Board of Directors
John F. Olsen, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Olsen has served as Chairman of the Board since August 2006 and as a director since February 2005. Since April 2004, Mr. Olsen has been a private investor. From June 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Olsen served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Business Objects S.A., a provider of business intelligence solutions. Prior to joining Business Objects, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Marimba, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure management solutions from July 2000 to June 2001. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Olsen served as president of the Design Realization Group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Before joining Cadence in 1993, Mr. Olsen held the position of partner, Strategic Services, at KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Olsen holds an M.S. degree in management science from the University of South Florida, and a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Iowa State University.
William K. Hooper, Director
Mr. Hooper has served as a director since May 1999. Since 2005, Mr. Hooper has been a private investor and since March 2007, he has served as a partner of Coast Range Investments LLC. Mr. Hooper was President of Monterey Plaza Hotel Corporation from 1994 to 2005. Mr. Hooper was president of Woodside Hotels and Resorts Group Services Corporation from 1995 to 2004. Mr. Hooper also serves as an advisor to Acuity Ventures, a venture capital investment fund, and is a Trustee of Azusa Pacific University. Mr. Hooper holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.
Charles F. Kane, Director
Mr. Kane has served as a director since August 2007. Since November 2006, he has served as Chief Financial Officer of One Laptop per Child, a non-profit organization focused on providing children with affordable access to computers and the internet.
From May 2006 to October 2006, Mr. Kane served as Chief Financial Officer of RSA Security, a provider of e-security solutions. From July 2003 to May 2006, Mr. Kane served as Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Technology, Inc., a provider of supply chain management software and professional services. From May 2000 to February 2003, Mr. Kane served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corechange, Inc., a provider of enterprise portal software acquired by Open Text Corporation. From 1995-2000, Mr. Kane served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ardent Software, which was acquired by Ascential Software Corporation (formerly known as Informix Software, Inc.) in 1999. From 1989-1995, Mr. Kane served as European Controller, International Controller and Finance Director of Stratus Computer, Inc. From 1984-1989, Mr. Kane served as International Treasury Manager of Prime Computer, Inc. From 1979-1984, Mr. Kane served as Staff and Senior Accountant of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells.
Mr. Kane holds an M.B.A. from Babson College and a bachelor’s degree from University of Notre Dame. He is a CPA and a senior lecturer of international finance at the Sloan Graduate School of Management at MIT. Mr. Kane serves on the Boards of Directors and as Chairman of the Audit Committees of Applix Software, Netezza Corporation and Progress Software.
Bryan LeBlanc, Director
Mr. LeBlanc has served as a director of Borland since June 2007. Since March 2006, he has served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WebTrends Inc., where he is responsible for all financial, accounting, IT and operational aspects of WebTrends.
From April 2005 to March 2006, Mr. LeBlanc served as the Vice President of Finance, Business Transformation of Mercury Interactive Corp. and from May 2002 to April 2005, he served as the Vice President of Finance of Mercury Interactive Corp. From March 2001 to May 2002, Mr. LeBlanc served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of inSilicon Inc. From March 2000 to March 2001, Mr. LeBlanc served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance of Fogdog, Inc. From November 1999 to March 2000, he served as the Director of Finance of Fogdog, Inc. From April 1997 to November 1999, Mr. LeBlanc was the Director of Corporate Finance for Documentum, Inc. From 1988 to 1997, he held various financial management and operations positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Mr. LeBlanc holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA from Holy Cross College.
T. Michael Nevens, Director
Mr. Nevens has served as a director since February 2004. Since 2002, Mr. Nevens has been a private investor. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Nevens served as a director and was managing partner of the Global High Tech Practice of McKinsey & Company, a business management consulting firm. Mr. Nevens holds a B.S. in physics from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. in industrial administration from the Krannert School of Purdue University.
Tod Nielsen, Director
Mr. Nielsen has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since November 2005. From June 2005 to November 2005, Mr. Nielsen served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Global Sales Support for Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, where he was responsible for the marketing of the Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware product lines. From August 2001 to August 2004, Mr. Nielsen served in various positions, including Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering of BEA Systems, Inc., a provider of application infrastructure software.
Mr. Nielsen joined BEA Systems after the acquisition of his private company, Crossgain Inc., where he served as its Chief Executive Officer from June 2000 to August 2001. Mr. Nielsen also spent twelve years with Microsoft Corporation, in various roles, including general manager of database and developer tools, vice president of developer tools, and at the time of his departure, vice president of Microsoft’s platform group. Mr. Nielsen currently serves on the board of directors of Fortify Software, Inc., a provider of software security products and Trolltech ASA, a provider of application development software. Mr. Nielsen holds a B.A. degree in business administration from Central Washington University.
Robert Tarkoff, Director
Mr. Tarkoff has served as a director since January 2007. Since April 2007, Mr. Tarkoff has served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Adobe Systems, Inc. From January 2004 to April 2007, Mr. Tarkoff was employed by EMC Corporation, a provider of enterprise content management solutions, in different capacities. Since January 2007, Mr. Tarkoff has served as Senior Vice President, Global Alliances and Business Development for EMC. From January 2006 to January 2007, Mr. Tarkoff served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of EMC/Captiva, the input management software division of EMC.
From January 2004 to January 2006, Mr. Tarkoff served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for EMC Software Group, a software group formed through the integration of several of EMC Corporation’s software acquisitions. From November 2001 to December 2003, Mr. Tarkoff served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Documentum, a provider of enterprise content management software. Prior to joining Documentum, from October 2000 to November 2001, Mr. Tarkoff served in a variety of capacities with Commerce One LLC, an e-commerce solutions provider, most recently as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business Development. Prior to joining Commerce One, Mr. Tarkoff was a lawyer at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. and a financial analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Tarkoff holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, and economics from Amherst College and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School.