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The Board of Directors of JDA Software Group, Inc. (the "Company") sets high standards for the Company's employees, officers and directors. Implicit in this philosophy is the importance of sound corporate governance. It is the duty of the Board of Directors to serve as a prudent fiduciary for shareholders and to oversee the management of the Company's business. To fulfill its responsibilities and to discharge its duty, the Board of Directors follows the procedures and standards that are set forth in the below documents and charters. These documents and charters are subject to modification from time to time as the Board of Directors deems appropriate in the best interests of the Company or as required by applicable laws and regulations.
Board of Director Committee Composition
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 James D. Armstrong |
1985 |
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James D. Armstrong has been a Director and Chairman of the Board since co-founding our Company in 1985 (Co-Chairman from January 1999 to August 2000). Mr. Armstrong also served as our Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to July 2003, (Co-Chief Executive Officer from January 1999 to July 1999). Mr. Armstrong founded JDA Software Services, Ltd., a Canadian software development company, in 1978 and served as its President until 1987. Mr. Armstrong is Chairman of Omnilink Systems, Inc., a privately-held high-tech company that provides Vital Status Services tracking via GPS, cellular triangulation, RFID and situation-specific sensor devices. Mr. Armstrong also serves as a Trustee for the Arizona State University Foundation, and is on the Board of Directors of Rancho Feliz Charitable Organization. Mr. Armstrong studied engineering at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in Toronto, Ontario.
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Orlando Bravo |
2006 |
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Orlando Bravo has been a Director since July 2006 and was appointed to the Board in connection with the issuance of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock to funds affiliated with Thoma Cressey Bravo (揟CB� and formerly known as Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc.), a private equity investment firm. Mr. Bravo has been a Managing Partner at TCB since its formation in 1998 and is responsible for TCB抯 software investments. Over the past four years, Mr. Bravo has led or co-led the buyout of seven software companies with an aggregate enterprise value of over $2 billion and closed 17 add-on acquisitions with an aggregate enterprise value of $1 billion. Mr. Bravo also serves as a director of the following software companies in which TCB holds an investment: Activant Solutions, Inc., a provider of business management solutions for small and medium-sized retail and wholesale distribution businesses, Datatel, Inc., a provider of information management software and services to higher education institutions and Made2Manage Systems, a provider of enterprise information systems for small and midsized manufacturers. Mr. Bravo previously served as Chairman of Prophet 21, Inc., a provider of enterprise software solutions and services to the durable goods industry and as a director of VECTORsgi, a provider of financial transaction processing solutions to financial institutions prior to the sale of those companies by TCB. Prior to joining TCB, Mr. Bravo worked in the New York-based Mergers and Acquisitions group of Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Bravo attended Brown University where he received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science, Stanford University where he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Graduate School of Business and a Juris Doctorate from the Stanford Law School. Mr. Bravo currently serves on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School.
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J. Michael Gullard |
1999 |
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J. Michael Gullard has been a Director since January 1999. Mr. Gullard has been the General Partner of Cornerstone Management, a venture capital and consulting firm specializing in software and data communications companies since 1984. Mr. Gullard also serves as Chairman of the Board and Audit Committee of DynTek, Inc., a publicly-held company which provides professional technology services to government, education and mid-market commercial customers, and as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, a publicly-held corporation that provides high-value memory, mixed-signal and system solution semiconductor products designed, developed and marketed for the communications, computing, consumer and industrial markets and as a director of Proxim Wireless Corporation, a publicly-held
company which provides wide-band wireless solutions for a variety of applications. Mr. Gullard previously served as Chairman of Merant PLC (formerly Micro Focus Group Ltd.) from 1996 to 2004, a former publicly-held corporation headquartered in England with extensive operations in the United States that specialized in change management software tools and merged with Serena Software, Inc. in 2004, as Chairman of NetSolve, Incorporated from 1992 to 2004, a former publicly-held corporation which provides IT infrastructure management services on an out-sourced basis that was sold to Cisco Corporation in 2004, as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Telecommunications Technology, Inc. from 1979 to 1984, and held a variety of financial and operational management positions at Intel Corporation from 1972 to 1979. Mr. Gullard is currently Chairman of Mainsoft Corp., a private company, and serves on the Board of Directors of Planar Systems, a publicly-held designer and distributor of specialty displays. Mr. Gullard has formerly served as a Director of other technology companies. Mr. Gullard attended Stanford University where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a Masters Degree from the Graduate School of Business.
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Douglas G. Marlin |
2001 |
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Douglas G. Marlin has been a Director since May 2001. Mr. Marlin served as President and principal owner of Marlin Ventures, Inc., a Canadian-based consulting firm, from 1997 to 2000. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Marlin served as President of JDA Software Services, Ltd., and from 1981 to 1987 as its Vice President. Prior to that, Mr. Marlin served in a variety of technical and development positions with IBM from 1973 to 1981. Mr. Marlin currently serves on the Board of Directors of ZEDI, Inc., a Canadian technology company that develops hardware and software for real time industrial process monitoring, and Aero-Mechanical Services Ltd, a Canadian technology company providing Internet-based aircraft monitoring services. Mr. Marlin attended the University of Calgary where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics.
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Jock Patton |
1999 |
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Jock Patton has been a Director since January 1999. Mr. Patton is a private investor and a Director of Janus Capital Group. Mr. Patton previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Rainbow Multimedia Group, Inc., a producer of digital entertainment, from 1999 to 2001. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Patton served as a Director and President of StockVal, Inc., an SEC registered investment advisor providing securities analysis software and proprietary data to mutual funds, major money managers and brokerage firms worldwide. Prior to 1992, Mr. Patton was a Partner and Director in the law firm of Streich Lang where he founded and headed the Corporate/Securities Practice Group. Mr. Patton has previously served on the Board of Directors of various public and private companies, including Swift Transportation Company where he was Chairman until the company was sold in May 2007. Mr. Patton holds an A.B. Degree in Political Science and Juris Doctorate, both from the University of California.
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Documents & Charters
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