People: MRV Communications, Inc. (MRVC.PK)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Herman, Joan 56 2009 Chairman of the Board
Lotan, Noam 57 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Director
Margalit, Near 36 2009 Co-President; Chief Executive Officer of Source Photonics, Inc
King, Chris 38 2009 Chief Financial Officer
Gruninger, Mary 2009 Interim President - Network Equipment Group
Painter, Jennifer 40 2009 Vice President, Compliance Officer, General Counsel
Margalit, Shlomo 68 2009 Chief Technology Officer, Secretary, Director
Shidlovsky, Igal 72 2006 Lead Independent Director
Fischer, Baruch 60 1999 Director
Keane, Michael 53 2009 Director
Gillman, Charles 39 2009 Director
McConnell, Michael 2009 Director
Shubin Stein, Kenneth 38 2009 Director
Tartavull, Philippe 51 2009 Director
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Name Description
Herman, Joan Ms. Joan E. Herman is the Chairman of the Board of MRV Communications, Inc. She is President and Chief Executive Officer of Herman and Associates, LLC, a healthcare and management consulting firm. Prior to assuming this position in August 2008, Ms. Herman served in a variety of positions at WellPoint, Inc., a premier health benefits organization, from 1998 to June 2008. From October 2007 to June 2008 she was President and CEO of WellPoint’s Consumer Business Unit. From 1982 to 1998, Ms. Herman served in a variety of roles at Phoenix Life Insurance Company, a provider of life insurance, annuities and investment products. She last served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, where she was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and startups. Ms. Herman currently serves on the Strategic Advisory Boards of both Bayer Medical Care and Vital Data Technology, and previously served as a director of MCS HMO, a managed health care company in Puerto Rico from 2000 to 2008, as a director and chair of the audit committee of Medix Resources from 2000 to 2003, and as a director of Health Insurance Association of America from 2001 to 2003. Ms. Herman holds a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Barnard College, a masters degree in mathematics from Yale University and a master of business administration from Western New England College.
Lotan, Noam Mr. Lotan has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of MRV Communication Inc. Mr. Lotan has served as MRV's President, CEO and Director since May 1990 and relinquished the title of President in July 2009 in conjunction with the naming of Messrs. Avidan and Near Margalit as Co-Presidents. Mr. Lotan also served as CFO from October 1993 through June 1995. From March 1987 to January 1990, he served as Managing Director of Fibronics (UK) Ltd., the United Kingdom subsidiary of Fibronics International Inc. ("Fibronics"), a manufacturer of fiber optic communication networks. MRV purchased the Fibronics business in September 1996. From January 1985 to March 1987, Mr. Lotan served as a Director of European Operations for Fibronics. Prior to such time, Mr. Lotan held a variety of sales and marketing positions with Fibronics and Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Lotan was an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces prior to joining Hewlett Packard. Mr. Lotan holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Technion, and a master's degree in business administration from INSEAD (the European Institute of Business Administration, Fontainebleau, France). Mr. Lotan has served as a director for Capstone Turbine Corporation, a Nasdaq-traded public microturbine manufacturing company since June 2005.
Margalit, Near Dr. Near Margalit has served as Co-President of MRV Communications Inc since July 2009. He has also served as the CEO of MRV's subsidiary Source Photonics, Inc. since February 2003. From February 2003 to July 2007 he served as Source Photonics' President. From May 2002 until February 2003, he served MRV as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. From 1998 until May 2003, he was founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer for Zaffire, Inc., a DWDM Metro Platform company, which was acquired by Centerpoint in October 2001. Prior to founding Zaffire, he was employed by MRV, both in the optical component and networking divisions. Mr. Near Margalit earned a bachelor of science degree in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in optoelectronics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
King, Chris Mr. King has served as MRV Communications Inc's Chief Financial Officer since July 2009. Prior to that, he was MRV's Vice President of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer from January 2008. From 2005 through 2007, he served as the Senior Vice President, Finance for Tandberg Television, which was a public company traded on the Oslo exchange until it was acquired by Ericsson in 2007. In 2005, Tandberg acquired GoldPocket Interactive, Inc. where Mr. King served as CFO, Secretary and Treasurer from the time he joined in 2000. From 1993 through 2000, he practiced accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. King holds a bachelor of arts degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and he is a certified public accountant.
