Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Alex W. Hart |
Director |
| Craig A. Bondy |
Director |
| Barry Zwarenstein |
Director |
| Douglas G Bergeron |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Robert Dykes |
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| Bud Waller |
Executive Vice President, Integrated Solutions |
| David Turnbull |
Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Elmore Waller |
Executive Vice President, Integrated Solutions |
| Jesse Adams |
Reg Executive Vice President, Sales |
| William Atkinson |
Director |
| Bill Nichols |
Vice President, Marketing, Intl |
| Kevin Barry |
Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management |
| Paul Rasori |
Vice President, Marketing |
| Rohit Patni |
Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
| Stuart Taylor |
Vice President |
| Adam Biedrzycki |
Sales Accounting Manager |
| Kirk Gibbs |
Manager |
| Isaac Angel |
Director |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| FleetCor Technologies Operating Co., LLC |
President Fuelman Fleet Cards |
Current |
| First National Bank of Chicago |
General Manager |
Former |
| US Encode |
Consultant |
Current |
| Silicon Valley Bancshares |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Current |
| Silicon Valley Bancshares |
Independent Consultant |
Current |
| Paymetric Inc. |
Advisor |
Current |
| Fair Isaac Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Eharmony.Com, Inc. |
Member of the Boards of Directors |
Current |
| Paymetric Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lending Club Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| HNC Software |
Member, Board of Directors |
Current |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| US Encode |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Silicon Valley Bancshares |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Global Payments Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| 123Jump.com |
Director |
Current |
| Pccharge |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Advanta Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Electronic Banking Services Co. Ltd |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Wells Fargo & Company |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Electronic Banking Services Co. Ltd |
General Manager |
Former |
| Bancohio |
Director of Marketing |
Former |
| First Interstate Bancorp |
|
Former |
| Maestro International Limited |
Chairman of The Board |
Former |
| Advanta Corporation |
Executive Vice Chairman |
Former |
| Bancohio |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard University |
Bachelor’s Degree, Social Relations |
Former |
| University of Colorado |
|
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC |
Principal |
Current |
| Cellnet |
Board Director |
Current |
| Verifone, Inc. |
Board Director |
Current |
| Systemsnet, Inc. |
Board Director |
Current |
| The Heritage Co. |
Board Director |
Current |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC |
Principal |
Former |
| Digitalnet, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Mba |
Former |
| The University of Texas at Austin |
Bba In Finance With High Honors from the Honors Business |
Former |
| The University of Texas |
BBA in Finance |
Former |
"With more than 30 years of experience in global business and operations, Barry Zwarenstein joined the SMART team in September 2008 as senior vice president of Finance and chief financial officer (CFO). His key areas of responsibilities as a member of SMART's executive management team include finance, tax, treasury, investor relations, internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, business development, and risk management.
Previous to joining SMART, Barry held executive and senior level positions in several technology companies, serving as CFO for VeriFone Holdings, Inc, Iomega Corporation, Mellanox Technologies Limited, Acuson Corporation, and Logitech S.A. He began his career at FMC Corporation and progressed to the position as CFO for FMC Europe (Brussels, Belgium). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Natal (South Africa) and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), and he is qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa). "
Doug Bergeron has been Chairman and CEO of VeriFone since July 2001 when he spearheaded the acquisition of the company from Hewlett Packard in a transaction valued at $50 million. Since that time, VeriFone's sales have tripled and the value of the company has grown to exceed several billion dollars. Mr. Bergeron remains the single largest private shareholder of the company. In June 2002, Mr. Bergeron partnered as an investor with GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity firm, to recapitalize VeriFone, and position the company for a new era of market growth. In April 2005, VeriFone became a public company and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PAY." Mr. Bergeron previously served in a variety of executive management positions at SunGard Data Systems Inc., including President of SunGard Futures Systems and Group CEO of SunGard Brokerage Systems Group. He was also President of Gores Technology Group. Mr. Bergeron is also Chairman of the Board of First Consulting Group of Long Beach, California and is a director of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of San Francisco and the Bay Area. He is also on the Listed Company Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Bergeron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (with Honors) in Computer Science from York University in Toronto, Canada, and a Masters of Science degree from the University of Southern California
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Verifone |
CEO |
Current |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Pccharge |
CEO |
Current |
| Verifone, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Verifone |
Chairman |
Current |
| Verifone, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Semtek Innovative Solutions, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC |
Investor |
Current |
| Extensity |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| SunGard |
Group CEO of Sungard Brokerage Systems Group |
Former |
| Extensity |
President |
Former |
| The Gores Group, LLC |
Group President |
Former |
| SunGard |
