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This excerpt taken from the WDC DEF 14A filed Sep 28, 2009. Nominees
for Election
Our nominees for election to our Board of Directors at the
Annual Meeting include seven independent directors, as defined
by the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock
Exchange, and one current and two former members of our senior
management. Each of the nominees is currently a member of our
Board of Directors and has consented to serve as a director if
elected. If you submit a proxy or voting instruction form but do
not give specific instructions with respect to the voting of
directors, your shares will be voted “FOR” each of the
ten nominees recommended by our Board of Directors. If you wish
to give specific instructions with respect to the election of
directors, you may do so by indicating your instructions on your
proxy or voting instructions. In the event that, before the
Annual Meeting, any of the nominees for director should become
unable to serve if elected, the persons named as proxies may
vote for a substitute nominee designated by our existing Board
of Directors to fill the vacancy or for the balance of the
nominees, leaving a vacancy, unless our Board of Directors
chooses to reduce the number of directors serving on the Board
of Directors. Our Board of Directors has no reason to believe
that any of the following nominees will be unwilling or unable
to serve if elected as a director.
The following biographical information for each of the ten
nominees has been furnished by the nominee:
Peter D. Behrendt, 70, has been a director since July
1994. He was Chairman of Exabyte Corporation, a manufacturer of
computer tape storage products, from January 1992 until he
retired in January 1998 and was President and Chief Executive
Officer of Exabyte Corporation from July 1990 to January 1997.
Mr. Behrendt is currently a venture partner with NEA, a
California-based venture fund.
Kathleen A. Cote, 60, has been a director since January
2001. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Worldport
Communications, Inc., a European provider of Internet managed
services, from May 2001 to June 2003. From September 1998 until
May 2001, she served as President of Seagrass Partners, a
provider of expertise in business planning and strategic
development for early stage companies. From November 1996 until
January 1998, she served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Computervision Corporation, an international supplier
of product development and data management software. She is also
a director of Verisign, Inc. and 3Com Corporation.
John F. Coyne, 59, has been a director since October
2006. He joined us in 1983 and has served in various executive
capacities. From November 2002 until June 2005, Mr. Coyne
served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, from
June 2005 until November 2005, he served as Executive Vice
President, Worldwide Operations, and from November 2005 until
June 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operations Officer. Effective June 2006, he was named President
and Chief Operating Officer. In January 2007, he became
President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Coyne is also a
director of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Henry T. DeNero, 63, has been a director since June 2000.
He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Homespace, Inc.,
a provider of Internet real estate and home services, from
January 1999 until it was acquired by LendingTree, Inc. in
August 2000. From July 1995 to January 1999, he was Executive
Vice President and Group Executive, Commercial Payments for
First Data Corporation, a provider of information and
transaction processing services. Prior to 1995, he was Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson
Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, and was previously
a Director of McKinsey & Company, a management
consulting firm. He is also a director of THQ, Inc.
William L. Kimsey, 67, has been a director since March
2003. He is a veteran of 32 years’ service with
Ernst & Young, a global independent accounting firm,
and became that firm’s Global Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kimsey served at Ernst & Young as director of
management consulting in St. Louis, office managing partner
in Kansas City, Vice Chairman and Southwest Region managing
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partner in Dallas, Vice Chairman and West Region managing
partner in Los Angeles, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating
Officer and, from 1998 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer and a
global board member. He is also a director of Accenture Ltd. and
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Michael D. Lambert, 62, has been a director since August
2002. From 1996 until he retired in May 2002, he served as
Senior Vice President for Dell Inc.’s Enterprise Systems
Group. During that period, he also participated as a member of a
six-man operating committee at Dell, which reported to the
Office of the Chairman. Mr. Lambert served as Vice
President, Sales and Marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation
from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, for four years, he ran the
Large Computer Products division at NCR/AT&T Corporation as
Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his
career with NCR Corporation, where he served for 16 years
in product management, sales and software engineering capacities.
Matthew E. Massengill, 48, has been a director since
January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and served in various
executive capacities with us until January 2007. From October
1999 until January 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer,
from January 2000 until January 2002, he served as President,
and from January 2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Massengill served as Chairman of the
Board of Directors from November 2001 until March 2007. He is
also a director of Microsemi Corporation, Conexant Systems, Inc.
and GT Solar International, Inc.
