Board of Directors
Gary L. Lauer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer. Gary Lauer has served as our president and chief executive officer since December 1999, and as chairman of our board of directors since March 2002. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lauer was the chairman and chief executive officer of MetaCreations Corporation. Prior to MetaCreations, Mr. Lauer spent more than nine years at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a computing technology company, where he was a member of the senior executive team. Mr. Lauer started his career at IBM in sales and marketing management. Mr. Lauer holds a B.S. degree in finance and marketing from the University of Southern California Business School.
Steven M. Cakebread, Director. Steven Cakebread has served as a director since June 2006. Mr. Cakebread has served as the president and chief strategy officer of salesforce.com, a customer relationship management service provider, since February 2008 and as salesforce.com`s executive vice president and chief financial officer from May 2002 to February 2008. From April 1997 until April 2002, Mr. Cakebread served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Autodesk, a software company. From April 1992 until April 1997, Mr. Cakebread was vice president of finance for Silicon Graphics World Trade. Mr. Cakebread holds a B.S. in business from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Scott N. Flanders, Director. Scott Flanders has served as a director since February 2008. Mr. Flanders has served as the president and chief executive officer of Freedom Communications, Inc., a privately-owned media company, since January 2006 and as a member of its board of directors since 2001. From 1999 to December 2005, Mr. Flanders served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Columbia House Company, a direct marketer of music and video products, which was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in July 2005. Mr. Flanders holds a B.A. degree from the University of Colorado and J.D. from Indiana University. He is also a certified public accountant.
Michael D. Goldberg, Director. Michael Goldberg has served as a director since June 1999. In January 2005, Mr. Goldberg joined Mohr Davidow Ventures, a venture capital firm, as a general partner. From October 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Goldberg served as a managing director of Jasper Capital, a management and financial consultancy business. In 1995, Mr. Goldberg founded OnCare, Inc., an oncology practice management company, and served as its chairman until August 2001 and as its chief executive officer until March 1999. Mr. Goldberg previously served as president and chief executive officer of Axion, Inc., a cancer-focused healthcare service company. Mr. Goldberg serves on the board of directors of Genomic Health, Inc. Mr. Goldberg holds a B.A. in philosophy from Brandeis University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Jack L. Oliver, III, Director. Jack Oliver has served as a director since December 2005. Since March 2005, Mr. Oliver has acted as chairman of Bryan Cave Strategies LLC, a government relations subsidiary of Bryan Cave LLP. Since August 2005, Mr. Oliver has been a senior advisor for Lehman Brothers with a focus on Lehman Brothers` global client relationship management and private management businesses. Prior to his work at Bryan Cave Strategies, Mr. Oliver served on various political campaigns including those for the candidacies of Senator Jack Danforth, Senator Kit Bond, Senator John Ashcroft and Congressman Jim Talent. He is also a former deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee and was national finance director for President George Walker Bush`s presidential campaign. Mr. Oliver holds a B.A. degree in political science and communications from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law.
Sheryl Sandberg, Director. Sheryl Sandberg has served as a director since May 2006. Ms. Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, an online social utility company, a position she has held since March 2008. From 2001 to March 2008, Ms. Sandberg was the vice president of global online sales and operations of Google Inc. Ms. Sandberg also is a former chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department and previously served as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and as an economist with The World Bank. Ms. Sandberg holds a B.A. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Christopher J. Schaepe, Director. Christopher Schaepe has served as a director since April 1999. Mr. Schaepe is a founding managing director of Lightspeed Venture Partners, an early-stage technology venture capital firm where he has served since 2000. Previously, Mr. Schaepe was a general partner at Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, which he joined in 1991. Mr. Schaepe also previously served in corporate finance and capital markets roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. after working as a software engineer at IBM. Mr. Schaepe holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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