Gerald K. “Gerry” Perkel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Planar Systems, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
Mr. Perkel has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since September 2005. At that time, Mr. Perkel was also elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Perkel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Merant PLC, a provider of ECM (enterprise change management) software, from 2001 to 2004, when the company was acquired by Serena Software. Mr. Perkel served as president of the Office Printing Business at Xerox from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Perkel was President of the Color Printing and Imaging Business at Tektronix, Inc. from 1995 to 2000. Mr. Perkel brings the experience of a long career in operational and leadership roles in public technology companies and offers the Board additional insight regarding the Company’s markets, technologies, business operations and management, and employee skills and abilities.
J. Michael Gullard
Founder and General Partner
Cornerstone Management
Menlo Park, California
Mr. Gullard was elected to the Board of Directors in November 2006. Mr. Gullard is the founder and a General Partner of Cornerstone Management, a family of technology focused venture capital funds. Mr. Gullard received a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Mr. Gullard also serves on the Board of Directors of Dyntek, Inc., Alliance Semiconductor, Inc., Proxim Corp., California Micro Devices Corp., and JDA Software, Inc. Mr. Gullard brings to the Board broad and significant entrepreneurial experience as a long time venture capital investor in technology companies. Mr. Gullard also brings extensive experience as a board member of a number of private and public technology companies.
Carl W. Neun
Portland, Oregon
Mr. Neun became a Director of the Company in December 2000. From March 1993 to January 2000, Mr. Neun was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tektronix, Inc., a test and measurement company. From September 1987 through March 1993 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Conner Peripherals, Inc., a disk drive company. Mr. Neun is Chairman of the Board of Powerwave Technologies, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Radisys Corporation. He served as Chairman of the Board of Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. until January 2007, when the Company was acquired. Mr. Neun has a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Neun brings to the Board extensive financial and operational experience as a public company financial executive, as well as significant experience as a member of the board of directors of a number of other public companies. Based on his strong background and experience in finance and accounting matters for public companies, Mr. Neun qualifies as the Company’s “audit committee financial expert.”
E. Kay Stepp
Portland, Oregon
Ms. Stepp has served as a Director of the Company since August 1998. From 2002 to 2009, Ms. Stepp was chair of the board of Providence Health and Services. From 1994 to 2002, she was principal and owner of Executive Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm providing services to executives and boards of directors. From 1989 to 1992, Ms. Stepp held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Portland General Electric Company (“PGE”), a Portland, Oregon electric utility company. From 1978 to 1989, Ms. Stepp held various other executive positions at PGE. Ms. Stepp serves on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey Company (NYSE) and StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE). She is a former director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Ms. Stepp received a BA from Stanford University and an MA from the University of Portland. Ms. Stepp brings a wealth of experience to the Board, including service in a variety of executive management and leadership positions with a publicly-traded utility company, experience as a consultant and counselor to senior executives and boards of directors of public and private companies and extensive experience as a board member with a number of large public companies and a major regional health care organization.
Gregory H. Turnbull
Chairman
Palo Alto, California
Mr. Turnbull has served as a Director of the Company since 1986. He was elected as Chairman of the Board in September 2005. Mr. Turnbull has been a director of A.P. Pharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, since 1986, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of that company from October 2006 to July 2008, and as its Chief Financial Officer from January 2008 to February 2009. Previously, Mr. Turnbull was self-employed as a private investor and a consultant. Mr. Turnbull was a partner of Cable & Howse Ventures from 1983 to 1991 and served as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. and White, Weld & Co. prior to 1983. Mr. Turnbull received a BS in chemical engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from Stanford University. Mr. Turnbull brings to the Board substantial experience as an investor, board member and executive of public and private technology companies. Mr. Turnbull’s longstanding service as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors for nearly 25 years also provides a unique perspective on the Board as to the growth and development of the Company and its businesses.
Steven E. Wynne
Senior Vice President
The ODS Companies
Portland, Oregon
Mr. Wynne has served as a Director of the Company since 1996. Mr. Wynne currently serves as Senior Vice President of The ODS Companies, a diversified health care insurer. Mr. Wynne served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sport Brands International, Ltd. (“SBI”) from March 2004 to March 2007. SBI owned a number of companies that created, developed, produced and distributed sports apparel and footwear under the Fila, Cloudveil and Motionwear brands. From April 2001 to April 2002 and from April 2003 to February 2004, Mr. Wynne was a partner in the law firm of Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon, the Company’s outside legal counsel. Mr. Wynne served as Acting Senior Vice President and General Counsel of FLIR Systems, Inc. from April 2002 to April 2003. Mr. Wynne served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of eteamz.com, an online community serving amateur athletics, from June 2000 until its sale to Active.com in December 2000. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of adidas America from 1995 to 1999. Prior to that time, he was a partner in Ater Wynne LLP. Mr. Wynne received a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University and a J.D. from Willamette University. Mr. Wynne also serves on the Board of Directors of FLIR Systems, Inc. Mr. Wynne brings to the Board his long and broad experience as outside legal counsel to public and private technology companies, including the Company. Mr. Wynne also brings experience as the CEO of several marketing and brand-driven companies as well as management and operational experience in other public and private companies.