President of Sungard Futures Systems |
Former |
| First Consulting Group Inc. |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| University of Southern California |
Masters of Science Degree |
Former |
| York University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Computer Science |
Former |
| York University |
Degree (With Honors) In Computer Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Pccharge |
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Nebuad, Inc. |
Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman |
Former |
| VeriFone Holdings, Inc. |
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Flextronics International Ltd. |
Chief Financial Officer & President, Systems Group |
Former |
| Symantec Corporation |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations & Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Symantec Corporation |
executive vice president, Worldwide Operations |
Former |
| Victoria University |
Bachelors Degree, Commerce & Administration |
Former |
Mr. Turnbull joined VeriFone in May 2002, serving as Senior Vice President, Operations since July 2004. Prior to joining VeriFone, Mr. Turnbull worked for Apple Computer, Inc. in a variety of engineering and project management positions, and, from January 1998 to August 2001, as Director of Engineering for Consumer Portables and Communication Products. Mr. Turnbull has a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from University of California at Santa Barbara and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Mr. Waller has served as Executive Vice President, Integrated Solutions since December 2004 and, since joining VeriFone in 1986, has served in a number of leadership positions including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Worldwide Petro Division. Prior to working at VeriFone, Mr. Waller worked for 11 years at General Electric Company, serving in several financial management positions. Mr. Waller holds an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.
"Paul Rasori currently serves as VeriFone’s Senior Vice President of Marketing. He has global responsibility for all Financial Payment Systems marketing efforts and oversees the global product management, global marketing programs and all local demand generation marketing functions across North and South America, EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. Mr. Rasori is a twenty-year veteran of the electronic payments industry, having held positions in product development, product management, marketing and sales management. In more than ten years with VeriFone, Mr. Rasori has led the introduction of the industry's most comprehensive and successful portfolio of payment solutions that span many different vertical markets, including financial retail, multi-lane, unattended, hospitality and wireless vertical segments. This includes most recently the Vx Solutions product family, which was awarded Frost and Sullivan’s ""Product-Line Strategy Leadership Award"" for 2005.
Mr. Rasori has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts "
"Adam Biedrzycki was appointed General Manager in February 2009, with responsibilities for VeriFone activities in Continental Europe. Mr. Biedrzycki, who joined VeriFone in 1996, previously was VeriFone’s Country Manager in Poland, where he was instrumental in establishing the company as the leading supplier of EFTPOS devices in the country.
Prior to VeriFone, Mr. Biedrzycki was sales director at Softbank, the leading provider of banking software and financial solutions in Poland, and served in various sales positions with ICL, the UK-based IT company.
Mr. Biedrzycki graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology with a Master of Science in Automatic Controls and Robotics. He also completed with Honors the Executive MBA program offered by the Gdansk Foundation for Management Development in cooperation with the University of Gdansk and Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University."
Mr. Roche has served as a director since July 2002. Mr. Roche is currently a Principal of GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C., which he joined in 1996 and rejoined in 2000 after receiving an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Prior to joining GTCR, Mr. Roche worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as an associate at Everen Securities. He received a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College. Mr. Roche serves on the board of directors of TNS, Inc., a provider of business-critical data communications services to processors of credit card, debit card and ATM transactions and of secure data and voice network services to the global financial services industry, Syniverse Holdings, Inc., a provider of mission-critical technology services to wireless telecommunications companies worldwide, and several private GTCR portfolio companies.
Dr. Denend has served as a director since January 2005. Dr. Denend was President of Network Associates, Inc., from December 1997 until May 1998. Since 1998, Dr. Denend has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies. Dr. Denend also was President and CEO of Network General Corporation from February 1993 until December 1997 and Chairman, President and CEO of Vitalink Communications Corporation from October 1990 until its acquisition by Network Systems Corp. in June 1991. Dr. Denend remained as a business unit president at Network Systems Corp. until December 1992. He was Executive Vice President at 3Com Corporation from January 1989 until October 1990. He was also a partner in McKinsey and Company from December 1984 until January 1989. Dr. Denend served as Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy in the Executive Office of the President from August 1974 until August 1975, as a member of the National Security Council Staff from June 1977 until 1979, when he became the Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, until January 1981. Dr. Denend also served as Deputy Director of the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs from May 1982 until June 1983. Dr. Denend earned a Ph.D. and an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He also currently serves as a director of Exponent, Inc., a science and engineering consulting firm, and McAfee, Inc., a supplier of computer security solutions.