Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Arthur P. Becker |
CEO |
| Denis Martin |
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
| Jim Pluntze |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Mark Clayman |
Vice President and CIO |
| Marty Perry |
CIO |
| Rathin Sinha |
Chief Marketing Officer |
| Steve Kirchoff |
Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
| Doug Burgum |
Senior Vice President, Solutions |
| Jim Fanella |
Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development |
| Nasir Cochinwala |
Senior Vice President, Prof Services |
| Adrian Rand |
Vice President, Product Marketing |
| Jeff Johnson |
Reg Vice President, Sales, East |
| Joel Whitman |
Vice President, Marketing |
| Pat Shoof |
Vice President, HR |
| Patricia Yates |
Reg Vice President, Sales, West |
| robert Hildenbrand |
Vice President, Service Delivery |
| Staci Lyons |
Vice President, Sales & Services |
| Tim Burks |
Vice President, Infrastructure Services |
| Will Scott |
Vice President, Application Services |
| Cheryl Yetz |
Director, Product Management |
| John DeWaal |
Director, Sales, Marketing |
| Maureen Rogers |
Director, Marketing |
| Phil Simmonds |
Senior Director of Content Delivery Services |
| Ken Drake |
General Counsel |
| Monique Cormier |
Associate General Counsel |
| Gabriel Ruhan |
Director |
| Thomas R. Evans |
Director |
Board of Directors
As the chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of the NaviSite Board of Directors, Arthur Becker provides day-to-day leadership to the companys senior management and is personally involved in the strategy, financing and merger and acquisition (M&A) activities of the company. Mr. Becker was a founding investor and member of the Board of Directors of ClearBlue Technologies, Inc., a company started in 2001 with the purpose of acquiring distressed Internet infrastructure companies. He is also co-founder of Atlantic, LLC, an investment fund company he started with NaviSite Chairman Andy Ruhan, which acquired the data center assets of Colo.com in 2001. Mr. Becker comes to NaviSite with experience as founder and managing member of several technology and investment companies, including Impower, a London-based provider of technology consulting services to government; Advance Partners, LLC, which provided financial advisory services to Cendent Corporation and Global Switch in the UK; and Madison Technology, LLC, a New York-based technology investment firm. From 1987 through 1993, Mr. Becker served as a director with Bear Stearns & Company (BSC-NYSE), where he led the successful proxy contest for control of ProGroup, Inc., a leading golf equipment and apparel manufacturer. Prior to that, he held various positions from managing partner to owner of a number of real estate development companies.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
CEO |
Current |
| Style Encyclopedia |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| NYSERNet Inc. |
Director of Software Engineering |
Former |
| The Software Company Engineering Co |
Board of Directors |
Former |
As Chief Financial Officer for NaviSite, Jim Pluntze is responsible for all finance and administration functions within which include, due diligence for all acquisitions, asset reallocation, and fund raising efforts for the company. Mr. Pluntze is also a member of the Sarbanes-Oxley steering committee. Mr. Pluntze joined NaviSite in 2002 as the Chairman of the Audit Committee on the Board of Directors. In March of 2003, Mr. Pluntze moved to an operating role within the company as the acting Chief Financial Officer and held that position until May 2005 when he became the Sr. Vice President of Finance. During his time at NaviSite, Mr. Pluntze played a key role in NaviSite’s six acquisitions. Mr. Pluntze has over 20 years of experience in high level finance positions in several Massachusetts high tech companies.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
As Senior Vice President of Hosting Services for NaviSite, Mark Clayman is responsible for ensuring that the Hosting Services organization meets the growing demands of our customers who depend on NaviSite to provide scalable, customer-centric application and managed services with prompt effectiveness and cost efficiency and everyday reliability. Mr. Clayman joined NaviSite through the acquisition of Surebridge, Inc., a Lexington, MA provider of application services where he served as Vice President and CIO, responsible for creating and managing the Hosting and Technology Group. He joined Surebridge in June 1999 through the acquisition of the Information Systems Department of The Berkshire Group, a holding company headquartered in Boston, MA. He worked as both the Help Desk Manager and then the Manager of Network Services at The Berkshire Group, providing infrastructure support and services to the individual subsidiaries, including two publicly-traded entities, of the parent company. Additionally, he was responsible for the overall network security and disaster recovery for The Berkshire Group's mission critical applications. Prior to working within the Information Systems Group, Clayman worked as a Corporate Accountant for The Berkshire Group, producing their quarterly and annual financial consolidations of the corporate entities for Senior Management and third-party auditors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President and CIO |
Current |
| Hosting Services |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Hosting Services |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Service Delivery |
Current |
| Berkshire Group |
Help Desk Manager |
Former |
| The Berkshire Group |
Manager |
Former |
| Senior Management |
Corporate Accountant |
Former |
| The Berkshire Group |
Corporate Accountant |
Former |
| Information Systems Group, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Surebridge |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
CIO |
Current |
As Chief Marketing Officer, Rathin Sinha is responsible for all marketing efforts for NaviSite, including brand development, communication, product marketing and design-execution of on-line and off-line marketing programs for lead generation, demand creation and brand awareness. Additionally, as President of the America's Job Exchange, a wholly owned subsidiary of NaviSite, Rathin is responsible for development and overall growth of this on-line career advertising portal leading all strategic and operational functions. Rathin brings more than twenty years of marketing and internet experience and a proven track record of growing high-tech and web-centric businesses. Prior to joining NaviSite, he served as the General Manager of the eCommerce division at Monster.com where he built and quickly expanded the direct to customer channel tripling revenue in less than four years. Earlier he was a Vice President of Marketing for Standard Register and held various eCommerce, strategy and product leadership positions at Kinko's, Mitchell Madison Group, and Honeywell respectively.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| America's Job Exchange |
President |
Current |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Current |
| The Monster.Com |
General Manager |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Solutions |
Current |
As Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development, Jim Fanella is tasked with growing NaviSite's strategic business development program. This includes establishing new strategic alliances, new revenue streams, and repeatable solutions offerings to our partners' end customers. He will lead the charge to enable NaviSite's alliances to grow their small and medium-sized (SMB) customers specifically targeting managed Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings, messaging and hosted applications. Jim brings over 27 years of experience in the high tech industry with proven success in channel management and direct sales. Jim joins NaviSite most recently from Sun Microsystems, where he served as Vice President of Global Channels. Prior to joining Sun, Jim was Executive Vice President of worldwide sales, technical support, and professional services for Computer Network Technology, a $500 million storage networking company. In addition, he served as Yahoo!'s Senior Vice President of Global Enterprise Solutions, where he was responsible for leading over 20% of the company's worldwide revenue, including all portal, small business, streaming media, and collaboration solutions. Jim has been published in Insurance and Technology, Best Review, National Underwriter, and CPCU magazine and quoted in over 50 publications on topics ranging from the future of portals, premium content, and monetizing value on the Internet. He also served as Chairman of the American Management Association; as a member of the Board of Directors of Avatech; and as an executive mentor in the corporate Menttium program for junior executives.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development |
Current |
| American Management Association |
Chairman |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Prof Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Product Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Reg Vice President, Sales, East |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, HR |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Reg Vice President, Sales, West |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Service Delivery |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Sales & Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Infrastructure Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Vice President, Application Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Director, Product Management |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Director, Sales, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Director, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Senior Director of Content Delivery Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
General Counsel |
Current |
In her role as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Monique Cormier is responsible for overseeing all activities within NaviSite's legal department, which includes negotiation of contractual agreements, Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, litigation management, corporate governance and ethics and intellectual property. Ms. Cormier also provides counsel on corporate transactions and is a member of NaviSite's Sarbanes Oxley Steering Committee. Monique joined NaviSite in August of 2004 as Associate General Counsel, and was promoted to General Counsel in August of 2005. She began her career as a Corporate Associate with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP in Boston, MA, and has also worked as a Corporate Associate with the New York, NY law firms of Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz & Johns, LLP and Gunderson, Dettmer, Stough, Villeneuve, Franklin, & Hachigian, LLP, where she represented emerging technology companies and leading technology venture capital firms. Ms. Cormier is a member of the Massachusetts and New York Bar Associations.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Associate General Counsel |
Current |
Andy is Managing Director of Bridgehouse Capital. He also serves as Chairman of NaviSite, Inc. and Chairman of Global Marine Systems, Ltd. He is also Managing Director of Atlantic Investments, LLC, an investment fund that acquired the assets of Colo.com in 2001 and purchased the assets of PSINet Europe, re-establishing that company as an Internet Infrastructure and Services leader in the European Union. Andy was a founding member and Chief Executive Officer of ClearBlue Technologies, Inc., a company started in 2000 with the purpose of acquiring Internet infrastructure companies. From 1998 through 2000, Andy was co-founder and Chief Executive of Global Switch, the world's largest carrier-neutral colocation company. Under his leadership, the company grew to 12 facilities in 9 countries, covering 3.7 million square feet. Andy has a strong background in property and telecommunications, with a highly successful history of entrepreneurship and business development in the commercial property sector. He founded The Kingspark Group in the United Kingdom in 1993, together with three partners, and was responsible for corporate acquisitions and development. The company became the largest commercial property provider in the UK over the following five years and was sold to Prologis in 1998. In 2001, Andy was named regional winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Bridgehouse Capital Ltd. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Atlantic Investments |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Atlantic Corporation |
Managing Director |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Global Switch |
Chief Executive |
Former |
| Global Switch |
Co-Founder |
Former |
Gabriel Ruhan currently serves as Managing Director of Global Marine Systems Ltd. He has served as a director of NaviSite since October 2002 and MD of the UK office since November 2004. From April 2004 until November 2004, Gabriel served as NaviSite's Chief Operating Officer, and from December 2002 until April 2003, Gabriel served as NaviSite's Executive Vice President for Business Development. Gabriel is also a director of Clear Blue Technologies. From 1998 to 2002, Gabriel was Corporate Development Director of Global Switch Group, a data center company in the United Kingdom.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Bridgehouse Capital Ltd. |
Managing Director of Global Marine Systems Ltd |
Current |
| Global Marine Systems Limited |
Managing Director |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Executive Vice President for Business Development |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Hamilton-Madison, Inc |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Mitchell-Wright, LLC |
Principal |
Current |
| Williams College |
|
Current |
| Engyro Corporation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Abridean, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Entrust, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Xavier University |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Edge Dynamics, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| MarchFIRST |
President |
Former |
| Mitchell-Wright, LLC |
President |
Former |
| Managed Services, Inc |
President |
Former |
| MarchFIRST |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Mitchell-Wright, LLC |
Founder |
Former |
| Mitchell-Wright, LLC |
Managing Partner |
Former |
| The Ohio State University |
MBA |
Former |
| University of Colorado |
MA In Economics |
Former |
| United States Air Force Academy |
BS In Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Bridgehouse Capital Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Global Marine Systems Limited |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Bankrate, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Aging Workforce News |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Bankrate, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Jupiter Hosting, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| NaviSite, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Bankrate, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Official Payments Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| Geocities |
CEO |
Former |
| Geocities |
President |
Former |
| U.S. News & World Report, L.P. |
President |
Former |
| U.S. News & World Report, L.P. |
Publisher |
Former |
| Official Payments Corporation |
Chairman |
Former |
| Arizona State University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration |
Former |
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