Roger H. Moore, 67, has been a director since June 2000.
He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Illuminet
Holdings, Inc., a provider of network, database and billing
services to the communications industry, from January 1996 until
it was acquired by Verisign, Inc. in December 2001, and he
retired at that time. He was a member of Illuminet’s Board
of Directors from July 1998 until December 2001. From September
1998 to October 1998, he served as President, Chief Executive
Officer and as a director of VINA Technologies, Inc., a
telecommunications equipment company. From November 1994 to
December 1995, he served as Vice President of major accounts of
Northern Telecom. From June 2007 to November 2007,
Mr. Moore served as interim President and Chief Executive
Officer of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. Mr. Moore served as the
Chief Executive Officer of Verisign, Inc.’s Communications
Services Group from December 2007 until its acquisition by TNS,
Inc in May 2009. He is also a director of Consolidated
Communications Holdings, Inc. and Verisign, Inc.
Thomas E. Pardun, 65, has been a director since 1993 and
Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2007.
Additionally, Mr. Pardun served as Chairman of the Board of
Directors from January 2000 until November 2001. Mr. Pardun
was President of MediaOne International Asia Pacific (previously
U.S. West International, Asia-Pacific, a subsidiary of
U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of international
properties in cable television, telephone services, and wireless
communications companies, from May 1996 until his
retirement in July 2000. Before joining U.S. West,
Mr. Pardun was President of the Central Group for Sprint,
as well as President of Sprint’s West Division and Senior
Vice President of Business Development for United Telecom, a
predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun also held a
variety of management positions during a
19-year
tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product-line
evaluation. He is also a director of CalAmp Corporation and
Occam Networks, Inc.
Arif Shakeel, 54, has been a director since September
2004. He joined us in 1985 and has served in various executive
capacities. From February 2000 until April 2001, he served as
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive
Solutions, from April 2001 until January 2003, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and from
January 2002 until June 2006, he served as President. He served
as Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 until January 2007.
He served as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from
January 2007 until June 2007.
This excerpt taken from the WDC DEF 14A filed Sep 23, 2008. Nominees
for Election
Our nominees for election to our Board of Directors at the
Annual Meeting include seven independent directors, as defined
by the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock
Exchange, and one current and two former members of our senior
management. Each of the nominees is currently a member of our
Board of Directors and has consented to serve as a director if
elected. If you submit a proxy but do not give instructions with
respect to the voting of directors, your shares will be voted
FOR each of the ten nominees recommended by our Board of
Directors. If you wish to give specific instructions with
respect to the election of directors, you may do so by
indicating your instructions on your proxy or voting
instructions. In the event that, before the Annual Meeting, any
of the nominees for director should become unable to serve if
elected, the persons named as proxies may vote for a substitute
nominee designated by our existing Board of Directors to fill
the vacancy or for the balance of the nominees, leaving a
vacancy, unless our Board of Directors chooses to reduce the
number of directors serving on the Board of Directors. Our Board
of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the following
nominees will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a
director.
The following biographical information for each of the ten
nominees has been furnished by the nominee:
Peter D. Behrendt, 69, has been a director since 1994. He
was Chairman of Exabyte Corporation, a manufacturer of computer
tape storage products, from January 1992 until he retired in
January 1998 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Exabyte Corporation from July 1990 to January 1997.
Mr. Behrendt is currently a venture partner with NEA, a
California-based venture fund. He is also a director of Infocus
Corporation.
Kathleen A. Cote, 59, has been a director since January
2001. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Worldport
Communications, Inc., a European provider of Internet managed
services, from May 2001 to June 2003. From September 1998
until May 2001, she served as President of Seagrass Partners, a
provider of expertise in business planning and strategic
development for early stage companies. From November 1996 until
January 1998, she served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Computervision Corporation, an international supplier
of product development and data management software. She is
also a director of Forgent Networks, Inc. and Verisign, Inc.
