Board of Directors
Yuchun Lee
Chairman and CEO
Yuchun Lee co-founded our company and has been one of our directors since our inception in December 1992. Mr. Lee has served as our president, chief executive officer and chairman from October 2004 to the present, as our president from June 2003 to the present, as our president and chief executive officer from March 2001 to June 2003, and as our president, chief executive officer and chairman from June 1999 to March 2001. He also held one or more of the positions of president, chief executive officer and chairman from our inception to June 1999. From 1989 to 1992, he was a senior consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation, a supplier of general computing technology and consulting services. Mr. Lee received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Babson College.
Aron J. Ain
Director
Aron J. Ain has served as one of our directors since August 2005. Aron Ain was named chief executive officer and a member of Kronos' board of directors in October 2005. From April 2002, Mr. Ain had served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Kronos Incorporated, a provider of workforce management solutions. Mr. Ain has been employed at Kronos Incorporated since 1979 and has been an executive officer since 1988. During the period 1979 to 2002, Mr. Ain has served in various senior management roles at Kronos Incorporated, including as vice president, worldwide sales and service from November 1998 to April 2002.
Bruce R. Evans
Director
Bruce R. Evans has served as one of our directors since April 2004, and currently serves as our lead director. Since 1986, Mr. Evans has served in several positions at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm, including most recently as a Managing Partner. Mr. Evans is also a director of OptionsXpress Holdings, Inc., which offers a suite of brokerage services for stock, mutual fund, option and fixed-income product investors.
Carla Hendra
Director
Carla Hendra has served as one of our directors since March 2007. Ms. Hendra has served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy North America since July 2005, and has been the President of OgilvyOne N.A. since 1998. Ms. Hendra leads the North American region of OgilvyOne Worldwide, the world’s leading one-to-one marketing services network. Prior to joining Ogilvy in 1996, Ms. Hendra served as Executive Vice President, Grey Direct, a division of Grey Advertising from 1992 to 1996. Ms. Hendra serves as a director of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and OgilvyOne Worldwide. Ms. Hendra has also been a director of the Brown Shoe Company, a global retail, e-commerce and manufacturing company, since November 2005.
Jim Perakis
Director
Jim Perakis has served as one of our directors since February 2000. Since October 2001, Mr. Perakis has served as chairman of Netkey, Inc., a provider of self-service software. From 1985 to 1998, he was chief executive officer of Hyperion Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise financial management and planning software.
Robert P. Schechter
Director
Robert P. Schechter has served as one of our directors and the chair of our audit committee since January 7, 2005. Mr. Schechter has served as the president and chief executive officer of NMS Communications Corporation since 1995 and as its chairman of the board since 1996. From 1987 to 1994, Mr. Schechter held various senior executive positions with Lotus Development Corporation, and from 1980 to 1987, he was a partner at Coopers and Lybrand LLP. Mr. Schechter is also a director of Avici Systems, Inc., a provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet, MapInfo Corporation, a developer of location-based software services and solutions, and Moldflow Corporation, a provider of software solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products.
Gary Haroian
Director
Gary Haroian has served as one of our directors since January 2009. Mr. Haroian, a former CEO at Bowstreet Software, has more than three decades of experience in building emerging growth companies. He is a consultant who currently sits on the boards and chairs the audit committees of publicly-held Aspen Technology (OTC: AZPN), Network Engines (Nasdaq: NENG), and Phase Forward (Nasdaq: PFWD). Additionally, he serves as a director and audit chair for two privately-held companies. Prior to his executive roles at Bowstreet, he served as CFO at Concord Communications and as CFO, president and COO, and CEO at Stratus Computer.
Louis Hernandez, Jr.
Director
Louis Hernandez, Jr., has served as one of our directors since May 2009. Mr. Hernandez serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Open Solutions Inc. In addition to his leadership duties at Open Solutions, he serves on the board of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., the North American holding company for the consumer lending arm and principal banking subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada of one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. He also serves on the board of directors of HSBC USA Inc., an indirectly-held wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. and one of the 10 largest bank holding companies in the U.S. by assets, and its principal subsidiary, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Mr. Hernandez also serves on the board of Avid Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID). Additionally, he has served in numerous governor-appointed executive roles on key economic and technology boards in Connecticut, as vice chair of the Governor’s Council on Economic Competitiveness and Technology, as chair of the Connecticut Technology Council, and as vice chair of the Commission for Educational Technology.
