Board of Directors

Aaron Sasson

Mr. Sasson is chairman and CEO of GT Nexus. He has more than 20 years of experience as a technology leader and has helped found four companies, including GT Nexus. Before starting GT Nexus, Mr. Sasson was co-founder of Scopus Technology and served as senior vice president of field operations. At Scopus, he played a key role in its successful initial public offering and in driving revenues to more than $100 million in six years. He also led the company's successful merger with Siebel Systems, an industry leader in enterprise relationship software. Mr. Sasson was also a founder of Plato Software, which later was acquired by Genesys Labs. Mr. Sasson has held executive-level and management positions at Opus Systems, Sun Microsystems, GenRad and Motorola. Mr. Sasson earned a bachelor of science degree in electronics engineering from the University of London.

Léo Apotheker

Mr. Léo Apotheker, who until February 2010 served as CEO of SAP AG, played a guiding role in helping to vault that company to its position today as the largest software applications company in the world. During his tenure at SAP, Mr. Apotheker held various positions in the company: from 1995 to 1997, he was CEO and founder of SAP France and SAP Belgium; from 1997 to 1999, Chairman of SAP for the South-West Europe Region; from 1999 to 2002, Chairman of SAP EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and from 2002 to 2008, worldwide Chairman Customer Solutions & Operations. From April 2008 to May 2009, Mr. Apotheker was co-CEO of SAP AG. In June 2009 he was appointed CEO of SAP AG. Prior to SAP Mr. Apotheker served as Managing Partner at ABP Partners, a strategic management consulting company specialized in global strategy definition and implementation and in restructuring of ailing software companies. He also served as founding Chairman and COO of ECsoft, one of the largest European venture capital start-ups, and has held various positions at McCormack & Dodge Europe and Swift. He is on the board of directors of Schneider Electric SA. Fluent in five languages (Dutch, English, French, German, and Hebrew), Léo Apotheker graduated in International Relations and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In a ceremony in Paris on December 5, 2007, Léo Apotheker was honored with the French Légion d'honneur.

Ori Sasson

Ori Sasson is a partner with Primera Capital, a stage agnostic venture capital and private equity firm focused on investing in innovative products, services and technologies. Mr. Sasson has experienced tremendous success leading start-up and established high technology companies in all stages of their business. He has chaired and founded pioneering companies in enterprise software, wireless carrier services, global transportation logistics and managed services. Some of Sasson's notable past investments include Genesys, VMWare, VXtreme, Fandango, and Extensity. Sasson served as President and CEO of Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories -- the leader in the field of computer telephony integration -- where he expanded the company's global market reach, recruited a top-notch international management team, and managed the company's acquisition by Paris-based Alcatel in January 2000. Previously, Sasson served as Chairman and CEO of Scopus Technology, a company he co-founded in 1991 and which maintained 7 years of uninterrupted profitability under his leadership. Sasson guided Scopus from its inception through a highly successful IPO and until its merger with Siebel Systems in April 1998. (Siebel Systems' subsequent merger with Oracle created the second largest applications company in the world.) Sasson has used his business savvy to advise many young companies and has received numerous accolades, including the award for 1997 Bay Area Entrepreneur of the Year. He earned a master of science in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley.

Daniel P. Riley

Named one of the most 100 most influential people in finance by Treasury & Risk magazine in 2004, Mr. Riley is the former president of Bank of America's Global Treasury Services Division. The Global Treasury Services and its support functions have a branch presence in 30+ countries, with revenues in excess of $5.5 billion per year. Mr. Riley was also a member of the Bank of America operating committee, chaired by the CEO. He serves on the board of trustees at Golden Gate University and the Giannini Family Foundation, and previously held board-level positions at the United Way of the Bay Area and the California Academy of Sciences.

Barry E. Taylor

Barry E. Taylor is Managing Director, Technology, Media and Telecommunications at Warburg Pincus. He has been with Warburg Pincus since October 2000 and is focused on the firm's investments in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he was a partner with Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, a venture capital and technology law firm in Palo Alto. Mr. Taylor received a B.A. in political science from Dickinson College magna cum laude and earned his J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He is a director of Aicent and InfoGenesis.

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