People: LeapFrog Enterprises Inc (LF)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katz, Jeffrey | 53 | 2009 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
| Kalinske, Thomas | 64 | 2006 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
| Chiasson, William | 56 | 2007 | Chief Financial Officer |
| Wong, Peter | 42 | 2007 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
| Campbell, William | 47 | 2006 | Senior Vice President - Consumer Sales |
| Dodd, Michael | 49 | 2005 | Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and Operations |
| Maron, Stanley | 60 | 1997 | Director |
| McKee, E. Stanton | 65 | 2003 | Director |
| Wang, Caden | 57 | 2005 | Director |
| Nagel, David | 64 | 2005 | Director |
| Simon, Philip | 56 | 2009 | Director |
| Marinelli, Paul | 41 | 2009 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Katz, Jeffrey | Mr. Jeffrey G. Katz is Chairman of the board, Chief Executive Officer and President of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since July 2006, as a member of board of directors since June 2005, and as the Chairman of the board since March 2009. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Katz served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orbitz, Inc., an online travel company. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Katz was President and Chief Executive Officer of Swissair, a publicly held airline. From 1980 to 1997, he served in a variety of roles at American Airlines, a publicly held airline, including Vice President of American Airlines and President of the Computerized Reservation System Division of SABRE. Mr. Katz serves on the board of directors of Sojern, Inc., a privately held company that operates a targeted advertising network. Mr. Katz earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis, and M.S. degrees from both Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Kalinske, Thomas | Mr. Thomas J. Kalinske is Vice Chairman of the Board of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. in July 2006. From February 2004 to July 2006, Mr. Kalinske served as Chief Executive Officer and previously served in that same capacity from September 1997 to March 2002. He has served on board of directors since September 1997 and was the Chairman of board of directors from September 1997 to February 2004. Mr. Kalinske is currently CEO of cFares, Inc., an online meta search company in the travel market. From 1996 to February 2004, Mr. Kalinske served as the President of Knowledge Universe (now Mounte LLC), a private company focused on building companies in areas relating to education, technology and career management and the improvement of individual and corporate performance. From 1990 to 1996, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sega of America. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Matchbox Group from 1987 to 1990. Prior to that, he served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. Mr. Kalinske has served as Chairman of the Toy Manufacturers Association of America and, in 1997, he was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame. Mr. Kalinske serves on the board of directors of Blackboard Inc., a publicly held company that provides enterprise learning software applications, and is a member of its audit committee. Mr. Kalinske earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.B.A. from the University of Arizona. |
| Chiasson, William | Mr. William B. Chiasson is Chief Financial Officer of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. since November 2004. Prior to joining the company, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Levi Strauss & Co., a marketer of apparel, from August 1998 to December 2003. From January 1988 to August 1998, Mr. Chiasson served in varying capacities with Kraft Foods, Inc., a division of Phillip Morris Companies and a manufacturer and seller of branded foods and beverages, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance and Information Technology for Kraft Foods, Inc. From June 1979 to January 1988, Mr. Chiasson served in varying capacities with Baxter Healthcare, most recently as its Vice President and Controller for the Hospital Group. Mr. Chiasson is a certified public accountant and received his B.A. from the University of Arizona and his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. |
| Wong, Peter | Mr. Peter Wong is Senior Vice President of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. since October 2007, as General Counsel since April 2006 and as Corporate Secretary since February 2005. Mr. Wong served as Vice President, Legal Affairs from August 2004 to March 2006 and as Corporate Counsel from November 2001 to July 2004. From 1999 to 2001, he worked at Quokka Sports, Inc., a digital sports entertainment company, most recently as Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was a business attorney at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (formerly Cooley Godward LLP) and Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady Falk & Rabkin. Mr. Wong received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. |
