Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| David Dobson |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Kris Hagerman |
Interim CEO |
| Doug McCollam |
CFO |
| Douglas R McCollam |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Graham Brown |
Chief Technology Officer |
| Patrick Morley |
Chief Operating Officer |
| Randy D. Eisenbach |
COO |
| Amanda Bedborough |
Executive Vice President, Emea and Apac Operations |
| Joe Roberts |
Interim Executive Vice President, Prod |
| Randall D. Eisenbach |
Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Christopher Difrancesco |
Senior Vice President |
| Jeremy Liang |
Corel's Senior Vice President, Digital Media Development |
| Jonathan Kissane |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development |
| Kazuo Sakai |
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan Operations and President, Corel Japan |
| Kevin Thornton |
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas |
| Mark Hilton |
Senior Vice President, Product Mgmt & Marketing, Digital Media |
| Shawn Cadeau |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing |
| Gail Oxley |
Vice President, Hr |
| Nathalie Parent |
Vice President, Human Resources |
| Philip C. Wilson |
Vice President, Global Human Resources |
| Nick Davies |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Graphics and Productivity |
| Catherine Hughes |
Director, Corporate Communications |
| Denise Macdonell |
Director, Product Management, Digital Imaging |
| Gerard Metrailler |
Director, Product Management, Graphics |
| James Carrington |
Senior Director, Oem and Strategic Product Marketing |
| John Riis |
Senior Director, Oem Sales |
| Amie Hoffner |
Senior Pr Manager, Digital Media |
| Cindy Howard |
Product Manager for Wordperfect Office |
| Deborah Thomas |
Senior International Pr Manager, Corel (Uk) Limited |
| Greg Wood |
Senior Pr Manager, Office Productivity |
| Jennifer Nichol |
Senior Account Manager Latin America |
| Jessica Gould |
Senior Manager, Comm & Graphics |
| Kelly Manuel |
Pr Manager, Graphics |
| Klaus Vossen |
Product Manager for Corel Designer Technical Suite |
| Rob MacDonald |
Product Manager |
| Carsten Wunderlich |
Regional Pr Specialist, Gas & Ee, Corel (Uk) Limited |
| Corel Painter |
Corel Designer |
| Saori Nonaka |
Pr Specialist, Corel Japan |
| Tony Severenuk |
User Experience Designer |
Board of Directors
David Dobson has served as Corel's Chief Executive Officer since June 2005 and became a member of the company's board of directors in February 2006. From February 2004 to June 2005, he served as Corporate Vice President, Strategy at IBM. He previously served in various capacities at IBM in operations, finance, sales, marketing, strategy and general management from 1986 to 2004. Mr. Dobson joined IBM in Toronto in 1986. He has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Management from McMaster University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| McMaster University |
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering |
Former |
Kris Hagerman has served as Corel's Interim CEO since May 2008. Prior to joining Corel, Mr. Hagerman was a Senior Advisor at Vector Capital. Prior to that, he served as Group President, Data Center Management at Symantec where he was responsible for all product development, product management, business development, and go-to-market strategies for one of Symantec's three business units, focused on enterprise infrastructure software. Mr. Hagerman joined Symantec through the company's merger with Veritas Software in July 2005. At Veritas, Mr. Hagerman served as executive vice president and General Manager of the storage and server management group, where he led all product-related responsibilities for one of Veritas' two business units. Previously, he served as executive vice president of strategic operations for the company, managing strategic alliances, business development, and mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining VERITAS, Mr. Hagerman served as founder and chief executive officer of Affinia Inc., where he created the Internet's first contextual merchandising platform. Prior to that, Mr. Hagerman was the founder and chief executive officer of BigBook, Inc., a pioneering Internet yellow pages service. In addition, Mr. Hagerman has held various management positions in consulting, sales and marketing, business development, and finance at companies such as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, McKinsey & Company, and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Hagerman holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also received a master's degree in international relations from Cambridge University and a bachelor's degree in Russian and economics from Dartmouth College.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Interim CEO |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Interim CEO |
Current |
| Symantec Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Storage & Server Management |
Current |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Affinia Hospitality |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Veritas, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Veritas, Inc. |
General Manager |
Former |
| Affinia Hospitality |
Founder |
Former |
| Vector Capital Corp. |
Senior Advisor |
Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business |
Master of Business Administration |
Former |
| Cambridge University |
Master's Degree In International Relations |
Former |
| Dartmouth College |
Bachelor's Degree |
Former |
