Board of Directors

Kathryn Marinello, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Fred Ayala, Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board and member of the Compensation Committee

David B. Kaplan, Director

Paul G. Joubert, CPA, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Nathan Walton, Director and Chairman of the Nominating/Governance Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee

Barry K. Allen, Director

Matthew Cwiertnia, Director

G. Drew Conway, Director and member of the Audit Committee

Davis Noell, Director, member of the Nominating/Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee

Peter Maquera, Director

 

Kathryn Marinello
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

As Chairman and CEO of Stream Global Services, Kathryn Marinello drives the overall company strategy and direction of being an industry-leading, multi-service BPO provider. Marinello brings a consistent history of operational excellence and revenue generation to Stream, and together with the company's seasoned executive team, will drive growth through expanded sales, strategic expansion of Stream's global footprint, and the development of new integrated service offerings. Prior to joining Stream, Marinello most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Ceridian Corporation, a $1.4 billion human resources outsourcing company. During her tenure at Ceridian, Marinello substantially improved customer satisfaction and employee engagement and created significant value for shareholders. Previously, Marinello served in a wide variety of senior roles spanning 10 years at General Electric, leading global, multi-billion dollar financial and services businesses, including large international call center operations. At GE, she was also responsible for numerous strategic acquisitions. Prior to GE, Marinello served in senior leadership positions at First Data Corporation, US Bank, Chemical Bank, Citibank and Barclays.

 

Fred Ayala
Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board and Director and member of the Compensation Committee

As chief executive officer for LiveIt Investments, Ltd., Fred Ayala brings more than 20 years of investment management experience. Mr. Ayala oversees the overall management strategy of LiveIt Investments, Ayala Corporation's holding company for its investments in the BPO sector. LiveIt seeks to invest in companies in the U.S., India and the Philippines that provide complex BPO services. Previously, he was a partner at Crimson Investment, an international private equity firm that provides buyout and growth capital financing to companies capitalizing on the accelerating globalization trend in manufacturing and services. Mr. Ayala is a graduate of Brown University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

 

David B. Kaplan
Director
David Kaplan is a founding member and senior partner of Ares Management LLC, an alternative asset investment management firm. Prior to Ares, Mr. Kaplan served at Shelter Capital Partners, LLC. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Maindenform Brands, Inc., TPEP Holdings, Inc., Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, Anchor Blue Retail Group, Inc. and GNC Corporation. He also serves on the board of governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is a trustee, treasurer and chairman of the Investment Committee of the Center for Early Education. Mr. Kaplan is a graduate of the University of Michigan's School of Business Administration.

 

Paul G. Joubert, CPA
Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Paul Joubert has been a director of Stream since his retirement from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PWC, an international accounting firm. Since July 2008, Mr. Joubert has been the managing partner and founder of EdgeAdvisors, a privately held management consulting organization. Most recently he was the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP northeast marketing and sales market leader and partner in the assurance practice of PWC. He is a member of numerous civic and professional associations including the Association for Corporate Growth, a former director and treasurer of the Massachusetts Innovative and Technology Exchange and he serves on the Board of Overseers of the Museum of Science. Mr. Joubert is a graduate of Northeastern University.

 

Nathan Walton
Director and Chairman of the Nominating/Governance Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee
Nathan Walton is a vice president of Ares Management LLC, an alternative asset investment management firm. Mr. Walton joined Ares Management in 2006 in the Capital Markets Group. He joined the Private Equity Group in 2007. Mr. Walton is a graduate of Princeton University and earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

 

Barry K. Allen
Director
Barry Allen has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2012. Since 2007, Mr. Allen has served as a Senior Advisor to Providence Equity Partners. In addition, since 2000, Mr. Allen has served as the President of Allen Enterprises, LLC. Prior to Providence Equity Partners, from 2004 until 2007, Mr. Allen served as Executive Vice President of Operations for Qwest Communications International Inc., and previously served there from 2002 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Mr. Allen serves on the Board of Directors of Harley-Davidson, Inc., FMI Common Stock Fund, Inc., FMI Funds, Inc., FMI Mutual Funds, Inc., and BCE Inc.

 

Matthew Cwiertnia
Director

Matthew Cwiertnia is a senior partner in the Private Equity Group of Ares Management LLC, an alternative asset investment management firm. Prior to joining Ares, Mr. Cwiertnia worked in the financial sponsors group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Cwiertnia also serves on the boards of directors of Kinestics Holdings, LLC and Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation. Mr. Cwiertnia is a graduate of UCLA and earned a MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

 

G. Drew Conway
Director and member of the Audit Committee

G. Drew Conway has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2007. He has served as the chief executive officer and a director of Sagent Group, Inc., the management company of Sagent Healthstaff LLC, a healthcare-staffing company, which he founded in September 2002 and now serves as its chief executive officer and a director, and Sagent Partners Inc., an IT company providing strategic IT solutions to government agencies, which he founded in April 2006 and now serves as its chief executive officer and a director. Mr. Conway is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Renaissance Worldwide, Inc., a global provider of business and technology consulting services. Mr. Conway has served as New England Chapter President of the National Association of Computer Consulting Business for three terms. Mr. Conway received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.

 

Davis Noell
Director, member of the Nominating/Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee

Davis Noell is a vice president at Providence Equity Partners, a U.S. based private equity firm. He previously held a senior associate position with Providence Equity's New York based team. Prior to joining Providence, Mr. Noell had been an analyst in Deutsche Bank's Media Investment Banking group. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Peter Maquera
Director

Peter D. Maquera has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2012 and previously served from July 2010 through March 2011. Mr. Maquera serves as Deputy CEO of LiveIt Investments Ltd., the BPO investment arm of Ayala Corporation. He served as Chief Executive Officer of SPi Technologies, a business process outsourcing corporation, from May 2003 through January 2010. He has served on the Board of Directors of LiveIt Investments since July 2010, of Affinity Express since July 2010 and of IQ Back Office since May 2011. We believe that Mr. Maquera's qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his more than 20 years of experience in various professions, including management consulting, mergers and acquisitions and operations, as well as his years of experience in the BPO industry.

 

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