People: FactSet Research Systems Inc (FDS)
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Philip Hadley |
50 | 2000 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
Charles Snyder |
70 | 2000 | Independent Vice Chairman of the Board |
Maurizio Nicolelli |
44 | 2009 | Principal Financial Officer, Senior Vice President |
Peter Walsh |
47 | 2009 | Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President |
Michael Frankenfield |
47 | 2009 | Executive Vice President, Director - Global Sales |
Kieran Kennedy |
47 | 2009 | Senior Vice President, Director - Global Sales Operations |
James McGonigle |
49 | 2005 | Lead Independent Director |
Robin Abrams |
61 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Scott Billeadeau |
51 | 2001 | Independent Director |
Michael DiChristina |
50 | 2009 | Independent Director |
Joseph Laird |
67 | 1993 | Independent Director |
Walter Siebecker |
71 | 1997 | Independent Director |
Joseph Zimmel |
59 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Philip Hadley |
Mr. Philip A. Hadley is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FactSet Research Systems Inc., since September 5, 2000. Mr. Hadley joined FactSet in 1985 as a Consultant. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Hadley was the Company’s Vice President, Sales. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Hadley was Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hadley was employed by Cargill Corporation. He currently serves as a member of the board of advisors of Kum & Go. Mr. Hadley received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Iowa, has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. |
Charles Snyder |
Mr. Charles J. Snyder is Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of FactSet Research Systems Inc. He has been a Director of FactSet since its formation in 1978 and is currently a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is a co-founder of FactSet and retired as President and Chief Technology Officer of the Company on August 31, 1999. At that time he became Vice Chairman of the Board and agreed to continue as a consultant for three years to FactSet’s engineering and technology groups. In conjunction with FactSet’s announcement of Howard Wille’s retirement as Chief Executive Officer of FactSet effective May 22, 2000, Mr. Snyder was named FactSet’s interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Snyder acted as interim Chief Executive Officer of FactSet until September 5, 2000, at which time Philip A. Hadley was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From 1964 to 1977, Mr. Snyder worked for Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan, Inc., eventually becoming Director of Computer Research, a position he retained with Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc. after its acquisition of Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan, Inc. in 1977. |
Maurizio Nicolelli |
Mr. Maurizio Nicolelli is Principal Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Mr. Nicolelli joined FactSet in 1996 as the Senior Accountant and held the position of Chief Accountant from 1999 to 2001. Since 2002, he has served as Vice President and Comptroller of the Company. Prior to joining FactSet, he was employed at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He holds a B.S. degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. degree in Accounting from St. John's University. Mr. Nicolelli is a CPA licensed in the state of New York. |
Peter Walsh |
Mr. Peter G. Walsh is Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Mr. Walsh joined the Company in 1996 as Vice President, Planning and Control within the Company’s Finance group. Mr. Walsh held the position of Vice President, Director of Finance from 1999 until 2001. From late 2001 to February 2005, Mr. Walsh occupied the position of Vice President, Regional Sales Manager of the U.S. Southeast Region. On March 1, 2005 he assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. On October 1, 2009, Mr. Walsh was promoted to his current position as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, where he is responsible for product development, content collection and software and systems engineering. Prior to joining FactSet, Mr. Walsh held several positions at Arthur Anderson & Co. Mr. Walsh received a B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University, has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. |
Michael Frankenfield |
Mr. Michael D. Frankenfield is Executive Vice President, Director - Global Sales of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Mr. Frankenfield joined the Company in 1989 within the Consulting Services Group. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Frankenfield held the position of Vice President, Sales. From 1995 to 2000 Mr. Frankenfield was Director of Investment Banking Sales with the Company. From 2000 until 2005, Mr. Frankenfield was Director of Sales and Marketing and from September 2005 until August 2009, he was the Director of Investment Management Services. In August 2009, he was promoted to his current position as Director of Global Sales. Mr. Frankenfield received a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. |
