Management Profile
Executive Officers
Bruce Davis has served as our president, chief executive officer and director
since December 1997. Prior to joining us, Mr. Davis served as president of
Titan Broadband Communications, a provider of information technology and
satellite communications systems and services, from April 1997 to December
1997. Prior to that, Mr. Davis served as president of Prevue Networks, Inc., a
supplier of electronic program guides and program promotion services for the
cable and satellite television markets, from July 1996 to February 1997. Prior
to that, Mr. Davis founded and served as president of TV Guide On Screen, a
joint venture of News Corporation and TCI which supplied electronic program
guides and navigational software for the cable television market, from January
1993 to July 1996. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in accounting and psychology and
an M.A. in criminal justice from the State University of New York at Albany,
and a J.D. from Columbia University.
Geoffrey Rhoads founded Digimarc in 1995 and now serves as chief technology
officer, secretary and director. Previously, Mr. Rhoads served as our interim
president from September to November 1995, and as chairman of the board of
directors from January 1995 to March 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Rhoads was the
founder and president of Pinecone Imaging Corporation, a company which develops
imaging systems for telescopes, since 1992. Mr. Rhoads received his B.A. in
physics from the University of Oregon.
E. K. Ranjit has served as our chief financial officer since August 1999.
Prior to that, he served as vice president of finance and treasurer of TriQuint
Semiconductor, Inc., a supplier of integrated circuits for the wireless
communications, telecommunications, data communications and aerospace markets
from July 1996 to August 1999, and as its corporate controller from May 1991 to
June 1996. Mr. Ranjit received a B.S. from the University of Texas at Dallas
and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
J. Scott Carr has served as our vice president and general manager of secure
documents since June 1999. Prior to that, he served as our vice president of
marketing and business development from January 1998 to May 1999, and director
of business development from May 1996 to December 1997. Prior to joining us,
Mr. Carr served as vice president of marketing at nCUBE Corporation, a
manufacturer of video servers, from July 1995 to May 1996. Prior to that, Mr.
Carr worked as a staff architect at Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a computer
equipment manufacturer, from August 1992 to July 1995. Mr. Carr received his
B.S. in computer science from Oregon State University.
Corporate Officers
Burt W. Perry has served as our vice president of engineering since July 1996
and served as interim co-president from August through December 1997. Prior to
that, Mr. Perry worked as an engineering manager at Intel, designing and
managing technology and software development, from June 1993 to July 1996. Mr.
Perry received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Delaware.
Kathy S. Brogdon has served as our vice president of finance and operations
since October 1996 and served as interim co-president from August through
December 1997. Prior to joining us, Ms. Brogdon served as vice president of
finance and operations at Active Arts, Inc., a multimedia company, from
December 1995 to October 1996. Ms. Brogdon worked as the controller and a
partner at Nova Northwest, Inc., a lending, leasing and financial advisory
company, from September 1990 to December 1995. Ms. Brogdon received a B.A. in
accounting and quantitative methods from the University of Oregon and became a
Certified Public Accountant in Oregon in 1978.
William Y. Conwell has served as our vice president of intellectual property
since July 1999. Prior to joining us, Mr. Conwell was a patent attorney at
Klarquist Sparkman Campbell Leigh & Whinston, LLP since 1984, and became a
partner in January 1990. Mr. Conwell received a bachelor's degree in Electrical
Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a J.D. from Emory
University School of Law.
Directors
Philip J. Monego, Sr. has been chairman of our board of directors since 1996.
Mr. Monego has served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of
directors of Voquette, Inc., an Internet media portal company, since May 1999.
Prior to that, Mr. Monego was co-founder, president and chief executive officer
of NetChannel, Inc., an Internet information delivery service, from May 1996 to
June 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Monego was interim president and chief executive
officer of Yahoo! Corporation from April 1995 to September 1995. In addition to
his position as chairman of Digimarc, Mr. Monego is currently a director of
Women.com Networks. He is an early investor in several new media startups and
also currently a venture partner in the Media Technology Venture fund.
Mr. Monego received a B.A. in management from LaSalle University.
Brian J. Grossi has served as one of our directors since July 1996. Mr.
Grossi co-founded AVI Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in high-
technology companies, in 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Grossi was a general partner
with Alpha Partners, a venture capital firm, from 1982 to 1992. Prior to that,
he worked at the Stanford Research Institute as a research engineer and project
leader from 1976 to 1982. Currently, Mr. Grossi serves as a director of
Apptitude, Inc., Aptia, Inc., Intraspect Software, Inc., InVisio, Inc.,
nCommand, Inc., Vivant! Corporation and Pointbase, Inc. Mr. Grossi received a
B.S. and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
John Taysom has served as one of our directors since December 1997. Mr.
Taysom has been employed by Reuters, a worldwide television and news agency,
since 1982 and is currently the Managing Director of the Reuters Greenhouse
Fund. Mr. Taysom also serves on the board of directors of TIBCO Software Inc.
and is the Reuters board observer at Infoseek Corporation. Mr. Taysom received
a B.Sc. in economics from Bath University. |
