Board of Directors
Novell's Board of Directors is comprised of industry veterans with a wealth of experience and business savvy. They provide guidance, direction, and insight to help Novell meet its goals.
Albert Aiello Jr.
Director since 2003
Mr. Aiello, age 66, is Managing Director of Albert Aiello & Associates, a strategic technology management consulting company he founded in February 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Aiello served as Global Chief Information Officer of Lend Lease Corporation, a financial and construction management company, from January 1998 to December 2002, and as a member of its board of directors from May 1998 to December 2002. Mr. Aiello was the Chief Information Officer for Fidelity Investments, a financial management company, from April 1990 to December 1997. Mr. Aiello was also Chairman of the Board of the Software Productivity Consortium from December 1999 to December 2000. Mr. Aiello has also served as a member of the board of directors of CoolSavings, Inc.
Fred Corrado
Director since 2002
Mr. Corrado, age 68, served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., a food retailer, from October 1992 until February 2002. Mr. Corrado is also a director of two non-profit organizations, Covenant House and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Richard Crandall
Director since 2003
Non-Executive Chairman since May 2008
Mr. Crandall, age 65, is a founding Managing Director of Arbor Partners, a high technology venture capital firm, a position he has held since November 1997. Mr. Crandall also serves as the chairman of the Enterprise Software Roundtable, an organization of the senior corporate leadership of the 35 largest software companies, which he founded in July 1994. Mr. Crandall served as the Chairman of Giga Information Systems, a research and consulting firm, from July 2002 until February 2003, and was a board member and special advisor of Giga from its founding in April 1996 until February 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Crandall was a founder of Comshare, Inc., a decision support software company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from April 1970 until April 1994 and its Chairman from April 1994 until April 1997. Mr. Crandall is also a director of Diebold, Inc., and the Dreman/Claymore Dividend & Income Fund, a management investment company.
Mr. Gary Greenfield
Mr. Greenfield, age 54, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of Avid Technology, Inc. ("Avid") since December 2007. Prior to joining Avid, from December 2003 to December 2007, Mr. Greenfield served as Chief Executive Officer of GXS, Inc., a provider of business-to-business integration, synchronization and collaboration solutions. During the same period, he also served as an Operating Partner with Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm. From June 2002 to August 2003, Mr. Greenfield served as Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc., an Officer of Merant PLC, a provider of software solutions for enterprise change management. Mr. Greenfield is also a director of Vocus, Inc.
Ms. Judith Hamilton
Ms. Hamilton, age 64, currently serves on the board of directors of R.R. Donnelley & Sons (since 1995) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (since 1993). Until 2008, Ms. Hamilton was a director of Artistic Media Partners, Inc., Markettools, Inc., and The National Parks Foundation. In 2002, Ms. Hamilton retired from Classroom Connect, Inc., a provider of materials integrating the Internet into the education process, where she has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 1999. From April 1996 through July 1998, Ms. Hamilton served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstFloor Software, an Internet software publisher. Ms. Hamilton was the Chief Executive Officer of Dataquest, a market research firm for technology, form 1992 to 1996.
Ronald W. Hovsepian
Director since 2006
Mr. Hovsepian, 48, serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Novell, Inc. Mr. Hovsepian joined Novell in June 2003 as President of North America, and has most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Hovsepian held management and executive positions at IBM Corporation over a 17 year period, including worldwide general manager of IBM's distribution industries, managing global hardware and software development, sales, marketing and services. Mr. Hovsepian also served as a managing director of Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm. Mr. Hovsepian is non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ann Taylor Corporation.
Patrick S. Jones
Director since 2007
Mr. Jones, 64, is chairman of the board for Lattice Semiconductor and an active board member for Genesys SA, Smarttrust AB, and Epocrates. He was chairman of the audit committee for mobile messaging leader Mobile 365, acquired by Sybase in 2006. Previously, Jones served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Gemplus International SA, a $1 billion revenue company which he assisted in taking public in December 2000. Prior to Gemplus, he was vice president and corporate controller at Intel Corp. Jones also served as chief financial officer at LSI Logic, and he began his career at IBM.
Claudine B. Malone
Director since 2003
Ms. Malone, age 72, has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial and Management Consulting Inc., a consulting firm, since 1984. Ms. Malone served as a visiting professor at the Colgate-Darden Business School of the University of Virginia from 1984 to 1987, an adjunct professor of the School of Business Administration at Georgetown University from 1982 to 1984, and an assistant and associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration from 1972 to 1981. Ms. Malone also serves on the boards of Hasbro, Inc., Aviva Life Insurance Company, Science Applications International Corp., and LaFarge North America.
Richard L. Nolan
Director since 1998
Mr. Nolan, age 68, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology, emeritus, Harvard Business School, an institution of higher education, a professorship he was awarded in September 1991. Mr. Nolan is also the Philip M. Condit Professor of Business Administration at the University of Washington since September 2003. Mr. Nolan served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nolan, Norton and Company, an information technology management consulting company, from 1977 until the company was acquired by KPMG LLP in 1987. Mr Nolan then served as Chairman of Nolan, Norton and Company and Partner of KPMG from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Nolan is also a director of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
Thomas G. Plaskett
Director since 2002
Mr. Plaskett, age 65, has served as Chairman of Fox Run Capital Associates, a private merchant banking and consulting firm focusing on advisory and consulting services for emerging companies, from October 1991 to the present. Additionally, Mr. Plaskett served as the Chairman of Probex Corporation, an energy technology company, from November 1999 until December 2000 and as its President and CEO from November 1999 to August 2000. Mr. Plaskett served as Vice Chairman of Legend Airlines, Inc., an airline, from June 1997 until February 2001 and as its Executive Vice President from September 1999 to February 2001. Mr. Plaskett also served as the Chairman of Greyhound Lines, Inc., a transportation company, from March 1995 until March 1999. Probex Corporation filed for bankruptcy on May 13, 2003. Legend Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection on December 3, 2000. Mr. Plaskett is also a director of Alcon, Inc. and RadioShack Corporation.
John W. Poduska, Sr., Sc.D.
Director since 2001
Dr. Poduska, age 71, was the Chairman of Advanced Visual Systems, Inc., a provider of visualization software, from January 1992 to December 2001. From December 1989 until December 1991, Dr. Poduska was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stardent Computer, Inc., a computer manufacturer. From December 1985 until December 1989, Dr. Poduska was founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Computer, Inc., a computer manufacturer and the predecessor of Stardent Computer, Inc. Prior to founding Stellar Computer, Inc., Dr. Poduska founded Apollo Computer Inc. and Prime Computer Inc. Dr. Poduska is also a director of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Kathy Brittain White
Director since 2003
Ms. White, age 59, founded Rural Sourcing, Inc., an organization focused on developing information technology employment in rural communities, and served as President from 2004 until the company was acquired in 2008. Ms. White also serves as President of the Horizon Institute of Technology, a foundation supporting technology outreach initiatives in the Arkansas delta, since founding it in 2002. Ms. White served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cardinal Health, Inc., a provider of medical products and services, from February 1999 until March 2003. Prior to that, Ms. White served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer with Allegiance Healthcare, Inc., a provider of medical products and services, from 1996 until its acquisition by Cardinal in February 1999. Ms. White was also an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro for ten years. Ms. White is a director of Mattel, Inc.