Gruninger, Mary
Painter, Jennifer Ms. Jennifer Hankes Painter is Vice President, General Counsel of MRV Communications, Inc since February 2009. Prior to joining MRV, from 2004 to 2008 Ms. Painter served as vice president, assistant general counsel for The Ryland Group, Inc., a national homebuilder, where she was responsible for the company's regulatory compliance, corporate governance, financings, and general corporate and employment law. From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Painter served as vice president, general counsel of Cadiz Inc., a public water and agricultural company previously traded on Nasdaq, where she was responsible for the company's domestic and international legal and compliance issues. Prior to joining Cadiz, Ms. Painter was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell, an international law firm, and dealt with merger and acquisition transactions, securities and other corporate matters; and was an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to her legal career. She received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Military Academy and a juris doctor degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. Ms. Painter is an active member of the California Bar.
Margalit, Shlomo Mr. Shlomo Margalit serves as Chief Technology Officer, Secretary, Director of MRV Communications Inc. He is a founder, and was Chairman of the Board, Chief Technical Officer and Secretary of MRV Communications Inc since MRV’s inception in July 1988. From May 1985 to July 1988, Mr. Margalit served as a founder and Vice President of Research and Development for LaserCom, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor lasers. From 1982 to 1985, he served as a senior research associate at the California Institute of Technology ("CalTech") and from 1976 to 1982, a visiting associate at CalTech. From 1972 to 1982, Mr. Margalit served as a faculty member and associate professor at the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology. During his tenure at the Technion, Mr. Margalit was awarded the Israel Defense prize for his work in developing infrared detectors for heat guided missiles and the David Ben Aharon Award for Novel Applied Research. Mr. Margalit holds a bachelor of science degree, a master's degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Technion
Shidlovsky, Igal Dr. Shidlovsky has served as a Director of MRV Communications Inc since 1997. Dr. Shidlovsky is MRV's Lead Independent Director. He is the Managing Director of Global Technologies, an investment and consulting organization, which he founded in 1994. He has extensive management and consulting experience with international companies and start up technology companies. He held several executive positions including Vice President, Corporate Development at Siemens Pacesetter, a division of Siemens AG Medical Group, Director of Strategic Planning and Technology Utilization, and Director of the Microelectronics Department at Siemens Corporate Research. From 1969 to 1982 he was with RCA Laboratories, a leading electronic research and development organization. Mr. Shidlovsky holds a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the Technion and master's degree and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in Israel
Fischer, Baruch Professor Fischer has served as a Director of MRV Communications Inc since 1999. He served as Dean of the Electrical Engineering Facility at the Technion where he currently serves as a professor and the Head of the Opto-Electonics Center. His current research activities include fiber-optic communications, lasers, WDM technology, fiber gratings and "all-optical" processing and networks, nonlinear-optics, pulse-optics, and statistical-mechanics and quantum-mechanics based studies in optics and lasers. He has authored or co-authored approximately 250 journal and conference papers and holds nine patents in the field of photonics. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1973. a master of science degree in 1975, and a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He subsequently became a Post-Doctorate Fellow at CalTech and joined the faculty of the Technion in 1983. Professor Fischer is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, was a topical editor for Optics Letters, and is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials.
Keane, Michael Mr. Michael E. Keane is the Director of MRV Communications, Inc since July 2009. Since September 2008, he has served as the Senior Vice President and CFO of Clipper Windpower, Inc. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Corporate Vice President and CFO of Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC"). Prior to joining CSC, Mr. Keane was Senior Vice President and CFO of UNOVA, Inc. for eight years following the spin-off of UNOVA from Western Atlas, Inc. He joined Litton, a predecessor to UNOVA, in 1981, was named Assistant Treasurer in 1988, and became Director of Pensions and Insurance in 1991. He was then elected Vice President and Treasurer of Western Atlas when the company was spun off from Litton in 1994, and promoted to Senior Vice President and CFO in 1996. Prior to his career at Litton, he was a certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Keane currently serves as a director for the City of Hope, a non-profit cancer charity. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Illinois State University and a master's degree in business administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Gillman, Charles Mr. Charles M. Gillman serves as Director of MRV Communications Inc. In June 2002, Mr. Gillman founded Value Fund Advisors, LLC, an investment management firm that utilizes both a research-intensive investment process and a long-term investment strategy. He is currently its Chief Executive Officer. Since March 2001, Mr. Gillman has also provided portfolio management services for Nadel and Gussman, LLC, a management company that employs personnel for its family related entities and affiliates. Prior to founding Value Fund Advisors, Mr. Gillman held a number of positions in the investment industry and developed an expertise in the analysis of companies going through dramatic corporate transitions. From September 1992 to June 1994, Mr. Gillman was a strategic management consultant in the New York office of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. While at McKinsey, Mr. Gillman worked to develop strategic plans for business units of companies located both inside the United States and abroad. Mr. Gillman serves on the board of directors of two publicly-traded companies, Littlefield Corporation, where he has served since May 2008, and Compumed, Inc., where he has served since February 2008. Mr. Gillman received a bachelor of science summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Board of the Penn Club of New York.
