Board of Directors

Eileen Rudden   Board Chair
Jim Milton   President and CEO, SoundBite Communications
Eric Giler   President and CEO of WiTricity
Jamie Goldstein   General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
Vernon Lobo   Managing Director, Mosaic Ventures
Justin J. Perreault   General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures
Regina O. Sommer   Board Member

Eileen Rudden
Board Chair

Ms. Rudden has served as one of our directors since May 2008. She has served as the board chair since May 2009 and is a member of the compensation committee. Since January 2010, she has served as Deputy Officer of the Office of Specialized Services for Chicago Public Schools. From 2003 to October 2007, Ms. Rudden served as Vice President and General Manager, Communications Applications and Vice President and General Manager, Unified Communications at Avaya Inc., a provider of business communications solutions. Earlier she served as SVP and GM for IBM's Lotus Software Division.

Ms. Rudden provides the board with more than 25 years of technology-related executive experience, including executive experience at leading companies in the business communications software and email and collaboration software industries and having served on the board of two other public companies: John Harland (JH: NYSE) and Agilysys (AGYS: NASDAQ) and as the Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Advisory and Executive Committee of Brown University. The breadth of her experience in board, executive and administrative leadership positions, together with her understanding of the communication and other technology industries, provides her with a wealth of procedural and substantive experience on which she draws in serving as our board chair. Similarly, Ms. Rudden’s combination of managerial and board experience makes her particularly qualified to address executive compensation issues as a member of our compensation committee.

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Jim Milton
President and CEO of SoundBite Communications

Mr. Milton has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since May 2009.

Mr. Milton brings to the board a strong blend of highly successful management experience and keen understanding of interactive customer communication technologies and markets. Mr. Milton’s 25 years of high technology sales, marketing and general management experience as a chief executive and chief operating officer provide the board with critical insights into the operation requirements of a public company. His deep domain expertise in interactive voice response and internet protocol messaging solutions complements the other technology backgrounds of our directors. As our chief executive officer, Mr. Milton has extensive knowledge of our business, and his participation on the board enables him to communicate his corporate vision and operational knowledge to the other directors while gaining from their input and insights.

Eric Giler
President and CEO of WiTricity

Mr. Giler has served as one of our directors since December 2005. He chairs the compensation committee. Since August 2008 Mr. Giler has served as Chief Executive Officer of WiTricity Corporation, a developer of technology for wireless electricity. Mr. Giler was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groove Mobile, a provider of mobile music commerce platforms, from April 2006 until its acquisition by LiveWire Mobile, Inc. in March 2008. Mr. Giler served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Brooktrout, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed provider of software and hardware platforms, from 1984 until its acquisition by EAS Group, Inc. in October 2005.

Mr. Giler has more than 30 years of executive experience in high technology industries, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of successful companies ranging from start-ups to a publicly traded enterprise. His deep understanding of the administrative and operational requirements of technology companies makes him an extremely valuable board member. His service on the boards of a variety of public and private companies, complements his executive experience and affords him the ability to understand corporate issues from a variety of points of view. Similarly, Mr. Giler’s combination of managerial and board experience makes him particularly qualified to address executive compensation issues as the chair of our compensation committee.
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Jamie Goldstein
General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners

Mr. Goldstein has served as one of our directors since 2000. Since 2001 Mr. Goldstein has been a General Partner of North Bridge Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that he joined in 1998.

Mr. Goldstein provides the board with substantial, critical knowledge in building early- and mid-stage companies into mature, profitable enterprises. Mr. Goldstein is able to draw upon more than a decade of experience in investing in software, storage, wireless and other technology companies, including a large number of companies for which he serves or has served as a director. His contributions to the board also reflect his executive experience gained prior to becoming a venture capitalist, when he, among other things, co-founded and headed the sales and marketing group of a speech recognition software company that targeted service providers and enterprise call centers.
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Vernon Lobo
Managing Director, Mosaic Ventures

Mr. Lobo has served as one of our directors since 2000. He is a member of the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee. Since 1997, Mr. Lobo has served as a Managing Director of Mosaic Venture Partners, a venture capital firm.

Mr. Lobo provides the board with substantial, critical knowledge in building early- and mid-stage companies into mature, profitable enterprises. His understanding of board functions and roles is informed by more than 14 years of experience as a director and chair of a public company and as a member of audit and compensation committees of both public and private companies. Mr. Lobo’s experience prior to becoming a venture capitalist –including serving as a company founder, management consultant and software developer – has provided him with significant capabilities in operational, financial and strategic planning matters.

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Justin J. Perreault
General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures

Mr. Perreault has served as one of our directors since June 2005. He is a member of the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee. Since 1999, Mr. Perreault has been a General Partner of Commonwealth Capital Ventures, a venture capital firm.

Mr. Perreault provides the board with substantial, critical knowledge in building early- and mid-stage companies into mature, profitable enterprises. His contributions to the board reflect more than a decade of venture capital experience working as an investor and director of information technology companies, particularly companies with enterprise application, infrastructure software, and on-demand business models. Mr. Perreault’s experience prior to becoming a venture capitalist – including serving as chief executive and chief operating officer of a publicly traded software company and as a management and investment consultant – has provided him with significant capabilities in operational, financial and strategic planning matters.
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Regina O. Sommer
Board Member

Ms. Sommer has served as one of our directors since December 2006. She chairs the audit committee and is a member of the compensation committee. From 2002 until March 2005, Ms. Sommer served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Netegrity, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed provider of security software solutions that was acquired by Computer Associates International, Inc. in November 2004. Ms. Sommer also serves on the board of directors of Insulet Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed medical device company, Wright Express Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange-listed provider of payment processing and information management services and ING Direct, an online personal finance company.

Ms. Sommer’s extensive experience in executive financial positions with several technology companies provides the board with significant capabilities in accounting issues, risk management, transaction experience and strategic planning. Her past roles as an accountant with a leading international accounting firm and, more recently, as chief financial officer of both public and private companies make her particularly well qualified to chair the audit committee and serve as an “audit committee financial expert.” Further, based in part on her current position as a director of other companies, Ms. Sommer takes an active role in the board’s efforts to address emerging corporate governance issues and to establish and maintain best practices.
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