David Stanton
Chairman of the Board
David Golob
Gary Greenfield
John McKenna
Venkat Mohan
Brian Ruder
Carl Wilson
David Stanton
David Stanton has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 2002. Mr. Stanton is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners and has been its Managing Partner since its formation in August 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Stanton led the technology investing activities of Texas Pacific Group, a private equity fund, from 1994 until August 1999. Prior to joining Texas Pacific Group, he was a venture capitalist with Trinity Ventures, which specializes in investments in information technology, software and telecommunications companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stanton was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Stanton also serves as a director of C-MAC.
David Golob
David Golob has been a Director since the recapitalization. Mr. Golob joined Francisco Partners as a Partner in September 2001, and focuses primarily on investments in the software and services sectors. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Golob was a Managing Director with Tiger Management, a $20 billion hedge fund based in New York, where he was co-head of the global technology group and focused on the software industry. Prior to Tiger Management, Mr. Golob spent seven years as a private equity investor focused on the software industry at General Atlantic Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. Earlier in his career, Mr. Golob was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a Product Manager with Newport Systems Solutions, Inc. (acquired by Cisco). Mr. Golob also serves on the board of directors of AttachmateWRQ, Barracuda Networks, City Index, Primavera and RedPrairie Corporation.
Gary Greenfield
As Chief Executive Officer of Avid Technology, a world leader in designing and developing innovative content creation, media production and broadcast solutions, Mr. Greenfield oversees a number of initiatives designed to achieve greater operating efficiencies within and across the company’s Video, Audio, and Consumer divisions. Mr. Greenfield served as the CEO of GXS from 2003 to 2007 and has been a Director since December 2003. Mr. Greenfield is also an Operating Partner with Francisco Partners. Previously, he also served as CEO of Peregrine Systems, a global leader in consolidated asset and service management software, where he managed the business from July of 2002 through August of 2003. Prior to joining Peregrine, he was president and CEO of MERANT, a publicly traded e-business development solutions company, from 1998 to 2001. As CEO of INTERSOLV before this, Mr. Greenfield oversaw the merger with Micro Focus to form MERANT in 1998. Mr. Greenfield joined Sage Software (a predecessor of Merant through merger) in 1987 as Vice President of Marketing, and served in various capacities with them until becoming President in 1995, and CEO in 1998. Mr. Greenfield serves on the Board of Directors of Hyperion Solutions (where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee), Mobius Management Systems, Managed Objects and is chairman of Intellitactics.
John A. McKenna, Jr.
As Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Business Services, Inc., John McKenna is responsible for all facets of the company and holds a seat on the Siemens Business Services North American Management Board. Prior to becoming CEO of Siemens Business Services, Mr. McKenna held the same position at ENTEX Information Services (ENTEX), which was acquired by Siemens in April of 2000.
At ENTEX, Mr. McKenna was responsible for organizing a major corporate restructure in 1998 that enabled the company to transition to a services-only organization, which eventually led to the acquisition by Siemens and formation of Siemens Business Services, Inc. As CEO, he managed all aspects of ENTEX Information Services – one of the leading providers of distributed computing infrastructure services in the computer industry, with revenues of approximately $500 million annually.
ENTEX Information Services was formed through a management buyout of the domestic information services division of JWP, Inc. in 1993, which Mr. McKenna spearheaded. Prior to this transaction, Mr. McKenna was Senior Executive Vice President of JWP Information Services, responsible for managing the company, focusing on optimizing operations and profitability. Previously, he served as President of JWP's Network and Integration Services Division, one of the largest network installation companies in the U.S. Mr. McKenna joined JWP in 1989 as Vice President of Business Development, responsible for major market acquisitions. Before the acquisitions of NEECO and Businessland by JWP during 1990 and 1991, he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of JWP Information Systems, with staff responsibility for all financial, sales and operational functions of the company.
Before joining JWP, Mr. McKenna served for two years as Vice President of Operations at Fisher Macleod Associates, a New York-based real estate development firm. Prior to Fisher Macleod, Mr. McKenna, a graduate of Trinity College, served for nine years at International Business Machines (IBM). Joining IBM as a Sales Trainee, he rose through the sales organization, eventually gaining responsibility for one of the largest branch operations in New York City before leaving the company in 1986.
Venkat Mohan
Venkat Mohan has been a Director since the recapitalization. Mr. Mohan is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners, which he joined in 2000. Before joining Norwest Venture Partners, Mr. Mohan served for several years as President and Chief Operating Officer of OnDisplay, a leading provider of business-to-business infrastructure software and services. From September 1996 to October 1999, Mr. Mohan also served as our Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development. He was also President of Cadis Software, Ltd., a software start-up company, from 1993 to 1996 and Chief Executive Officer of WIPRO Systems, Ltd., one of India's largest software companies, from 1988 to 1990. In addition, he previously worked for Hewlett Packard, Young & Rubicam, and McKinsey & Company. Mr. Mohan also sits on the board of directors for Epiance Inc. and the 41st Parameter, Inc. Norwest Venture Partners is one of the co-investors in our company.
Brian Ruder
Brian Ruder has been a Director since the recapitalization. Mr. Ruder is a Partner at Francisco Partners, and focuses primarily on investments in the software and services sectors. Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2000, Mr. Ruder attended the Harvard Business School during which time he also worked in the B2B e-commerce division of Netscape, Inc. and co-founded Upromise, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Ruder was an Associate with Hellman & Friedman LLC, where he was responsible for the identification, evaluation and execution of private equity transactions in a variety of industries, including information technology, professional services and infrastructure development. Prior to working at Hellman & Friedman, he was an Analyst in the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Ruder also serves on the board of directors of Foundation 9 Entertainment, Mincom and Primavera.
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson has been a Director since December 2003. He has been Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Marriott International, Inc. since 1997. He has global accountability for all business information technology resources. Before joining Marriott, Mr. Wilson served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Resources for Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President of Management Information Services for the Food and International Retailing Sectors of Grand Metropolitan Plc. and Vice President of Information Management for The Pillsbury Company. Mr. Wilson is a member of the AT&T Executive Customer Advisory Council. Mr. Wilson also serves as a director for Enamics, Inc. and Software Architects, Inc.