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Michael Fosnaugh has served on our Board since June 2016. Mr. Fosnaugh is a principal at Vista. Mr. Fosnaugh is co-head of the Chicago office and sits on the Vista Flagship Funds’ Investment Committee. Prior to joining Vista in 2005, Mr. Fosnaugh worked in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications group at SG Cowen & Co., where he focused on the software, services and financial technology sectors. While at SG Cowen, Mr. Fosnaugh advised clients on buy-side and sell-side transactions, public and private equity financings and other strategic advisory initiatives. Mr. Fosnaugh currently serves on the board of several of Vista’s private portfolio companies, including Advicent Solutions Inc., Alegeus Technologies Holdings Corp., EAB Global Inc., Greenway Health, LLC, Integral Ad Science Inc, Jamf Software LLC and Mediaocean LLC. Mr. Fosnaugh received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College. Mr. Fosnaugh’s extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, technology, finance, marketing, business transactions and software investments, as well as his experience working with other technology and software companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

Rod Aliabadi has served on our Board since June 2016. Mr. Aliabadi is a Senior Vice President at Vista. Prior to joining Vista in 2008, Mr. Aliabadi worked at the Stanford Genome Technology Center, focusing on the development of nanotechnology-driven diagnostics. Mr. Aliabadi currently serves on the board of several of Vista’s private portfolio companies, including EAB Global Inc., Integral Ad Science Inc. and Market Track, LLC. Mr. Aliabadi received a bachelor of engineering in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Aliabadi’s extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, technology, finance and engineering, as well as his experience on the boards of other technology and software companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

David Breach has served on our Board since March 2019. Mr. Breach is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer at Vista. Prior to joining Vista in 2014, Mr. Breach worked as a Senior Corporate Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where his practice focused on representation of private equity funds in all aspects of their business. Mr. Breach was a founding partner of Kirkland & Ellis’s San Francisco office, and received numerous professional accolades while at Kirkland & Ellis. Mr. Breach is also a Principal of Vista and sits on Vista’s Private Equity Funds’ Investment Committees. Mr. Breach also sits on the boards of Vista portfolio companies Solera Holdings Inc., Mediaocean LLC, and Vertafore, Inc. Mr. Breach received a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Eastern Michigan University and received a juris doctorate from the University of Michigan, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif. Mr. Breach is currently a member of the State Bars of California, Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Breach’s extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, private equity and firm governance, as well as his experience on the boards of other companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

Clifford K. Chiu has served on our Board since January 2017. Mr. Chiu is a corporate director and private investment firm senior advisor, including to Vista, as well as a board or committee appointee to government bodies and non-governmental organizations in the financial services, enterprise software, data and technology-enabled solutions, healthcare, education, social welfare and the arts sectors located in the United States and Hong Kong. Prior to that, Mr. Chiu was a partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., an investment firm that specializes in alternative assets, until his retirement in 2014. Over his 39-year career in the financial services industry, Mr. Chiu has held a number of public and private leadership positions. Mr. Chiu currently is a member of the Advisory Panel of Cyberport.hk in Hong Kong, an innovative digital community with 1,000 digital tech companies. Mr. Chiu is currently a director of Apptio, Inc., 7Park Data, Finastra plc, TIBCO Software, Inc., Infoblox, Inc., Regulatory DataCorp., Inc., and was previously on the board of Cambium Learning Group, a formerly publicly-traded education company, and Hsin Chong Construction Group. Mr. Chiu received a master’s of business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chiu’s board experience, coupled with his extensive experience in the financial services industry and with technology companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

Andre Durand has served as our Chief Executive Officer since founding Ping Identity Corporation in 2001. Prior to founding Ping Identity Corporation, Mr. Durand founded Jabber, Inc., an instant messaging open source platform used by businesses globally, in 2000. Mr. Durand earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. We believe Mr. Durand is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive knowledge of our business and strategy, as well as his experience in the technology industry and leadership role with us as our Chief Executive Officer. 

Diane Gherson has served on our Board since March 2021. Ms. Gherson served as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for seven years, retiring in December 2020. At IBM, Ms. Gherson was responsible for the people and culture of IBM's global workforce. During her tenure as CHRO, Ms. Gherson redesigned all aspects of IBM’s people agenda and management systems to support a massive shift in the business portfolio, shaping a culture of continuous learning, innovation and agility. With a U.S. patent in the field of predictive analytics, Ms. Gherson has been widely recognized as a high-impact, technology savvy CHRO who has redefined the human resources profession for the digital era. Ms. Gherson was named HR Executive of the Year by HR Executive in 2018, and elected Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR), the highest honor granted in the human resources profession. She was named by Business Insider Top 100 People Changing the World of Businessalongside Elon Musk, Larry Fink, Ken Frazier and Tarana Burke, and also by HR Executiveto their inaugural top 100 list of HR Tech Influencers. Ms. Gherson serves on the Board of the National Academy of Human Resources and is an executive advisory board member at Semper Virens Venture Capital. Prior to joining IBM in 2002, Ms. Gherson led the global compensation and performance practice at consulting firm Willis Towers Watson. Ms. Gherson holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and a master’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

