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William D. Jenkins

Director at Generac Power Systems

William D. Jenkins, Jr., has served as a director of Generac since March 2017. Mr. Jenkins currently serves as President of Palo Alto Networks, a public cybersecurity company. Mr. Jenkins previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Barracuda Networks, a private network technology company from 2012-2021. From April 1998 to November 2012, Mr. Jenkins served in various roles, including president of the Backup Recovery Systems division, at EMC Corporation, an information infrastructure company. Mr. Jenkins holds a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Jenkins brings to Generac extensive management and leadership experience gained in such senior roles as Chief Executive Officer for a public technology company. He currently serves as a director for Sumo Logic, a software analytics company, Skydeck Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, and Barracuda Networks. Mr. Jenkins has previously served on two public company Boards, Apgee Corporation (acquired by Google, Inc.), and Nimble Storage, Inc. (acquired by HPE).

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