John F. Coyne, 58, has been a director since October
2006. He joined us in 1983 and has served in various executive
capacities. From November 2002 until June 2005, Mr. Coyne
served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, from June
2005 until November 2005, he served as Executive Vice President,
Worldwide Operations, and from November 2005 until June 2006, he
served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer.
Effective June 2006, he was named President and Chief Operating
Officer. In January 2007, he became President and Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Coyne is also a director of Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc.
Henry T. DeNero, 62, has been a director since June 2000.
He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Homespace, Inc.,
a provider of Internet real estate and home services, from
January 1999 until it was acquired by LendingTree, Inc. in
August 2000. From July 1995 to January 1999, he was Executive
Vice President and Group Executive, Commercial Payments for
First Data Corporation, a provider of information and
transaction processing services. Prior to 1995, he was Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson
Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, and was previously
a Director of McKinsey & Company, a management
consulting firm. He is also a director of THQ, Inc. and Vignette
Corp.
William L. Kimsey, 66, has been a director since March
2003. He is a veteran of 32 years’ service with
Ernst & Young, a global independent auditing firm, and
became that firm’s Global Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kimsey served at Ernst & Young as director of
management consulting in St. Louis, office
managing partner in Kansas City, Vice Chairman and Southwest
Region managing partner in Dallas, Vice Chairman and West
Region managing partner in Los Angeles, Deputy Chairman and
Chief Operating Officer and, from 1998 to 2002, Chief Executive
Officer and a global board member. He is also a director of
Accenture Ltd. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Michael D. Lambert, 61, has been a director since August
2002. From 1996 until he retired in May 2002, he served as
Senior Vice President for Dell Inc.’s Enterprise Systems
Group. During that period, he also participated as a member of a
six-man operating committee at Dell, which reported to the
Office of the Chairman. Mr. Lambert served as Vice
President, Sales and Marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation
from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, for four years, he ran the
Large Computer Products division at NCR/AT&T Corporation as
Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his
career with NCR Corporation, where he served for 16 years
in product management, sales and software engineering
capacities. He is also a director of Vignette Corp.
Matthew E. Massengill, 47, has been a director since
January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and served in various
executive capacities with us until January 2007. From October
1999 until January 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer,
from January 2000 until January 2002, he served as President,
and from January 2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Massengill served as Chairman of the
Board of Directors from November 2001 until March 2007. He is
also a director of Microsemi Corporation, Conexant Systems, Inc.
and GT Solar International, Inc.
Roger H. Moore, 66, has been a director since June 2000.
He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Illuminet
Holdings, Inc., a provider of network, database and billing
services to the communications industry, from January 1996 until
it was acquired by Verisign, Inc. in December 2001, and he
retired at that time. He was a member of Illuminet’s Board
of Directors from July 1998 until December 2001. From September
1998 to October 1998, he served as President, Chief Executive
Officer and as a director of VINA Technologies, Inc., a
telecommunications equipment company. From November 1994 to
December 1995, he served as Vice President of major accounts of
Northern Telecom. From June 2007 to November 2007,
Mr. Moore served as interim President and Chief Executive
Officer of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. From December 2007 to the
present, Mr. Moore has served as the Chief Executive
Officer of Verisign, Inc.’s Communications Services Group.
He is also a director of Consolidated Communications Holdings,
Inc. and Verisign, Inc.
Thomas E. Pardun, 64, has been a director since 1993 and
Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2007. He
served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2000
until November 2001 and as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Edge2net, Inc., a provider of voice, data
and video services, from November 2000 until September 2001.
Mr. Pardun was President of MediaOne International Asia
Pacific (previously U.S. West International, Asia-Pacific,
a subsidiary of U.S. West, Inc.), an
owner/operator
of international properties in cable television, telephone
services, and wireless communications companies, from May 1996
until his retirement in July 2000. Before joining
U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was President of the Central
Group for Sprint, as well as President of Sprint’s West
Division and Senior Vice President of Business Development for
United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun
also held a variety of management positions during a
19-year
tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product-line
evaluation. He is also a director of CalAmp Corporation and
Occam Networks, Inc.
Arif Shakeel, 53, has been a director since September
2004. He joined us in 1985 and has served in various executive
capacities. From February 2000 until April 2001, he served as
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive
Solutions, from April 2001 until January 2003, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and from
January 2002 until June 2006, he served as President. He served
as Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 until January 2007.
