Asiff S. Hirji
Partner, TPG Capital L.P.
Mr. Hirji has been a member of Advent’s Board of Directors since September 2011. Mr. Hirji has served as a Partner of TPG Capital, L.P., a global private investment firm, since April 2007. From October 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Hirji was President of TD Ameritrade Holding Company, a publicly traded provider of securities brokerage services. He served as Chief Operating Officer of TD Ameritrade from July 2005 until October 2006 and as Chief Information Officer of Ameritrade from April 2003 until July 2005. From July 2002 until April 2003, Mr. Hirji served as Vice President, Partner, of Bain & Company and from July 2001 to June 2002, he served as President of Meralix, Inc., a firm specializing in turning around troubled portfolio companies for private equity funds. Mr. Hirji currently serves on the Board of Directors of Citrix Systems, Inc. Mr. Hirji holds an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary.
Christine S. Manfredi
Independent Business Advisor
Ms. Manfredi has been a director since March 2009. Ms. Manfredi retired from Wellington Management Company, LLP in December 2008, having joined the firm in December 1988 and served as a Partner since 1996. From 1988 to 2008, she was Director of Investment Administration and elected Senior Vice President in 1996. As Director of Investment Administration, Ms. Manfredi was responsible for client and fund administration, investment operations, performance services and client cash flow processes. She was Chairman of Wellington’s Error Resolution Council and the Investment Administration Advisory Group, and was also a member of the firm’s Operating and Risk Management Committees. Prior to joining Wellington, she held several senior management positions at Shawmut Bank from 1983 to 1988. As Senior Vice President of the Mutual Fund division, she was responsible for mutual fund administration, custody and shareholder services. As Division Head of the Investment Securities division, Ms. Manfredi was responsible for Shawmut’s securities processing, custody and safekeeping and stock transfer functions. Ms. Manfredi holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Bentley College and received her CPA distinction in 1975.
James D. Kirsner
Independent Business Advisor
Mr. Kirsner has been a director since January 2006. Mr. Kirsner currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cool Systems, Inc. and Fair Isaac Corporation, and up to January 1, 2009, served on the board of Bank of Marin Bancorp. Mr. Kirsner was a Partner at Arthur Andersen in its Audit and Business Advisory Practice for over 25 years through 1993, providing a wide range of professional services, primarily to financial services firms. Mr. Kirsner then served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Barra Ventures at Barra, Inc., a leading investment risk management services company from 1993 to 2001. Most recently, Mr. Kirsner was a consultant and interim Chief Operations Officer for Tukman Capital Management throughout 2001. Mr. Kirsner holds a B.S. degree in Economics and an M.S. degree in Accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kirsner was also a general course student at the London School of Economics.
James P. Roemer
Chairman of the Board (Retired), ProQuest Company
Mr. Roemer has been a director since March 2004. Mr. Roemer served as Chairman of ProQuest Company from 1998 to 2004, as ProQuest’s Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 2003, and as President from 1995 to 2001. From January 1994 to June 1995, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ProQuest Information and Learning Company. In October 1991, Mr. Roemer joined ProQuest as President and Chief Operating Officer of ProQuest Business Solutions Company and was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of that company in September 1993. Prior to joining ProQuest Company, he was President of the Michie Group, Mead Data Central from December 1989 to October 1991. From January 1982 to December 1989, he was Vice President and General Manager of LexisNexis, an online information service. Mr. Roemer attended the University of Cincinnati and completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia and the Program for Management Development at Harvard University.
John H. Scully
Chairman of the Board of Advent Software, Inc.
Mr. Scully has been a director since October 2003 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in December 2003. Mr. Scully currently serves as managing director of SPO Partners & Co., a private investment firm he co-founded in 1991, and is a director of Plum Creek Timber Company. He also is a Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Stanford University and the Vice Chairman of Stanford Hospital and Clinics. In addition, Mr. Scully is chairman and founder of the Making Waves Educational Program. Mr. Scully holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Stephanie G. DiMarco
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. DiMarco founded Advent in June 1983. She served as Chairman of the Board from November 1995 until December 2003. Ms. DiMarco currently serves as Chief Executive Officer since her permanent appointment to the position in December 2003, after serving on an interim basis from May 2003. Ms. DiMarco also serves as Chief Financial Officer since her permanent appointment to the position in December 2008, after serving on an interim basis from July 2008. Previously, she had served as President from June 1983 to April 1997 and again from May 2003 to December 2008, and as Chief Executive Officer from June 1983 to November 1999. She is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the UC Berkeley Foundation, serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a San Francisco Foundation board member and Chairman of its Investment Committee and former member of the Audit Committee. Ms. DiMarco holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Wendell G. Van Auken
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Mr. Van Auken has been a director since September 1995. Mr. Van Auken is currently a Managing Director of various entities affiliated with Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm, which he joined in October 1986. Mr. Van Auken is a director of Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc., an investment company. Mr. Van Auken holds a M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.E.E. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.