Douglas McCollam has served as Corel's Chief Financial Officer since January 2004 and became a member of the company's board of directors in October 2004. From July 1996 to January 2004 he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NORDX/ CDT. He previously served in various capacities at Nortel Networks, including as Vice President Finance and Administration for Nortel CALA from 1993 to 1996. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Motorola Nortel Communications from 1991 to 1993, Group Controller Switching from 1989 to 1991 and Assistant Vice President, Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis from 1987 to 1989. Mr. McCollam is a Certified Management Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
CFO |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NORDX CDT |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| NORDX CDT |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| University of Chicago |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Concordia University |
Bachelor of Commerce |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Snapfire |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Executive Vice President, Software Development |
Former |
| Corel Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Software Development |
Former |
| University of Waterloo |
Bachelor of Engineering Science In Geography and Computer Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| BIT9, Inc. |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas |
Current |
| Imprivata, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Allaire Corporation |
Vice President, Americas |
Former |
| Macromedia, Inc. |
Vice President |
Former |
| Providence College |
B.A. In Mathematics and Computer Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
COO |
Current |
| Enseo, Inc |
President |
Former |
| Enseo, Inc |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Corel Corporation |
President & General Manager, Digital Media |
Former |
| Texas Tech University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Texas Tech University |
Bachelor of Business Administration |
Former |
Amanda Bedborough has served as a member of Corel's senior executive team since joining the company in 2001. In her current role as Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Ms. Bedborough is responsible for defining and leading the company's global channel, eCommerce and OEM sales strategies.
With over 19 years of international sales experience, Ms. Bedborough has built strong working relationships with global distributors and OEMs and has established a successful track record of expanding business into new markets. Prior to joining Corel, she served as Vice President, EMEA Operations for 3dfx Interactive, Inc., and as International Sales and Marketing Director at STB Systems Inc., before it was acquired by 3dfx. Ms. Bedborough is a Member of the Institute of Directors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Emea and Apac Operations |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Interim Executive Vice President, Prod |
Current |
| Cosmi Corporation |
President |
Former |
| J.D. Roberts Group, LLC |
President |
Former |
| Riverdeep, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| University of California, Davis |
BA In Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Operations |
Current |
| Enseo, Inc |
President |
Former |
| Enseo, Inc |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Texas Tech University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Texas Tech University |
Bachelor of Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President, Legal and General Counsel |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary |
Former |
| Corel Corporation |
Corporate Counsel |
Former |
| The University of Western Ontario |
Bachelor of Engineering Science In Mechanical Engineering |
Former |
Jeremy Liang has served as Corel's Senior Vice President, Digital Media Development since June 2007. In this capacity, Mr. Liang is responsible for leading the development efforts behind the Company's award-winning digital media portfolio while maintaining Corel's leadership position with technology innovations that inspire and delight customers. Prior to joining Corel, Mr. Liang spent 10 years with Trend Micro where he served as EVP of Engineering, EVP of Information and Engineering Operations, and most recently EVP of Information and Chief Security Officer. Liang holds a masters degree in computer science from New Mexico Tech and a bachelor's degree in computer science from ChiaoTung University, Taiwan.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Corel's Senior Vice President, Digital Media Development |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Trend Micro Inc. |
Chief Security Officer |
Former |
| Trend Micro Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Engineering Operations & Info |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ecommerce and It |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development |
Current |
| Centennial Ventures |
Associate |
Current |
| ViaFone, Inc. |
Vice President, Business Development |
Former |
| The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. |
Manager |
Former |
| Harvard Law School |
Doctor of Jurisprudence |
Former |
| INSEAD |
MBA |
Former |
| Stanford University |
B.A. in History |
Former |
