Robert A. (Bob) Renner, Chief Executive Officer

Bob Renner played a significant role in creating the Liaison concept, and served as one of six steering committee members who guided its development into an independent business enterprise.

Prior to Liaison, Bob was most recently Director of Electronic Commerce for Georgia-Pacific Corp., one of the world's largest forest products companies. He also brings over 15 years of information technology experience from several industries to Liaison including work at the Walt Disney Company, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, and Security Pacific National Bank (now Bank of America).

Renner earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University (Fullerton), and an Associate's degree in Computer Science from Fullerton College (California).

Catherine N. (Cathy) Chandler, Chief Financial Officer

Cathy Chandler brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience at FORTUNE 500 companies to Liaison. She has expertise in a broad range of financial and business skills including strategic planning and development, business analysis, treasury management, accounting, taxation, risk management, and international business management. Chandler is responsible for directing all aspects of the global financial operations at Liaison in addition to managing the Human Resources, Governance, and Administrative Functions.

Prior to joining Liaison, Chandler held several positions within Georgia-Pacific Corporation including Director of Long-Range Planning and Division Controller. As Division Controller, she directed the financial operations of a division with $1.2 billion in assets. Prior to this, she held the position of Corporate Treasurer and Controller for Savannah Foods and Industries, Inc.

Chandler earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University and a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Armstrong State College. In addition, she is a licensed CPA.

Bruce Chen, Chief Technology Officer

Bruce Chen brings more than 17 years of product development and technical services experience to Liaison. He is directly responsible for the architecture, development, maintenance, and management of all Liaison solutions, including Integration, Product Information Management, Data Synchronization and Trading Services.

Prior to joining Liaison, Bruce was Chief Application Architect at McKessonHBOC's STAR Operation where he developed numerous products ranging from DBMS systems, to object oriented client/server systems and component based Web applications. He received the Year 2000 Fellow Award for outstanding and sustained technical contributions. He also participated in defining Web strategy product architecture and technology standards that included the adoption of the CORBA and COM technologies.

Larry D. Mieldezis, Chief Operating Officer

Larry Mieldezis brings many years of e-commerce experience to Liaison where he is responsible for global sales, marketing, and professional services. He is responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive sales strategy around the globe, as well as enhancing and delivering our highly customized services portfolio. With more than 20 years of practice in the sales, marketing, and delivery of technology services Mieldezis brings a breadth of experience in technology strategy, planning, and engineering along with management of enterprise applications and Internet-based commerce systems.

Prior to joining Liaison, Mieldezis served as Vice President of Engineering Services at Checkfree Corporation where he was responsible for the engineering services organization consisting of systems engineering, program management and disaster recovery. Mieldezis was also accountable for integrating technology as part of corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has also held positions at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Microsoft and United Parcel Service.

Mieldezis holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, with a minor in Mathematics, from Southern Illinois University.

Juhani Sormanen, Executive Vice President European Operations

With more than 20 years of experience across functional areas in Europe, Juhani Sormanen is responsible for Liaison's European operations, including delivery, European business development, application development, and technical operations.

Prior to joining Liaison, Juhani served as the CEO of Anilinker Oy, which merged with Liaison in early 2008. He also held executive positions at Desigence Oy and Nokia Networks, where he served for nearly 20 years in various executive positions in global sales and marketing, business development etc. for various Nokia divisions.

Sormanen holds a Master of Science degree in Electronics from the Helsinki University of Technology.

Ed Wiggins, Executive Vice President Corporate and Business Development

Ed Wiggins brings 19 years of integration experience and expertise to Liaison, where he is responsible for alliances and partnerships.

Before joining Liaison Ed was President and CEO of Contivo, Inc. and was instrumental in Liaison's acquisition of the company. Prior to Contivo Ed was Director of Integration at Legendary Systems, a consulting firm, where he was responsible for all SAP-, EDI-, and XML-based integration solutions. He also spent 11 years at Dreyer's and Edy's Grand Ice Cream and spent most of his tenure on hand-held integration solutions between back-end warehouse applications to in-store POS systems.

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