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Exceptional global leader with extensive experience running Technology and Information Services businesses ranging from early-stage to $1.8B and enterprise business portfolios (to $5.5B), within a larger corporate entity. Known for building customer-centric and execution-focused teams that have diverse and balanced capabilities to ensure success in delivering high-impact growth strategies, either by building, repositioning, or turning around businesses to accelerate revenues and profitability. Strong commercial focus and the proven ability to create and execute on a long-term vision.Track record identifying growth opportunities and strategic acquisitions, scaling businesses, driving simplification and operational excellence, and leading innovation and transformation. Experienced working with corporate boards.⇨ Delivered organic growth strategy for $5.5B revenue Financial business, led the strategic focus on high-growth sectors, resource re-allocation, simplification and execution. Business performance accelerated by 5% in organic growth rate in addition to 6% increase in margin. ⇨ Led the turn-around of the |$1bn FX business, including the transformational and successful acquisition and integration of FXall (FX.N, $625m); a major commercial repositioning and the delivery and rollout of the next-generation FX trading platform to capitalize on evolving customer needs and market structure. Revitalized team culture, accountability, and execution and delivered a step-change improvement in financial performance. ⇨ Built a high performing, global and cross-functional team with a 9% increase in employee engagement and top talent retention rate of 98%.

Mr. Hall has been Chief Executive Officer and a director since August 2004. Prior to joining Gartner, he was a senior executive at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a Fortune 500 global technology and service company, serving most recently as President, Employers Services Major Accounts Division, a provider of human resources and payroll services. Prior to joining ADP in 1998, Mr. Hall spent 16 years at McKinsey & Company, most recently as a Director.

Rob LoCascio is the Founder of LivePerson, Inc. (LPSN: NASDAQ ), and has been its Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1995. He is the guiding force behind the company’s vision of creating meaningful connections between brands and consumers. LivePerson has come a long way since its early years having survived the dot com crash, and grown to become the leader in intelligent engagement solutions, currently serving over 18,000 clients, with 1,000 employees and offices across the globe. Rob is one of the longest-standing founding CEOs of a tech company today. Rob’s interests extend beyond his business and reflect his close ties to New York City. He is a founding member of the NYC Entrepreneurs Council of the Partnership for New York City. In 2001, he started the Dream Big Foundation with its first program FeedingNYC, which gives families in need a Thanksgiving dinner. To date, FeedingNYC has donated more than 40,000 meals. Its second program, the Dream Big Entrepreneurship Initiative, launched in 2014 to fund, mentor, coach, and empower local entrepreneurs in underserved communities. Specialties: Entrepreneurship, cloud-based technologies, using the Internet to create meaningful connections.

Wael Mohamed is the driving force behind the success of important cybersecurity companies. With a unique combination of cybersecurity, digital transformation, and executive leadership expertise, Wael has been the go-to advisor for boards and executives for nearly 30 years. Most recently, he served as President & COO, and board member at Trend Micro Group, one of Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange 225 index companies, where he helped transform the company into a global cybersecurity leader and added over $4B in shareholder value during his 11-year tenure. Mohamed joined Trend Micro in 2009 after the acquisition of Third Brigade, a company he co-founded and was the President and CEO since its inception in 2004. Previous roles included serving as the vice president of global sales and distribution for ZixCorp. He built and transformed the company into a global, high-performance and high revenue growth team. He also held senior management positions with internet security company Entrust. Wael boasts a wealth of corporate board experience gained from 15 years of sitting on boards of businesses as an entrepreneur, advisor and investor. He is chairman of the Board at CYSIV, an innovator in the field of security operations center-as-a-service (SOCaaS) and is a frequent lecturer and speaker at the Queen's Graduate School of Business in Ontario, Canada, where he completed an Executive Program in 2004. Wael holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Dalhousie University and the Executive Corporate Director Certificate from Harvard Business School. Wael resides in Dallas, Texas with his family. In his spare time, he focuses on his hobbies, including judo, chess and meditation.

A proven global business leader with 20 years of international experience across multiple countries. Proactive and high energy, with a track record of success in growing, transforming and turning around manufacturing, software, cloud & services businesses across various industries. Adept at building & delivering multi-faceted business plans, with extensive experience at a Board of Director level and with Private Equity partners.Proven ability to build high performing teams that deliver targeted objectives. Graduate of GE’s Finance program, followed by functional expertise in Six Sigma/Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Customer Care, Product Management, Sales & Sales Operations, Service/Cloud leadership and as a CEO.

Experienced senior executive and general manager with a proven track record of success in the IT industry, spanning hardware, software, and services. Professional ‘signature’ is the achievement of strategic, transformational change in businesses at scale.Stephen has a BSc (Hons) in Physics and is married with four daughters.

Jeffrey Thomas is a Board Member at BookRags, TRUSTEE at Greater Spokane, and Board Member at World Adventures Unlimited Inc. He has experience at Adecco and has worked as Board Member at AMBASSADORS GROUP INC, Board Member at OFF The Beaten Path LLC, and Exec VP/CFO/Secretary at AMBASSADORS GROUP INC. Jeffrey works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Inland Northwest Council. He studied at DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.