Directors & Officers

Board Position Descriptions

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Officers

President

Victoria Hyde-Dunn

Victoria Hyde-Dunn
Informatica

Victoria brings over 20 years of executive experience in investor relations and finance. During her career, Victoria developed, managed, and executed IR programs for fin-tech and software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies across high-growth private equity ownership structures to established companies undergoing a transition. Her broad experience encompasses initial public offerings (IPO), management transitions, shareholder activism, debt issuance, crisis and issues management, and M&A for NYSE and Nasdaq listed companies.

Victoria is currently Vice President, Investor Relations at Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a global leader in enterprise cloud data management. She joined Informatica in 2021 to help prepare the company for an initial public offering in October 2021 raising $1 billion. Before joining Informatica, Victoria was Head of Investor Relations for 8x8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT), a global provider of cloud communications and contact center solutions from 2017 to 2021. Prior to joining 8x8, she served as Senior Director of Investor Relations for Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a leader in digital payments from 2007 to 2017. Victoria joined Visa to help establish the company’s global IR function before the company’s successful IPO in March 2008 raising $19 billion. Before Visa, she held an Investor Relations role at McAfee Inc. (acquired by Intel) from 2005 to 2007, and Investor Relations and Treasury roles at Providian Financial (acquired by Washington Mutual/ JP Morgan Chase) from 1999 to 2005.

Victoria is a board member for the NIRI San Francisco chapter since 2016 and served on the NIRI Silicon Valley board from 2007 to 2011. She has held the positions of President-Elect, Treasurer, Sponsorship, Advocacy, Membership, and Programs throughout her combined board experience. Victoria has been recognized by IR Magazine (Best Investor Relations Officer, Large-Cap 2017) and is an Institutional Investor Magazine, All-American Executive. Victoria has an MBA and B.A. in Finance from the University of San Francisco.

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Treasurer

Peter Schuman, IRC

Peter Schuman, IRC
Cambium Networks

Peter Schuman, IRC, is Vice President Investor Relations & Industry Analyst Relations, at Cambium Networks and is a senior investor relations expert with a reputation for driving positive change and process improvements that strengthen investor relationships with a record of success in investor relations, analyst & media and public relations. In June 2019, he helped take Cambium Networks public on NASDAQ. Prior to Cambium Networks, he was Senior Director, Investor Relations at Avaya from 2016 to 2019 where he helped take the company public on the NYSE and built the investor relations program. Prior to Avaya, Peter was Senior Director, Investor Relations at Atmel Corp. from 2010 to 2016. In 2011 Atmel’s IR Department received an honorable mention from IR Magazine for most progress in investor relations. Prior to Atmel, he was a manager of investor relations at Intel Corporation from September 2007 until June 2010. In 2009 and 2010 Intel’s IR department was ranked #1 by the buy-side for the semiconductor industry by Institutional Investor. Prior to Intel, Peter was the Director of Investor Relations and Public Relations at Coherent, Inc. He joined Coherent, Inc. in September of 1997 as Manager of the newly created Investor Relations Department. Prior to rejoining Coherent in April 2001, he served as Director, Investor Relations at Oplink Communications in San Jose, CA where he helped oversee that company's successful initial public offering in October 2000 and set up its investor relations program. Peter has also worked as a Marketing Director at The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. in Menlo Park, California and as a Compliance Examiner in the Enforcement Department of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in Washington, D.C. He began his career as an auditor with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s General Re unit in Stamford, Connecticut.

Peter received an MBA in Investments & International Business from Pace University in White Plains, New York and a BS in Finance from The University of Maryland. Peter served on the advisory boards of vOOrka, a start-up biometrics company, and IPREO, a global leader in providing market intelligence, data, and technology solutions. Peter is a National Investor Relations Institute’s Investor Relations Charter (IRC) holder and previously served on the NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter board for five years.

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Co-Programs

Malin Clark

Malin Clark
Third Economy

As a Partner at Third Economy, Malin develops and implements Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies for corporations and institutional investors. Clients advancing their long-term financial sustainability benefit from her experience on both sides of the capital markets. Malin spent four years as a buy-side analyst, seeing first-hand the need for improved disclosure on ESG topics. During her seven-year tenure as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing at Bank of Marin she oversaw Investor Relations and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. Malin spent the first ten years of her career with GE Capital, progressing through various roles including internal audit and global pricing. A native of Sweden, Malin has a MSc in Business from Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law. She is a holder of the FSA Credential issued by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

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Co-Programs

Chris Genualdi

Chris Genualdi
Planet Labs, Inc.