Lisa Hook has served on our board since August 2019. Ms. Hook served as president and chief executive officer of Neustar, Inc., a technology company, from October 2010 until July 2018 and as president and chief operating officer from January 2008 until 2010. She joined the Neustar board in 2010 and continued to serve in that capacity until July 2019. Previously, Ms. Hook served as president and chief executive officer of Sunrocket, Inc., held several executive-level posts at America Online, Inc., was a partner at Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity investment firm, managing director of Alpine Capital Group, LLC, an investment banking firm, held several executive positions at Time Warner, Inc., was legal advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and was a senior attorney at Viacom International, Inc. Ms. Hook serves on the boards of Philip Morris International, a publicly-traded leading international tobacco company, Fidelity National Information Services Inc., a publicly-traded global leader in banking and payment solutions, Unisys Corporation, a publicly-traded global information technology company, CubeIQ, a private company in the location intelligence space, and is a senior advisor on the Advisory Board of Trilantic Capital Partners. Ms. Hook has previously served as Senior Independent Director of RELX PLC and RELX NV, providers of information solutions, Covad Communications, Time Warner Telecom, K-12 Inc. and National Geographic Ventures. She currently serves on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee to which she was appointed in 2012 by President Obama. Ms. Hook received a juris doctorate from Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. Ms. Hook’s extensive board experience, her experience as an executive for both private and public companies and her experience in the identity, security and data privacy space make her a valuable member of our Board.

Paul E. Martin has served on our Board since January 2021. Mr. Martin served as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for Baxter International Inc. from 2011 to 2020, where he had worldwide responsibility for information technology (IT) strategy, operations, security and processes. Previously, Mr. Martin was with Rexam PLC (Rexam), a U.K.-based consumer packaging manufacturer from 2000 to 2011, serving as CIO and in a variety of other key management positions, including head of IT for American National Can (acquired by Rexam). Prior to Rexam, Martin held IT leadership positions at the CIT Group Inc.; BNSF Railway Company; and Frito-Lay Inc.

Mr. Martin serves on the boards of Unisys Corporation, a publicly-traded global ITcompany, and as Vice Chairman of Baxter Credit Union. Mr. Martin is also a trustee at Rush University Medical Center and for the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.

Mr. Martin was the recipient of the 2020 Chicago CIO of the Year Leadership ORBIE Award. In 2017, he was named to the CIO Hall of Fame by CIO Magazine for IT innovation and business leadership and was recognized in Black Enterprise’s 2017 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America. In 2014, Mr. Martin was named among the "100 Diverse Corporate Leaders in STEM" by STEMconnector and previously recognized as a Business Leader of Color by Chicago United. Mr. Martin received a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from Western Kentucky University.

John McCormack has served on our Board since June 2016. Mr. McCormack is an operating executive at Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm, and was the chairman and interim chief executive officer of Fidelis CyberSecurity, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in threat detection, from January 2017 to July 2018. Mr. McCormack also was an advisor to the board of Forcepoint LLC (formerly Raytheon | Websense), a cyber security firm, from April 2016 to December 2016. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. McCormack was the chief executive officer of Forcepoint LLC and was the president prior to that. Mr. McCormack was previously the chairman of the Board of AppRiver, a company that specializes in cloud-based cybersecurity until the sale of the company in 2019. Mr. McCormack received a master’s degree in information management from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of New Hampshire. Mr. McCormack’s board and advisory experience, coupled with his senior management experience at technology companies, and his extensive experience and leadership at technology companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

Yancey L. Spruill has served on our board since March 2019. Mr. Spruill is currently the chief executive officer of DigitalOcean, Inc. Mr. Spruill was the chief operating officer and chief financial officer of SendGrid, Inc., a formerly publicly-traded provider of e-mail marketing services, where he served from June 2015 until its February 2019 sale to publicly-traded Twilio, Inc. Prior to joining SendGrid, Mr. Spruill served as chief financial officer at TwentyEighty, Inc., a provider of training and performance improvement solutions, from September 2014 to June 2015. From August 2004 to September 2014, Mr. Spruill served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at DigitalGlobe, Inc., a formerly publicly-traded provider of geospatial information products and services. Mr. Spruill also served on the board of directors for Rally Software Development Corp., a formerly publicly-traded provider of agile development software, from 2014 until its acquisition by CA, Inc. in 2015, and currently serves on the boards of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a publicly-traded electronic healthcare records technology company and Zayo Group Holdings, a publicly-traded provider of telecommunications infrastructure services. Mr. Spruill received a bachelor of electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s of business administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mr. Spruill’s extensive financial expertise, leadership experience, experience with serving on boards of other technology companies and significant experience in the technology industry and at other technology companies, make him a valuable member of our Board.

Martin Taylor joined Vista Equity Partners in 2006 and was the initial President of Vista Consulting Group. Mr. Taylor sits on the Vista Flagship Funds’ Investment Committee. He is responsible for driving the transformation and operational improvements of the Vista Flagship Funds’ companies through leveraging the Vista Best Practices and building platforms for their deployment. Mr. Taylor is also active in portfolio executive development. As a Managing Director, Mr. Taylor currently sits on or participates in the boards of all Vista Flagship Fund companies. Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Taylor spent over 13 years at Microsoft.