He served as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from
January 2007 until June 2007.
This excerpt taken from the WDC DEF 14A filed Sep 24, 2007. Nominees
for Election
Our nominees for election to our Board of Directors at the
Annual Meeting include seven independent directors, as defined
by the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock
Exchange, and one current and two former members of our senior
management. Each of the nominees is currently a member of our
Board of Directors and has consented to serve as a director if
elected. If you sign your proxy or voting instruction card but
do not give instructions with respect to the voting of
directors, your shares will be voted FOR each of the ten
nominees recommended by our Board of Directors. If you wish to
give specific instructions with respect to the election of
directors, you may do so by indicating your instructions on your
proxy or voting instruction card. In the event that, before the
Annual Meeting, any of the nominees for director should become
unable to serve if elected, the persons named as proxies may
vote for a substitute nominee designated by our existing Board
of Directors to fill the vacancy or for the balance of the
nominees, leaving a vacancy, unless our Board of Directors
chooses to reduce the number of directors serving on the Board
of Directors. Our Board of Directors has no reason to believe
that any of the following nominees will be unwilling or unable
to serve if elected as a director.
The following biographical information for each of the ten
nominees has been furnished by the nominee:
Peter D. Behrendt, 68, has been a director since
1994. He was Chairman of Exabyte Corporation, a
manufacturer of computer tape storage products, from January
1992 until he retired in January 1998 and was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Exabyte Corporation from July 1990 to
January 1997. Mr. Behrendt is currently a venture partner
with NEA, a California-based venture fund. He is also a director
of Infocus Corporation.
Kathleen A. Cote, 58, has been a director since January
2001. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Worldport
Communications, Inc., a European provider of Internet managed
services, from May 2001 to June 2003. From September 1998 until
May 2001, she served as President of Seagrass Partners, a
provider of expertise in business planning and strategic
development for early stage companies. From November 1996 until
January 1998, she served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Computervision Corporation, an international supplier
of product development and data management software. She is also
a director of Forgent Networks, Inc.
John F. Coyne, 57, has been a director since October
2006. He joined us in 1983 and has served in various executive
capacities. From November 2002 until June 2005, Mr. Coyne
served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations, from June
2005 until November 2005, he served as Executive Vice President,
Worldwide Operations, and from November 2005 until June 2006, he
served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer.
Effective June 2006, he was named President and Chief Operating
Officer. In January 2007, he became President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Henry T. DeNero, 61, has been a director since June 2000.
He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Homespace, Inc.,
a provider of Internet real estate and home services, from
January 1999 until it was acquired by LendingTree, Inc. in
August 2000. From July 1995 to January 1999, he was Executive
Vice President and Group Executive, Commercial Payments for
First Data Corporation, a provider of information and
transaction processing services. Prior to 1995, he was Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson
Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, and was previously
a Director of McKinsey & Company, a management
consulting firm. He is also a director of THQ, Inc. and Vignette
Corp.
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William L. Kimsey, 65, has been a director since March
2003. He is a veteran of 32 years’ service with
Ernst & Young, a global independent auditing firm, and
became that firm’s Global Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kimsey served at Ernst & Young as director of
management consulting in St. Louis, office managing partner
in Kansas City, Vice Chairman and Southwest Region managing
partner in Dallas, Vice Chairman and West Region managing
partner in Los Angeles, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating
Officer and, from 1998 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer and a
global board member. He is also a director of Accenture Ltd.,
NAVTEQ Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Michael D. Lambert, 60, has been a director since August
2002. From 1996 until he retired in May 2002, he served as
Senior Vice President for Dell Inc.’s Enterprise Systems
Group. During that period, he also participated as a member of a
six-man operating committee at Dell, which reported to the
Office of the Chairman. Mr. Lambert served as Vice
President, Sales and Marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation
from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, for four years, he ran the
Large Computer Products division at NCR/AT&T Corporation as
Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his
career with NCR Corporation, where he served for 16 years
in product management, sales and software engineering
capacities. He is also a director of Vignette Corp.
