Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-16 | Mr. Sparks, age 50, was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Academic Partnerships ... Board Committees: None mentioned ... 2017 Director Compensation Table does not list Mr. Sparks. |
| 2019-03-26 | CARL SPARKS Board Committees: Audit Mr. Sparks, age 51, has been a director since April 2018. |
| 2020-03-27 | CARL SPARKS Standing Board Committees: Audit Mr.Sparks, age52, has been a director since April 2018. |
| 2021-03-30 | Mr. Sparks, age 53, has been a director since April 2018. Since October 2020, Mr. Sparks has been a General Partner at Interlock, a venture capital firm investing in technology start-ups. Mr. Sparks was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Academic Partnerships, an online service provider for higher education, from 2016 to 2017. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Sparks was the Chief Executive Officer of Travelocity Global. Mr. Sparks was also employed by Gilt Groupe, serving as its Chief Marketing Officer in 2009 and its President from 2010 to 2011. Prior to joining Gilt Groupe, Mr. Sparks served in a variety of leadership roles at Expedia Inc. from 2004 to 2009, including as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Retail Operations at Hotels.com from 2004 to 2006, Chief Marketing Officer at Expedia.com from 2006 to 2007, and General Manager at Hotels.com USA, Latin America & Canada from 2008 to 2009. Earlier, Mr. Sparks served as Vice President of Direct Business and Brand at Capital One Financial Corp., and also served in senior marketing and strategy roles at Guinness & Co., PepsiCo Inc., and The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Sparks previously served on the board of Vonage Holdings Corp., which files reports pursuant to the Exchange Act. Mr. Sparks previously served on the board of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. Mr. Sparks is also currently serving as a director of ActionIQ, Inc., an enterprise software company; Blue Nile, an online jewelry retailer; and Lucid, LLC, a market research company. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30