Decision Makers
Board of Directors
Robert H. Davies served as our chief executive officer from our inception to May 2007 and has served as our chief strategist since May 2007. From 1993 to June 2007, Mr. Davies was a managing director of Source Companies, LLC, a company specialized in providing growth advisory and investment banking services to the controlling-owners of medium-sized businesses, and had previously served on the Advisory Board of Source Companies. He currently still provides Source Companies with consulting services. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Davies served as co-founder, shareholder, director and principal strategist for e-Fin LLC, an Internet-based private financial services company. From March 1994 to 1999, Mr. Davies served as a co-founder, director and principal strategist for LogistiCare, a leading transportation management solutions company. From 1992 to 1996, he also served as a vice chairman and principal strategist for The E.F. Johnson Company, a leading provider of two way radios and communication systems for law enforcement, fire fighters, EMS and the military. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Davies was a founder and principal of Weksel, Davies & Co., Inc. Weksel, Davies, through its affiliates, held controlling interests in LogistiCare, The E.F. Johnson Company, and Viking Mobile Communications, Inc., a radio spectrum development and trading company. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Davies was a limited partner and vice president of Brooke Partners LP, a private New York-based investment partnership. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Davies was managing director, mergers & acquisitions for the Bell Atlantic Corporation. Prior to 1983, Mr. Davies held the position of manager in the Management Advisory Services group for Deloitte Haskins & Sells, a predecessor firm to Deloitte & Touche, where he specialized in telecom industry consulting. Mr. Davies received a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
Chief Strategist |
Former |
| Source Companies, LLC |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Logisticare, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Logisticare, Inc. |
Principal Strategist |
Former |
| E.F. Johnson Company |
Principal Strategist |
Former |
| Logisticare, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| E.F. Johnson Company |
Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| Princeton University |
B.A. |
Former |
Michael E. Weksel has been our chief operating officer, chief financial officer, secretary and a member of our board of directors since our inception. Since 2000, Mr. Weksel has been a principal in Industrial Acquisitions Management, LLC, a private venture firm. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Weksel served on the board of directors and as chief financial officer and vice president of LogistiCare which he co-founded. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Weksel served as a managing director at Weksel, Davies & Co. Inc. In that capacity, Mr. Weksel acted as the sole executive officer at Viking Mobile Communications and as project director for the implementation of a new enterprise computing solution at The E.F. Johnson Company. Mr. Weksel also served on the board of directors of The E.F. Johnson Company. Prior to 1992, Mr. Weksel worked as an associate at the merchant banking firm of Joseph, Littlejohn and Levy, Inc. Mr. Weksel currently is a director of both GovDelivery, Inc., a leading software as a service, e-mail subscription management system provider, and Safe Lites, LLC, a developer of applications of electroluminescent technologies. Mr. Weksel received a BS from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from Columbia University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
CFO & COO |
Current |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Govdelivery, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| E.F. Johnson Company |
Project Director |
Former |
| E.F. Johnson Company |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Columbia University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
| State University of New York at Albany |
B.S. |
Former |
Robert A. Schriesheim has served as a director since May 2006 and as executive vice president and chief financial officer since October 2006. From 2002 until October 2006, he was a general partner of ARCH Development Partners LLC, a technology venture capital fund. From 1999 to 2002, he was executive vice president of corporate development, chief financial officer, and a director for London, England-based Global Telesystems, Inc., a $1 billion revenue publicly traded provider of telecommunications services to businesses throughout Western and Central Europe and Russia, backed by George Soros and affiliates, where he led the financial restructuring and sale of the company. Previously, he held various executive positions at SBC Equity Partners, Ameritech, AC Nielsen, and Brooke Group Ltd. He also currently serves on the boards of publicly-traded Alyst Acquisiton Corp., MSC.Software Corp., Skyworks Solutions Inc., several private technology companies and served on the board of Dobson Communications until its sale to AT&T.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Lawson Software, Inc. |
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Vastech, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Director |
Current |
| Lawson International AB |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
Chair of Board |
Current |
| Enfora Sa |
Director |
Current |
| Lawson International AB |
