Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Burris Marchai |
Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer |
| David Bernstein |
CTO & Senior Vice President |
| Frank J. Florence |
Cmo & Vice President |
| James St. Jean |
Cto |
| Marchai Bruchey |
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer |
| Peter Norman |
CFO & Principal Accounting Officer |
| Raymond Gerber |
Chief Technology Officer |
| Andy Cutler |
Vice President, Marketing |
| Christopher Hall |
Vice President, Marketing, Worldwide |
| Chuck Altomare |
V.P. Engineering Worldwide |
| David Cunningham |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| David Zuckerman |
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Epp David |
V.P. World Wide Sales |
| Jack Landers |
Vice President, Hr |
| Jack Moyer |
Vice President, HR |
| Kelly Hicks |
Vice President, Finance & Corp Treasurer |
| Lisa Caswell |
Vice President, Global Alliances |
| Prashant K. Karnik |
Vice President & General Manager |
| Rob Walker |
Vice President, Strategy and Innovation |
| Robert Roepke Jr. |
Vice President, Business Planning and Analysis |
| Shari Zedeck |
Vice President, Product Management |
| Simon Gates |
Vice President, Sales, Western Europe |
| Tyler Wall |
Vice President |
| Allen Swann |
Executive Director |
| Andy Stainer |
Director, Marketing |
| Arthur Seck |
Director, Marketing |
| Charles Hoffman |
Director |
| George Reyes |
Director |
| William Raduchel |
Director |
Board of Directors
Steven R. Springsteel was appointed president and chief executive officer of Chordiant Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHRD) effective February 1, 2006. Mr. Springsteel was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in November, 2006. Mr. Springsteel brings more than 20 years of experience in operational and financial management to his position. His accomplishments include the management of two successful IPO's and multiple mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Springsteel also has extensive experience in raising equity and debt funding in the public and private marketplaces, as well as formulating and implementing complex business strategies. He has a demonstrated record of recruiting and building strong organizations. His most recent experience was at Verity (Nasdaq: VRTY), where he served as president and chief financial officer. At Verity, he grew a profitable business through five acquisitions and ultimately guided the sale of the company. Mr. Springsteel's background includes serving from 1996 to 2000 as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Chordiant Software through its initial public offering in February 2000. He has been a member of Chordiant's Board of Directors since 2004 and has chaired both its Audit and Compensation Committees during his tenure as an independent board member. Mr. Springsteel has been a member of the board of directors of three public companies and has headed both audit and compensation committees of those public company boards. Mr Springsteel currently sits on the board of privately held Zend Technologies and is on the Board of Trustees of the California State Parks Foundation. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Software in Northern California. Mr. Springsteel holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Cleveland State University.
Marchai Bruchey joined Chordiant in April 2009 as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Bruchey has responsibility for corporate marketing, field marketing, product marketing and global alliances. She has over 29 years of sales, marketing and alliances experience in the high tech industry and 10 years of experience in the customer service market. Prior to Chordiant, Ms. Bruchey was the Chief Marketing Officer at KANA Software where she had similar responsibilities for marketing and global alliances. Ms. Bruchey is a recognized leader in Customer Relationship Management and has been quoted in lead CRM publications in North America and EMEA and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Prior to KANA, Ms. Bruchey spent 18 years at Digital Equipment Corporation where she served in a variety of executive sales, marketing and alliances positions. She studied Business and Marketing at Queens University at Charlotte.
Raymond Gerber joined Chordiant in April 2008 and as the Chief Technology Officer is responsible for the Office of the CTO, Worldwide pre-sales, and the Industry Consulting team. He has 27 years of technology related experience both in the capacity of building software solutions for Software Vendors and as a user of vendor solution in consumer organization. Prior to Chordiant, Mr. Gerber was the President and Owner of FirstSecond Technologies with the primary focus of technology focused customer experience improvement. Mr. Gerber also served in senior positions in various large consumer organizations where he was responsible for the architecting and building of large customer facing solutions. He specialized in Business Process Management practices with a focus on improving end-user operational effectiveness and efficiency through the use of Business Process - management, -integration and, -optimization. He holds 3 Patents relating to optimization of Call center software. Mr. Gerber studied in Accounting at the University of South Africa and Rand Afrikaans University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Starview Technology, Inc |
Vice President Engineering |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
V.P. Engineering Worldwide |
Current |
| Business Objects |
Vice President, Engineering |
Former |
| Informix |
|
Former |
| Temple University |
BA In Psychology |
Former |
Mr. Zuckerman joined Chordiant in August 2008 and is responsible for Chordianta s legal matters. He also serves as Chordianta s Compliance Officer. Prior to joining Chordiant, Mr. Zuckerman was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at BEA Systems, Inc., where he was responsible for corporate, securities and M&A matters. Prior to BEA, Mr. Zuckerman was Managing Counsel at Oracle Corporation, and held several legal and business positions at Siebel Systems, Inc., most recently as Director, Legal Affairs. Prior to his in-house experience, Mr. Zuckerman was an attorney with the law firms of Foley & Lardner in San Francisco and Dinsmore & Shohl in Cincinnati. Mr. Zuckerman holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University, a J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School, and an M.B.A from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Vice President, Hr |
Current |
| Legato Systems, Inc. |
Vice President of Human Resources |
Former |
| Boston College |
Master of Arts |
Former |
| Boston College |
Bachelor of Arts |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Vice President, HR |
Current |
| San Jose State University |
MBA and BS Business Administration |
Former |
Allen joined the company in 2006 whilst acting as Interim Sales Director. Since May 2007, he has focussed on building a substantial presence in the UK Healthcare market. Allen is also Non Executive Chairman of the Board of CopperEye Ltd, a privately funded UK software company majoring in the telco marketplace, and a Non Executive Director of Chordiant Software Inc, a US based software company. Prior to these appointments he served as International President for Chordiant Software Inc, International President of Prime Response Inc and was a founder member of Oracle UK, where he served as Sales Director both direct and non-direct for 12 years.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Executive Director |
Current |
| Manpower Software Plc |
Business Development Director |
Current |
| Coppereye, Ltd. |
Chairman of the Board |
Current |
| Solid Technology |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Manpower Software Plc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
International President |
Former |
| Salford University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Operational Research and Statistics |
Former |
Richard G. Stevens was elected to the Board of Directors of Chordiant in March 2006. Mr. Stevens was also named chair of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Stevens is the founder and managing director of Hunter Stevens, a professional services firm comprised of financial experts, industry specialists and technical staff, including former big-four partners, corporate executives and regulatory officials.
