Sayed M. Darwish

Sayed Darwish joined Polycom in August 2005. He is responsible for oversight of Legal, Corporate Development, Corporate Governance, Equity Program Administration, and Global Citizenship. Sayed was promoted to Executive Vice President in February 2011.

Prior to joining Polycom, Mr. Darwish served as vice president and general counsel for EMC Corporation's Software Group. Mr. Darwish joined EMC in 2003 after its acquisition of Documentum, Inc., where he was vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Mr. Darwish also served as vice president and general counsel at Forté Software, Inc. where he helped manage the successful merger of Forté with Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Darwish also worked as corporate counsel at Oracle Corporation and as an associate in the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.

Mr. Darwish is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D. cum laude; and holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana.