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Table of Contents
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At the Company’s last annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 23, 2015, Claudia Kotchka did not stand for re-
election to the Board. On June 23, 2015, the Company appointed Dr. Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D., President and Chief
Scientific Officer of PharmApprove, to the Board, and on October 13, 2015, appointed The Honourable Wayne G. Wouters, PC,
to the Board.
The Company also made the following executive officer appointment during fiscal 2016: Carl Wiese as President of Global
Sales of the Company.
The following table sets forth the name, province or state, and country of residence of each director and executive officer of the
Company and their respective positions and offices held with the Company and their principal occupations during the last five
years. Each director is elected at the annual meeting of shareholders to serve until the next annual meeting or until a successor
is elected or appointed.
Name and Residence Current Position with
Company Principal Occupation During the Last Five Years (other than Current
Position with Company)
John S. Chen
California, USA Chief Executive
Officer; Executive
Chair/Director (since
2013)
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman, Sybase Inc.
(1998 to 2012)
Michael Daniels(1)
Virginia, USA Director (since 2014) Chairman, Logistics Management Institute (2011 to present);
Chairman, Invincea Inc. (2011 to present); and Chairman,
Globallogic (2007 to 2013)
Timothy Dattels(2)
California, USA Director (since 2012) Senior Partner, TPG Capital LP (currently and since prior to
2011)
Richard Lynch(1)
Pennsylvania, USA Director (since 2013) President, FB Associates, LLC (currently); Executive Vice
President, Strategic Technology Initiatives, Verizon
Communications Inc. (2010 to 2011)
Laurie Smaldone Alsup(2)
New Jersey, USA Director (since June
2015) Chief Operating Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, NDA
Group AB (since March 2016); President and Chief Scientific
Officer, PharmApprove (August 2011 to March 2016)
Barbara Stymiest, FCPA, FCA(1)(2)
Ontario, Canada Director (since 2007) Corporate Director (currently); member of the Group
Executive, Royal Bank of Canada (2004 to 2011)
V. Prem Watsa(1)
Ontario, Canada Lead Director (since
November 2013)(3) Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax (currently and since 1985)
Wayne Wouters(2)
Ontario, Canada Director (since
October 2015) Strategic and Policy Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(currently and since May 2015); Clerk of the Privy Council of
Canada (2009 to 2014)
Marty Beard
California, USA Chief Operating
Officer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LiveOps Inc. (July
2011 to June 2014); President, Sybase 365 (November 2006 to
June 2011)
Sandeep Chennakeshu
Texas, USA President, BlackBerry
Technology Solutions President, PMP LLC (2012 to December 2014); Owner, RSI
Consulting LLC (2013 to August 2014); Senior Advisor to
CEO of Sony Corporation of America (May 2010 to July
2012)
Sai Yuen (Billy) Ho
California, USA Executive Vice
President, Enterprise
Products and Value
Added Solutions
Retired (2013); Senior Vice President & General Manager,
Sybase Inc. (2009 to 2012)
Ron Louks
North Carolina, USA President, Devices and
Emerging Solutions Chief Executive Officer, The Open NMS Group Inc. (2013);
Chief Executive Officer, Plus 1, LLC (2012 to 2013); Chief
Strategy Officer, HTC Corporation (2010 to 2011)