People: Medidata Solutions, Inc. (MDSO.O)

MDSO.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Sherif, Tarek 46 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
De Vries, Glen 36 2008 President, Director
Dalziel, Bruce 50 2007 Chief Financial Officer
Hirschfeld, Steven 46 2005 Executive Vice President - Global Sales and Alliances
Krasnow, Lineene 57 2008 Executive Vice President - Product and Marketing
Dominguez, Carlos 50 2008 Director
Goodman, Edwin 69 2002 Director
Ikeguchi, Edward 41 2008 Director
Kurtz, Neil 58 2002 Director
McCulloch, George 31 2004 Director
Sobiloff, Peter 52 2004 Director
Taylor, Robert 62 2008 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Sherif, Tarek Tarek A. Sherif is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Medidata Solutions, Inc . He is one of the founders. Mr. Sherif has served as chief executive officer since 2001 and as a member of board of directors since 2000. Prior to forming the company, Mr. Sherif was the managing member of Sherif Partners L.L.C., a company focused on public and private investments in technology and life science companies. Prior to that, Mr. Sherif served as portfolio manager at R.D.L. Securities, a privately held equity fund specializing in publicly traded technology companies, including those in the healthcare and information technology fields. Mr. Sherif has also served as assistant vice president of corporate finance at General Electric Capital Corporation, and mergers and acquisitions analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. Mr. Sherif holds a B.A. in economics from Yale College and an M.B.A. in business administration and finance from Columbia University.
De Vries, Glen Glen M. De Vries is President, Director of Medidata Solutions, Inc . He is one of founders. Mr. de Vries has served as president since February 2008 and as a member of board of directors since 1999. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. de Vries served as chief technology officer. Mr. de Vries has over 15 years of experience in medical software development, including electronic health records and consumer-targeted products. As president of OceanTek, Inc., a web development firm focused on applications for the healthcare industry, Mr. de Vries was the chief consultant for a Fortune 500 global e-commerce project, and was the author of web security components currently in use by websites and corporate intranets. Previously, he served as a research assistant at Columbia University focusing on both research science and creating a paperless clinical data management system. Mr. de Vries holds a B.S. in molecular biology and genetics from Carnegie Mellon University.
Dalziel, Bruce Bruce D. Dalziel has served as Chief Financial Officer of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since October 2007. Prior to joining, Mr. Dalziel served as chief financial officer of The BISYS Group, Inc., a provider of business process outsourcing solutions, from 2005 to 2007, and as chief financial officer of DoubleClick, Inc., a provider of digital marketing technology and services, from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Dalziel has managed all aspects of finance, including financial reporting and control, tax, treasury and risk management, as well as investor relations, facilities, corporate technology, business operations and legal, with substantial merger and acquisitions activity in both roles. Prior to his employment at DoubleClick, Inc., Mr. Dalziel held a variety of positions at Prudential Insurance Company of America over a 14 year period, including corporate vice president of financial planning and analysis, vice president of institutional asset management sales and chief financial officer of international insurance. Mr. Dalziel holds a B.A. in English literature from Ursinus College, a B.S. in industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Hirschfeld, Steven Steven I. Hirschfeld has served as Vice President - Sales of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since September 2002 and was promoted to Executive Vice President - Global Sales and Alliances in September 2005. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Hirschfeld served as vice president of sales at I-Many, Inc., a provider of software and related professional services to support contract-based, business to business relationships. Prior to that, Mr. Hirschfeld spent five years at The Janis Group as sales leader and general manager where he launched and managed several of The Janis Group’s emerging business units and directed the corporate marketing department. Mr. Hirschfeld holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Delaware.
Krasnow, Lineene Lineene N. Krasnow joined as Vice President - Marketing of Medidata Solutions, Inc. in April 2005 and has served as Executive Vice President - Product and Marketing since August 2008. Prior to joining , Ms. Krasnow held various executive positions at IBM Corporation, a globally integrated innovation company. Most recently, Ms. Krasnow served as vice president of marketing management—corporate from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that, Ms. Krasnow’s other positions at IBM included vice president of worldwide marketing management for IBM’s Personal Systems Group; vice president of marketing for IBM Personal Systems Asia-Pacific in Tokyo. Ms. Krasnow holds a B.B.A. in marketing from the University of Notre Dame.