Kazuo Sakai joins Corel with deep industry experience leading sales and marketing operations in Japan and the Asia Pacific region. He also has well established relationships with Japan's leading OEMs. Prior to joining Corel, Mr. Sakai held senior executive positions at Microsoft, where most recently he served as Program Vice President, Digital Entertainment Partner Group. He also had a long career with AMD, where he served as Chairman of AMD Japan; Corporate Vice President, Sales and Marketing, South Asia Pacific; and Vice President, Sales and Marketing, North Asia Pacific.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan Operations and President, Corel Japan |
Current |
Kevin Thornton has served as a member of Corel's senior executive team since rejoining the company in 2007. In his current role as Senior Vice President, Americas Sales, Mr. Thornton is responsible for the company's retail, channel, and license sales activities in North America and Latin America. Prior to joining Corel, Mr. Thornton served as Senior Vice President Sales, Small Business Division (SBD) at Sage Software. He previously held management positions with Coca-Cola Bottling Company and was the Vice President Sales, Americas for Corel. Mr. Thornton holds an Honours degree from the University of Ottawa.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Americas |
Current |
| University of Ottawa |
Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Honors) Degree |
Former |
| University of Ottawa |
Degree |
Former |
Prior to joining Corel, Hilton was Adobe's Vice President of Product Management for the Creative Solutions Business Unit. In his role he provided business strategy and vision, as well as product leadership for many of Adobe's flagship products including the Adobe® Creative Suites®, Adobe® InDesign®, Adobe® Illustrator®, and Adobe® Dreamweaver®. Prior to joining Adobe, Hilton was the co-founder of BeHere Corporation, an Internet virtual reality imaging company. He also served as the company's vice president of marketing and sales.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Product Mgmt & Marketing, Digital Media |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Vice President, Global Marketing |
Former |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President, Global Marketing |
Former |
| Wilfrid Laurier University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Wilfrid Laurier University |
Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President, Hr |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Interim Vice President, Human Resources |
Current |
| Algonquin College |
Certificate In Human Resources Management |
Former |
Nathalie Parent has served as a member of Corel's senior executive team since joining the company in April 2009. In her current role as Vice President, Human Resources, Ms. Parent is responsible for employee compensation and benefits, organizational development, talent management, succession planning and employee relations and communications. Prior to joining Corel, Ms. Parent spent 13 years at Cognos Incorporated both in Canada and in Europe, most recently serving as VP, HR, Global Operations where she was responsible for Field Operations across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior to her work at Cognos, Ms. Parent served as a Compensation and Benefits Consultant at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and she is a Certified Human Resource Professional and a Certified Global Compensation Professional. She sits on the Global Advisory Board of WorldatWork and has been a featured speaker at several conferences.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President, Human Resources |
Current |
| Cognos Inc. |
|
Current |
| Watson Wyatt Worldwide |
Compensation and Benefits Consultant |
Former |
| Carleton University |
Bachelor of Science In Mathematics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President, Global Human Resources |
Current |
| York University |
Lecturer |
Current |
| Felix Global Corp. to |
|
Current |
| Northern Telecom |
|
Former |
| McGill University |
Bachelor of Commerce |
Former |
| McGill University |
Degree In Industrial Relations |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Snapfire |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Graphics and Productivity |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Graphics and Productivity |
Current |
| Productivity Inc. |
General Manager |
Current |
| Snapfire |
Vice President & General Manager, Graphics and Productivity |
Former |
| Corel Corporation |
Vice President & General Manager, Graphics and Productivity |
Former |
| European Business School |
BA With Honors In Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Director, Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Director, Product Management, Digital Imaging |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Director, Product Management, Graphics |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Director, Oem and Strategic Product Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Director, Oem Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Pr Manager, Digital Media |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Product Manager for Wordperfect Office |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior International Pr Manager, Corel (Uk) Limited |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Pr Manager, Office Productivity |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Account Manager Latin America |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Senior Manager, Comm & Graphics |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Pr Manager, Graphics |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Product Manager for Corel Designer Technical Suite |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Product Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Regional Pr Specialist, Gas & Ee, Corel (Uk) Limited |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Corel Designer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Pr Specialist, Corel Japan |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