Kieran Kennedy |
Mr. Kieran M. Kennedy is Senior Vice President, Director - Global Sales Operations of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Mr. Kennedy joined the Company in 1990 within the Consulting Services Group. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Kennedy held the position of Sales and Consulting Manager for the West Coast. Mr. Kennedy was Director of Consulting from 1997 until he assumed the position as Director of Investment Banking and Brokerage Services in 2002. In August 2009, he assumed his current position as Director of Global Sales Operations. Prior to joining FactSet, Mr. Kennedy held a Currency Trading position at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Kennedy received a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University. |
James McGonigle |
Mr. James J. McGonigle is Lead Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc., since September 19, 2005. Mr. McGonigle has served on the Board since 2002 and is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. McGonigle serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and was the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Corporate Executive Board Company (“CEB”). Mr. McGonigle was a special advisor to the Board of CEB between January 2008 and May 2009. He served as the Director and non-Executive Chairman of the Board of CEB from July 2005 until January 2008. From July 1998 until July 2005, Mr. McGonigle served as CEB’s Chief Executive Officer. From October 1997 until July 1998, Mr. McGonigle was CEB’s General Manager, and from 1995 until October 1997, he was the General Manager of the corporate division of The Advisory Board Company. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. McGonigle was a consultant in the Financial Institutions Group at McKinsey & Company, an independent consulting firm. Mr. McGonigle received a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. |
Robin Abrams |
Ms. Robin A. Abrams is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc., since October 24, 2011. Ms. Abrams is a private investor who currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Unwired Planet, Inc. (formerly known as Openwave Systems, Inc.), a global software innovator delivering all-Internet protocol mediation and messaging solutions, HCL Technologies Ltd., a global offshore IT and software development company, Sierra Wireless, Inc. In addition, Ms. Abrams serves on the board of trustees for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. From August 2006 to January 2007, Ms. Abrams served as Interim CEO of ZILOG, Inc., a provider of integrated microcontroller products, where she also served as a director fro 2004 to 2010. From July 2004 to July 2006, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Firefly Communications, Inc., a company with a range of mobile products that address the youth market. From September 2003 to July 2004, Ms. Abrams was President of Accenture’s Connection to eBay unit. From May 2001 to January 2003, Ms. Abrams served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BlueKite, a provider of bandwidth optimization software for wireless operators. Ms. Abrams also held key executive positions at Apple. As managing director of Apple Asia, she helped open the Chinese and Indian markets to Apple products, and subsequently became president of Apple Americas. Previously, Ms. Abrams held senior product marketing positions at Norwest Bank (Wells Fargo) and Unisys. She received her BA in political science and history and her JD from the University of Nebraska. |
Scott Billeadeau |
Mr. Scott A. Billeadeau is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc. He is a business consultant and former Managing Director of Small-cap and Mid-cap Growth Strategies at Fifth Third Asset Management (“Fifth Third”). Prior to working at Fifth Third between March 2003 and October 2012, Mr. Billeadeau was a Principal, Founder and Senior Portfolio Manager with Paladin Investment Associates, LLC (“Paladin”). He spent eight years managing over $2 billion in small-cap and mid-cap assets for Bank of America and Nations Bank before co-founding Paladin in December 2000. Mr. Billeadeau began his career in 1985 with American Express Financial Advisers, previously IDS Financial Services, Inc., where he was a quantitative analyst. Mr. Billeadeau received a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. |
Michael DiChristina |
