Board of Directors
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 and the privately-held Hotel Equity Funds. 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 and President
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 and President of the Company since her permanent appointment to the position in December 2003 after serving on an interim basis from May 2003. Previously, she had served as President since founding Advent until April 1997 and as Chief Executive Officer until November 1999. She serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a San Francisco Foundation board member. Ms. DiMarco holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
A. George (Skip) Battle
Chairman of the Board of Fair Isaac Co.
Mr. Battle has been a director since June 2005. Mr. Battle was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Ask Jeeves, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. He was also director of PeopleSoft, Inc. from 1995 to 2004, and chaired the Transaction Committee of the Board during its 18 month deliberations regarding the Oracle tender offer. Mr. Battle is currently a director of Netflix Inc. and of Expedia Inc. and is Chairman of the Board of Fair Isaac Co. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Masters Select family of funds. As a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Mr. Battle is a seminar moderator for the Aspen Institute and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School, the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth, and American University. Mr. Battle retired from Andersen Consulting in 1995, having joined the firm in 1968 and served as a partner from 1978. From 1982 through 1995, he held a series of management positions in the firm including Worldwide Managing Partner—Market Development and Managing Partner—U.S. Operations and Planning. He was also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Management Council and Partner Income Committee. Mr. Battle holds an economics degree from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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 the Bank of Marin, Cool Systems, Inc., and Fair Isaac Corporation. He previously was a member of the Board of Directors of Ask Jeeves, Inc., until its sale in July of 2005. 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. Mr. Kirsner holds a BS degree in economics and an MS 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.
Wendell G. Van Auken
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Mr. Van Auken has been a director since September 1995. Mr. Van Auken is a Managing Director of various entities affiliated with the 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.
Robert A. Ettl
Managing Director of Allianz Global Investors
Mr. Ettl has been a director since November 2007. Mr. Ettl currently serves as managing director of Allianz Global Investors. He has held a variety of senior management positions with Allianz, most recently Chief Executive Officer for the firm’s Alpha Vision global hedge fund. He has also been the firm’s Global Chief Technology Officer, and a member of the Allianz Group International Technology Committee. Prior to its acquisition by Allianz, Mr. Ettl was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Pacific Investment Management Co. (“PIMCO”). In addition to his information technology responsibilities, he was also responsible for managing the trading room and middle office functions. He joined PIMCO in 1995 as Chief Operations Officer, later focusing on PIMCO’s international expansion as Chief Operating Officer of PIMCO’s Global unit. Mr. Ettl has previously held management positions in Salomon Brothers’ government arbitrate trading analytics, technology and operations divisions. He has also been associated with Arthur Andersen & Co. (now Accenture) as a senior consultant. Mr. Ettl holds a BA degree in economics and a MBA in finance from Columbia University.