People: Glu Mobile Inc (GLUU.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
William Miller	67	2010	Independent Chairman of the Board
Niccolo de Masi	32	2010	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eric Ludwig	43	2011	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Chris Akhavan		2013	President - Publishing
Matthew Ricchetti	41	2012	President - Studios
Kal Iyer		2013	Global Chief Technology Officer
Scott Leichtner	42	2010	Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Lorne Abony		2013	Director
Ann Mather	52	2005	Independent Director
Hany Nada	43	2005	Independent Director
A. Brooke Seawell	65	2006	Independent Director
Benjamin Smith	44	2010	Independent Director
Seth Potter			ICR - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
William Miller	Mr. William J. Miller serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Glu Mobile Inc. Mr. Miller has served as one of company's directors since January 2007, served as co-Chairman of Board from July 2009 to January 2010 and has served as sole Chairman of Board since January 2010. Mr. Miller also served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer from December 2009 until Mr. de Masi assumed this position in January 2010. Mr. Miller has acted as an independent director and adviser to a number of technology companies since November 1999. From April 1996 until November 1999, Mr. Miller served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Avid Corporation, a provider of digital tools for multimedia companies, where he also served as President from September 1996 to January 1999. Prior to then, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Quantum Corporation, a data storage manufacturer. He previously held various positions in the data storage, information services and financial services businesses of Control Data Corporation, a computer and data services company. Mr. Miller also serves as a director of NVIDIA Corporation, Waters Corporation, Digimarc Corporation and Quantance Inc., and during the past five years has also served as a director of Overland Storage, Inc. and ViewSonic Corporation. Mr. Miller holds a B.A. in speech communications and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Niccolo de Masi	Mr. Niccolo M. de Masi is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Glu Mobile Inc. Prior to joining Glu, Mr. de Masi was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Hands-On Mobile, a mobile technology company and developer and publisher of mobile entertainment, from October 2009 to December 2009, and previously served as the President of Hands-On Mobile from March 2008 to October 2009. Prior to joining Hands-On Mobile, Mr. de Masi was the Chief Executive Officer of Monstermob Group PLC, a mobile entertainment company, from June 2006 to February 2007. Mr. de Masi joined Monstermob in 2004 and, prior to becoming its Chief Executive Officer, held positions as its Managing Director and as its Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for formulating and implementing Monstermob’s growth and product strategy. Prior to joining Monstermob, Mr. de Masi worked in a variety of corporate finance and operational roles within the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector, beginning his career with JP Morgan on both the TMT debt capital markets and mergers and acquisitions teams in London. He has also worked as a physicist with Siemens Solar and within the Strategic Planning and Development divisions of Technicolor. Mr. de Masi holds an M.A. degree in Physics and an MSci. degree in Electronic Engineering — both from Cambridge University.
Eric Ludwig	Mr. Eric R. Ludwig is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Glu Mobile Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2008. Mr. Ludwig previously held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer from September 2010 to October 2011. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ludwig served as Vice President, Finance, Interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2008 to August 2008, served as Vice President, Finance from April 2005 to May 2008 and served as Director of Finance from January 2005 to April 2005. In addition, Mr. Ludwig has served as Assistant Secretary since July 2006. Prior to joining the company, from January 1996 to January 2005, Mr. Ludwig held various positions at Instill Corporation, an on-demand supply chain software company, most recently as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance and Corporate Secretary. Prior to Instill, Mr. Ludwig was Corporate Controller at Camstar Systems, Inc., an enterprise manufacturing execution and quality systems software company, from May 1994 to January 1996. He also worked at Price Waterhouse L.L.P. from May 1989 to May 1994. Mr. Ludwig holds a B.S. in commerce from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
Chris Akhavan	Mr. Chris Akhavan has been appointed as President - Publishing of Glu Mobile Inc., effective April 22, 2013. Akhavan will lead Glu's global efforts to strengthen and grow Glu's distribution and monetization capabilities. Akhavan brings to Glu a background in mobile monetization, advertising, user acquisition, developer relations, business development, and international expansion. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships for Tapjoy where he was a key early member of the team that built a mobile advertising and monetization platform. Chris was instrumental in building and scaling Tapjoy's commercial operations globally, including establishing offices in Japan and Korea.
Matthew Ricchetti	Mr. Matthew P. Ricchetti is President - Studios of Glu Mobile Inc. Before joining, Mr. Ricchetti was employed by Kabam, a free-to-play games company, from June 2010 to October 2012, holding various roles and most recently as its Vice President of Mobile. From May 2009 through June 2010, Mr. Ricchetti was a Senior Game Designer and Product Manager at Zynga, Inc., a social games company. From September 2004 to May 2009, Mr. Ricchetti was a Designer and Producer at Electronic Arts, Inc., a digital interactive entertainment company. Mr. Ricchetti holds a B.A. degree in Religious Studies and East Asian Studies from Brown University.
Kal Iyer	Mr. Kal Iyer is Global Chief Technology Officer of Glu Mobile Inc. Mr. Iyer joined Glu in 2003 and has held increasingly senior positions in Glu’s research, development and engineering organization. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Iyer worked at Pumatech International where he architected and built the infrastructure for mobile browsing. Prior to Pumatech, Mr. Iyer consulted for several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Iyer holds a B.S. in mathematics from Jabalpur University, India.
Scott Leichtner	Mr. Scott J. Leichtner is Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Glu Mobile Inc. Prior to joining, Mr. Leichtner was a corporate attorney at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm serving technology and life sciences clients, from October 1997 to May 2009. Mr. Leichtner holds a B.S. degree in Political Science from Duke University and a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan.
Lorne Abony
Ann Mather	Ms. Ann Mather serves as an Independent Director of Glu Mobile Inc., since September 2005. Since May 2004, Ms. Mather has served as an advisor to technology and media companies. From September 1999 to May 2004, Ms. Mather was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Pixar Animation Studios Inc. From 1992 to July 1999, she held various executive positions at The Walt Disney Company, including Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for its Buena Vista International Theatrical Division. Prior to then, she served in various roles with Alico, a division of AIG, Inc., Polo Ralph Lauren Europe’s retail operations, Paramount Pictures Corporation and KPMG in London. Ms. Mather also serves on the boards of directors of Google Inc., Netflix, Inc., MGM Holdings Inc., Moneygram International, Inc., Solazyme, Inc., Ariat International, and SmartPak Equine, LLC, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Dodge & Cox Funds. During the last five years, she also served as a director of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Ms. Mather holds an M.A. from Cambridge University in England.
Hany Nada	Mr. Hany M. Nada serves as an Independent Director of Glu Mobile Inc., since April 2005. Mr. Nada co-founded GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures) in 2000 and has served as a Managing Director since its inception. He has also served as Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co., specializing in Internet software and e-infrastructure. Mr. Nada also serves on the boards of directors of RootMusic, Inc., Tudou, Inc., Vocera Communications, Inc. and WildTangent, Inc. Mr. Nada holds a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota.
A. Brooke Seawell	Mr. A. Brooke Seawell serves as an Independent Director of Glu Mobile Inc., since June 2006. Since January 2005, Mr. Seawell has served as a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates, focusing on software and semiconductor investments. From February 2000 to December 2004, he served as a Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures. Prior to joining TCV, Mr. Seawell worked in senior executive positions with NetDynamics, Inc., an application server software company, and Synopsys Inc., an electronic design automation software company. Mr. Seawell also serves on the boards of directors of NVIDIA Corporation, Informatica Corporation, SiTime Corporation, SugarCRM Inc. and Tableau Software, Inc. In addition, Mr. Seawell is an observer on the board of directors of Tabula Inc. Mr. Seawell also serves on the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Seawell holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Benjamin Smith	Mr. Benjamin T. Smith, IV, serves as Independent Director of Glu Mobile Inc., since November 2010. Mr. Smith has been the Chief Executive Officer of ShopCo, the owner and operator of the Find n Save local shopping sites, since April 2012. Prior to joining ShopCo, Mr. Smith served as an independent director of and advisor to technology companies, including in his role as a Venture Partner at Accelerator Venture Capital, where he has served from December 2011 to the present. Previously, Mr. Smith served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WYBS, Inc. d/b/a MerchantCircle, from when he co-founded the company in August 2004 until the company was sold to Reply.com in May 2011. Mr. Smith continued to serve as the President of Reply.com following such acquisition until August 2011. Mr. Smith served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and a strategic advisor to Borland Software, a vendor of Open Application Lifecycle Management solutions, from March 2005 to October 2007 and the Chief Executive Officer of and an advisor to CodeGear, a division of Borland, from November 2006 to October 2007. Mr. Smith previously co-founded Spoke Software, a provider of social networking software that connects business professionals, in 2002, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Smith also served the Bush Administration as the Senior Advisor for Strategy and Planning to the Secretary of Transportation from 2001 to 2002. Prior to then, Mr. Smith was a Vice President and Partner at the strategic consulting firm, A.T. Kearney, and Vice President, Venture Development at EDS after A.T. Kearney was purchased by EDS. He also advised and led the board of directors of Tapulous Inc., a mobile social gaming company, from its founding in 2009 until its sale to The Walt Disney Co. in July 2010. Mr. Smith holds a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Davis.
Seth Potter

