People: Catamaran Corp (CCT.TO)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mark Thierer

53 2011 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey Park

41 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

John Romza

57 2012 Executive Vice President - Research and Innovation

Joel Saban

45 2010 Executive Vice President - Pharmacy Operations

Clifford Berman

53 2008 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Steven Cosler

57 2011 Lead Independent Director

Peter Bensen

50 2011 Independent Director

William Davis

45 2007 Independent Director

Steven Epstein

69 2012 Independent Director

Betsy Holden

57 2012 Independent Director

Karen Katen

64 2012 Independent Director

Harry Kraemer

57 2012 Independent Director

Anthony Masso

71 2007 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Mark Thierer

Mr. Mark A. Thierer is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Catamaran Corp. He has been a director since January, 2006. Effective March 9, 2011, Mr. Thierer assumed his current role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company. Previously, Mr. Thierer served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from September 2006 through June 2008 and President and CEO of the Company from June 30, 2008 through March 8, 2011. Prior thereto, Mr. Thierer was the President of Physicians Interactive, a former division of Allscripts, which provided online clinical education programs, from 2003 to 2006. Prior to Allscripts, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with CaremarkRx, now CVS/Caremark, where he was a corporate officer and key executive in helping to build Caremark into a pharmacy benefits manager and specialty pharmacy company. In his capacity at Caremark, Mr. Thierer served as the Senior Vice President, New Ventures, responsible for developing Caremark's growth strategy. Prior to Caremark, Mr. Thierer spent ten years with IBM, managing sales of healthcare information management solutions. Mr. Thierer holds a Bachelors degree in Finance from the University of Minnesota and a M.B.A. in Marketing from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. He holds the designation of CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist) from The Wharton School. Mr. Thierer is an active member of industry associations. Mr. Thierer is an advisor to the Jeffrey Pride Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research.

Jeffrey Park

Mr. Jeffrey Park is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Catamaran Corp. He has served as CFO since March, 2006. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Park was a member of the Board of Directors and was Senior Vice President of Covington Capital Corporation, a private equity venture capital firm. Mr. Park, a Chartered Accountant, joined Covington in 1998. Prior to Covington, Mr. Park worked for IBM in several areas of their Global Services Organization.

John Romza

Mr. John Romza is an Executive Vice President - Research and Innovation of Catamaran Corp., since January 2012. He was Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development since June 2007. Mr. Romza is responsible for the software development, technical infrastructure, and operating activities of the processing centers. Mr. Romza has 25 years of overall software development experience and 20 years of experience in developing software products for the pharmacy industry. Mr. Romza joined the Company as a result of the acquisition of ComCoTec in 2001, where he was Vice President, Research and Development.

Joel Saban

Mr. Joel Saban is an Executive Vice President - Pharmacy Operations of Catamaran Corp., since June 2010. Mr. Saban is responsible for the Company’s retail, mail and specialty operations. Prior to joining the Company in 2010, Mr. Saban was the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations at CVS/Caremark Corporation for 13 years. Prior to CVS/ Caremark, Mr. Saban served as Director of Medical and Scientific Affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Clifford Berman

Mr. Clifford E. Berman is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Catamaran Corp., since March 2008. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Division Counsel, Legal Regulatory and Compliance for Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Berman joined Abbott Laboratories in 2002. Prior to Abbott Laboratories, Mr. Berman worked for four years at Allscripts, where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Privacy Officer. Earlier in Mr. Berman’s career he held a number of positions over an eight-year period with Caremark, Inc., including Vice President, Legal Services.

Steven Cosler

Mr. Steven D. Cosler is Lead Independent Director of Catamaran Corp. He has been a director since August 2007, and was appointed Lead Independent Director on March 9, 2011. Mr. Cosler is an Operating Partner at Water Street Healthcare Partners (“Water Street”), a Chicagobased private-equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Mr. Cosler joined Water Street in 2006 and prior to that was President and Chief Executive Officer of Priority Healthcare Corporation (“Priority”), a publicly held specialty pharmacy and distributor that was acquired by Express Scripts in October 2005. Mr. Cosler was employed by Priority from 1996 to 2005, where he held a number of increasingly senior roles, culminating in his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2001, and President and CEO in 2002, a position he retained until the acquisition. Before joining Priority, Mr. Cosler held leadership positions at Coresource, Inc., a third party administrator managing healthcare services, and at IBM. Mr. Cosler sits on the board of several privately held healthcare companies including Healthplan Holdings, Access Mediquip, Inc. and New Century Health. He is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management.

Peter Bensen

Mr. Peter J. Bensen is an Independent Director of Catamaran Corp., since December 14, 2011. Mr. Bensen serves as Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) (NYSE: MCD), a franchisor and operator of McDonald’s restaurants in the global restaurant industry, a position he has held since January 2008. Mr. Bensen has been a senior member of the financial team at McDonald’s since 1996, including serving as Corporate Senior Vice President- Controller from April 2007 through December 2007 and Corporate Vice President-Assistant Controller from February 2002 through March 2007. Prior to joining McDonald’s, Mr. Bensen was a senior manager at Ernst & Young and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the John G. Shedd Aquarium. He is a graduate of St. Joseph’s College with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

William Davis

Mr. William J. Davis is an Independent Director for Catamaran Corp., since January 2007. Mr. Davis is the Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, of Blackboard Inc., a provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry based in Washington, D.C., a position he has held since May 2012. In this role, Mr. Davis is responsible for all financial operations of Blackboard. Prior to joining Blackboard, Mr. Davis was CFO of Allscripts, the Chicago-based healthcare information technology provider, from October 2002 until May 2012. Prior to joining Allscripts, Mr. Davis was the CFO of Lante Corporation, a technology consulting firm. From 1991 through 1999, Mr. Davis was a member of the Technology Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Davis earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati and a M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

Steven Epstein

Mr. Steven B. Epstein is an Independent Director of Catamaran Corp., since August 2012. Mr. Epstein is a founding member of the law firm Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., one of the first law firms to specialize in health care law when established in 1973, and which has since grown to approximately 275 lawyers in 11 cities. Mr. Epstein serves as the senior partner in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. In 1972, prior to founding Epstein Becker & Green, Mr. Epstein was a legal consultant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He serves on the Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisors of numerous health care and venture capital companies and educational institutions, including Team Health and Discovery Holdings Ltd., a publicly held company in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Epstein, a graduate of the Columbia Law School, serves as chairman of the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors.