Chris is a strategic investor relations executive with over a decade of experience leading IR programs at public technology companies, as well as performing in other corporate finance roles. His investor relations experience includes building market-leading IR programs, public listings, private financings, M&A, management transitions, and helping companies effectively navigate an increasingly complex world.

Chris is currently the Vice President of Investor Relations at Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL). Prior to joining Planet, he was the Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development at NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR). Previous to NETGEAR, he was an technology IR consultant at The Ruth Group, an agency based in New York City. Chris attended the University of Richmond in Virginia. He currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and young son, and enjoys spending his free time outdoors.

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Co-Programs

T.J. O'Sullivan

T.J. O’Sullivan
Joelle Frank

T.J. O’Sullivan is a Director at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, advising companies across industries and in a wide range of special situations, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and crisis management. In addition, he works extensively with clients to develop and refine their investor and public relations programs.

T.J. joined Joele Frank in 2019 from PG&E Corporation, where he served on the investor relations team through several crises, including the 2017 Northern California wildfires, the 2018 Camp Fire and PG&E’s Chapter 11 filing in 2019. He received a BA in History and Accounting from the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

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Co-Communications

Katie Burke

Katie Burke,CFA
Electronic Arts

Katie Burke recently joined Robinhood, an institutional brokerage company that provides online and mobile application-based discount stock brokerage solutions. Prior to joining Robinhood, she was at Twitter, where she was a key spokesperson for both equity and debt investors. In 2020, she was named in NIRI’s ‘40 under 40’ class. Katie started her career on the sell-side before making the transition to IR. She holds a degree in English Literature and Economics from Franklin & Marshall College, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. In her free time, she enjoys cycling, yoga, and reading fiction

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Co-Communications

Kelly McGeehan

Kelly McGeehan
S&P Global

Kelly McGeehan is Global Head of S&P Global’s Issuer Solutions & Investment Research businesses, responsible for all aspects of strategy and execution for the business, which provides corporate issuers with the intelligence, technology and expertise required to run successful investor relationships and sustainability programs. She leads a global team, with offices across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Prior to her current role, Kelly drove revenue growth and client acquisition as Head of Client Service and Sales for the business.

Kelly has over 20 years of experience in corporate investor relations and capital markets. Prior to IHS Markit, she held senior leadership roles in Product, Client Service, Sales, and Operations at Ipreo and Thomson Financial.

She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and currently serves on the board of NIRI San Francisco where she chairs the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee.

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Sponsorship

Zane Keller

Zane Keller, CFA
Affirm

Zane Keller is director of investor relations at Affirm, a financial technology company. Prior to joining Affirm, he was deputy head of investor relations at Zendesk, a Software-as-a-Service company specializing in customer service software. Before moving into investor relations, he worked in buy-side equity research for a decade, including as a Director and Equity Research Analyst at Barrow Hanley Global Investors and a Research Associate at Brandes Investment Partners. He holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

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Co-Membership

Richard Gu

Richard Gu,CFA
Cadence

Richard has over 24 years of experience in investor relations, corporate finance, strategy & business development across US, Europe, and Asia. He currently serves as VP of Investor Relations at Cadence, a leader in electronic systems design and computational software. Prior to that, Richard spent close to six years with VMware, working as the VP of Finance and IR responsible for driving the IR strategy, execution, as well as leading VMware's SaaS transformation. Before VMware, Richard was the head of FP&A for Apple US Sales and ran strategy and operations for Google for Work’s SMB business. Before moving to the Silicon Valley, Richard held a variety of finance and strategy leadership roles with Pfizer and Cendant in the New York tristate area. Richard holds an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson School of Management. He has been a Chartered Finance Analyst since 2005.

