People: Lyris, Inc. (LYRI.OB)

LYRI.OB on OTC BB

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Comfort, William 43 2002 Chairman of the Board
Rivera, Luis 37 2007 President,Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mackintosh, Heidi 39 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary
Mathieu, Blaine 42 2008 Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Bailard, Brian 45 2008 Senior Vice President - Global Sales
Ryan, Sean 43 2008 Senior Vice President - Engineering
Polanco, Ray 42 2008 Vice President - Client Services
Blair, Andrew 76 2002 Director
De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas 43 2003 Director
Wilson, Robb 40 2008 Director
Urry, James 55 2007 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Comfort, William Mr. William T. Comfort, III serves as Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lyris, Inc. He served as a member of the Board since May 2002, and as Chairman of the Board since November 12, 2002. He was a private equity investment professional with CVC Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in London, England, from February 1995 until December 2000. From February 2001 to February 2003 he served as a consultant to Citicorp Venture Capital (“CVC”). He is now principal of Conversion Capital Partners Limited, an investment fund headquartered at 4th Floor, Liscartan House, 127 Sloane Street, London, England. Mr. Comfort also has served as a director of numerous public and private companies as a representative of CVC Capital Partners and CVC, from all of which he has resigned. Mr. Comfort is currently a director of Kofax, Inc. Mr. Comfort received his J.D. and L.L.M. in tax law from New York University School of Law.
Rivera, Luis Mr. Luis A. Rivera was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Lyris Inc. on May 11, 2007 and has been a Director since June 25, 2007. He previously served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President beginning on January 29, 2007. From May 2005 until his appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rivera had served as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Rivera continues to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of principal operating subsidiary, Lyris Technologies, Inc., a position he has held since May 2005. From May 2003 through May 2005, Mr. Rivera was the General Manager of Lyris Technologies, Inc. From May 2001 through April 2003, Mr. Rivera was the Director of Sales of Lyris. From November 1999 through May 2001, Mr. Rivera served as Director of International Sales of Turbolinx, an open source technology company. Mr. Rivera is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College.
Mackintosh, Heidi Mr. Heidi L. Mackintosh was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Lyris Inc. on May 1, 2008. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Mackintosh served as Vice President and Corporate Controller for BenefitStreet, Inc., an unbundled provider of 401(k) recordkeeping solutions and services since March 2007. From August 2004 until January 2007, Ms. Mackintosh was the Corporate Controller for OSIsoft, Inc., a performance management enterprise software company. From July 2002 until August 2004, Ms. Mackintosh was employed as Senior Manager of Technical Accounting at Apple Computer, Inc. Ms. Mackintosh is a CPA and received her B.A. in Business Administration from the California State University, Hayward.
Mathieu, Blaine Mr. Blaine Mathieu was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Lyris Inc. on April 21, 2008 after having joined the company in November 2007 as Senior Vice President, Marketing. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mathieu was general manager and vice president of product and marketing at Corel Corp. He was responsible for creating global marketing and product strategies for a wide range of software products targeted at consumers, businesses and professionals. Mr. Mathieu also held a variety of senior management positions at Adobe Systems, Gartner Group and other companies. He received his MBA from Athabasca University in Canada in 1999 and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1989.
Bailard, Brian Mr. Brian Bailard joined Lyris Inc. in August of 2008 as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Prior to joining Lyris, he was Vice President of Global Sales and Services at Financial Crossing, a venture-backed financial technology company since June 2006. Previously, he served in various senior level sales and management positions at a variety of companies including BDNA Corporation, Thomson Reuters, Advent Software, Bain & Company and IBM. Mr. Bailard holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
Ryan, Sean Mr. Sean G. Ryan was appointed as Senior Vice President - Engineering of Lyris Inc. on May 16, 2008 after having joined in May 2008 as Vice President of Engineering. Since January of 2005, Mr. Ryan had been providing SaaS consulting services and assisted early stage companies in raising investment capital. Notably, he assisted eSchoolware, a provider of hosted assessment services to the educational market acting as their interim CTO and helping them raise capital. From January 2004 to December 2004 he acted as the CTO/COO of Booksurge, LLC an online provider of print-on-demand services. In December of 2004 BookSurge was acquired by Amazon.com. From January 2000 to December 2003 Mr. Ryan was a founder and the CTO of ExactTarget, a hosted email solutions provider.
