Mark B. Templeton joined Arista's board in June 2017 and serves on the Compensation Committee. He was chief executive officer of DigitalOcean and, for many years, president and chief executive officer of Citrix Systems until his retirement in October 2015. He holds a B.A. in product design from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia's Darden School and also serves on the board of Nutanix.