Prior to forming Hunter Stevens in 1995, he served as a partner with Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand and held executive positions at other business organizations. During his tenure with Coopers & Lybrand in New York, Mr. Stevens provide advice and technical support to the firm's approximate 100 domestic practice offices concerning accounting, auditing and SEC matters. He was also a contributing author of Montgomery's Auditing "10th Edition", one of the principal reference books used in the accounting profession.
Mr. Stevens served as the chairman of the Audit Committee of Verity, Inc., a leading provider of business search and process management software, which was recently acquired by Autonomy Corporation. He has also served as chairman of the Audit Committee of Pain Therapeutics, Inc., a bio-science company in South San Francisco.
He received his Bachelor of Science Degree with honors from the University of San Francisco and has attended post-graduate studies at the Stanford Law School and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Mr. Stevens is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of California and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Engadget Mobile |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
Current |
| Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Engadget Mobile |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Appellation St. Helena |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| St. Helena Hospital Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Covad Communications Company |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
Former |
| Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Covad Communications Company |
President |
Former |
| Sprint PCS |
President |
Former |
| Sb&C, Ltd. |
General Manager |
Former |
| InterWest Partners |
General Partner |
Former |
| Covad Communications Group, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| University of Missouri - St. Louis |
Master of Business Administration |
Former |
| University of Missouri |
masters of business administration |
Former |
| University of Missouri - St. Louis |
Bachelor of Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Actuate Corporation |
CFO & Senior Vice President, Finance, Admin |
Current |
| Actuate Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ready Systems |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Plantronics, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Plantronics, Inc. |
Vice President, Finance and Administration |
Former |
| Ready Systems |
Vice President, Finance and Administration |
Former |
| Clarkson University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Industrial Management |
Former |
David R. Springett, Ph.D. has been a director on the Chordiant board since January 2000. Dr. Springett has served as president of the Community College Foundation, an educational foundation, since February 1994. Dr. Springett is recognized as a leader in promoting educational technology, creating the Technology in Education International Conference and Exposition, an annual event attracting thousands of educators from around the world. He also established the CEO Institute, a bi-coastal annual event for education leaders to meet and discuss technology issues. He is a board member of the California Vehicle Foundation and the California State Commission on Welfare Reform and Training. Dr. Springett received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and his Doctorate in Engineering from Queens University in Canada.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Queens University |
Doctorate In Engineering |
Former |
| Harvard University |
Graduate Degree |
Former |
| University of Toronto |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Mechanical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Symantec Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| BEA Systems, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Nexlan, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ONI Systems |
Interim Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Google Inc. |
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
vice president |
Former |
| Santa Clara University |
master's degree in business administration |
Former |
| University of South Florida |
Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Ruckus Network, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Ruckus, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Longworth Venture Partners |
Executive Council |
Current |
| Opera Software |
Chairman |
Current |
| Opera Software ASA |
Chairman |
Current |
| Ruckus, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Sky Blue |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Chordiant Software, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Opera Software ASA |
Director |
Current |
| IN2BOOKS |
Director |
Current |
| Ruckus Network, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Silicon Image Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| MOKA5, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Blackboard, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nantucket Conference |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
chief strategy officer |
Former |
| Time Warner Inc. |
chief technology officer |
Former |
| Time Warner Inc. |
executive vice president |
Former |
| United States Military Academy |
Castle Lecturer |
Former |
| Silicon Image Inc. |
Non-Executive Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Harvard University |
PH.D. Degrees In Economics |
Former |
| Harvard University |
Master's |
Former |
| Michigan State University |
B.A. in economics |
Former |
| Michigan Technological University |
|
Former |
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