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
William Miller	3,365
Niccolo de Masi	1,566,260
Eric Ludwig	996,928
Chris Akhavan	--
Matthew Ricchetti	--
Kal Iyer	618,577
Scott Leichtner	--
Lorne Abony	--
Ann Mather	--
Hany Nada	--
A. Brooke Seawell	--
Benjamin Smith	--
Seth Potter	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
William Miller	0	0
Niccolo de Masi	100,000	306,740
Eric Ludwig	67,500	160,178
Chris Akhavan	0	0
Matthew Ricchetti	0	0
Kal Iyer	0	0
Scott Leichtner	0	0
Lorne Abony	0	0
Ann Mather	0	0
Hany Nada	0	0
A. Brooke Seawell	0	0
Benjamin Smith	0	0
Seth Potter	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	20,189	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	163,351	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	163,351	$3.02
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	20,189	$3.02
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	222,500	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	222,500	$3.02
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	27,500	$3.02
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	27,500	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	10,362	$3.07
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	256,676	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	31,724	$1.50
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	31,724	$3.07
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	256,676	$3.07
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	1,238	$3.07
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	15,598	$2.36
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	129,002	$2.36
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	16,500	$2.37
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	133,500	$2.37
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	445,000	$2.43
DRAPKIN MATTHEW A	55,000	$2.43
DE MASI NICCOLO M	44,909	$2.26
MILLER WILLIAM J	40,000	$2.30
SMITH BENJAMIN T IV	10,000	$2.25
LUDWIG ERIC R	15,064	$0.00
LUDWIG ERIC R	15,064	$0.00

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People: Glu Mobile Inc (GLUU.O)

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