Dominguez, Carlos Carlos Dominguez has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since April 2008. Mr. Dominguez has held various executive positions at Cisco Systems Inc. and has been serving as its senior vice president, office of the chairman and chief executive officer since January 2008. Mr. Dominguez joined Cisco in 1992 and previously served as senior vice president of its Worldwide Service Provider Operations group from 2004 to 2008 and as a vice president for U.S. Service Provider Sales from 1999 to 2004.
Goodman, Edwin Edwin A. Goodman has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since 2002 and serves as a partner at Milestone Venture Partners, an investment firm which he co-founded in 1999. Prior to founding Milestone, Mr. Goodman was part of the venture capital team at the U.S. office of Hambros, a London-based merchant bank since 1981. Mr. Goodman holds a B.A. in English literature from Yale College and an M.S. from Columbia University Business School. Mr. Goodman also serves on the board of SkillSurvey, Inc. and served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Ikeguchi, Edward Edward F. Ikeguchi, M.D., is one of the founders and has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since 1999. Dr. Ikeguchi previously served as chief medical officer from 2000 through July 2008. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Ikeguchi served as assistant professor of clinical urology at Columbia University and has experience using healthcare technology solutions as a clinical investigator in numerous trials sponsored by both commercial industry and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Ikeguchi holds a B.S. in chemistry from Fordham University and a M.D. from Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he also completed his surgical internship, subspecialty training and fellowship.
Kurtz, Neil Neil M. Kurtz, M.D. has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since 2002. Dr. Kurtz has served as president and chief executive officer of Golden Living since August 2008. Prior to joining Golden Living, Dr. Kurtz served as president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, since 2002. Dr. Kurtz co-founded Worldwide Clinical Trials, a contract research organization, where he held the positions of president and chief executive officer until its acquisition by United Health Group, or UHG, in 1999. After the acquisition, Dr. Kurtz became president of Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services, a division of UHG, and also served as a member of the UHG Executive Board until joining TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Kurtz’s career includes senior positions with Boots Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck. He currently serves on the board of directors of NeurogesX, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Dr. Kurtz holds a B.A. in psychology from New York University and an M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
McCulloch, George George McCulloch has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since 2004. He joined Insight Venture Partners, or Insight, in 2003, and became a managing director in 2007. Prior to joining Insight, he was an associate at Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm, from 1999 to 2002. Mr. McCulloch holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University.
Sobiloff, Peter Peter Sobiloff has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since 2004. Mr. Sobiloff is currently Chief Executive Officer of Syncsort and has served as a managing director at Insight since 2000. Immediately prior to joining Insight in 1998, he was vice president of business development at i2 Technologies from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Sobiloff was previously president of Think Systems, a supply chain management software company. Prior to this, he was president of Datalogix, a vendor of enterprise application software for process manufacturers, and previously held senior executive roles at Ross Systems, a vendor of financial application software. Mr. Sobiloff holds a B.A. from Baruch University.
Taylor, Robert Robert B. Taylor has served on board of directors of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since April 2008. Mr. Taylor has served as senior vice president for finance and administration of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation since January 2001. Prior to joining the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Mr. Taylor previously served as vice president and treasurer of Wesleyan University from 1985 to 2001. Mr. Taylor also serves on the board of directors and as chair of the Audit Committee of Zygo Corporation. Mr. Taylor holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University.

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
HIRSCHFELD STEVEN ISAAC 14,000 $15.70
SHERIF TAREK 2,272 $15.05
DE VRIES GLEN MICHAEL 2,272 $15.05
KRASNOW LINEENE NORRIS 75,000 $14.18
KURTZ NEIL M 15,000 $0.17
SHERIF TAREK 145,000 $14.18
KRASNOW LINEENE NORRIS 75,000 $0.62
HIRSCHFELD STEVEN ISAAC 75,000 $14.18
KURTZ NEIL M 15,000 $14.18
DE VRIES GLEN MICHAEL 145,000 $14.18
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 574,636 $0.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 61,561 $13.02
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 4,298,210 $0.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 34,154 $0.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 631,835 $13.02
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 66,782 $13.02
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 5,436,706 $0.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 529,706 $0.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 3,969 $13.02
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 499,523 $13.02
TAYLOR ROBERT B 5,000 $14.00
DALZIEL BRUCE D 12,000 $14.00
KRASNOW LINEENE NORRIS 700 $14.00
INSIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS IV L P 45 $0.00
DE VRIES GLEN MICHAEL 21,900 $0.00
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