Susan G. Butenhoff has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2016. She also serves on the board of Hall Wines, a leading privately held winery in the U.S. Ms. Butenhoff is a strategic consultant specializing in risk mitigation and market positioning for some of Silicon Valley’s largest technology companies. Previously, Ms. Butenhoff was the Founder and CEO of Access Communications, one of the largest independent technology public relations firms in the U.S., later acquired by Omnicom Group. She also held the position of Global Technology Director at Ketchum, a global PR and marketing firm. With over 30 years of experience in technology marketing, Ms. Butenhoff has collaborated with technology disrupters and leaders, including Alphabet, PayPal, Facebook, Intuit, Adobe, and Apple. She holds a B.A. from Sussex University (England) and an M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge (England).
Our Board considers Ms. Butenhoff highly qualified to serve as an independent director due to her extensive experience helping technology companies identify and enhance their competitive market positions and build their brands and revenues. Additionally, her operational experience leading a global marketing firm and her strong consulting and communication skills make her a valuable contributor to the board.
Andrew H. Galligan has served on our Board of Directors since December 2014. Mr. Galligan was the Chief Financial Officer for ten years at Nevro Corp., a publicly traded medical device company. Previously, he served as Ooma’s Chief Financial Officer from February 2009 to May 2010 and later as a consultant for Ooma for four years. Mr. Galligan also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Reliant Technologies, Inc., a medical device company (later acquired by Solta Medical, Inc.). Additionally, he has held top financial executive roles at other medical device companies. Mr. Galligan began his career in various financial positions at KPMG and Raychem Corp. Mr. Galligan received a B.B.S. in Business and Finance from Trinity College, Dublin University (Ireland). He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Our Board believes that Mr. Galligan’s financial expertise, including his years of experience as chief financial officer and financial consultant of publicly traded and privately held companies, brings deep financial and accounting knowledge to our board and qualifies him to serve as the chairperson of our Audit Committee and as one of our directors.
Peter J. Goettner has served on our Board of Directors since March 2013. Mr. Goettner has been a General Partner at Worldview Technology Partners, a venture capital firm, since June 2004. He has been the Founder and Chairman of Crosschq, Inc., an IT security company, since November 2017. Mr. Goettner was previously the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DigitalThink, Inc., a SAAS e-learning solutions company, for seven years. Mr. Goettner holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Our Board believes that Mr. Goettner brings extensive experience in the technology industry to our board. His service on several boards provides an important perspective on operations and corporate governance matters and qualifies him to serve as one of our directors.
Ms. Hand has served on our Board of Directors since June 2020. She is also on the board of SOVRN, an advertising, publisher, and commerce software company, and previously served on the board of Manitoba Telecom Services / Allstream. Ms. Hand is the Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for TTEC Holdings, a global customer experience technology and services company serving many of the world’s most well-known brands, with 62,000 employees on six continents. Ms. Hand is responsible for delivering over $500M in annual sales in this role. With more than 35 years of sales, marketing, and general management experience, Ms. Hand has held senior positions at telecom industry leaders, including AT&T, where she was responsible for a $7B division serving Enterprise customers, and at US West Qwest, where she ran the Consumer and Small Business division. She holds an M.S. in management from Stanford University and a B.A. in communications and marketing from the University of Nebraska.
Our Board believes that Ms. Hand’s deep experience in the communications industry and her years of leadership experience in go-to-market roles make her uniquely qualified to advise Ooma on market and revenue growth strategies and execution.
Russ Mann has served on our Board of Directors since September 2009. He is currently a Senior Operating Partner at Diversis Capital, a private equity firm focused on B2B SaaS software companies. He also serves on several other boards, including Thinkific Labs Inc., an online learning management and payments platform, Flume Water, an IOT device and data company, and Ignite Visibility, a digital marketing agency. Previous roles include Chairman of the Board of Demandstar, a B2B marketplace, and Board member and CEO of Onvia, a publicly traded company providing B2G commerce intelligence and database information services. Mr. Mann has also held senior leadership positions as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at Outerwall’s EcoATM kiosk network, General Manager of Gazelle.com, a leader in the purchase and sale of used cell phones and electronics, Chief Marketing Officer of Nintex USA LLC, a B2B software company, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Covario, Inc., an advertising technology and digital marketing agency with a specialty in telecom services and communications and computing devices marketing. Mr. Mann has a BA from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Our Board believes Mr. Mann is qualified to serve as an independent director based on his experience as a multi-time CEO and Chairman of public and private companies that have had numerous M&A events and financings. He also has significant experience in companies with hardware, software, and data revenue lines, including direct and channel sales and marketing expertise for both B2B software and data companies and consumer electronics companies.
William D. Pearce has served on our Board of Directors since March 2013 and as Lead Non-Management Director since June 2017. He is currently Chairman of the Board for RichRelevance, Inc., a personalized shopping experience firm, and a Board Director of SpendGo, Inc., a marketing solutions company for restaurants and retailers. Mr. Pearce is also a Marketing Faculty member at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior positions include a Partner and Marketing Practice Director at The Partnering Group, a global consumer products and retail management consulting firm, and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Del Monte Foods, Inc., a food production and distribution company. Mr. Pearce also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Foresight Medical Technology LLC, a medical devices company, and Chief Marketing Officer at Taco Bell Corp., a fast food restaurant company and subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., and Vice President Marketing at Campbell Soup Company. Mr. Pearce holds a B.A. in Economics from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.
Our board of directors believes that Mr. Pearce is qualified to serve as a director based on his prior experience as an executive at several publicly traded companies and his considerable experience as a board member of several privately held companies.
Eric B. Stang has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board of Directors member since January 2009. He has been Chairman of our board of directors since December 2014. Mr. Stang is also a member of the Board of Directors of Rambus Inc., a publicly traded company providing industry-leading chips, silicon IP, and technology licensing, where he serves as the Chair of its Compensation and Human Resources Committee and a member of its Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee. Mr. Stang was previously a Director of InvenSense, Inc., a publicly traded MEMS semiconductor company, and Solta Medical, Inc., a publicly traded medical aesthetics company. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Stang was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Reliant Technologies, a privately held developer of medical technologies for aesthetic applications. Previously, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lexar Media, Inc., a publicly traded solid-state memory products company, now a subsidiary of Micron Technology. He occasionally serves on the boards of private companies. Mr. Stang holds an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Our Board believes that Mr. Stang is qualified to serve as a director because of his operational and historical expertise gained from serving as our President and Chief Executive Officer, extensive public and private company board experience, and experience as an executive in the technology industry. Our board also believes he brings strong continuity to the board.
Jenny C. Yeh has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer since December 2024, our Senior Vice President and General Counsel since December 2018 and an Ooma Board of Directors member since January 2021. She oversees all the Company's legal and regulatory affairs. With over 25 years of experience in general corporate law, transactions, and litigation, Ms. Yeh's career includes Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Sphere 3D Corp. and a senior legal advisory team member at General Electric, where Ms. Yeh led multi-billion dollar transactions across various business units. Prior to GE, she was a partner at Baker & McKenzie, specializing in complex cross-border M&A transactions and general corporate matters. Earlier in her career, Ms. Yeh worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, representing technology and emerging growth companies on securities laws, corporate governance, venture financings, securities offerings, public reporting, M&A, and IPOs. Ms. Yeh holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Our Board believes Ms. Yeh is highly qualified to serve as a director due to her deep understanding of the Company’s operations and extensive expertise in navigating complex legal issues. Additionally, her strategic and business acumen brings valuable multi-dimensional thinking to the board.