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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Douglas M. 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
Director
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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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