Matthew E. Massengill, age 46, has been a director
since January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and served in various
executive capacities with us until January 2007. From October
1999 until January 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer,
from January 2000 until January 2002, he served as President,
and from January 2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief
Executive Officer. Mr. Massengill served as Chairman of the
Board of Directors from November 2001 until March 2007. He is
also a director of ViewSonic Corporation and Microsemi
Corporation.
Roger H. Moore, 65, has been a director since June 2000.
He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Illuminet
Holdings, Inc., a provider of network, database and billing
services to the communications industry, from January 1996 until
it was acquired by Verisign, Inc. in December 2001, and he
retired at that time. He was a member of Illuminet’s Board
of Directors from July 1998 until December 2001. From September
1998 to October 1998, he served as President, Chief Executive
Officer and as a director of VINA Technologies, Inc., a
telecommunications equipment company. From November 1994 to
December 1995, he served as Vice President of major accounts of
Northern Telecom. In June 2007, Mr. Moore became the
interim President and Chief Executive Officer of
Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. He is also a director of
Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., Consolidated Communications Holdings,
Inc. and Verisign, Inc.
Thomas E. Pardun, 63, has been a director since 1993 and
Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2007. He served
as Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2000 until
November 2001 and as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Edge2net, Inc., a provider of voice, data and video
services, from November 2000 until September 2001.
Mr. Pardun was President of MediaOne International Asia
Pacific (previously U.S. West International, Asia-Pacific,
a subsidiary of U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of
international properties in cable television, telephone
services, and wireless communications companies, from May 1996
until his retirement in July 2000. Before joining
U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was President of the Central
Group for Sprint, as well as President of Sprint’s West
Division and Senior Vice President of Business Development for
United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun
also held a variety of management positions during a
19-year
tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product-line
evaluation. He is also a director of CalAmp Corporation and
Occam Networks, Inc.
Arif Shakeel, 52, has been a director since September
2004. He joined us in 1985 and has served in various executive
capacities. From February 2000 until April 2001, he served as
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive
Solutions, from April 2001 until January 2003, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and from
January 2002 until June 2006, he served as President. He served
as Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 until January 2007.
He served as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from
January 2007 until June 2007.
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This excerpt taken from the WDC DEF 14A filed Dec 15, 2006. Nominees
for Election
Our nominees for election to our Board of Directors at the
Annual Meeting include seven independent directors, as defined
by the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock
Exchange, and three members of our senior management. Each of
the nominees is currently a member of our Board of Directors and
has consented to serve as a director if elected. If you sign
your proxy or voting instruction card but do not give
instructions with respect to the voting of directors, your
shares will be voted FOR each of the ten nominees recommended by
our Board of Directors. If you wish to give specific
instructions with respect to the election of directors, you may
do so by indicating your instructions on your proxy or voting
instruction card. In the event that, before the Annual Meeting,
any of the nominees for director should become unable to serve
if elected, the persons named as proxies may vote for a
substitute nominee designated by our existing Board of Directors
to fill the vacancy or for the balance of the nominees, leaving
a vacancy, unless our Board of Directors chooses to reduce the
number of directors serving on the Board of Directors. Our Board
of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the following
nominees will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a
director.
The following biographical information for each of the ten
nominees has been furnished by the nominee:
Matthew E. Massengill, 45, has been a member of our Board
of Directors since January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and has
served in various executive capacities. From October 1999 until
January 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer, from January
2000 until January 2002, he served as President, and from
January 2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief Executive
Officer. Mr. Massengill has served as Chairman of the Board
of Directors since November 2001. He is also a director of
ViewSonic Corporation.
Peter D. Behrendt, 68, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since 1994. He was Chairman of Exabyte Corporation, a
manufacturer of computer tape storage products, from January
1992 until he retired in January 1998 and was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Exabyte Corporation from July 1990 to
January 1997. Mr. Behrendt is currently a venture partner
with NEA, a California-based venture fund. He is also a director
of Infocus Corporation.
Kathleen A. Cote, 57, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since January 2001. Ms. Cote was the Chief
Executive Officer of Worldport Communications, Inc., a European
provider of Internet managed services, from May 2001 to June
2003. From September 1998 until May 2001, she served as
President of Seagrass Partners, a provider of expertise in
business planning and strategic development for early stage
companies. From November 1996 until January 1998, she served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Computervision
Corporation, an international supplier of product development
and data management software. She is also a director of Forgent
Networks, Inc.