| Campbell, William | Mr. William K. Campbell is Senior Vice President, Consumer Sales of the LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc since May 2006, as Vice President, Consumer Sales from December 2002 to May 2006 and as Director of Sales from January 2000 to December 2002. Prior to joining LeapFrog, he served in varying capacities at Lego Systems, Inc., most recently as national account manager from February 1997 to December 1999. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. from Stephen F. Austin State University. |
| Dodd, Michael | Mr. Michael J. Dodd is Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. since April 2005. Prior to joining, he co-founded Executive Technology, Inc., a value-added reseller and system integrator of information technology products, and served as its Chief Operating Officer from September 2003 through April 2005. From May 2002 to September 2003, Mr. Dodd served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Targus Group International, Inc., a provider of mobile personal computers and wireless accessories. Mr. Dodd was a Vice President, Operations at Juniper Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of internal protocol, or IP, routers from September 2000 to May 2002. From November 1989 to September 2000, Mr. Dodd served in various capacities at Compaq Computer Corporation, a manufacturer of personal computers, most recently as Managing Director of operations and strategic procurement for the Presario personal computer business. Mr. Dodd received his B.B.A. from Texas A&M University. |
| Maron, Stanley | Mr. Stanley E. Maron is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises in September 1997. Since 1994, Mr. Maron has served as a senior partner in the law firm of Maron & Sandler, a Professional Corporation, which he co-founded. He specializes in corporate and tax law. Prior to forming Maron & Sandler, he was a senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, serving the firm from 1975 to 1994. Mr. Maron currently serves as a director of Heron International, a privately held European real estate development company, and also serves as an officer and director of privately held companies affiliated with Knowledge Learning Corporation, a for-profit provider of early child care learning. Mr. Maron earned a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Maron has served on audit committee since July 2006, and on compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees since May 1, 2008. |
| McKee, E. Stanton | Mr. E. Stanton McKee, Jr. is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., since November 2003. From 1989 until his retirement in November 2002, Mr. McKee served in various positions at Electronic Arts Inc., a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Mr. McKee serves on the board of directors of ArcSight, Inc., a publicly held company that provides security and compliance management software and is a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee and chairs its audit committee. Mr. McKee also serves on the board of directors of several privately held companies. Mr. McKee earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. Mr. McKee has served as the Chairman of audit committee since November 2003. |
| Wang, Caden | Mr. Caden Wang is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises since April 2005. From June 1999 until his retirement in December 2001, Mr. Wang served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LVMH Selective Retailing Group, which included various international retail holdings such as DFS, Sephora and Miami Cruiseline Services. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer for DFS, Gump’s and Cost Plus. Since October 2003, Mr. Wang has served on the board of directors of bebe stores, inc., a publicly held company that designs, develops and produces women’s apparel and accessories, and chairs its audit committee, is a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee and chairs a special committee advising on executive equity matters. From August 2005 through August 2007, Mr. Wang served on the board of directors of Fossil, Inc., a publicly held company that designs, develops, markets and distributes fashion related consumer products, and was a member of its audit committee, nominating and corporate governance committee and a special committee advising on option backdating. Mr. Wang is a Certified Public Accountant. He earned a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Wang has served as a member of audit committee since April 2005, a member of nominating and corporate governance committee since November 2006 (and as the Chairman since March 2009), and a member of compensation committee since March 2009. |