User Experience Designer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vector Capital Corp. |
Founder |
Current |
| Vector Capital Corp. |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Harvard University |
A.B. In Economics |
Former |
Ian Giffen became a member of Corel's board of directors in January 2006. Since 1996, Mr. Giffen has been an advisor to or director of software companies and technology investment funds. From January 1992 to January 1996, Mr. Giffen was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alias Research until its acquisition by Silicon Graphics. Mr. Giffen is currently a director of MKS and Descartes Systems and a director or advisor to a number of other private companies. Mr. Giffen has previously served on the board of directors of a number of public and private companies including Macromedia, 724 Solutions, Sierra Systems Inc, Financial Models, DPS, Open Text, Delano Technology, Algorithmics, DWL, Changepoint and MGI Software. He is a Chartered Accountant and has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Committee Chair for Audit Committee |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alias Research, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Alias Research, Inc. |
Vice President |
Former |
| Changepoint, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Mgi Software Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Algorithmics, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| University of Strathclyde |
B.A. In Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vector Capital Corp. |
Partner |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| CommercialWare, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
NA |
Former |
| General Atlantic, LLC |
identifying and building enterprise software |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
MBA with distinction |
Former |
| University of Pennsylvania |
B.S. in Chemical Engineering |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
B.S. in Economics |
Former |
Daniel T. Ciporin joined Canaan Partners in 2007 as a Venture Partner specializing in digital media and communications investments. Dan is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shopping.com, a publicly traded online comparison shopping service. As CEO of the company beginning in 1999, Ciporin oversaw the company's growth from zero to over $100 million in revenues in just 5 years, culminating in the company's initial public offering in October 2004. During his tenure Shopping.com became the leader and dominant player in the newly emerging sector of comparison shopping, and was the third largest ecommerce site on the web before it was acquired by eBay in August of 2005. Prior to Shopping.com, Mr. Ciporin served as senior vice president of MasterCard International, where he managed global debit services. In this position, he was responsible for the marketing and product management of all MasterCard online global debit products, including the MasterCard /Cirrus ; ATM Network and the Maestro global, online point-of-sale (POS) debit program. His efforts helped establish the company's market leadership in the global electronic debit market. Before joining MasterCard, Mr. Ciporin was a management consultant for Mars and Co. and Corporate Value Associates, and was responsible for conducting strategy studies for Fortune 500 companies. In 1980 and 1981, Mr. Ciporin served as director of Educational Programs for the Sakaeo Refugee Camp, a Cambodian refugee camp in Sakaeo, Thailand. The camp was run by the International Rescue Committee as part of a United Nations-funded program. Mr. Ciporin earned his AB degree at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University in 1980 and his MBA degree at the Yale University School of Management in 1986. Mr. Ciporin is on the boards of VistaPrint Ltd. (VPRT), a publicly traded internet printing company, and Primedia (PRM), one of the world's leading targeted media companies. More recently, Mr. Ciporin was chairman of the Internet Lab, a US-Israeli incubator for early-stage Internet consumer start-ups co-founded by Gemini Israel Funds and Lightspeed Venture Partners. He continues to serve as a senior advisor and consultant to a variety of high growth private companies. At Canaan, Dan sits on the board of Lending Club.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Canaan Partners |
Venture Partner |
Current |
| Lending Club Corporation |
Venture Partner |
Current |
| Lending Club Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| VistaPrint Limited |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Prm, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mars, Incorporated |
Strategy Consultant |
Former |
| Yale University |
MBA |
Former |
| Yale School of Management |
MBA Degree |
Former |
| Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs |
Ba Degree |
Former |
| Princeton University |
A.B. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Teknion Corporation |
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development |
Current |
| Teknion Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Pele Mountain Resources, Inc |
Director |
Current |
| Corel Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Teknion Corporation |
Director, Corp Development |
Former |
| McGill University |
Bachelor of Commerce |
Former |
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