Thomas S. Rogers was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in September 2003 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer of TiVo, effective July 1, 2005. In connection with being appointed as our new President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rogers resigned as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors and as a Class II Director and was immediately reappointed by our Board of Directors as a Class III Director. In addition to his role with TiVo, Mr. Rogers is Chairman of the Board of Teleglobe International Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ:TLGB), a provider of international voice, data, internet, and mobile roaming services, a position he has held since November 2004. From July 2003 until July 2005, he also served as Chairman of TRget Media, a media industry investment and operations advisory firm. From 2004 until July 2005, he also served as the Senior Operating Executive for media and entertainment for Cerberus Capital Management, a large private equity firm. From October 1999 until April 2003, Mr. Rogers was Chairman and CEO of Primedia, Inc. (NYSE:PRM), a print, video, and online media company. From January 1987 until October 1999, Mr. Rogers held positions with National Broadcast Company, Inc. including President of NBC Cable and Executive Vice President. Mr. Rogers holds a B.A. degree in Government from Wesleyan University and a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.
Charles B. Fruit Senior Advisor for Marketing, Strategy & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company
Charles B. Fruit was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in January 2004. Mr. Fruit has been Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing for the Coca-Cola Company since October 2001. Mr. Fruit began his career with The Coca-Cola Company in June 1991 as director of Global Media Services and was elected vice president in July 1991. He then served as Vice President, Media & Marketing Assets from August 1993 until he became Marketing Chief of Staff in November 2000 which he occupied until his current position. Mr. Fruit has served as a national director of both the American Advertising Federation (AAF) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and is presently on the board of the Advertising Council, Inc. He also serves as a director of CSTV, the nationally-distributed College Sports Television Network, a privately held corporation. Mr. Fruit received a B.A. degree in Political Science from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Jeff Hinson President and CEO of Border Media Partners
Jeffrey T. Hinson has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2007. Mr. Hinson is the President and CEO of Border Media Partners, a leading operator of Spanish language and Hispanic-targeted English radio stations in Texas, and member of the boards of Live Nation, Inc. (NYSE: LYV) and Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN), has extensive experience and expertise in media and corporate finance. Mr. Hinson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Communications from March 2004 to June 2005. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Radio, the radio division of Univision Communications, from September 2003 to March 2004. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Hinson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, which was acquired by Univision Communications in 2003 and became the radio division of Univision Communications. Mr. Hinson received a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977 and an MBA from the University of Texas Business School in 1979.
Randy Komisar Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Randy Komisar has served as a director of TiVo since March 1998. Mr. Komisar has been a Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, a venture capital investment firm, since April 2005. Prior to that position, Mr. Komisar had been a strategic business advisor and director to various emerging companies since 1996. Mr. Komisar also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics Inc., a video game development and publishing company, between May 1995 and June 1996. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LucasArts Entertainment Company, a digital entertainment company, between January 1994 and May 1995. Mr. Komisar holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Brown University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
Mark W. Perry General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Mark W. Perry was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in January 2003. Mr. Perry joined New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital investment firm, as a consultant in October 1995 and became a General Partner in June 1996. From April 1994 to December 1995, Mr. Perry served as President and CEO and then as Chairman of Viewstar Corporation, a provider of business process automation client/server software. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Perry held various executive officer positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., including Vice Chairman (1992 to 1994), Executive Vice President (1988 to 1991), and Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO (1985 to 1987). Prior to joining SGI, Mr. Perry was Executive Vice President and COO of Sonoma Vineyards and a partner at Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Perry also serves as a director for one other publicly traded company; Magma Design Automation, Inc., a producer of software used to design integrated circuits. Mr. Perry also serves on the board of directors for numerous private companies including Cendura Corporation, CreekPath Systems, Inc., Interlace Systems, Leapstone Systems, Inc., NewPath Ventures LLC, newScale, Inc., ReShape Inc., TestMart, Inc. and Think3, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant in California. Mr. Perry holds a B.A. degree in Economics (cum laude) from Amherst College and an M.B.A. degree (with distinction) from Harvard University.
Joseph Uva Chief Executive Officer, Univision Communications, Inc.
Joseph Uva was appointed by our Board to serve as a director in January 2004. Since April 2007, Mr. Uva has been Chief Executive Officer of Univision Communications, a leading Spanish-language media company in the United States. From January 2002 to March 2007, Mr. Uva served as President and Chief Executive Officer of OMD Worldwide, a media buying and planning agency. From June 1996 until December 2001, he was President of Entertainment Sales for Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. where he oversaw and directed advertising sales for Turner Entertainment. Mr. Uva holds a B.A. degree in Rhetoric & Communications from The State University of New York, at Albany, N.Y.
Tom Wolzien currently serves as Chairman of Wolzien LLC, a firm he founded in 2005 which provides consulting and advisory services to leading companies in the media and communications industries and related fields. Prior to that, Mr. Wolzien was a senior sell-side media analyst at Wall Street research firm, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., where he covered large, publicly traded media and cable companies. Prior to that, Mr. Wolzien worked at NBC in numerous positions of increasing responsibility including White House Field Producer, Executive Producer, News Vice President, and Senior Vice President of Cable and Business Development. He began his career in 1968 as a news reporter and photographer at local television stations in Denver, Green Bay, and St. Louis. After completing Army Officer Candidate School, Mr. Wolzien ran a unit of combat photographers in Vietnam. Mr. Wolzien has also been awarded multiple patents for his inventions linking mass media and the web and holds a B.A. degree in Mass Communications from the University of Denver.
Geoffrey Y. Yang Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures
Geoffrey Y. Yang has served as a director of TiVo since October 1997. Since August 1999, Mr. Yang has been a Managing Director of Redpoint Ventures, a venture capital firm. Mr. Yang has been a general partner of Institutional Venture Partners, a venture capital firm since 1989. Mr. Yang is a director of Ask Jeeves, Inc., a provider of Web-wide search, and numerous private companies. Mr. Yang holds a B.S.E. degree in Engineering and Management Systems from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.
David M. Zaslav President and Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Communications
David M. Zaslav has served as a director of TiVo since September 2000. Mr. Zaslav has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Communications since January 2007. Mr. Zaslav was Executive Vice President of NBC and President of NBC Universal Cable and Domestic TV and New Media Distribution from May 2006 until January 2007 and Executive Vice President of NBC and President of NBC Cable from October 1999 until
May 2006, a cable television distribution company which provides CNBC, MSNBC, and Valuevision to cable television systems and satellite television providers across the United States, and which has equity interests in the A&E Television Networks, including The History Channel. Prior to his present position with NBC, Mr. Zaslav served in a number of capacities for NBC, including Executive Vice President, Business Development, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel, NBC Cable. From April 1996 to October 1996, Mr. Zaslav was President of NBC Cable Distribution. Mr. Zaslav has been employed with NBC since 1989. Prior to joining NBC, Mr. Zaslav was an attorney at the law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, based in New York. Mr. Zaslav also serves on the board of directors of the A&E Television Networks, National Geographic Television, Cable in the Classroom and the Center for Communications in New York. Since 1990, Mr. Zaslav has been an adjunct professor at Fordham University Graduate School. He holds a B.S. degree from SUNY Binghamton and a J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law.
