Board of Directors
has served as a director since August 1996. He co founded the
investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, or WCAS, and has been a general
partner of WCAS since March 1979. Prior to that, he served for nine years with
Automatic Data Processing, Inc., or ADP, where, as executive vice president and
a director of ADP, and president of ADP International, he was active in
corporate development and general management. Before joining ADP, Mr. Anderson
spent four years in computer marketing with International Business Machines
Corporation, or IBM. Mr. Anderson is currently the chairman of the board of
directors of Amdocs Limited and serves as a director of a number of private
companies held within the partnership of WCAS. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from
the University of Minnesota. Mr. Anderson has demonstrated executive leadership
skills as well as having first-hand knowledge of the company and its industry
based on his experience as a member of our board of directors since our
inception in 1996.
has served as a director since February 2001.
Mr. Ballou has been the chief executive officer and a director of CDI
Corporation, a public company engaged in providing staffing and outsourcing
services, since October 2001. He was a self employed consultant from October
2000 to October 2001. Before that time, Mr. Ballou had served as chairman and
chief executive officer of Global Vacation Group, Inc. from April 1998 to
September 2000. Prior to that, he was a senior advisor for Thayer Capital
Partners from September 1997 to April 1998. From April 1995 to August 1997, he
served as vice chairman and chief marketing officer, then as president and chief
operating officer, of Alamo Rent a Car, Inc. Mr. Ballou is also currently a
director of Fox Chase Bank. Mr. Ballou holds a Bachelor’s degree from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Tuck School
of Business at Dartmouth. Mr. Ballou has served in a variety of executive level
positions, including with a large public company in a similar industry. Mr.
Ballou also brings banking industry experience to his service on our board of
directors.
has served as a director since June
2004. Dr. Benveniste has served as the Dean of Goizueta Business School at Emory
University since July 2005. Dr. Benveniste served as the Dean of the Carlson
School of Management at the University of Minnesota from January 2001 to July
2005, and prior to January 2001 he was an associate dean, the chair of the
finance department, and a professor of finance at the Carlson School of
Management. He previously served on the faculties of Boston College,
Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of
Rochester and the University of Southern California. Dr. Benveniste is currently
a director of Rimage Corporation. Dr. Benveniste holds a Bachelor’s degree from
the University of California at Irvine and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the
University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Benveniste’s academic background
provides a unique perspective and broad overview of finance topics, as well as
providing a rigorous level of questioning regarding procedures and disclosures.
has served as a director since June 2004. Mr. Cobb has served as a
business consultant and strategic advisor for a number of companies since 1996.
Mr. Cobb completed a six-year term on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta, Miami Branch in 2002. He spent 32 years as a practicing certified
public accountant for KPMG, LLP, including as the National Managing Partner –
Financial Services and as a senior member of the firm’s management committee.
Mr. Cobb was vice chairman and chief executive officer of Alamo Rent-a-Car, Inc.
from 1995 until its sale in 1996. Mr. Cobb is currently a director of
BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc., BFC Financial Corp., and the Wayne Huizenga Graduate
School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University. Mr.
Cobb holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Mr.
Cobb’s qualifications include extensive accounting and executive-level business
experience. In particular, Mr. Cobb has banking industry experience and is
regarded as a board governance expert.
has served as
a director since February 2005. He has served in an executive and directoral
capacity for a number of companies since 1980. Dr. Draper was chairman of the
board of American Electric Power Company, Inc., or AEP, for 11 years until his
retirement from AEP in 2004, and served as president and chief executive officer
of AEP from 1993 to 2003. He was the president of the Ohio Valley Electric
Corporation from 1992 until 2004, and was the chairman, president and chief
executive officer of Gulf States Utilities Company from 1987 to 1992. Dr. Draper
is a director of TransCanada Corporation, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.,
NorthWestern Corporation and Temple-Inland Inc. Dr. Draper also serves on the
University of Texas Engineering Advisory Board. He holds two Bachelor’s degrees
from Rice University and a Doctorate from Cornell University. Dr. Draper has
extensive experience serving as an advisor and as a director, including
compensation committee experience. In addition, Dr. Draper has had
executive-level experience in a highly regulated industry environment.
, president and chief executive officer, joined us in May 1998, and has
served as a director since June 2009. From May 2000 until March 2009, Mr.
Heffernan served as an executive vice president and chief financial officer of
Alliance Data and, prior to that, he was responsible for mergers and
acquisitions for Alliance Data. Before joining us, he served as vice president,
mergers and acquisitions, for First Data Corporation from October 1994 to May
1998. Prior to that, he served as vice president, mergers and acquisitions for
Citicorp from July 1990 to October 1994, and prior to that he served in
corporate finance at Credit Suisse First Boston from June 1986 until July 1990.
Mr. Heffernan was a director and chair of the audit committee of VALOR
Communications Group, Inc. from 2005 until its merger into Windstream
Corporation in 2006. Mr. Heffernan holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics
and economics from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Mr. Heffernan’s role as our former chief financial officer and current
chief executive officer provides alink to the company’s management and a unique
level of insight into the company’s operations.
has served as a director since February
2001. Mr. Jensen has served as a business consultant and strategic advisor for a
number of companies since July 2006. Mr. Jensen served as the executive vice
president, chief financial officer, treasurer and assistant secretary of Fiserv,
Inc., a public company engaged in data processing outsourcing, from July 1984
until June 2006. He was named senior executive vice president of Fiserv in 1986.
Mr. Jensen was a director of Fiserv, Inc. from 1984 until May 2007. Mr. Jensen
is currently a director of United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. and
Transfirst Group Holdings, Inc. Mr. Jensen holds a Bachelor’s degree from
Princeton University in Economics, an MBA from the University of Chicago in
Accounting, Economics and Finance and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in
Accounting, Economics and Finance. Mr. Jensen possesses both strong academic
credentials as well as extensive executive leadership experience at a public
company in a similar industry, including specifically an understanding of
accounting and finance issues.
, chairman of the board, has served as a director since August 1996. Mr. Minicucci is a general partner with
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, or WCAS, joining the firm in August 1993.
Before joining WCAS, he served as senior vice president and chief financial
officer of First Data Corporation from December 1991 to August 1993. Prior to
joining First Data Corporation, Mr. Minicucci was treasurer and senior vice
president of American Express Company. Mr. Minicucci is currently a director of
Amdocs Limited, Global Knowledge, Inc., Paycom Inc. and Retalix Ltd. Mr.
Minicucci holds a Bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard
Business School. Mr. Minicucci has demonstrated executive leadership skills in a
similar industry and has first-hand knowledge of the company based on his
experience as a member of our board of directors since our inception in 1996.