Chief Legal Admin Sust Officer
Katy (Katayoun) Motiey is the Chief Legal, Administrative & Sustainability Officer at Extreme Networks, Inc., where she oversees global legal affairs, corporate governance, administrative functions, and sustainability initiatives.[[1]](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company/leadership/katy-motiey)[[3]](https://www.sahmcapital.com/news/content/extreme-networks-chief-legal-officer-katayoun-motiey-disposes-of-191525-shares-2026-05-18) She has more than 25 years of international legal and employment law experience, spanning corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, debt restructuring, commercial contract negotiation and licensing, intellectual property portfolio management and litigation, IPO process management, and corporate sustainability, as well as real estate, facilities, and employment matters.[[1]](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company/leadership/katy-motiey)[[2]](https://www.event.law.com/corpcounsel-WIPL-19/speaker/68645/katy-motiey) As a named corporate insider of Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR), she has recently reported Form 4 transactions in the company’s common stock in her capacity as Chief Legal Admin Sust Officer.[[3]](https://www.sahmcapital.com/news/content/extreme-networks-chief-legal-officer-katayoun-motiey-disposes-of-191525-shares-2026-05-18)[[4]](https://investing.com/news/insider-trading-news/extreme-networks-chief-legal-admin-sust-officer-sells-397500-stock-93CH-4715434?ampMode=1)[[5]](https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/EXTR/form-4-extreme-networks-inc-insider-trading-activity-8729686eb591.html)
Before joining Extreme Networks, Motiey served as Corporate Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at Spansion, and previously held roles as General Counsel & Secretary and Vice President of Human Resources at InvenSense, as well as General Counsel & Secretary at Magellan Navigation & Ashtech and Maple Optical Systems, and Senior Corporate Counsel at Alta Vista.[[1]](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company/leadership/katy-motiey)[[2]](https://www.event.law.com/corpcounsel-WIPL-19/speaker/68645/katy-motiey) She began her career as a law clerk to the late Judge Manuel Real, then Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, followed by practice as an associate at the New York-based law firm Skadden, Arps.[[1]](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company/leadership/katy-motiey)[[2]](https://www.event.law.com/corpcounsel-WIPL-19/speaker/68645/katy-motiey) Motiey holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University and has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times for her career contributions.[[1]](https://www.extremenetworks.com/about-extreme-networks/company/leadership/katy-motiey)[[2]](https://www.event.law.com/corpcounsel-WIPL-19/speaker/68645/katy-motiey)
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