Polanco, Ray Mr. Ray Polanco was appointed as Vice President - Global Services and Support of Lyris Inc. on February 1, 2008. From May 2007 to January 2008, Mr. Polanco was the Director of Service and Support for Lyris. Prior to May 2007 Mr. Polanco held similar Director level client services positions at Avid Technology, Zhone Technology, and Lucent. Mr. Polanco studied Business Administration at San Jose State University.
Blair, Andrew Mr. Andrew Richard Blair serves as a Director of Lyris, Inc. He has been a member of the Board since November 12, 2002. He is a founder of Freimark Blair & Company, Inc., a broker-dealer research boutique located at One Rice Bluff Road, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Mr. Blair has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and as a director of Freimark Blair since January 1983. Mr. Blair received his B.S. in Science and Business Administration from Wake Forest University.
De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas Mr. Nicolas De Santis Cuadra serves as Director of Lyris, Inc. He has been a member of Board since January 16, 2003. Mr. De Santis Cuadra has served since January 2003 as the Chief Executive Officer of London-based Twelve Stars Communications, an international brand business consulting firm, located at 13 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London, which Mr. De Santis Cuadra founded in 1994. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Twelve Stars from 1994 until December 1998. From December 2000 until January 2003, Mr. De Santis Cuadra served as the marketing director of OPODO Ltd., an online travel portal owned by several European-based airlines. From January 1999 until December 2000, Mr. De Santis Cuadra served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Beenz.com, the Internet currency website.
Wilson, Robb Mr. Robb Wilson was appointed as Director of Lyris Inc. on July 1, 2008. Mr. Wilson resigned as an officer and employee of the Company on July 1, 2008. Mr. Wilson is currently an entrepreneur and author and was formerly Company's Vice President of Technology since January, 2006, having joined Lyris in December, 2004 as Vice President of Development and Deliverability. Prior to joining Lyris, Mr. Wilson served as President and founder of Piper Software, a pioneer in the development of email deliverability solutions, from October 1, 2004 to December 15, 2004. Lyris acquired Piper Software in November 2004. Prior to his tenure at Piper Software, Mr. Wilson served as Vice President of Software Development for Quris, Inc.
Urry, James Mr. James A. Urry serves as Director of Lyris, Inc. He has been a member of the Board since June 25, 2007. Mr. Urry is a partner at Court Square Capital Management L.P., a private equity firm. Prior to joining Court Square, he was a partner at Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners from 1989 to 2006. Mr. Urry also serves as a member of the board of directors of Intersil Corporation, a semiconductor company.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Comfort, William --
Rivera, Luis 484,471
Mackintosh, Heidi --
Mathieu, Blaine 362,165
Bailard, Brian --
Ryan, Sean 320,109
Polanco, Ray --
Blair, Andrew --
De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas --
Wilson, Robb 214,376
Urry, James --
As Of 29 Jun 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Comfort, William 0 0
Rivera, Luis 3,600,000 2,231,999
Mackintosh, Heidi 0 0
Mathieu, Blaine 0 0
Bailard, Brian 0 0
Ryan, Sean 0 0
Polanco, Ray 0 0
Blair, Andrew 0 0
De Santis Cuadra, Nicolas 0 0
Wilson, Robb 600,000 312,000
Urry, James 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
BLAIR ANDREW RICHARD 17,200 $0.88
LDN STUYVIE PARTNERSHIP 4,170,000 $0.00
COMFORT WILLIAM T III 4,170,000 $0.00
LDN STUYVIE PARTNERSHIP 6,520,374 $1.05
COMFORT WILLIAM T III 6,520,374 $1.05
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