Mr. Albert Liu joined VeriFone in October 2008, as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. In this capacity he also serves as Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer.. Prior to joining VeriFone, he was Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development, and Company Secretary for NETGEAR, Inc., since October 2004. Mr. Liu also previously. served as General Counsel, Director of Human Resources and Secretary of Turnstone Systems, Inc., and General Counsel and Secretary for Yipes Enterprise Services.. Mr. Liu began practicing law with the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, advising clients on all aspects of corporate and securities law, leading public and private securities offerings, and negotiating and finalizing venture capital investments and contracts. Before entering the legal field, he was a software engineer at Tandem Computers.