McConnell, Michael Mr. Michael J. McConnell serves as Director of MRV Communications Inc. Mr. McConnell is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Collectors Universe, Inc., a third-party grading and authentication services company. From January 1995 to September 2008, Mr. McConnell was a Managing Director of Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc., a privately-owned investment company of the Roy E. Disney family. Mr. McConnell served as a member of that firm? Executive Committee. Prior to joining Shamrock in 1995, Mr. McConnell held various positions at PepsiCo (August 1994 to December 1994), Merrill Lynch (June 1993 to August 1993) and Kidder Peabody (October 1989 to June 1991). Mr. McConnell currently serves on the board of Collectors Universe, Inc., where he has served since July 2007, and formerly served on the boards of Ansell Limited (October 2001 to November 2005), Nuplex Industries (December 2000 to March 2002), Force Corporation (March 1999 to May 2000), iPass Inc. (February 2007 to October 2008), Neo Technology Ventures (February 1999 to June 2004), Cosmoline Limited (March 1997 to May 1999) and Port-Link International (August 2000 to November 2005). Mr. McConnell also serves on the Board of Governors of Opportunity International, where he has served since August 2006, the La Canada Educational Foundation, where he served from September 2009, and the Finance Committee of the La Canada Presbyterian Church, where he has served since September 2008. Mr. McConnell received a bachelor of arts in economics from Harvard University and his master? degree in business administration (with distinction?hermet Scholar) from the Darden School of the University of Virginia.
Shubin Stein, Kenneth Dr. Kenneth H. Shubin Stein serves as Director of MRV Communications Inc. Dr. Shubin Stein is the founder of Spencer Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm that serves as the investment manager of Spencer Capital Opportunity Fund, LP and Spencer Capital Offshore Opportunity Fund, Ltd. Dr. Shubin Stein has served as the managing member of Spencer Capital Management since its founding in December 2002. Earlier, Dr. Shubin Stein was a portfolio manager at Promethean Investment Group LLC, an investment firm, from September 2001 to December 2002, and an Orthopedic Resident at Mount Sinai Hospital from July 2000 until August 2001. Dr. Shubin Stein served as a director on the Board of Celebrate Express, Inc. from August 2006 to August 2008. He is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and graduated from Columbia College with dual concentrations in premedical studies and political science. Since January 2008, Dr. Shubin Stein has been an adjunct associate professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.
Tartavull, Philippe Mr. Philippe Tartavull serves as Director of MRV Communications Inc. Mr. Tartavull has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic payment, smart card and system integration and information technology industries in the U.S. and abroad. Since December 2007, he has served as Chief Executive Officer, President and director of Hypercom Corporation, a global payment technology leader. He also serves on Hypercom Board of Directors. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Tartavull served as President of Oberthur Card Systems USA, following a year as the Company Chief Operating Officer. Oberthur targets the payment, mobile communications, identification, transit and multimedia markets, with customers that include all of the top 20 U.S. financial institutions, telecommunications operators and healthcare providers, and the U.S Government. Prior to joining Oberthur, Mr. Tartavull served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thales/Syseca, Inc., a provider of system integration services and mission-critical software for the transportation and utilities industries. Mr. Tartavull previous positions included Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Syseca, South America, Europe and North America, and managerial positions with Compagnie Internationale Des Services Informatiques, Baker International and European Management Oil & Gas Investment. Mr. Tartavull earned a masters degree in business administration from the Institut administration des Enterprises, Sorbonne University, a masters of science in engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des P?etroles et des Moteurs, and a bachelor of science in engineering from the Centre dtudes Sup?erieures des Techniques Industrielles, all in Paris, France. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of California at Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.

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