Ms. Butler brings more than twenty years of experience in the computer software, hardware and services sectors. She currently is the General Counsel at GE Software located in San Ramon, California. Prior to rejoining General Electric, Katherine was the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of NComputing, a Silicon Valley start-up offering a disruptive end-to-end hardware and software virtualization solution. Before relocating to Silicon Valley, she was Software AG Inc.’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel. At both NComputing and Software AG, she managed the Legal department and also led the Government Affairs, Finance and Human Resources functions. Prior to joining Software AG, Butler served as Senior Counsel with General Electric Company’s computing and information services business unit. Ms. Butler earned an L.L.M. from Boston University, a J.D. from Suffolk University and a B.A. from Smith College.