Dr. Rainer Gawlick has served as a director of our company since September 2008 and serves as the chair of our board, as well as a member of the Audit Committee. Dr Gawlick is also on the boards of Progress (PRGS), Meltwater and ChyronHego (where he was board chair). Rainer Gawlick has held executive sales and marketing positions at a broad range of technology companies including AspenTech, Lightship Telecom, SolidWorks, Sophos, and Intralinks, where he was EVP of WW Sales. Most recently he was President of Perfecto Mobile. Dr. Gawlick also served as a Consultant with McKinsey & Company and advised clients in the electronics, telecommunications, and biotechnology and software sectors on a broad range of strategic and organizational issues.

Dr. Gawlick has extensive sales, marketing and product-management experience in the technology industry. Dr. Gawlick offers expertise in building brand awareness, managing marketing on a global scale and developing growth strategies, which enables him to counsel our company on its global expansion.

Dr. Gawlick earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He was born in Germany.