People: DivX, Inc. (DIVX.O)

DIVX.O on Nasdaq

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Hell, Kevin 45 2007 Chief Executive Officer, Director
Halvorson, Dan 44 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Operations
Richter, David 40 2007 Executive Vice President - Corporate Development and Legal
Creer, Frank 45 2000 Director
Gerson, Fred 58 2005 Director
McGurk, Christopher 52 2006 Director
Vashisht-Rota, Jerome 34 2009 Director
Brailean, James 47 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Hell, Kevin Kevin Hell has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of DivX, Inc. since October 2007. From July 2007 to October 2007, Mr. Hell served as Acting CEO. Between 2002 and 2007, Mr. Hell held a number of management positions within the Company including Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, the Company’s CXO for Partners and Licensing, and President. Mr. Hell is currently responsible for Company's corporate strategy and overall strategic direction. From July 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Hell served as Senior Vice President of Product Management in the Solutions Group of Palm, a handheld solutions company. From May 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Hell was Vice President of the Connected Home division and Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Gateway Computer, a personal computer manufacturing company. From May 1991 to May 1999, Mr. Hell worked in the Los Angeles office of the Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm. Mr. Hell received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, and a master’s degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Halvorson, Dan Mr. Dan L. Halvorson served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Operations of DivX, Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company since July 2007. From June 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Halvorson served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Halvorson served as the Chief Financial Officer of Novatel Wireless, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed provider of wireless broadband access solutions (“Novatel Wireless”), from May 2004 to June 2007. He served as Novatel Wireless’s Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer from January 2004 to May 2004, Novatel Wireless’s Vice President of Finance and Treasurer from September 2001 to January 2004, and Novatel Wireless’s Director of Finance and Treasurer from March 2000 to September 2001.
Richter, David David J. Richter has served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Legal of DivX, Inc. since July 2007. From June 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Richter served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President Corporate Development. From April 2006 to June 2007, Mr. Richter served as General Counsel, Legal and Corporate Development. From May 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Richter served as General Counsel and, in addition, from January 2005 through April 2006, as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Richter is responsible for legal and corporate development efforts. Previously, Mr. Richter worked at Maveron, a venture capital firm, as a Principal from January 2002 through March 2004 and as Director, Business Development from July 2000 through December 2001. Mr. Richter received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. in Government from Cornell University.
Creer, Frank Frank Creer has been a Member of DivX, Inc.’s Board of Directors since August 2000. Mr. Creer is a founder and Managing Director of Zone Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1998. Mr. Creer was also a partner and founder of Wasatch Venture Fund, an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1994. He also worked for Bonneville Pacific Corp., a developer of co-generation power projects, where he developed both financial and economic feasibility studies for proposed power projects. In addition to DivX, Mr. Creer currently serves on the boards of directors of Akimbo Systems, a video content licensing company, eStyle, an online maternity and clothing retailer and Zkey, a software company. He also serves on the board of directors of the Lassonde New Business Development Center at the University of Utah. He received a B.A. in Finance from the University of Utah in 1991.
Gerson, Fred Mr.Gerson has been a Member of DivX, Inc.’s Board of Directors since March 2005. Since July 2001, Mr. Gerson has been employed by the San Diego Padres, a league baseball club, first as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and since April 2003 as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gerson was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Peregrine Systems, a provider of enterprise software, from May 2002 through July 2002, while maintaining his responsibilities with the Padres. His prior history includes CFO positions at Maxis, Marimba, Peter Norton Computing, each a software company, and the coin-operated games division of Atari, a gaming company. Mr. Gerson is a director of Burlington Assurance Exchange Society, League Baseball’s captive insurance entity and Authentify, Inc., a closely held software company. Mr. Gerson received an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College. Fred Gerson has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since March 2005. Since July 2001, Mr. Gerson has been employed by the San Diego Padres, a league baseball club, first as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and since April 2003 as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gerson was the interim Chief Financial Officer of Peregrine Systems, a provider of enterprise software, from May 2002 through July 2002, while maintaining his responsibilities with the Padres. His prior history includes CFO positions at Maxis, Marimba, Peter Norton Computing, each a software company, and the coin-operated games division of Atari, a gaming company. Mr. Gerson is a director of Burlington Assurance Exchange Society, League Baseball’s captive insurance entity and Authentify, Inc., a closely held software company. Mr. Gerson received an M.B.A. from New York University and a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College.
