A little info for you this is from the IPO...Yes a software engineer is not your best bet to run a company!
AUTOWEB.COM INC
3270 Jay Street, Building 6
Santa Clara CA 95054 USA
408-554-9552 Fax: 408-588-9772, 408-554-9553 Company Website
Management Team
Name Age Position
---- --- --------
Dean A. DeBiase......... 40 President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director
Farhang Zamani.......... 34 Chairman and Secretary
Samuel M. Hedgpeth III.. 52 Vice President, Finance and Administration,
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Gordon H. Kass.......... 44 Chief Technology Officer
Payam Zamani............ 28 Executive Vice President and a Director
Garrett R. Mullins...... 41 Senior Vice President, Sales and Member Services
Catherine Y. Gordon..... 48 Vice President, Product Management
David L. Greene......... 40 Vice President, Dealer Operations
Michele Hickford........ 41 Vice President, Marketing
Robert M. Shapiro....... 53 Vice President, Business Development and
Advertising Sales
Mark N. Diker(1)........ 32 Director
Jay C. Hoag(1).......... 40 Director
Mark R. Ross(1)......... 53 Director
Peter S. Sealey......... 58 Director
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(1) Member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.
Summary Compensation Table
Long Term
Compensation
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Annual
Compensation Awards
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Securities
Underlying
Name and Principal Positions Salary(1) Bonus Options
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Dean A. DeBiase
President and Chief Executive Officer(2)...... $ -- $ -- 1,780,476
Farhang Zamani
Chairman and Chief Technology Officer(2)...... 95,000 220,102 --
Payam Zamani
Executive Vice President(2)................... 95,000 220,102 --
David L. Greene
Vice President, Sales and Dealer Operations... 110,032 66,121 52,893
Samuel M. Hedgpeth III
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer...................................... 140,833 36,101 60,883
Michele Hickford
Vice President, Marketing..................... 110,000 30,101 3,750
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(1) Dean A. DeBiase and Robert M. Shapiro were each hired in December 1998 and
are compensated at the annual base salary rates of $250,000 and $120,000
respectively. Subsequent to December 31, 1998, Gordon H. Kass, Catherine Y.
Gordon and Garrett R. Mullins were hired at annual base salary rates of
$185,000, $150,000 and $144,000, respectively, and were granted options to
purchase 112,500 shares, 85,000 shares and 112,500 shares, respectively, of
common stock, each at an exercise price of $3.33 per share. Also subsequent
to December 31, 1998, we granted David L. Greene and Samuel M. Hedgpeth III
an option to purchase 6,000 shares and 15,000 shares, respectively, of
common stock at an exercise price of $3.33 per share and granted to each of
David L. Greene and Michele Hickford an option to purchase 12,500 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share. See "Employment and
Severance Agreements" below.
(2) Mr. DeBiase joined Autoweb.com as President and Chief Executive Officer in
December 1998. Payam Zamani was Chief Executive Officer from October 1998
to December 1998. Farhang Zamani was President and Chief Executive Officer
from October 1995 to September 1998.
Management Profile
Dean A. DeBiase has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a
director of Autoweb.com since December 1998. From March 1998 to December 1998,
he was the President of Start-Up-Partners, an Internet consulting company,
where he served as interim Chief Executive Officer and director of CatchTV, a
television/Web advertising and programming company. From January 1995 to March
1998, Mr. DeBiase was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Worldplay Entertainment, an online games and community company, which was a
wholly-owned subsidiary of America Online. From September 1993 to January 1995,
he was Vice President of Marketing of Zenith Electronics and Senior Vice
President of its Network Systems Division. Mr. DeBiase received a Bachelor of
Science degree in marketing from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in
Business Administration degree from the Keller Graduate School of Management.
Farhang Zamani is a co-founder of Autoweb.com and a brother of co-founder
Payam Zamani. He has been a director of Autoweb.com since October 1995 and has
served as Chairman since October 1995. He also served as Chief Technology
Officer of Autoweb.com from September 1998 to February 1999 and as President
and Chief Executive Officer from October 1995 to September 1998. From January
1993 to November 1995, Mr. Zamani held various positions with Microsoft,
including software engineer in the Microsoft Office Group. Mr. Zamani received
a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from California State
University, Chico.
Samuel M. Hedgpeth III has served as Vice President, Finance and
Administration, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Autoweb.com since
September 1997. From April 1997 to September 1997, Mr. Hedgpeth served as a
consultant to various high technology companies, including Excite, Inc. From
September 1994 to April 1997, Mr. Hedgpeth was Vice President, Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer for
Prism Solutions, a data warehousing software company. From July 1990 to July
1994, Mr. Hedgpeth was Vice President, Finance and Administration of Versant
Object Technology Corporation, a computer database company. Mr. Hedgpeth
received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the
University of California and a Master of Business Administration degree from
the University of California at Los Angeles.
Gordon H. Kass has served as Chief Technology Officer of Autoweb.com since
February 1999. From October 1997 to February 1999, Mr. Kass was Vice President,
Engineering of Starwave Corp., a producer of online sports, news and
international services. From August 1995 to October 1997, he was President and
Chief Executive Officer of SporTVision, Inc., a full-service technology company
for sports television. From August 1994 to August 1995, Mr. Kass was Vice
President, Engineering for PowerOpen Association, a systems and applications
software company. From August 1987 to August 1994, Mr. Kass held various
positions with Sun Microsystems, most recently as Director of Systems Software.
Mr. Kass received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from the University
of California at Los Angeles and a Master of Science degree in computer science
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Payam Zamani is a co-founder of Autoweb.com and a brother of co-founder
Farhang Zamani. He has been a director of Autoweb.com since October 1995 and
has served as Executive Vice President of Autoweb.com since January 1999, as
President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1998 to December 1998, as
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from September
1997 to October 1998 and as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer from October 1995 to September 1997. From August 1993 to October
1995, Mr. Zamani was the Vice President of Operations for TOTL Inc., a home and
commercial property painting company and the parent company of Student Works
Painting. Mr. Zamani received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental
Toxicology with an emphasis in environmental law from the University of
California at Davis.
Garrett R. Mullins has served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Member
Services since January 1999. From January 1996 to January 1999, Mr. Mullins
held various positions at Teletech Telecommunications, a teleservices company,
most recently as Corporate Director of Operations. From April 1995 to January
1996, Mr. Mullins was Vice President, Sales and Member Services with AT&T
Imagination Network, an online games company. From April 1994 to April 1995,
Mr. Mullins was Vice President, Sales with Zenith Electronics' Network Systems
Group, a developer of cable modems and set-top devices. From April 1993 to
April 1994, Mr. Mullins was Corporate Director of Customer Service with Tele-
Communications, Inc. Mr. Mullins received a Bachelor of Science degree in
political science from Auburn University.
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