More Top Technology Leaders Endorse Boxer for Reelection

New members of Technology Leaders for Boxer include CEOs of Google, Symantec, Adobe, Netflix and Applied Materials.

Los Angeles – Twenty-six additional technology leaders, including Brook Byers, Charles M. Geschke, Reed Hastings, Vinod Khosla, Eric Schmidt, Mike Splinter and John W. Thompson, have endorsed Senator Barbara Boxer for reelection by joining the Technology Leaders for Boxer committee. The bipartisan committee is co-chaired by Safra Catz, President and CFO of Oracle; John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems; and John Doerr, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

"I am proud to receive the endorsement of so many respected business leaders in Silicon Valley," said Senator Boxer. "Their valued advice has helped me work to ensure that our high tech industry remains a vibrant economic engine for our state and nation."

"California's most important long-term competitive advantage will be a highly educated work force, and Senator Boxer gets that," said Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc. "She's working hard to enact an 'innovation agenda' that helps make sure that Californians can fill the high-tech jobs of the future, and because of that I'm proud to support her."

"Senator Boxer has been a proven leader in the fight for information security and against software piracy," John W. Thompson, Chairman of the Board, Symantec Corporation, said. "We need to reelect Senator Boxer to help protect consumers and ensure that Silicon Valley remains the world´s epicenter of invention and opportunity."

"Senator Boxer has an excellent record of fighting for California´s technology industry and its workforce," said Charles M. Geschke, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems, Inc. "I´m endorsing Senator Boxer´s reelection so she can continue as our champion on research and development issues and expanding access to broadband services."

The California technology leaders who have endorsed Senator Boxer´s reelection include:

Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO, Better Place

David Arfin, Vice President - Strategy, SolarCity

Sue L. Bostrom, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Brook Byers, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Safra A. Catz, President and CFO, Oracle Corporation

John Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Aimée Christensen, CEO, Christensen Global Strategies

Barry Cinnamon, Founder & CEO, Akeena Solar

John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Steven Engle, Chairman and CEO, Xoma US LLC

Charles M. Geschke, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems

Carl Guardino

Leslee Guardino, Co-Founder, Canyon Snow

Reed Hastings, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Netflix, Inc.

Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook*

Vinod Khosla, Founder & Partner, Khosla Ventures

Chris Larsen, CEO & Chairman, Prosper

Tom McCalmont, CEO, Real Goods Solar

Rex Northen, Executive Director, Cleantech Open

Joe Pon, Vice President, Applied Materials, Inc.

Jason Pyle, CEO, Sapphire Energy

Wade Randlett, Co-Founder, NextFuels, Inc.

Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google, Inc.

John Shoch, General Partner, Alloy Ventures

Jon W. Slangerup, CEO, ClearEdge Power

Mike Splinter, Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.

John W. Thompson, Chairman of the Board, Symantec Corporation

Bob Walsh, CEO, Aurora Biofuels

John Webley, CEO, PAX Streamline, Inc.

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Technology Leaders for Boxer will reach out to other Silicon Valley leaders to build support for Boxer's reelection. Boxer was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving 10 years in the House of Representatives and is running for reelection in 2010. She is the only Senator to chair two committees, the Environment and Public Works Committee and the Ethics Committee. She also serves on the Commerce and Foreign Relations Committees.