People: Rovi Corp (ROVI.O)

ROVI.O on Nasdaq

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Andrew Ludwick

67 2008 Independent Chairman of the Board

Thomas Carson

53 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Peter Halt

52 2012 Chief Financial Officer

Stephen Yu

47 2006 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Alan Earhart

69 2008 Independent Director

James Meyer

58 1997 Independent Director

James O'Shaughnessy

66 2004 Independent Director

Ruthann Quindlen

58 2004 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Andrew Ludwick

Mr. Andrew K. Ludwick is Independent Chairman of the Board of Rovi Corporation, since May 2008. Mr. Ludwick has been a private investor since November 1997. Mr. Ludwick served as Chief Executive Officer of Bay Networks, a networking company, from September 1995 to October 1997. From July 1985 to September 1995, Mr. Ludwick was founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of SynOptics, an internetworking company. Mr. Ludwick holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Ludwick has served on the board of directors of Zebra Technologies Corporation, a provider of on-demand printing solutions, since 2008.

Thomas Carson

Mr. Thomas Carson is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Rovi Corp. Mr. Carson has served as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company's board of directors since December 2011. Mr. Carson previously was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing since May 2008 when the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International by the company was completed. From April 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Carson served in various capacities at Gemstar, including President of the North American IPG business and President for North American CE business. From February 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Carson served as Executive Vice President of Operational Efficiency programs at Thomson Multimedia Corporation and from February 2004 to February 2005, he served as Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services at Thomson. Mr. Carson holds a B.S in business administration and an MBA from Villanova University.

Peter Halt

Mr. Peter C. Halt has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Rovi Corp., effective May 19, 2012. Mr. Halt previously was Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since May 2008 when the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International was completed. From March 2004 to May 2008, Mr. Halt served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Gemstar. Previously, Mr. Halt served in various capacities at Sony Pictures Entertainment, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment from November 2000 to November 2003 and Corporate Controller of Sony Pictures Entertainment from July 1997 to November 2000. Mr. Halt holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Southern California.

Stephen Yu

Mr. Stephen Yu is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Rovi Corp. Mr. Yu has served as the company's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 2006. He served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Aspect Communications Corporation, a provider of contact center solutions, from April 2003 until its acquisition by Concerto Software, Inc. in September 2005. From June 2002 to January 2003, Mr. Yu served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Riverstone Networks, Inc., a provider of ethernet network solutions, and from September 1999 to May 2002, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Palm, Inc., a provider of mobile computing solutions. Mr. Yu holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Yu is a member of the California State Bar.

Alan Earhart

Mr. Alan L. Earhart is Independent Director of Rovi Corporation. Mr. Earhart retired as partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2001. From 1970 to 2001, Mr. Earhart held a variety of positions with Coopers & Lybrand and its successor entity, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting and consulting firm, including most recently as the Managing Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Silicon Valley office. Mr. Earhart holds a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Oregon. Mr. Earhart currently serves on the board of directors of NetApp, a computer storage and data management company, and Brocade Communications Systems Inc., a data center networking solution company. In the past five years, Mr. Earhart served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Foundry Networks, Inc. and Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

James Meyer

Mr. James E. Meyer is Independent Director of Rovi Corp. Mr. Meyer has served as Chief Executive Officer of Sirius XM Radio since December 2012 and served as President of Operations and Sales of Sirius Satellite Radio from April 2004 to December 2012. From December 2001 until 2002, Mr. Meyer served as special advisor to the Chairman of Thomson Multimedia, Inc. (“Thomson”). From January 1997 until December 2001, Mr. Meyer served as the Senior Executive Vice President for Thomson as well as Chief Operating Officer for Thomson Consumer Electronics. Mr. Meyer served as a member of the board of directors of Gemstar from 1997 until May 2008. Mr. Meyer holds a B.S. in economics and an MBA from St. Bonaventure University.

James O'Shaughnessy

Mr. James P. O'Shaughnessy is Independent Director of Rovi Corp. Mr. O'Shaughnessy has served as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of HarQuen, Inc., a private company focused on voice technology solutions, since September 2011. Mr. O’Shaughnessy also has conducted a consulting practice in the field of intangible asset management since 2004. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. O’Shaughnessy served as Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Rockwell Automation, a company dedicated to industrial automation and information. Mr. O’Shaughnessy served as a member of the board of directors of Gemstar from 2004 until May 2008. Mr. O’Shaughnessy holds a B.S. in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Ruthann Quindlen

Ms. Ruthann Quindlen is Independent Director of Rovi Corp. Ms. Quindlen has been a general partner or managing member of Funds VI-VIII with Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a Silicon Valley early-stage venture capital firm, since September 1993. At IVP, Ms. Quindlen works with her partners to evaluate ongoing investments in IVP portfolio companies. Ms. Quindlen served as a member of the board of directors of Gemstar from November 2004 until May 2008 and as a member of the board of directors of Digital Impact from November 1998 to May 2004. Ms. Quindlen holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Quindlen has 28 years of experience investing in and advising software, Internet and new media companies in a variety of roles, including early stage venture capitalist, investment banker and Wall Street analyst.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Andrew Ludwick

--

Thomas Carson

9,981,480

Peter Halt

2,249,050

Stephen Yu

2,310,920

Alan Earhart

--

James Meyer

--

James O'Shaughnessy

--

Ruthann Quindlen

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Andrew Ludwick

0 0

Thomas Carson

110,936 3,279,250

Peter Halt

1,000 2,080

Stephen Yu

61,000 2,451,460

Alan Earhart

0 0

James Meyer

0 0

James O'Shaughnessy

0 0

Ruthann Quindlen

0 0
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