Corporate Board Profile
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| 2008-04-25 | Mr. Adams is the managing member of GWA Advisors, LLC, GWA Investments, LLC and GWA Capital Partners, LLC, where he has served since 2002. GWA Investments is an investment fund investing in publicly traded securities managed by GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor. Prior to 2002, Mr. Adams was the President of GWA Capital, which he founded in 1996 to invest his own capital in public and private equity transactions, and a business consultant to entities seeking refinancing or recapitalization. |
| 2009-04-16 | Guy W. Adams, age 58, has been a director since August 2003. Mr. Adams is the managing member of GWA Advisors, LLC, GWA Investments, LLC and GWA Capital Partners, LLC, where he has served since 2002. GWA Investments is an investment fund investing in publicly traded securities managed by GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor. Prior to 2002, Mr. Adams was the President of GWA Capital, which he founded in 1996 to invest his own capital in public and private equity transactions, and a business consultant to entities seeking refinancing or recapitalization. Mr. Adams has been a director of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. since October 2007. |
| 2010-04-16 | Mr. Adams brings to the Board extensive finance and investment experience, including both private and public equity transactions. |
| 2011-04-20 | Mr. Adams brings to the Board extensive finance and investment experience, including both private and public equity transactions. |
| 2012-03-12 | Guy W. Adams, age 60, has been a director since August 2003. Mr. Adams is the managing member of GWA Advisors, LLC, GWA Investments, LLC and GWA Capital Partners, LLC, where he has served since 2002. GWA Investments is an investment fund investing in publicly traded securities managed by GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor. Prior to 2002, Mr. Adams was the President of GWA Capital, which he founded in 1996 to invest his own capital in public and private equity transactions, and a business consultant to entities seeking refinancing or recapitalization. Mr. Adams was a director of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. from October 2007 to October 2009 and a director of Exar Corporation from October 2005 to September 2007. Mr. Adams brings to the Board extensive finance and investment experience, including both private and public equity transactions. He has also been involved in numerous refinancing and recapitalization transactions and has accumulated significant corporate governance experience after having previously served on the boards of three publicly traded companies. Mr. Adams has often been a speaker at conferences on matters of corporate governance. Additionally, prior to his current position as an investment manager, Mr. Adams spent eight years as an international operations manager in the oil industry. |
| 2012-03-26 | Mr. Adams brings extensive finance and investment experience, including private and public equity transactions, and corporate governance experience from serving on boards of publicly traded companies. |
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| 2014-04-25 | Guy W. Adams is a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing GWA Investments, LLC. The fund invests in various publicly traded securities. Over the past ten years, Mr. Adams has served as an independent Director on the Boards of Directors of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Mercer International, Exar Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor having served in various capacities as lead Director, Audit Committee Chair and/or Compensation Committee Chair. |
| 2015-10-20 | Guy W. Adams has been a Director of the Company since January 14, 2014. He is a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing GWA Investments, LLC, a fund investing in various publicly traded securities. Mr. Adams has served as an independent director on the boards of directors of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Mercer International, Exar Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor. He has held a variety of public company board positions, including lead director, audit committee chair and compensation committee chair. Mr. Adams provided investment advice to various family offices and invests his own capital in public and private equity transactions. He has served as an advisor to James J. Cotter, Sr. and to various enterprises now owned by the James J. Cotter, Sr. Estate or the James J. Cotter, Sr. Trust. Mr. Adams received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University and his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Adams brings many years of experience serving as an independent director on public company boards, and in investing and providing financial advice with respect to investments in public companies. During 2014, we paid our non-employee directors $35,000 per year. This amount was increased to $50,000 in 2015. We pay the Chairman of our Audit Committee an additional $7,000 per year, the Chairman of our Compensation Committee an additional $5,000 per year, the Chairman of our Tax Oversight Committee an additional $18,000 per year and the Lead Independent Director an additional $5,000 per year. The Executive Committee is currently comprised of Ms. Ellen M. Cotter, Ms. Margaret Cotter and Messrs. Adams and Kane. The Compensation Committee is currently comprised of Mr. Kane, who serves as Chair, and Mr. Adams. The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation to persons who served as our non-employee Directors during 2014 for their services as Directors. The following