Oversee Appoints New CFO and Two Board Members

April 9, No Comments - Author: Simon Johnson

Elizabeth Murray has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President.  She will report directly to company President Jeff Kupietzky.

Board Members

Allen Morgan – Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund
Scott Jarus – CEO of Cognition Technologies

Background – Elizabeth Murray

• More than 25 years of experience in financial management, strategic investment and M&A activity.

Previously

• Executive Vice President and CFO of Fluid Music Canada, Inc.,
• CFO for RazorGator Interactive Group, Digital Insight Corp, and KornFerry International.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from Robert Gordon University in Scotland
• Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Murray replaces Stacey M. Peterson, who has resigned to pursue other professional opportunities.

Background – Allen Morgan

• Almost 30 years counseling entrepreneurs
• Closed more than 750 venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings.

Previously

• Partner at two Silicon Valley law firms, Latham & Watkins and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
• Serves on the boards of directors of BlackArrow, DECA, Electric Cloud, Jobster, Slide, Snap Technologies, Tagged, Perfect Market and Zenprise.
• Undergraduate degree (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Dartmouth College
• Second bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Oxford University ( Christ Church )
• Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia

Background – Scott Jarus

CEO of Cognition Technologies, Inc., an advanced Semantic Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology company.

Previously

• Chief executive of j2 Global Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM)
• President and COO of OnSite Access
• Senior management positions at RCN Telecom, Multimedia Medical Systems, and Metromedia Communications.
• Serves on the boards of directors of Cognition Technologies, Global Conference Partners and Ironclad Performance Wear (ICPW.OB), where he is Executive Chairman.
• Bachelor’s and master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Kansas

What do you think about these appointments? Strategic? Financial? Feel free to post a comment.

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