William R. Ziegler, Esq.
Chairman
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Bill Ziegler is a private venture capital investor and a director of several companies
in numerous industries. Mr. Ziegler is Chairman of Shera International, Geokinetics
Inc. and Somerset Production Company. He also holds directorships in SpeechCycle
Inc. and Flotek Industries among others. In addition, he has practiced law since
1968 and has been counsel to the law firm of Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP
since 2001. Mr. Ziegler holds a BA degree in Economics from Amherst College, an
MBA degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an LLB degree
from the University of Virginia Law School. He has been Chairman of Vesta since
1996.
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Doug Fieldhouse
Director (See Executive Team)
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H. Eugene Lockhart
Director
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Gene Lockhart has been a venture partner with Oak Investment Partners since January
2003 and is Chairman of Diamond Castle’s Financial Institutions investment practice.
Previously, he served in a variety of senior executive roles at various organizations,
including President and Chief Executive Officer of MasterCard International, Chief
Executive Officer of Midland Bank plc, President of the Global Retail Bank of Bank
of America and President of Consumer Services at AT&T. Mr. Lockhart serves as director
of several public and private companies including NetSpend and RadioShack among
others. Mr. Lockhart holds a BS degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA
degree from The Darden School at the University of Virginia. He has been a director
of Vesta since 2003.
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Mark McLaughlin is the President & Chief Executive Officer of VeriSign, responsible
for the company’s overall P&L and operations. Prior to this, he held several senior
executive positions at VeriSign from 2000 to 2007, ultimately serving as Executive
Vice President Products and Marketing. Prior to VeriSign, Mr. McLaughlin held senior
executive positions in sales and business development at Signio, a leading Internet
payment company, and Gemplus, the world's leading smart card company. Mr. McLaughlin
holds a Juris Doctorate, Magna cum Laude, from Seattle University School of Law
and a BS Degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has been
a director of Vesta since 1999.
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Patrick S. Jones
Director
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Pat Jones currently sits on the boards of several leading public and private international
companies. His public company boards include Novell, a leading enterprise infrastructure
software provider; Lattice Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company; and Openwave
Systems, a telecom infrastructure software provider. His European private company
boards include Inside Contactless, a contactless smart card manufacturer; Smarttrust,
a mobile device software provider; and Sagem Wireless, a leading handset manufacturer.
From 1998-2001, Mr. Jones was the Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer
of Gemplus SA. Prior to Gemplus, he served as Intel Corp’s Vice President of Finance-Corporate
Controller from 1992–1998 during a period of phenomenal growth from $8 billion to
over $25 billion in revenues. Mr. Jones holds a BA degree from the University of
Illinois and an MBA degree from St Louis University.
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