Alan B. Lefkof

ALAN B. LEFKOF became Chief Executive Officer of Netopia in November
1994. Prior to joining Netopia, Mr. Lefkof spent over nine years at GRiD
Systems, a manufacturer of laptop computers, where he served as
President, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Marketing.
Before joining GRiD Systems, Mr. Lefkof served as a Management
Consultant at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Lefkof received a BS in Computer
Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and an
MBA from Harvard Business School in 1977.