We believe that Mr. Schoettle is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive technology industry experience and his significant managerial experience at global technology companies.
Marie Wieck has served as a director of the Company since the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. Ms. Wieck joined Ethos Capital in 2020 as an Executive Partner. Ms. Wieck also founded Moroquain LLC in 2020 which provides digital transformation and diversity consulting services. Prior to Moroquain, Ms. Wieck retired from IBM after a 36-year career, the last 10 years of which were in senior leadership and General Management roles. Ms. Wieck served on the Board of Mercedes-Benz Group (known as Daimler AG until October 2021) as an independent Shareholder Representative from 2018 to 2021. She also served on the Daimler AG Group’s Legal Affairs Committee. Ms. Wieck has served on the Board of Daimler Truck AG since October 2021 and is also a member of the Presidential Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Mediation Committee. In May 2021, Ms. Wieck joined the Board of Uptake, an industrial AI company founded in 2014. She also serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of Lutron Electronics. Ms. Wieck serves on the Board of Visitors of Columbia University School of Engineering and serves as the Chair of Charity Navigator. Ms. Wieck received a B.S. in engineering from The Cooper Union, a M.S. in computer science from Columbia University and an MBA from New York University.
We believe that Ms. Wieck is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her leadership experience and extensive background in the technology industry.
Mukul Chawla has served as a director of the Company since 2017. Mr. Chawla has been a Partner and Head of Growth Equity in Asia Pacific at KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) since December 2021. Prior to joining KKR, he was a Senior Managing Director at Temasek International (USA) LLC (“Temasek International”), an affiliate of Anderson Investments Pte. Ltd. (“Anderson”), where he co-headed the global Technology, Media and Telecom and North America groups. Prior to joining Temasek International in 2010, Mr. Chawla was a private equity investor at Warburg Pincus, held operating roles at Cisco Systems Inc. and served an appointment at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Previously, Mr. Chawla served as a board member for Global Healthcare Exchange LLC, WebMD Health Corp., Internet Brands, Blujay Solutions Ltd., Fanatics Holdings Inc., SoundCloud Inc., Pluribus Networks, USN and Aicent. Mr. Chawla received a B.S. from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
We believe that Mr. Chawla is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive finance and technology industry experience.
Chris Gaffney has served as a director of the Company since 2012. Mr. Gaffney has been a Co-Founder and Managing Director of private equity firm Great Hill Partners, L.P., where he is responsible for transaction origination, investment policy, fundraising, investor relations and the general management of the firm, since 1998. Mr. Gaffney currently serves as a board member for Skillz Inc. He also currently serves as a board member for Echobot, Ltd, Auvik Networks Inc., Terminus Software, Inc., Totango Inc., EvolveIP, LLC, Ikon Science Ltd., G/O Media, Inc., Enterprise DB Corporation, Varicent Software, Inc., Mission Cloud Services Inc., Locus Robotics Corp., Paradox, Inc., and Special Olympics Massachusetts. Mr. Gaffney has participated in the private equity business since 1986 and his investment experience covers a broad group of industries, including business services and software, information services, eCommerce, consumer and online services, financial services, insurance, digital publishing, telecommunications, logistics, education, and broadcasting. Mr. Gaffney received a B.S. from Boston College in accounting and economics.
We believe that Mr. Gaffney is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive finance industry experience.
John Hall has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hall was an early executive at VA Linux Systems and helped lead the company from its startup phase to its initial public offering.
We believe that Mr. Hall is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of the perspective and experience he brings as our Chief Executive Officer.
Ralph Baxter has served as a director of the Company since the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. Mr. Baxter previously served as a director of the Company’s operating subsidiary, Integration Appliance, Inc., from 2016 to 2021. Since 2014, Mr. Baxter has regularly advised law firms, legal technology companies, and