MARK K. RUPORT - Corporate Board Profile

NextTrip, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2020-05-18	Mark K. Ruport I 67 Director, President and Chief Executive Officer 2019 2021 - Mark K. Ruport was appointed as a director on December 3, 2019, served as our Executive Chairman from December 3, 2019 through April 30, 2020, when he was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ruport brings more than 30 years of public and private company experience in the software sector to his position at Sigma Labs. Prior to joining Sigma Labs, Mr. Ruport served since 2010 as the President of Step Function Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm that provides strategic consulting services to early and mid-stage portfolio software companies. Mr. Ruport also served from 2014 to 2017 as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Content Analyst Company, a leading developer of advanced analytics software for searching and analyzing unstructured text, and before that served as its Vice Chairman from 2012 to 2013. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Ruport served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Configuresoft, Inc., a venture-backed Enterprise Systems Management company, where he orchestrated an OEM agreement which later led to its acquisition by EMC Corp. Prior to Configuresoft, Mr. Ruport served from 2004 to 2005 as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Stellent, Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Oracle, Inc., and from 1995 to 2005 as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Optika, Inc., a venture-backed Enterprise Content Management Company that he led through its initial public offering and merger with Stellent, Inc. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Ruport served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Interleaf, Inc., a public software company. He also held various senior executive positions from 1985 to 1989 at Informix, Inc., a relational database management system company later acquired by IBM, and from 1985 to 1989 at Cullinet, Inc., a mainframe database management system and enterprise resource planning company later acquired by Computer Associates, Inc. Mr. Ruport received his Bachelor of Science degree and MBA from Bowling Green State University.Mr. Ruport received a Bachelor of Science in Business and an MBA from Bowling Green State University. Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Ruport is qualified to serve as a member of the board because of his extensive experience in management and leadership in the technology industry. The compensation of Mr. Ruport is described in the Summary Compensation Table of Executive Officers.
2021-04-19	By Order of the Board of Directors, /s/ Mark K. Ruport Mark K. Ruport Chief Executive Officer Santa Fe, New Mexico April 19, 2021
2021-06-15	Mark K. Ruport Age 68 Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Compensation: Not stated as director compensation (executive compensation described separately) Excerpt: "Mark K. Ruport was appointed as Executive Chairman and as a director on December 3, 2019. Effective April 30, 2020, Mr. Ruport became our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ruport remains a director on the Board of Directors but no longer serves as Executive Chairman."
2022-07-06	Mark K. Ruport I 69 Director 2019 2024 Effective April 1, 2022, Mr. Ruport was appointed as Chairman of our Board. The compensation of Mr. Ruport in his capacity as our Chief Executive Officer as of December 31, 2021, is described in the Summary Compensation Table of Executive Officers.
2023-12-01	Mark K. Ruport Chairman of the Board of Directors Age 70 The following table sets forth information about Messrs. Duitch and Summers and each of the other current members of our Board of Directors: Mark K. Ruport I 70 Chairman of the Board of Directors 2019 2024 The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid to non-employee directors in 2022 for their services as directors of the Company. The compensation of Mr. Brunsberg, who serves as a director and our President and Chief Executive Officer, is described in the Summary Compensation Table of Executive Officers. The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid to non-employee directors in 2022 for their services as directors of the Company. Name Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) Option Awards ($) Total ($) Mark K. Ruport 7,500 1,871 9,371 The fees shown were paid to Mr. Ruport for services as a non-employee director from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. On October 1, 2022, the Company granted Mr. Ruport an option to purchase up to 175 shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with his service as a director. The exercise price of the option is equal to $50.00 per share, is fully vested, and had a grant date fair value of $1,871. The compensation of Mr. Ruport for the period January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022, during which time he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022, in addition to his service as a director, is described in the Summary Compensation Table of Executive Officers.