| Nagel, David | Mr. David C. Nagel is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises in September 2005. From December 2001 until his retirement in May 2005, Dr. Nagel served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of PalmSource, Inc., a provider of operating system software platforms for smart mobile devices. From September 2001 to December 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Platform Solutions Group at Palm, Inc., a provider of mobile computing solutions. Prior to joining Palm, from April 1996 to September 2001, Dr. Nagel was Chief Technology Officer of AT&T Corp., a communications service provider, President of AT&T Labs, a corporate research and development unit of AT&T, and Chief Technology Officer of Concert, a partnership between AT&T and British Telecom. Dr. Nagel serves on the board of directors and compensation committee of Tessera Technologies, Inc., a publicly held company that develops semiconductor packaging technology, and on the board of directors and compensation committee of Openwave Systems Inc., a publicly-held company that develops software for mobile and broadband operators. Dr. Nagel earned a B.S., an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Nagel has served as a member of compensation committee since February 2006 (and as the Chairman since November 2006), and as a member of strategy committee from April 2006 until it was dissolved in July 2007. |
| Simon, Philip | Mr. Philip B. Simon is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., March 2009. Mr. Simon is President of Lawrence Investments, a private equity investment firm that is controlled by Lawrence J. Ellison. Mr. Simon was proposed for membership on board of directors by Mollusk Holdings, a subsidiary of Lawrence Investments and the owner of shares representing a majority of outstanding voting power. For 16 years, prior to joining Lawrence Investments in 1997, Mr. Simon was partner in Howson & Simon LLP, a professional tax and accounting services firm. Mr. Simon serves on the board of directors of a number of privately held companies and is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Simon holds an A.B. from Yale University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Mr. Simon has served as a member of compensation committee since March 2009. |
| Marinelli, Paul | Mr. Paul T. Marinelli is Director of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., since March 2009. Mr. Marinelli has served as Vice President of Lawrence Investments, LLC, or Lawrence Investments, a private equity investment firm that is controlled by Lawrence J. Ellison, since May 2004. Mr. Marinelli was proposed for membership on board of directors by Mollusk Holdings, a subsidiary of Lawrence Investments and the owner of shares representing a majority of outstanding voting power. From September 1999 to May 2004, he held the position of Corporate Development Group Director at Cadence Design Systems, an electronic design automation software and services company, where he managed several dozen acquisitions and strategic investments. Prior to 1999, Mr. Marinelli held various financial roles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, AlliedSignal and EMCON. Mr. Marinelli earned a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Cornell University. Mr. Marinelli has served as a member of nominating and corporate governance committee since March 2009. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Katz, Jeffrey | 3,825,070 |
| Kalinske, Thomas | 849,840 |
| Chiasson, William | 830,529 |
| Wong, Peter | -- |
| Campbell, William | 455,501 |
| Dodd, Michael | 611,286 |
| Maron, Stanley | -- |
| McKee, E. Stanton | -- |
| Wang, Caden | -- |
| Nagel, David | -- |
| Simon, Philip | -- |
| Marinelli, Paul | -- |
As Of 30 Dec 2008
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Katz, Jeffrey | 0 | 0 |
| Kalinske, Thomas | 415,000 | 120,544 |
| Chiasson, William | 182,000 | 0 |
| Wong, Peter | 0 | 0 |
| Campbell, William | 0 | 0 |
| Dodd, Michael | 0 | 0 |
| Maron, Stanley | 0 | 0 |
| McKee, E. Stanton | 0 | 0 |
| Wang, Caden | 0 | 0 |
| Nagel, David | 0 | 0 |
| Simon, Philip | 0 | 0 |
| Marinelli, Paul | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ETNYRE MARK A | 12,500 | $0.00 |
| ETNYRE MARK A | 5,497 | $3.52 |
| CAMPBELL WILLIAM K | 330 | $4.62 |
| KATZ JEFFREY G | 5,362 | $4.62 |
| MACINTYRE NANCY | 2,500 | $0.00 |
| CHIASSON WILLIAM B | 2,500 | $0.00 |
| DODD MICHAEL J | 893 | $4.62 |
| CAMPBELL WILLIAM K | 1,250 | $0.00 |
| KATZ JEFFREY G | 15,000 | $0.00 |
| WONG PETER M O | 446 | $4.62 |
| DODD MICHAEL J | 2,500 | $0.00 |
| MACINTYRE NANCY | 893 | $4.62 |
| CHIASSON WILLIAM B | 893 | $4.62 |
| WONG PETER M O | 1,250 | $0.00 |
| WONG PETER M O | 3,400 | $0.00 |
| DODD MICHAEL J | 4,250 | $0.00 |
| WONG PETER M O | 1,463 | $1.87 |
| CAMPBELL WILLIAM K | 3,400 | $0.00 |
| CAMPBELL WILLIAM K | 1,110 | $1.87 |
| CHIASSON WILLIAM B | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| ETNYRE MARK A | 12,500 | $0.00 |
| ETNYRE MARK A | 4,468 | $2.56 |
| SIMON PHILIP B | 77,654 | $0.00 |
| FINK STEVEN B | 349,849 | $0.00 |
| WEST HILDA | 1,787 | $6.13 |





