Photo Not Available H. T. Ardinger has served as a Director and Chairman of the Board since April 1999. Mr. Ardinger co-founded H.T. Ardinger & Son Co., a specialty import wholesaler, where he has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1964. Mr. Ardinger served as a Director and Executive Committee Member of Home Interiors & Gifts, Dallas, Texas, from 1958 through 1998 and was a founding Limited Partner of the Dallas Maverick�s National Basketball Association Franchise in 1980. Mr. Ardinger received a B.B.A. degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.
Photo Not Available Joseph Autem has served as a Director since January 1999 and currently serves as a Director of corelntellect.com and Newbridge Information Services. He was previously a Director of Broadcast.com, Inc. beginning in September 1996 through August 1999. Mr. Autem has served in various consulting capacities to the Company from July 1998 to the present. He is currently a general partner of Autem, L.L.C., an investment company formed in May 1999, and a general partner of Texas Technology Partners, L.P., formed in May 2000. Mr. Autem served as the Chief Financial Officer of Luminant from January 1999 until July 1999. Mr. Autem previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CS Wireless, Inc., a privately held company that provides wireless video and high speed internet access, from June to July 1998. He also served as a partner of Vision Technology Partners, a private investment company, from March 1997 to June 1998. From July 1996 to December 1996, Mr. Autem served as Chief Financial Officer of Broadcast.com, Inc. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Autem served as Vice President of Finance, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OpenConnect Systems, Inc., a software company. Mr. Autem holds a B. S. in Accounting from Pittsburg State University.
Photo Not Available David A. Dean has been a Director since December 1999. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dean International, Inc., an international public policy consulting agency founded in 1994 and of its subsidiary, Innovative Transportation Strategies. Mr. Dean has been the principal shareholder since 1994 of David A. Dean & Associates, P.C., a public policy administrative regulatory law firm. From 1983 to 1994, Mr. Dean was a shareholder of a Dallas-based law firm, Winstead, Sechrist & Minick, P.C., and served as a member of the firm�s Board of Directors, head of the Public Law Section, Chairman of the Business Development Committee a member of the firm�s Advisory Board and Chairman of the firm�s PAC Committee. He was also President of Transportation Strategies, Inc., a subsidiary of the firm�s consulting group. During 1972 to 1993, Mr. Dean served the State of Texas in several roles. He was General Counsel to both republican Governor William P. Clements, Jr. and his predecessor, democratic Governor Dolph Briscoe, and served as Texas Secretary of State under Governor Clements. Mr. Dean was active in the gubernatorial campaigns for Governor Briscoe and Governor Clements. Mr. Dean received his B.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University and his Juris Doctor degree from University of Texas at Austin.
Photo Not Available George C. Platt has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since September 1999. From 1991 through 1999, Mr. Platt was employed by Intecom, Inc., a Dallas-based provider of multimedia telecommunications products and services. He initially was the CEO of Intecom, Inc., and later also became the President. Prior to his employment with Intecom, Inc., Mr. Platt was an executive with SRX, an entrepreneurial startup company. Before that, he was a Group Vice President at Rolm Corporation through its acquisition by IBM, and prior to that, he was employed by Xerox for fifteen years, where he attained the position of General Manager. Mr. Platt holds a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree from Northwestern University.
Photo Not Available Ms. Latham has served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of ViewCast since December 1999. From 1997 until she joined ViewCast, Ms. Latham served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Perivox Corporation, an interactive communications and direct marketing company. From 1994 through 1997, she was the Vice President of Finance and Administration at Axis Media Corporation. Prior to joining Axis Media Corporation, Ms. Latham was a practicing Certified Public Accountant for several accounting firms, including KPMG Peat Marwick, and was a Vice President of Finance and Administration for Medialink International Corporation. Ms. Latham received her B.B.A. from the University of Texas with an emphasis in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Photo Not Available Mr. Bruner began serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing in Febmary 2000. From 1997 until he joined ViewCast, he was the Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Intecom, Inc., a Dallas-based provider of multimedia telecommunications products and services. From 1994 through 1997, he was the President of the Call Center Division of Executone Information Systems, Inc. From 1991 through 1993, Mr. Bruner was the Vice President of Sales for Digital Sound Corporation. From 1989 through 1991, he was Vice President of Sales for North America for Aspect Telecommunications. From 1987 through 1989, he was Director of Sales for Octel Communications. Prior to 1987, Mr. Bruner served in a variety of management positions with Rolm Corporation, including after it was acquired by IBM in 1985. Mr. Bruner earned his B.A. from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Photo Not Available Mr. Stoner joined ViewCast as Vice President of Operations in August 1996. From August 1994 to August 1996, Mr. Stoner was Vice President of Engineering for the Connectworks Division of Connectware, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMP Inc. From July 1986 to August 1994, Mr. Stoner was employed by Visual Information Technologies, Inc. ("VITec"), a manufacturer of video, imaging, and graphics products, which was purchased by Connectware, Inc. At VITec, Mr. Stoner was responsible for the development of hardware and software products, and served in various positions including Vice President of Engineering. From January 1979 to July 1986, Mr. Stoner served in various engineering positions at Texas Instruments, Inc. Mr. Stoner received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas.
Photo Not Available Mr. Page has been Vice President of Osprey Products for ViewCast since January 1995. From October 1994 to December 1994, Mr. Page served as Director of Product Development of ViewCast. From April 1988 to September 1994, Mr. Page was employed by Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he held management positions directing development and strategic relationships for multimedia technology products. Mr. Page developed advanced graphics and imaging products at General Electric from 1984 to 1988 and at Data General from 1983 to 1984. Mr. Page holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.