table shows the compensation paid or accrued during the last three fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 to (i) Mr. James J. Cotter, Sr., who served as our principal executive officer until August 7, 2014, (ii) Mr. James J. Cotter, Jr., who served as our principal executive officer from August 7, 2014 through December 31, 2014, (iii) Mr. Andrzej Matyczynski, who served as our Chief Financial Officer through December 31, 2014, and (iv) the other three most highly compensated persons who served as executive officers in 2014. The following executives are herein referred to as our “named executive officers.” The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation to persons who served as our non-employee Directors during 2014 for their services as Directors. The following table shows the compensation paid or accrued during the last three fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 to (i) Mr. James J. Cotter, Sr., who served as our principal executive officer until August 7, 2014, (ii) Mr. James J. Cotter, Jr., who served as our principal executive officer from August 7, 2014 through December 31, 2014, (iii) Mr. Andrzej Matyczynski, who served as our Chief Financial Officer through December 31, 2014, and (iv) the other three most highly compensated persons who served as executive officers in 2014. |
| 2016-05-18 | Guy W. Adams........................................... 65 Director (1) (1)Member of the Executive Committee. Guy W. Adams has been a Director of the Company since January 14, 2014, currently serves as the chair of our Executive Committee, and until May 14, 2016, served as a member of our Compensation Committee. ... In 2015, we also paid an additional one-time fee of $25,000 to each of Messrs. Adams, Gould, McEachern and Kane... In March 2016, the Board approved additional special compensation to be paid for extraordinary services to the Company and devotion of time in providing such services, as follows: Guy W. Adams:$50,000 ... Director Compensation Table ... Guy W. Adams 75,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 7,656 Option Awards ($) 0 All Other Compensation($) 82,656 Total ($) |
| 2017-10-13 | Guy W. Adams. Guy W. Adams has been a Director of the Company since January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the chair of our Executive Committee. |
| 2018-10-09 | Guy W. Adams has been a Director of the Company since January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the chair of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. Mr. Adams also serves as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director and in 2018 completed the Cyber-Risk Oversight course presented by the National Association of Corporate Directors. |
| 2019-04-16 | Guy W. Adams. Director Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the Chairperson of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. |
| 2020-11-06 | Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the Chair of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. He is currently the Chairman of First Physicians Capital Group, a hospital management company. For more than the past fourteen (14) years, he has been a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing GWA Investments, LLC, a fund investing in various publicly traded securities. |
| 2021-11-15 | Guy W. Adams. Director Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the Chair of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. He is currently the Chairman of First Physicians Capital Group, a hospital management company. For more than the past fifteen (15) years, he has been a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment adviser managing GWA Investments, LLC, a fund investing in various publicly traded securities. |
| 2022-11-04 | Guy W. Adams. Director Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as the Chair of our Executive Committee and as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. He is currently the Chairman of Avem Health Partners, Inc, a hospital management company. For more than the past sixteen (16) years, he has been a Managing Member of GWA Capital Partners, LLC, a fund investing in various publicly traded securities. Over the past twenty-one (21) years, Director Adams has served as an independent director on the boards of directors of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Mercer International, Exar Corporation and Vitesse Semiconductor. At these companies, he has held a variety of board positions, including lead director, audit committee chair and compensation committee chair. He has spoken on corporate governance topics before such groups as the Council of Institutional Investors, the USC Corporate Governance Summit and the University of Delaware Distinguished Speakers Program. Director Adams provides investment advice to private clients and currently invests his own capital in public and private equity transactions. |
| 2023-10-27 | Guy W. Adams.Director Guy W. Adams joined our Board on January 14, 2014, and currently serves as, (i) the Chair of our Executive Committee, (ii) a member of our Audit Committee, (iii) a member of our Compensation Committee and, (iv) as our Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director. He is currently the Chairman of Avem Health Partners, Inc., a hospital management company. ... (3) Represents payment of Base Director Fee of $50,000, Audit Committee Member Fee of $10,000, Compensation Committee Member Fee of$7,500 and Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Director Fee of $15,000. Total compensation $152,500. |
| 2024-10-25 | Mr. Adams received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. |
Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22