People: RPX Corp (RPXC.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
John Amster	44	2013	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Ned Segal	38	2013	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Principal financial officer
Mallun Yen	42	2010	Executive Vice President
Martin Roberts	44	2013	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Kevin Barhydt	36	2013	Senior Vice President - Head of Acquisitions and Analysis
Paul Scola	43	2013	Senior Vice President
Steven Swank	43	2013	Senior Vice President - Head of Client Development and Relations
Geoffrey Barker	51	2012	Executive Director
Thomas Ryder	68		Lead Independent Director
Izhar Armony	49	2008	Independent Director
Shelby Bonnie	48	2011	Independent Director
Steven Fingerhood	55	2012	Independent Director
Randy Komisar	58	2008	Independent Director
Sanford Robertson	81	2011	Independent Director
Giuseppe Zocco	47	2009	Independent Director
Joann Horne		2012	IR Contact Officer

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Biographies

Name	Description
John Amster	Mr. John A. Amster is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Rpx Corp., since August 1, 2012. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since March 2010, Co-Chief Executive Officer from inception until March 2010 and a director since inception. Prior to founding company, Mr. Amster served as the General Manager of Strategic Acquisitions and Vice President of Licensing at Intellectual Ventures, a patent licensing firm, where he was responsible for strategic acquisitions of patent portfolios as well as developing the software and e-commerce licensing programs, from 2005 to 2008. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Amster served as Managing Director and founded the M&A Advisory practice for Ocean Tomo, an intellectual property and brokerage firm. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Amster served in various positions, most recently as Vice President and Secretary, at InterTrust Technologies, where he worked on intellectual property transactions, merger and acquisition activities and late-stage financing activities. Mr. Amster received a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. from Middlebury College.
Ned Segal	Mr. Ned Segal has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Principal financial officer of Rpx Corporation, effective May 13, 2013. Prior to today's announcement, Mr. Segal has served as a Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer of Technology Banking and Head of Global Software Investment Banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. In this capacity, Ned advised technology companies on strategic activity and financings. Prior to these roles, Mr. Segal held various other positions at Goldman Sachs during his nearly 17 years at the firm.
Mallun Yen	Ms. Mallun Yen is Executive Vice President of Rpx Corp., since November 2010. Prior to joining, Ms. Yen served as Vice President of Worldwide Intellectual Property and Deputy General Counsel from 2002 to 2010, at Cisco Systems, Inc. where she was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s strategy to protect, enhance, defend and capture the value of its intellectual property. Ms. Yen received her B.S. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and her J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall.
Martin Roberts	Mr. Martin E. Roberts is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Rpx Corp. He was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from October 2010 to February 2013. From July 2007 until October 2010, Mr. Roberts was the Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Linden Research, Inc. From January 2006 to July 2007, Mr. Roberts served as Deputy General Counsel of eBay Inc., and from March 2004 to January 2006, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Shopping.com Ltd. Mr. Roberts holds a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law.
Kevin Barhydt	Mr. Kevin Barhydt is Senior Vice President - Head of Acquisitions and Analysis of Rpx Corp., since February 2013.He was Vice President, Head of Acquisitions and Analysis from August 2012 to February 2013, and Vice President, Head of Acquisitions from September 2009 to August 2012. Prior to joining, he was the Vice President of Acquisitions at Intellectual Ventures where he oversaw the completion of hundreds of patent acquisitions. Before joining Intellectual Ventures, Mr. Barhydt was a consultant at McKinsey & Company where he worked with senior client leadership primarily in the high-tech industry to complete projects in sales and marketing, capital allocation and performance management. Mr. Barhydt holds a B.A. from the University of Puget Sound and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Paul Scola	Mr. Paul E. Scola is Senior Vice President of Rpx Corp., since February 2013. He was Vice President, Corporate Development from October 2010 to February 2013. From August 2008 to September 2010, Mr. Scola served as Vice President, Account Management of Support.com, and from November 2006 until August 2008, he served as its Senior Director, Business Development. At Support.com, Mr. Scola was responsible for consumer services revenue and strategy. Mr. Scola has a B.A. in History from Middlebury College.
Steven Swank	Mr. Steven S. Swank is Senior Vice President - Head of Client Development and Relations of Rpx Corp., since February 2013. He was Vice President, Head of Client Development and Relations from February 2012 to February 2013, and as Vice President, Client Relations from July 2010 to February 2012. From May 2006 until June 2010, Mr. Swank served as Vice President of National Account Sales at Comdata Corporation, where he was responsible for maintaining client relationships and developing new business opportunities. Mr. Swank received a B.A. in Economics from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Singapore.
Geoffrey Barker	Mr. Geoffrey T. Barker is Executive Director of Rpx Corp. He has served as Executive Director since September 2012, Chief Operating Officer from March 2010 until September 2012, Co-Chief Executive Officer from inception until March 2010 and a director since inception. Prior to founding the company, Mr. Barker served as Vice President of Licensing at Intellectual Ventures, where he was responsible for the portfolio development and licensing strategy of its software patent portfolio from 2006 to 2008. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Barker served as founder, Chairman and CEO of Vigilos, Inc., which provided a platform for controlling and managing the physical security systems of enterprises. Prior to founding Vigilos, Mr. Barker was co-founder and co-CEO of The Cobalt Group from 1995 to 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Barker held positions in trading, research and investment banking with Kidder, Peabody & Company, Salomon Brothers Inc. and Piper Jaffray Incorporated. Mr. Barker received an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.
Thomas Ryder	Mr. Thomas O. Ryder is Lead Independent Director of Rpx Corp. He has been a director of company since December 2009. Mr. Ryder has been a director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since April 2001, Amazon.com, Inc. since November 2002 and Quad/Graphics, Inc. since July 2010 and was Chairman of the board of directors at Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. from October 2007 to November 2009. Mr. Ryder was Chairman of the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. from April 1998 to December 2006 and was its Chief Executive Officer from April 1998 to December 2005. Mr. Ryder received a B.A. in Journalism from Louisiana State University.
Izhar Armony	Mr. Izhar Armony is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since August 2008. Mr. Armony has been a general partner at Charles River Ventures, a venture capital investment firm, since 1997. Prior to joining Charles River Ventures, Mr. Armony was with Onyx Interactive, an interactive training company based in Tel Aviv where he served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Mr. Armony also served as an officer in the Israeli Army. Mr. Armony has been a director of Virtusa Corporation since 2004 and also serves as a director of a number of privately held companies. Mr. Armony received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business and an M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.
Shelby Bonnie	Mr. Shelby W. Bonnie is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since January 2011. Mr. Bonnie is a Managing Director of Allen & Company, a position he has held since September of 2012. Previously, Mr. Bonnie was the CEO of Whiskey Media LLC, a position he held from June 2007 until February 2012. Mr. Bonnie was a co-founder of CNET Networks, Inc. and was at CNET Networks, Inc. as both an executive and member of the board of directors from 1993 to 2006, including as Chief Executive Officer from March 2000 until October 2006. Prior to joining CNET Networks, Inc., Mr. Bonnie held positions at Tiger Management Corporation, a New York-based investment management firm, Lynx Capital, a private equity fund, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. Mr. Bonnie received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Steven Fingerhood	Mr. Steven L. Fingerhood is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since April 26, 2012. Mr. Fingerhood is the managing partner of Technology Opportunity Partners, L.P., a private investment partnership, a position he has held since 2003. Previously, Mr. Fingerhood was the founder of Zero Gravity Technologies Corporation, a developer of document security solutions, and served as its chairman and Chief Executive Officer until its sale to InterTrust Technologies Corporation in 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Fingerhood founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Direct Language Communications, Inc., a provider of localization services to the technology industry. Mr. Fingerhood also serves as lead independent director on the board of Harris Interactive Inc. Mr. Fingerhood received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.
Randy Komisar	Mr. Randy Komisar, J.D., is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since August 2008. Mr. Komisar has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital investment firm, since 2005. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mr. Komisar worked with entrepreneurs creating businesses in the technology industry. Mr. Komisar was a director of TiVo Inc. from 1998 to 2010. During the past five years, Mr. Komisar has also been a director of a number of privately held companies. Mr. Komisar received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Economics from Brown University.
Sanford Robertson	Mr. Sanford R. Robertson is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since May 2011. Mr. Robertson has been a partner of Francisco Partners, a technology buyout fund, since 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Robertson was the founder and chairman of Robertson, Stephens & Co., a technology investment bank formed in 1978 and sold to BankBoston in 1998. Since the sale, Mr. Robertson has been a technology investor and advisor to several technology companies. Mr. Robertson was also the founder of Robertson, Colman, Siebel & Weisel, later renamed Montgomery Securities, another technology investment bank. Mr. Robertson also serves on the boards of directors of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Pain Therapeutics, Inc., salesforce.com, inc. and the Schwab Charitable Fund. Mr. Robertson received a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Giuseppe Zocco	Dr. Giuseppe P. Zocco is Independent Director of Rpx Corp., since July 2009. Since 1996, Mr. Zocco has been a general partner of Index Ventures, a venture capital firm he co-founded. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Zocco served as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm. Mr. Zocco also serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately held companies. Mr. Zocco holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, an I.E.P. from London Business School and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Joann Horne