John F. Coyne, 56, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since October 2006. Mr. Coyne joined us in 1983
and has served in various executive capacities. From November
2002 until June 2005, Mr. Coyne served as Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Operations, from June 2005 until September
2005, he served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide
Operations and from November 2005 until June 2006, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. Effective
June 2006, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer.
Henry T. DeNero, 60, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since June 2000. He was Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Homespace, Inc., a provider of Internet real estate
and home services, from January 1999 until it was acquired by
LendingTree, Inc. in August 2000. From July 1995 to January
1999, he
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was Executive Vice President and Group Executive, Commercial
Payments for First Data Corporation, a provider of information
and transaction processing services. Prior to 1995, he was Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson
Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, and was previously
a Director of McKinsey & Company, a management
consulting firm. He is also a director of Banta Corporation,
Digital Insight Corporation, PortalPlayer, Inc., THQ, Inc. and
Vignette Corp.
William L. Kimsey, 64, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since March 2003. He is a veteran of
32 years’ service with Ernst & Young, a
global independent auditing firm, and became that firm’s
Global Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kimsey served at
Ernst & Young as director of management consulting in
St. Louis, office managing partner in Kansas City, Vice
Chairman and Southwest Region managing partner in Dallas, Vice
Chairman and West Region managing partner in Los Angeles, Deputy
Chairman and Chief Operating Officer and, from 1998 to 2002,
Chief Executive Officer and a global board member. He is also a
director of Accenture Ltd., NAVTEQ Corporation and Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Michael D. Lambert, 59, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since August 2002. From 1996 until he retired in May
2002, Mr. Lambert served as Senior Vice President for Dell
Inc.’s Enterprise Systems Group. During that period, he
also participated as a member of a six-man operating committee
at Dell, which reported to the Office of the Chairman.
Mr. Lambert served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing
for Compaq Computer Corporation from 1993 to 1996. Prior to
that, for four years, he ran the Large Computer Products
division at NCR/AT&T Corporation as Vice President and
General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his career with NCR
Corporation, where he served for 16 years in product
management, sales and software engineering capacities. He is
also a director of Vignette Corp.
Roger H. Moore, 64, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since June 2000. Mr. Moore served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Illuminet Holdings, Inc., a
provider of network, database and billing services to the
communications industry, from January 1996 until it was acquired
by Verisign, Inc. in December 2001 and he retired at that time.
He was a member of Illuminet’s Board of Directors from July
1998 until December 2001. From September 1998 to October 1998,
he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a
director of VINA Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications
equipment company. From November 1994 to December 1995, he
served as Vice President of major accounts of Northern Telecom.
He is also a director of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., Consolidated
Communications Holdings, Inc., Tut Systems, Inc., and Verisign,
Inc.
Thomas E. Pardun, 63, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since 1993. Mr. Pardun served as Chairman of our
Board of Directors from January 2000 until November 2001 and as
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Edge2net,
Inc., a provider of voice, data and video services, from
November 2000 until September 2001. Mr. Pardun was
President of MediaOne International Asia Pacific (previously
U.S. West International, Asia-Pacific, a subsidiary of
U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of international
properties in cable television, telephone services, and wireless
communications companies, from May 1996 until his retirement in
July 2000. Before joining U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was
President of the Central Group for Sprint, as well as President
of Sprint’s West Division and Senior Vice President of
Business Development for United Telecom, a predecessor company
to Sprint. Mr. Pardun also held a variety of management
positions during a
19-year
tenure with IBM, concluding as Director of product-line
evaluation. He is also a director of CalAmp Corporation and
Occam Networks, Inc.
Arif Shakeel, 51, has been a member of our Board of
Directors since September 2004. Mr. Shakeel joined us in
1985 and has served in various executive capacities. From
February 2000 until April 2001, he served as Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive Solutions, from
April 2001 until January 2003, he served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer, and from January 2002
until June 2006, he served as President. He was named Chief
Executive Officer in October 2005.
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