People: Blucora Inc (BCOR.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
John Cunningham	54	2011	Independent Chairman of the Board
William Ruckelshaus	47	2011	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eric Emans	38	2011	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
Michael Glover		2013	President of InfoSpace
JoAnn Kintzel	46	2012	President - TaxACT
George Allen		2012	Executive Vice President - Corporate Development
Linda Schoemaker	48	2011	General Counsel, Secretary
Lance Dunn		2012	Director
Jules Haimovitz	61	2005	Independent Director
Richard Hearney	72	2001	Independent Director
Steven Hooper		2011	Independent Director
Elizabeth Huebner	54	2009	Independent Director
Andrew Snyder	41	2011	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
John Cunningham	Mr. John E. Cunningham, IV is Independent Chairman of the Board of Blucora Inc. Mr. Cunningham has served as a director of InfoSpace since July 1998. Mr. Cunningham also served as Lead Independent Director of InfoSpace from February 2010 through December 2010. Mr. Cunningham has been a general partner of Clear Fir Partners, L.P., a venture capital investment partnership, since February 1998. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of RealCom Office Communications Inc., a national telecom services company. From July 2006 to June 2008, he served as a board member of Citel Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications company, and also served as its non-executive Chairman from January 2004 to July 2006. Currently, Mr. Cunningham serves as a board member of AudienceScience, Inc. and Qliance, Inc. and as an advisor to Petra Growth Fund II.
William Ruckelshaus	Mr. William J. Ruckelshaus is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Blucora Inc. He became President and Chief Executive Officer of InfoSpace in November 2010 after serving as a director of InfoSpace since May 2007. Prior to joining InfoSpace, Mr. Ruckelshaus served variously as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Audience Science, Inc. (formerly known as Revenue Science, Inc.), an Internet advertising technology and services company, from May 2006 to November 2010. From July 2002 to April 2006, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Expedia, Inc., an online travel agency, where he oversaw Expedia’s mergers and acquisitions and led the corporate strategic planning effort. Mr. Ruckelshaus came to Expedia from Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, where he was a Director of Mergers & Acquisitions focusing on services, software, and Internet verticals. Mr. Ruckelshaus is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Eric Emans	Mr. Eric Michael Emans is Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of Blucora Inc. Before accepting these roles, Mr. Emans had served as InfoSpace’s Chief Accounting Officer, beginning in January 2008. Mr. Emans joined the Company as Corporate Controller in September 2006, but had previously held various positions at the Company from September 2003 to December 2005, including Manager, Revenue Assurance and Senior Manager, Finance. From December 2005 to September 2006, he served as Director, Mobile Operations, at Corbis Corporation, a provider of visual content and rights services. He began his career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Michael Glover	Mr. Michael J. Glover has been appointed as President of InfoSpace, subsidiary of Blucora, Inc., effective April 11, 2013. He served as Vice President - Distribution and Business Development of the Company. Mr. Glover has held various positions in Business Development since joining InfoSpace in October 2000. From April 2008 to September 2008, he served as Vice President, Business Development. From April 2006 to March 2008, he served as Senior Director, Business Development, after serving as Director, Business Development from June 2004 to April 2006. From January 2004 to June 2004, he served as Senior Manager, Business Development, after serving as Business Development Manager from October 2000 to December 2003.
JoAnn Kintzel	Ms. JoAnn Z. Kintzel serves as President - TaxACT of Blucora Inc. She is president of InfoSpace’s subsidiary 2nd Story Software, Inc., operator of the TaxACT tax preparation software business. Ms. Kintzel has served as president of 2nd Story Software since June 2010, and upon the acquisition of 2nd Story Software by InfoSpace in January 2012, she became the principal operating executive of the TaxACT business. Prior to her appointment as President, Ms. Kintzel served as 2nd Story Software’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, beginning in 2006. Prior to 2nd Story Software, Ms. Kintzel worked at AEGON USA Investment Management, a global life insurance and investment provider, as Vice President, Assistant Controller, and Senior Accounting Manager. Ms. Kintzel has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and business administration from Mount Mercy College.