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
John Amster	632,000
Ned Segal	--
Mallun Yen	2,634,170
Martin Roberts	804,758
Kevin Barhydt	795,591
Paul Scola	--
Steven Swank	750,656
Geoffrey Barker	2,558,780
Thomas Ryder	--
Izhar Armony	--
Shelby Bonnie	--
Steven Fingerhood	--
Randy Komisar	--
Sanford Robertson	--
Giuseppe Zocco	--
Joann Horne	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
John Amster	0	0
Ned Segal	0	0
Mallun Yen	0	0
Martin Roberts	73,634	750,937
Kevin Barhydt	91,338	1,140,120
Paul Scola	0	0
Steven Swank	69,630	732,475
Geoffrey Barker	0	0
Thomas Ryder	0	0
Izhar Armony	0	0
Shelby Bonnie	0	0
Steven Fingerhood	0	0
Randy Komisar	0	0
Sanford Robertson	0	0
Giuseppe Zocco	0	0
Joann Horne	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
ROBERTS MARTIN E	5,481	$15.56
ROBERTS MARTIN E	5,481	$4.96
SWANK STEVEN S	4,502	$15.50
SWANK STEVEN S	4,502	$4.96
BARHYDT KEVIN	3,530	$14.67
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$14.68
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$14.70
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$15.10
AMSTER JOHN A	8,600	$15.17
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$15.17
AMSTER JOHN A	8,600	$15.17
SCOLA PAUL E	2,911	$14.87
AMSTER JOHN A	3,055	$15.04
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$14.92
SWANK STEVEN S	3,002	$15.14
ROBERTS MARTIN E	3,389	$15.34
BARKER GEOFFREY T	7,500	$15.13
SWANK STEVEN S	1,841	$15.32
SCOLA PAUL E	1,776	$15.32
ROBERTS MARTIN E	6,829	$15.32
BARHYDT KEVIN	834	$4.96
BARHYDT KEVIN	1,782	$15.34
SWANK STEVEN S	208	$4.96
BARHYDT KEVIN	834	$15.37
SWANK STEVEN S	208	$15.37

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