McGurk, Christopher Christopher McGurk has been a Member of DivX, Inc.’s Board of Directors since January 2006. Since November 2006, Mr. McGurk has served as the Chief Executive Officer for Overture Films, a motion picture studio. From April 2006 to November 2006, Mr. McGurk served as Senior Advisor, New Ventures with IDT Entertainment, an entertainment company. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. McGurk served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, an entertainment company. Mr. McGurk’s previous experience includes key management positions at Universal Pictures and Walt Disney Studios, each an entertainment company, Pepsico, a beverage company, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, an accounting and consulting firm. Mr. McGurk serves on the boards of directors of DIC Entertainment Holdings, an entertainment company specializing in children’s properties, and BRE Properties, a real estate investment trust. Mr. McGurk received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Accounting from Syracuse University.
Vashisht-Rota, Jerome Mr. Jérôme J.P. Vashisht-Rota is a co-founder of DivX, Inc. and has been a Member of the Company's Board of Directors since August 2006. From February 2008 until February 2009, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Vice President of Creative, Brand, and Community. From March 2007 to February 2008, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Vice President of Media Experience. From November 2005 to March 2007, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Director of Community Initiatives. From January 2005 to November 2005, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Product Strategist. From February 2004 to January 2005, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Product Manager. From March 2002 to February 2004, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's Codec Team Leader. From September 2001 to March 2002, Mr. Vashisht-Rota served as Company's DivX Guru and Digital Video Specialist. Mr. Vashisht-Rota received a B.A. in Entertainment Arts, Picture, Cinema and Audio-Visual from the Paul-Valery University, Montpellier and an Associate Degree in Electric Engineering and Industrial Computing from the University Institute of Technology, Montpellier.
Brailean, James Dr. James Brailean has been a Member of DivX, Inc.'s Board of Directors since July 2008. In 1998, Dr. Brailean co-founded Packet-Video, Inc., a multimedia communications company, where he has served as Chief Executive Officer since January 2002. Dr. Brailean has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Mobile Products Division of NextWave Wireless Inc., a mobile broadband and multimedia technology company since July 2005. Dr. Brailean also currently serves on the board of directors of NextWave Wireless, Inc. Prior to co-founding PacketVideo, Dr. Brailean was a principal staff engineer within Motorola Corporate Research and Development Laboratories in Chicago, Illinois, where he managed the Advanced Video Algorithm Group, which was responsible for the design and development of advanced video compression and imaging algorithms. Prior to his time at Motorola, Dr. Brailean worked as a communication system engineer for Hughes Aircraft, Space and Communications Group. Dr. Brailean received his doctorate of philosophy in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. He holds a M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Hell, Kevin 2,715,900
Halvorson, Dan 1,713,810
Richter, David 1,076,360
Creer, Frank --
Gerson, Fred --
McGurk, Christopher --
Vashisht-Rota, Jerome --
Brailean, James --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Hell, Kevin 1,023,000 0
Halvorson, Dan 0 0
Richter, David 12,500 12,500
Creer, Frank 0 0
Gerson, Fred 0 0
McGurk, Christopher 0 0
Vashisht-Rota, Jerome 0 0
Brailean, James 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
CREER FRANK 163 $5.80
CREER FRANK 100 $5.83
CREER FRANK 6,701 $5.80
CREER FRANK 1,300 $5.81
CREER FRANK 400 $5.79
RICHTER DAVID J 4,029 $6.00
RICHTER DAVID J 2 $6.03
RICHTER DAVID J 100 $6.01
HALVORSON DAN L 2,292 $5.17
RICHTER DAVID J 2,292 $5.17
HALVORSON DAN L 6,250 $0.00
HELL KEVIN 3,438 $5.17
RICHTER DAVID J 6,250 $0.00
HELL KEVIN 9,375 $0.00
RICHTER DAVID J 6,250 $0.00
HELL KEVIN 9,375 $0.00
HALVORSON DAN L 2,234 $5.26
RICHTER DAVID J 2,234 $5.26
HALVORSON DAN L 6,250 $0.00
HELL KEVIN 3,351 $5.26
CREER FRANK 20,058 $5.02
HELL KEVIN 3,351 $5.12
RICHTER DAVID J 6,250 $0.00
HALVORSON DAN L 2,234 $5.12
HELL KEVIN 9,375 $0.00
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