George Allen	Mr. George Allen is Executive Vice President - Corporate Development of Blucora Inc. He is responsible for managing the Company’s mergers and acquisitions activities and its overall new business development efforts. Most recently, Mr. Allen was the founder and managing partner of Geronimo Capital, an investment research firm focused on the telecom, media and technology mid-cap investment sector. Prior to that role, Mr. Allen served as principal for nine years at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm where he oversaw private equity investments within telecom, media and technology companies. His experience at Warburg Pincus also involved corporate mergers and acquisitions, board oversight, executive recruiting and capital markets activities related to the investment portfolio. Before joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Allen was responsible for acquiring fixed wireless spectrum in European markets as vice president of business development at Firstmark Communications. began his corporate development career as an associate at Goldman Sachs Asia. Mr. Allen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Yale University.
Linda Schoemaker	Ms. Linda A. Schoemaker is General Counsel, Secretary of Blucora Inc. Prior to joining InfoSpace, Ms. Schoemaker served as in-house counsel for Verdiem Corporation, a power management software company, from February 2009 to June 2011. Before Verdiem, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for aQuantive, Inc., a digital marketing service and technology company, from February 2004 until its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation in August 2007. From December 2000 to February 2004, she served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC), a manufacturer of tape libraries and storage management software. Before joining ADIC, Ms. Schoemaker was a partner in the law firm Perkins Coie LLP. Ms. Schoemaker is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan Law School.
Lance Dunn	Mr. Lance G. Dunn has been appointed as Director of Blucora, Inc., effective August 02, 2012. Mr. Dunn has more than 28 years of experience in the tax preparation industry, serving most recently as CEO of the TaxACT business prior to its acquisition by Blucora in January 2012. Mr. Dunn co-founded the TaxACT business in 1998. Prior to that time, he was Vice President of Software Development at Parsons Technology, Inc., where he played a role in the development and growth of Parsons' tax program, Personal Tax Edge. He previously served as an accountant for Ernst & Young and TLS, Inc. Mr. Dunn is an alumnus of Coe College and is a Certified Public Accountant. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurial Development Center, a community sponsored non-profit business accelerator in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Jules Haimovitz	Mr. Jules Haimovitz is Independent Director of Blucora Inc. Since July 2007, he has served as President of Haimovitz Consulting, a media consulting firm. From July 2002 to July 2007, Mr. Haimovitz served as Vice Chairman and Managing Partner of Dick Clark Productions, Inc., a producer of programming for television, cable networks, and syndicators. From June 1999 to July 2004, Mr. Haimovitz served in various capacities at Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc., including President of MGM Networks Inc., Executive Consultant to the CEO, and Chair of the Library Task Force. Mr. Haimovitz’s career has also included experience as a director and CEO of VJN, Inc., executive and director at Spelling Entertainment, Inc., executive at King World Productions and Viacom, Inc., and director of Orion Pictures Corporation and Onstage Entertainment. Mr. Haimovitz served as a director of Imclone, Inc. from May 2007 to November 2008, where he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and Chair of the special committee formed to oversee the sale of Imclone. Mr. Haimovitz also served on the Board of Directors of Blockbuster, Inc. from May 2006 to April 2011. Mr. Haimovitz has been a director at Dial Global (previously Westwood One, Inc.) since November 2011, where he serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee.
Richard Hearney	General Richard D. Hearney is no longer Independent Director of Blucora Inc., effective May 22, 2013. General Hearney is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 1994 to 1996. In 2002, General Hearney founded RDM Strategies, Inc., and he currently serves on its board of advisors. General Hearney served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Executives for National Security, an organization focusing on national security policy, from December 2000 to April 2002. From 1996 to 1999, General Hearney was an executive with McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and then its acquirer, the Boeing Company. General Hearney currently serves on the boards of a number of private technology companies and defense contractors.
