Corporate

Leadership

Steven D. Merrifield, President & CEO

Steven D. Merrifield serves as Ciprico's President and Chief Executive Officer joining the company December 2006. Mr. Merrifield was previously Senior Vice President of Hitachi Storage Technologies (GST), a division of Hitachi, where he was also a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. As Senior Vice President, Merrifield was in charge of managing the operations and sales organizations of the division following the merger of the IBM Storage Technology Division and Hitachi Hard Drive Company.
From 1978 through the 2003 merger of the two units, Merrifield was a senior executive at IBM, where he served as Vice President of Global Sales of IBM's Technology Group. From 1999 through 2001, he was Vice President in charge of IBM's Dell Strategic Alliance. He also brings experience as IBM's Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing of the OEM Software Group and the Director of Software and Services for IBM's SMB (Small & Medium Business) Market in Europe.

James W. Hansen, Chairman of the Board of Directors

James W. Hansen serves as Ciprico’s Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hansen joined Ciprico as a Director in April 2001 and served as Chairman of the Board from January 2003 to March 2004 and was re-elected Chairman in April 2005. He continues to teach part-time as an adjunct professor in the executive MBA program at the University of St. Thomas. Previously, Mr. Hansen was President, CEO and Treasurer of E.mergent Inc. (NASDAQ: EMRT) from November 1996 and Chairman of the Board from May 1997 until the sale of the company in May 2002.

Since 1992 Mr. Hansen has served as an investor, Director, President or Vice President of several private companies in medical services and technology. From 1986 to 1992, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the pension division of Washington Square Capital, a Reliastar Company, and a NYSE-traded financial services company, now known as ING Reliastar. From 1983 to 1986, he was Vice President of Apache Corporation, a NYSE-traded oil and gas exploration company.

Donald L. McDonell,  Vice President – Sales & Marketing

Donald L. McDonell joined Ciprico in April 2006 and serves as Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  Since 1997, Mr. McDonell served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales at Medéa Corporation.  He was Vice President of Sales for Micropolis (USA) Inc. from 1996 to 1997.  From 1986 to 1996, he held the positions of Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Director of Distribution Sales for Micropolis Corporation.  Previously, Mr. McDonell also held various sales positions at Dataproducts Corporation, Jackson Edwards Company and Data Devices International. 

Andrew Mills, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Development

Andrew Mills serves as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Development, joining Ciprico in December 2006. Mr. Mills previously served as President and CEO of NetCell Corporation, a leading developer of host adapter storage acceleration silicon devices. Prior to NetCell, Mr. Mills spent four years at TDK Semiconductor Corp, in a variety of key positions, the most recent of which was as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadband Communications. Mr. Mills also held strategic marketing positions at Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and was a design engineer at Ferranti Computer Systems. He graduated from University College of North Wales with a Bachelor and Master of Electronics and Electrical Engineering degrees.

Monte S. Johnson, Senior Vice President and CFO

Monte S. Johnson joined Ciprico in March 2005 and serves as Senior Vice President  and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2001, Mr. Johnson has been President of MSJ & Associates, LLC, a business consulting company focused on finance, strategic planning and operational consulting for public and private companies. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Pro Staff Personnel Services. Mr. Johnson also held various financial and management positions at General Electric Company and Honeywell Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson worked at Deloitte & Touche International for 11 years. Mr. Johnson is a CPA and earned his M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management in 1997.

Mark J. Moran, Chief Engineer

Mark J. Moran serves as Ciprico's Chief Engineer, joining the company in November 2006. Mr. Moran comes from IBM where since 2005 he had served as a software architect in the Engineering and Technology Services Group in Rochester, Minnesota. Prior to joining IBM in 2005, he spent 12 years at Computer Network Technology (CNT) in a variety of positions, the most recent of which was as a senior consulting engineer and product architect in CNTs Advanced Technology Group. Mr. Moran was also a lead software engineer for CNTs Advanced Technology Group and a lead software engineer for CNTs UltraNet Engineering Group. He also held senior software engineering positions at Cray Research, Supercomputer Systems, Inc., IBM and Control Data Corporation. He is a graduate of the University Of Minnesota Institute Of Technology with a degree in computer science.

 

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Corporate Governance

PURPOSE

:

• The Governance/Nominating Committee shall be responsible for matters relating to the governance of Ciprico Inc. (the "Company"), including selection of candidates for the Company's Board of Directors ("Board").
  
  

MEMBERSHIP

:

• The Governance/Nominating Committee will be comprised of two or more directors elected by the Board, each of whom shall be independent (as such term is defined by applicable laws and regulations or the Company's corporate governance policies, if any).
• The Chair of the Governance/Nominating Committee shall be elected by the Board based on recommendation of the Board Chair. The Chair of the Governance/Nominating Committee shall conduct the Committee meetings as well as represent the Committee at meetings of the Company's Board.
  
  

RESPONSIBILITIES

:

• Developing, reviewing and revising as appropriate, for adoption by the Board, the Principles of Corporate Governance by which the Company and the Board shall be governed.
• Developing, reviewing and revising as appropriate, for adoption by the Board, the codes of ethical conduct and legal compliance by which the Company and its directors, officers, employees and agents will be governed.
• Developing and recommending to the Board policies and processes designed to provide for effective and efficient governance, including but not limited to: policies for evaluation of the Board and the Chair; the director nomination process, including board membership criteria, minimum qualifications for directors, and shareholder nomination of directors; shareholder-director communications; shareholder communication regarding shareholder proposals; director attendance at annual meetings; and succession planning for the Chief Executive Officer, the Board Chair and other Board leaders.
• Annually reviewing the composition of the Board against a matrix of skills and characteristics focused on the governance and business needs and requirements of the Company, and reporting to the Board regarding suggested changes in Board composition which will guide the Committee in the selection, recruitment and recommendation of directors.
• Meeting as necessary to consider the nomination and screening of Board member candidates, evaluate the performance of the Board and its members, as well as termination of membership of Board members in accordance with corporate policy, for cause or other appropriate reasons.
• Develop, recommend, review and administer compensation plans for members of the Board of Directors.
  
  

AUTHORITY

:

• The Governance/Nominating Committee shall have the authority, as and when it shall determine to be necessary or appropriate to the functions of the Governance/Nominating Committee,
  • (i) at the expense of the Company and not at the expense of the members thereof, to retain counsel (which may be, but need not be, the regular corporate counsel to the Company), employ one or more recruiting firms to assist in the identification and recruitment of director candidates and other advisors to assist it in connection with its functions; and
  • (ii) to request from the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and such other members of the Company's management as the Committee shall deem appropriate, advice and information, orally or in writing, concerning the Company's business operations and financial condition relevant to the functions of the Committee.
    
    

MEETINGS/MINUTES:

• The Governance/Nominating Committee will maintain written minutes of its meetings. Such minutes shall be made available to the members of the Board of Directors, and filed with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.
  
  

COOPERATION OF MANAGEMENT:

• All members of management of the Company are requested to cooperate with the Governance/Nominating Committee, and to render assistance to it as it shall request in carrying out its functions.
  
  

CHARTER FOR THE GOVERNANCE/NOMINATING
COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
CIPRICO INC.

June 2004

 

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