Board of Directors

Bill Nuti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NCR Corporation
Quincy L. Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Vertis Communications
Edward P. (Pete) Boykin, retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation
Richard L. Clemmer, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, NXP
Gary Daichendt, former Executive Vice President, Cisco Systems
Robert P. DeRodes, Chief Technology Officer, First Data Corporation
Linda Fayne Levinson, former Partner, GRP
C. K. Prahalad, Professor of Business Administration, The University of Michigan

Bill Nuti
Bill Nuti is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of NCR Corporation.  Before joining NCR in August 2005, Nuti served as president and CEO of Symbol Technologies where he strengthened the company’s product portfolio and positioned the company as a leading supplier in the emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) industry.  Prior to that, he was chief operating officer of Symbol where he led a challenging turnaround.  Nuti joined Symbol in 2002 following 10 years at Cisco Systems where he held positions of increasing responsibility, advancing to the dual role of senior vice president of the company’s Worldwide Service Provider Operations and U.S. Theater Operations.  Prior to his Cisco experience, Nuti held sales and management positions at IBM, Netrix Corporation and Network Equipment Technologies.

Quincy L. Allen
Quincy L. Allen was appointed CEO of Vertis Communications in 2009 and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Prior to Vertis, Quincy was with Xerox Corporation for 27 years. Most recently, he was president of the Global Business and Strategic Marketing Group, as well as vice president of Xerox Corporation. He rose through the ranks of Xerox beginning as an electrical engineer, then serving in senior technical and management positions in areas such as supply chain, sales and marketing, and product development. Other key positions include vice president, Worldwide Customer Services Strategy; senior vice president, North American Services and Solutions; senior vice president, Xerox Business Group Operations; and president of the Production Systems Group. Quincy earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Rochester. He also is a board member of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. and the Electronic Document Systems Foundation.

Edward P. (Pete) Boykin
Edward P. (Pete) Boykin retired in 2003 as president and chief operating officer of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), one of the world's leading information technology services and consulting firms providing outsourcing, management consulting and systems integration.  Prior to joining CSC in 1966, he was an aerospace engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Richard L. Clemmer
Richard L. Clemmer is president and chief executive officer (CEO) and also holds the position of chairman of the Management Board at NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips. Previously, he was a senior advisor at KKR, a leading private equity fund. Prior to joining KKR, Clemmer drove the turnaround and re-emergence of Agere Systems, the Lucent spin-off and a leader in semiconductors for storage, wireless data, and public and enterprise networks. He also served as chairman of u-Nav Microelectronics, a leading GPS technology provider, and also held a five-year tenure at Quantum Corporation where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Quantum, Clemmer worked for Texas Instruments as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Gary Daichendt
Gary Daichendt served as executive vice president of Cisco Worldwide Operations with global responsibility for sales, distribution, manufacturing and strategic alliances. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of worldwide operations and also served as vice president of Cisco’s intercontinental operations. Before joining Cisco, Daichendt spent eight years at Wang Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility. His background also includes time at Nortel Networks as president and chief operating officer and 10 years at IBM in various sales, marketing and management positions.

Robert P. DeRodes
Robert P. DeRodes is chief technology officer of First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payments. Previously, DeRodes served as executive vice president and chief information officer for The Home Depot^®, the world's largest home improvement retailer. Prior to that, he was president and chief executive officer of Delta Technology, Inc. and chief information officer for Delta Air Lines, Inc. The recipient of numerous industry and professional achievement awards, DeRodes has also held senior positions at Citibank and AMR, where he led the company's SABRE Development Services organization.

Linda Fayne Levinson
Linda Fayne Levinson was a partner with GRP, a private equity investment fund from 1997 to December 2004. From 1994 to 1999, she was also president of Fayne Levinson Associates, an independent consulting firm. Prior to 1994, Levinson worked for Creative Artists Agency, Inc., Alfred Checchi Associates, Inc., American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. and McKinsey & Co.  She serves on the boards of Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. and Ingram Micro, Inc.

C. K. Prahalad
C. K. Prahalad was chairman of PRAJA, Inc., a software company located in San Diego, Calif., from 2000 to 2002.  Prahalad is The Harvey Freuhauf Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan.  He is a specialist in corporate strategy and the role of top management in large, diversified, multinational companies. Since completing his D.B.A. at Harvard University, he has been a visiting research fellow at Harvard, a professor at the Indian Institute of Management and a visiting professor at the European Institute of Business Administration.