Betsy Holden

Ms. Betsy D. Holden is an Independent Director of Catamaran Corp., since December 10, 2012. Ms. Holden was appointed to the Board after being identified as a candidate by the CEO and being recommended by the full Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Company's CEO worked with the search firm Korn Ferry to help identify qualified Director candidates. Ms. Holden is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company, the global management consulting firm, a position she has held since April 2007. Ms. Holden served as President, Global Marketing and Category Development of Kraft Foods Inc., a food business unit of Altria Group, Inc., from January 2004 through June 2005, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods Inc. from March 2001 until December 2003, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods North America from May 2000 until December 2003. Ms. Holden began her career at General Foods in 1982. She serves as a director of the Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and Diageo plc (NYSE: DEO) and is on the Dean’s Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the Board of Visitors for Duke University’s Trinity College. Ms. Holden earned a Bachelor’s degree in education from Duke University and master’s degrees in education and business administration from Northwestern University.

Karen Katen

Ms. Karen L. Katen is an Independent Director of Catamaran Corp., since December 10, 2012. Ms. Katen is a senior advisor to Essex Woodlands, a healthcare growth equity and venture capital firm. She joined Essex Woodlands in October 2007. Ms. Katen retired in March 2007 as Vice Chairman of Pfizer Inc., a research-based, global pharmaceutical company. Ms. Katen joined Pfizer in 1974 and held a series of management positions with increasing responsibility, including serving as President of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President of Pfizer from 2001 to 2005 and President of Pfizer Human Health, the company's principal operating group, from 2005 to 2007. She has served as Chairman of the Pfizer Foundation, a charitable foundation affiliated with Pfizer. She serves as a director of Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Air Liquide, a publicly held company based in Paris, France. Ms. Katen has served with several healthcare-related organizations, including as a member of the Global Advisory Board of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Treasurer of PhRMA, an industry association representing research-based pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., a board member of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council, and a member of the RAND Corporation's Health Board of Advisors. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Club of New York and the University of Chicago and is a council member of the Booth Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Harry Kraemer

Mr. Harry M. Kraemer is an Independent Director of Catamaran Corp., since July 9, 2012. He was appointed to the Board by the Company pursuant to the merger agreement with Catalyst. Mr. Kraemer has been an executive partner of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, since January 2005. Mr. Kraemer is a clinical professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Prior to joining Madison Dearborn Partners in 2005, Mr. Kraemer was the Chairman and CEO of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), a global healthcare company. He joined Baxter in 1982 and became the chief executive officer in January 1999, assuming the additional responsibility of chairman of Baxter’s board of directors in January 2000. Before joining Baxter, Mr. Kraemer worked for Bank of America in corporate banking and for Northwest Industries in planning and business development. Mr. Kraemer is active in business, education and civic affairs. Mr. Kraemer serves on the board of directors of Science Applications International Corporation, Sirona Dental Systems Inc. and VWR International; on the board of trustees of Northwestern University and Lawrence University; on the Dean’s Advisory Boards of the Kellogg School of Management and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and on the Conference Board of the Board of Trustees of the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mr. Kramer received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Anthony Masso

Mr. Anthony R. Masso is an Independent Director for Catamaran Corp., since September 2007. He has 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Mr. Masso retired as the President and CEO of Consortium Health Plans, Inc. (“Consortium”), a national coalition of 19 Blue Cross Blue Shield plans that is focused on building market share. He currently serves as Executive Advisor to Water Street Healthcare Partners. Prior to Consortium, Mr. Masso was President of StrongCastle LLC, a private consulting company that specializes in the implementation of strategic business plans for corporate clients from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Masso was also previously President of Litho Group, Inc., and Executive Vice President of Integrated Health Services, Inc from 1994 to 2000. Mr. Masso spent four years as Senior Vice President of the Health Insurance Association of America, where he planned and implemented a transformation of indemnity insurers into managed care networks. As Senior Vice President of Aetna Health Plans, Mr. Masso was responsible for the East Coast operations for all HMO and POS health plans.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Mark Thierer

12,896,000

Jeffrey Park

3,479,000

John Romza

1,418,000

Joel Saban

1,940,000

Clifford Berman

1,063,000

Steven Cosler

--

Peter Bensen

--

William Davis

--

Steven Epstein

--

Betsy Holden

--

Karen Katen

--

Harry Kraemer

--

Anthony Masso

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Mark Thierer

442,302 10,751,701

Jeffrey Park

223,500 4,845,003

John Romza

228,336 5,981,397

Joel Saban

0 0

Clifford Berman

12,500 584,000

Steven Cosler

0 0

Peter Bensen

0 0

William Davis

0 0

Steven Epstein

0 0

Betsy Holden

0 0

Karen Katen

0 0

Harry Kraemer

0 0

Anthony Masso

0 0
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