Mr. Michael F. DiChristina is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc. He joined FactSet in 1986 as a Software Engineer and held the position of Director of Software Engineering from 1990 to 1999. In 2000, Mr. DiChristina assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer until stepping down on October 1, 2009. He continues to be a FactSet employee and serves on the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining FactSet, Mr. DiChristina was a Software Engineer at Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. DiChristina received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
Joseph Laird |
Mr. Joseph E. Laird, Jr., is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc. He serves as Managing Director of Petsky Prunier LLC. From 1999 to 2009, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laird Squared LLC, an investment banking company that he formed in January 1999, exclusively to serve the database information services industry. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Laird was a Managing Director of Veronis, Suhler & Associates, a specialty merchant bank that serves the media and information industries. From 1982 to 1989, he was an institutional equity salesman and a senior securities analyst of database information services for Hambrecht & Quist. From 1975 to 1982, Mr. Laird was an institutional equity salesman and investment strategist for PaineWebber Mitchell Hutchins. |
Walter Siebecker |
Mr. Walter F. Siebecker is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc. Mr. Siebecker serves as President of Burgess Consulting LLC with a background in retail and institutional investment services in the domestic and global markets. He is currently a Director of qval, Inc., a provider of data management solutions and valuation services to global investors of both privately held and publicly traded companies. Mr. Siebecker is a former member of the Board of Directors of Smith Barney Inc and the National Securities Clearing Corporation. During his time with Smith Barney, he served on the Board of the Securities Industry Association-Operations Division and its various committees and served for a year as its President. The directorship of each of these firms include memberships on their Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance committees. During his directorship at FactSet, Mr. Siebecker completed the Columbia University Corporate Director Program and the Duke University Corporate Directors Institute Program. Mr. Siebecker received a B.B.A in Finance & Investments from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. |
Joseph Zimmel |
Mr. Joseph R. Zimmel is Independent Director of FactSet Research Systems Inc. He is a financial consultant and retired Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. From December 2001 until November 2002, Mr. Zimmel served as an Advisory Director to the Goldman Sachs Group. In the investment banking division at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mr. Zimmel held the position of Managing Director of the Communications, Media & Entertainment Group for the Americas from 1999 to 2001, after acting as a Managing Director and a co-head of the group from 1992 to 1999. In addition to his appointment to FactSet’s Board of Directors, Mr. Zimmel serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Century Link, Inc. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Philip Hadley |
1,610,810 |
Charles Snyder |
80,000 |
Maurizio Nicolelli |
647,032 |
Peter Walsh |
1,148,010 |
Michael Frankenfield |
1,151,280 |
Kieran Kennedy |
770,649 |
James McGonigle |
-- |
Robin Abrams |
-- |
Scott Billeadeau |
-- |
Michael DiChristina |
166,469 |
Joseph Laird |
-- |
Walter Siebecker |
-- |
Joseph Zimmel |
-- |
As Of 30 Aug 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Philip Hadley |
602,318 | 21,405,630 |
Charles Snyder |
3,000 | 0 |
Maurizio Nicolelli |
0 | 0 |
Peter Walsh |
233,840 | 6,478,063 |
Michael Frankenfield |
255,245 | 7,276,000 |
Kieran Kennedy |
117,126 | 2,507,768 |
James McGonigle |
0 | 0 |
Robin Abrams |
0 | 0 |
Scott Billeadeau |
0 | 0 |
Michael DiChristina |
462,615 | 15,194,310 |
Joseph Laird |
0 | 0 |
Walter Siebecker |
0 | 0 |
Joseph Zimmel |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
HADLEY PHILIP A |
2,000 | $91.87 |
BILLEADEAU SCOTT A |
2,950 | $91.28 |
KENNEDY KIERAN M |
1,332 | $65.67 |
KENNEDY KIERAN M |
648 | $35.80 |
KENNEDY KIERAN M |
4,062 | $91.26 |
WALSH PETER G |
30,000 | $91.29 |
WALSH PETER G |
30,000 | $24.49 |
KENNEDY KIERAN M |
2,082 | $66.46 |
DI CHRISTINA MICHAEL F |
3,268 | $59.36 |
DI CHRISTINA MICHAEL F |
2,862 | $35.80 |
DI CHRISTINA MICHAEL F |
5,868 | $65.67 |
DI CHRISTINA MICHAEL F |
11,998 | $92.66 |
LAIRD JOSEPH E JR |
2,000 | $92.50 |
SNYDER CHARLES J |
2,100 | $91.17 |
SNYDER CHARLES J |
436,962 | $90.92 |
SNYDER CHARLES J |
53,200 | $90.92 |
SNYDER CHARLES J |
436,962 | $89.94 |
SNYDER CHARLES J |
469,400 | $88.64 |
WALSH PETER G |
2,000 | $43.39 |
WALSH PETER G |
3,979 | $89.19 |
WALSH PETER G |
1,979 | $43.39 |
WALSH PETER G |
2,000 | $43.39 |
WALSH PETER G |
2,000 | $43.39 |
WALSH PETER G |
3,500 | $43.39 |
WALSH PETER G |
2,500 | $43.39 |

