole week and now it would be days before we could get home ourselves. I called Greg and mentioned our situation. Without hesitation; he said he would take care of it. He went out, chartered a plane, and got all of us to our homes across the US.

I will never forget the ease with which Greg stepped in to help. It still serves as an inspiration to me today when I think about the type of person that I want to be.

I believe you judge the true character of a person in the bad times not the good times. Shortly after the acquisition of Compaq by HP, I was told that would not be running the combined division. Personally this was crushing news for me as I felt I truly deserved the role. As the word got out, it was interesting to see how many folks were no longer interested in interacting with me - many who would have characterized me as a friend just months earlier.

Greg not only remained my friend, he helped me find a job at EMC and supported me as I was dealing with the first major failure in my career.
I only hope that I could be one tenth the friend to Greg that he has already been to me. I will tell you that writing this letter in no way feels like enough. He is a good person inside and out - through and through. I would hope that it might be evident but I realize that it takes a great deal of time to learn the true character of a person. That is why I am writing this letter. My hope is that you will be able to get more insight into Greg from these words.

If there is anything else I could do to help or give you insight into Greg, I would be happy to do it I would be happy to fly out and speak to the court or give you additional details.

Greg has just been devastated these past years dealing with all of the accusations, the trial, and now the verdict. He has been totally destroyed as being considered honest and good means everything to a person of his integrity and character. His chance at a normal career is over.

My simple point is that Greg has already faced a monumental punishment from the events thus far. He has been through so much already and yet it is fully acknowledged by everyone that he never personally profited a penny from anything that occurred.

He has a family that needs him and friends that care about him so much. I would ask that, as you consider his fate, please keep in mind the terrible hardships and punishment he has already endured and the hardships that will exist for the rest of his life.

Greg Reyes a great and valued Mend. Nothing that happens will ever change that fact. What I know is that Greg is truly a great person of great character and a person that has suffered so much. I would respectfully ask that you take all of this information into consideration as you think about what should happen next for Greg.




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Gregory Reyes

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I am a founding partner in a venture capital investment firm. I have been involved in the financing of and assistance to young technology companies for the past 25 years. These companies include Adaptec, Compaq, Microsoft, Seagate Technology, and Sun Microsystems. Presently I am serving on the boards of Microsoft and Seagate, and several privately held companies.

I met Greg over 12 years ago, when one the companies, on whose board I served, recruited him for an executive position there. Although he did not accept that position, I have stayed in touch with Greg over the years. I've had the opportunity to know Greg both personally and, by reputation, professionally.

Personally, I know Greg to be dedicated and honorable. We spent a summer together in Nantucket in the mid 1990's. His devotion to his family is very apparent. Gregory and Rebecca, Greg's two children, are 14 and 10, similar in age to my two youngest. Greg is a real hands-on dad, and they are extremely close to him. He and his wife Penny, have had the added challenge of dealing with their son's special needs in recent years, and Greg is instrumental in his daily care.

I am sincerely interested in Greg's circumstances, completely convinced of his morals and his integrity as a businessman, and quite concerned about the well-being of his family should he be taken from them.

Thank you for your consideration of my views regarding this matter.




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My family and I live in Saratoga, California and have known Greg and his family for several years, in fact as far back as the 1970's when Greg's wife and my wife were classmates in elementary school.

Greg and his family have been prominent members of our community and schools, and have made many donations of their time, money, and service which have helped in numerous ways, from the funding of school building projects such as the Saratoga High School Performing Arts Center to the commitment of their personal time to many causes.

Professionally I have known Greg as a fellow member of a Board of Directors, and as a fellow executive in the building of Brocade while I also was building Juniper Networks here in Silicon Valley. Greg has been a friend, and an advisor in the many challenging responsibilities of being the CEO of a young and growing company. I have seen his passion for the people who work for him, and his commitment to doing the very best he could to build an outstanding company. I can also personally attest to the burdens of responsibility that come with the office of CEO, and the many demands of others that must be dealt with in a fair and honest way if the company is to succeed. Greg and I have talked about this often, and I have seen him exhibit the utmost respect for his people, his purpose, and the values he believes in, and his standards and his character have been impeccable.

Although I am not at liberty to provide details, I also know of Greg's commitment to this country, and the trust which has been placed in him as an American in service of our country and its defense, as I provided some insights when his confidence and trust were being confirmed by our government.
As perhaps you also know, the Reyes family has been prominent and active members of the Silicon Valley and the high technology community for generations, and have been duly proud of Greg and what he has accomplished. This makes the burdens of the recent proceedings and the implications for Greg and his family even more difficult. The toll it is taking on an outstanding person and his family has been immeasurable, and the pain, even before further consequences are imposed, is unimaginable to those of us who have known him for who he is for so many years.

It is with all these perspectives, and the many ways I have seen Greg help and support so many others that I am writing to ask for your compassion in your upcoming decisions regarding Greg and his family. It seems there is little more harm to be felt beyond the price that has already been paid by Greg, his wife, and his children, in light of all that has happened and the implications of these proceedings.

Nothing can be done to unleash the burden Greg has endured over the last years, and the price that he has already paid in his life. Please consider the fine person that Greg is and will always be in your upcoming deliberations.
Thank you for your consideration.




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