Steven Hooper	Mr. Steven W. Hooper is Independent Director of Blucora Inc. Mr. Hooper is a founding partner of Ignition Partners, a venture capital firm, where he has invested in telecommunications and wireless companies since Ignition’s founding in March 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Hooper served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nextlink Communications, Inc. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Hooper served as Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic LLC. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Hooper served as CEO of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Prior to joining AT&T Wireless, Mr. Hooper was an executive with McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., where he, among other roles, served as CEO for a variety of McCaw-affiliated companies. In addition, Mr. Hooper represents Ignition Partners as a director on the boards of a number of privately-held companies in which Ignition has invested and served as a trustee of Seattle University from 1995 to 2009.
Elizabeth Huebner	Ms. Elizabeth J. Huebner is Independent Director of Blucora Inc. Ms. Huebner retired from a 26-year career in the finance sector in 2006. Prior to retiring, Ms. Huebner was Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2006 at Getty Images, Inc., a provider of visual content and rights services. Prior to her service as Chief Financial Officer of Getty Images, Ms. Huebner was Chief Financial Officer of Primus Knowledge Solutions, Inc.
Andrew Snyder	Mr. Andrew M. Snyder is Independent Director of Blucora Inc. Mr. Snyder is CEO of Cambridge Information Group, Inc. (“CIG”) and Chairman of CIG’s subsidiaries, ProQuest LLC, R. R. Bowker LLC, and Navtech, Inc. In connection with the CIG Agreements, discussed in more detail below under “Related Person Transactions in 2011 and 2012, “ Mr. Snyder was elected to fill an existing vacancy on the Board of Directors. Mr. Snyder also served on the Board of Directors of Navtech when it was an independent, publicly-held company, beginning in November 2005 and continuing through its merger with a CIG subsidiary in November 2007. Mr. Snyder has been employed by CIG since 2003 and has served as President or CEO since 2004. Prior to joining CIG, Mr. Snyder worked for the Goldman Sachs Group, most recently as Vice President in the Principal Investment Area, where he focused on traditional media, technology, and services investing for the firm’s investment fund. Mr. Snyder is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Georgetown University Law Center. He currently serves on the Board of The Association of American Publishers, the Board of Overseers of Penn Libraries, and the New Leaders Steering Committee of the New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
John Cunningham	--
William Ruckelshaus	3,795,040
Eric Emans	1,110,850
Michael Glover	715,506
JoAnn Kintzel	--
George Allen	--
Linda Schoemaker	754,833
Lance Dunn	--
Jules Haimovitz	--
Richard Hearney	--
Steven Hooper	--
Elizabeth Huebner	--
Andrew Snyder	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
John Cunningham	0	0
William Ruckelshaus	0	0
Eric Emans	0	0
Michael Glover	0	0
JoAnn Kintzel	0	0
George Allen	0	0
Linda Schoemaker	19,998	21,764
Lance Dunn	0	0
Jules Haimovitz	0	0
Richard Hearney	0	0
Steven Hooper	0	0
Elizabeth Huebner	0	0
Andrew Snyder	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
SCHOEMAKER LINDA ANN	896	$17.72
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	57,136	$14.74
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	10,573	$15.17
EMANS ERIC MICHAEL	1,572	$15.48
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	3,931	$15.48
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	3,282	$15.48
EMANS ERIC MICHAEL	1,367	$15.48
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	30,000	$0.00
GLOVER MICHAEL JOHN BOYD	911	$15.50
KINTZEL JOANN	1,000	$15.95
KINTZEL JOANN	2,569	$14.86
ALLEN GEORGE	20,000	$0.00
SCHOEMAKER LINDA ANN	5,000	$0.00
EMANS ERIC MICHAEL	8,000	$0.00
KINTZEL JOANN	6,000	$0.00
RUCKELSHAUS WILLIAM J	51,000	$0.00
SCHOEMAKER LINDA ANN	825	$0.00
SCHOEMAKER LINDA ANN	2,475	$0.00
EMANS ERIC MICHAEL	2,204	$15.02
SCHOEMAKER LINDA ANN	1,763	$15.55
VOELKER JAMES F	69,191	$9.20
VOELKER JAMES F	69,191	$15.49
VOELKER JAMES F	15,000	$9.20
VOELKER JAMES F	15,000	$17.80
VOELKER JAMES F	33,000	$9.20

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