infoGROUP

January 15 2009

ORC parent and database giant infoGROUP has named Roger Siboni and Thomas Thomas as independent directors of its Board of Directors. The pair will fill the positions vacated by the resignations of George Haddix and Vasant Raval in August, as part of a settlement of a shareholder lawsuit which found that the company’s former Chairman and CEO Vin Gupta had misspent millions. New Director Siboni previously served as Chairman of CRM software company Epiphany (acquired by SSA Global in 2005), and Deputy Chairman and COO of KPMG Peat Marwick, where he worked for more than 20 years. He currently serves as a Director for electronic design automation firm Cadence Design Systems; social networking site Classmates Media Corporation; and Dolby Laboratories, which develops sound processing and noise reduction systems. In addition to his director positions and non-profit work, Siboni served as Chair of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Thomas joins with more than 35 years’ experience as a technology executive. Most recently he was President and COO for GXS. Prior to this, he was held senior level roles with HAHT Commerce; Ajuba Solutions; Vantive Corporation; 3Com, Palm, Dell Computer; Kraft Foods; and Sara Lee. Thomas currently serves as a Director for Iteris, a provider of outdoor machine vision systems and sensors; Interwoven, which provides Internet/enterprise content management software solutions; and Infogain, which provides consulting and professional services. He is also a Trustee of Bellarmine University. Bernard Reznicek, infoGROUP’s Chairman of the Board commented: ‘We feel we have recruited two very talented and accomplished individuals to join the Board. Their expertise will help add a new independent dimension to our Board and will help to guide the company going forward.’ infoGROUP was founded in 1972 to provide business and consumer databases. In 2006, the firm acquired Opinion Research Corporation, one of the oldest market research companies in the US. Web site: www.infogroup.com . Printer-friendly version of this article. Email this article to a friend. Register for News emails