Director |
Current |
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Accelchip, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Dobson Communications Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mobitrac, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lawson Software, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Akoya |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Golden Telecom, Inc. |
Member |
Current |
| Global Telesystems, Inc. |
Member |
Current |
| Dobson Telephone Company, Inc. |
president |
Former |
| Global Telesystems, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| NEXTEL Communications, Inc. |
chief operating officer |
Former |
| Global Telesystems, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development |
Former |
| Acnielsen Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development |
Former |
| Lawson Software, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Ameritech Corporation |
Vice President of Corporate Development |
Former |
| Ameri Tech |
Vice President of Corporate Development |
Former |
| Acnielsen Corporation |
Vice President of Global Corporate Development |
Former |
| Dobson Telephone Company, Inc. |
general manager |
Former |
| ARCH Development Partners, LLC |
Venture Partner |
Former |
| Acnielsen Corporation |
Executive Positions |
Former |
| Smartsignal Corp. |
Observer |
Former |
| Global Telesystems, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| American Cellular Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Golden Telecom, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| ARCH Development Partners, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Dobson Telephone Company, Inc. |
secretary |
Former |
| Acnielsen Corporation |
Board Member |
Former |
| University of Chicago Graduate School of Business |
MBA In Business Economics |
Former |
| University of Chicago |
Mba |
Former |
| University of Central Oklahoma |
B.S. in Business Administration |
Former |
| Princeton University |
Ab In Chemistry |
Former |
Matthew W. Botwin has been a member of our board of directors since our inception. Since October 2003, Mr. Botwin has been a managing director of Regent Square Group, a telecommunications and government affairs consulting firm. Mr. Botwin also serves as chairman of the Regulatory Working Group for the Global VSAT Forum, an association of companies involved in the business of delivering advanced digital fixed satellite systems and services to consumers, and commercial and government enterprises worldwide. He is also an advisor to the World Bank’s Global Innovation Fund, a fund designed to create greater access to private capital for medium sized technology-driven businesses. From June 1998 to October 2003, Mr. Botwin was senior manager for international government relations at PanAmSat Corporation, a satellite communications company. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Botwin worked at the foreign government affairs office of AT&T Corporation. Mr. Botwin received a B.A. from Hobart College, an M.A. from the London School of Economics and a masters in international telecommunications policy from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alyst Acquisition Corp. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The London School of Economics |
M.A. |
Former |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
B.A. |
Former |
Stephen DeGroat has been a member of our board of directors since our January 2009. Mr. DeGroat is a Managing Director with Channel Capital,LLC an information services company and broker dealer in NYC. Channel Capital operates HedgeFund.Net; Private EquityCentral.Net and CapDial.Net. Prior to his current position at Channel Capital, Mr. DeGroat has had a distinguished career in investment banking spanning more than 25 years, holding management and other positions at many broker dealers, including Chairman of Jesup & Lamont, CEO of Broadmark Capital, Guilford Securities, Smith Barney and Drexel Burnham. Mr. DeGroat graduated from Fordham College, BA Economics.
Dr. William Weksel has been our chief executive officer since May 2007 and a member of our board of directors since our inception. He also served as our non-executive chairman of the board of directors from our inception until March 2007. Dr. Weksel is a private venture investor and has been a principal in Industrial Acquisitions Management, LLC, a private venture firm, since 2000. From 1990 to 1999, Dr. Weksel served as president of Weksel, Davies & Co., Inc. From 1992 to 1996, he also served as chairman and president for The E.F. Johnson Company, a leading provider of two way radios and communication systems for law enforcement, fire fighters, EMS and the military. From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Weksel was president of Brooke Group, Inc., a holding company which held controlling interests in Western Union Corp., Liggett Group, Inc., MAI Basic Four, Inc., and several privately held companies in various industries ranging from computer microfilm sales to ice cream manufacturing. At various times during that period, Dr. Weksel was chairman of Liggett, vice chairman of Western Union and chairman and chief executive officer of MAI Basic Four, each of which companies was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Dr. Weksel is currently a director of Safe Lites, LLC. Dr. Weksel received a B.A. from Queens College, an M.A. from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Illinois, and was a National Science Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow at the Research Lab of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.