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Co-Membership

Josh McGinn

Josh McGinn
AST

Joshua McGinn is the Senior Vice President, Western Region Relationship Management at AST and has more than 30 years of industry experience. In his current role, Josh manages shareholder services for corporate issuers and IPOs and is heavily involved with planning, developing, and administering a wide range of issuer services including annual meetings, corporate governance advisory and proxy solicitation, market surveillance and merger activities. Before joining AST in April 2012, Josh was with Computershare and its predecessor EquiServe and Bank of Boston. Josh has a solid background with annual meetings, proxy mailings, solicitations, and proxy contests. He started Bank of Boston’s proxy solicitation department in the late 1980s and contributed to that organization’s e-proxy, e-distribution, and proxy householding services. Josh received both his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Boston University, has earned his Series 7 license, and has attained the Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation. He is a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), the Society of Governance Professionals, and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). He is a board member of the San Francisco chapter of NASPP, a current advisory committee member for the LA Chapter of NIRI and a former board member of the Silicon Valley Chapter of NIRI. He has authored materials for the NCEO and enjoys thought leadership with speaking on industry trends and regulatory changes while always looking to achieve the greatest operating and cost efficiencies.

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Advocacy Ambassador

Moriah Shilton

Moriah Shilton
Rivel, Inc.

Moriah Shilton is currently Senior Vice President, GuideLign at Rivel, Inc, a global data-driven management consultancy, where she is part of the GuideLign Advisory Council. Prior to Rivel, Moriah was an SVP at Financial Profiles, a strategic communications firm, where she managed multiple investor relations programs for small and mid-cap companies. She joined Financial Profiles from LHA Investor Relations, which is now part of Alliance Advisors, LLC. From 2015 through 2016 Moriah served as VP, Corporate Strategy & Relations at Meetyl, a San Francisco based technology company that enabled direct engagement between investors and issuers. Prior to Meetyl, from 2008 through 2014 she was Senior Director, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations at Tessera Technologies, Inc. (now Xperi), a technology miniaturization company located in San Jose, CA. Moriah started her IR career at LHA Investor Relations. She has 25 years business and legal experience, including over 20 years in investor relations. Moriah graduated with honors from Dartmouth College. Her post graduate work includes financial and accounting courses at UC Berkeley Extension.

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Directors

Director

Lisa Hartman

Lisa Hartman
EnerSys

Lisa is an investor relations executive with over 20 years of corporate experience spanning investor relations, accounting, finance, and channel programs. Her IR experience includes developing and executing IR strategies, management transitions, shareholder activism, debt IPOs, M&A and hosting investor events across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Lisa has worked for both NYSE and Nasdaq listed companies in the technology, Industrials technology and financial services sectors.

Lisa is the vice president, head of investor relations at EnerSys (NYSE: ENS), the global leader in stored energy solutions. With over $3 billion in revenue, $3 billion in market cap, 140 offices and more than11,000 employees, EnerSys products and energy storage solutions provide the critical infrastructure technology needed to support megatrends such as 5G, IoT, electric vehicles and uninterrupted power for public utilities and telecom service providers.

Before joining EnerSys in 2022, she was senior vice president, head of Investor Relations at Redwood Trust, Inc. (NYSE:RWT), a leading innovator in housing credit investing, where she was responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the investor relations, corporate communications and ESG strategies.

Prior to joining Redwood in 2018, she worked at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) from 2007 – 2017 where she held a variety of roles in investor relations, finance, and marketing and was the senior director of investor relations when she left the company in 2017. Prior to joining Juniper, Lisa held roles in IR and finance at Lam Research, (Nasdaq: LRCX) from 1997-2007.

Lisa joined the board of NIRI San Francisco in 2016 and served on the NIRI Silicon Valley board from 2006 – 2012. She previously held the positions of Treasurer, Communications, and Programs. She holds an MBA from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Business and a B.S., Accounting from San Jose State University.

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Nicole Noutsios

Nicole Noutsios
NMN Advisors

What I love about in IR is that no day is ever the same - it’s very challenging and rewarding.  I am always working on interesting projects, solving hard problems, and working with smart and driven people.

Nicole has been running her own consultancy, NMN Advisors, for more than 15 years. During her 20 years in investor relations, she has provided over 100 pre-IPO and public companies investor relations and strategic communications counsel and has worked with companies in virtually every facet of investor relations, including IPOs, shareholder activism, M&A communications, global investor targeting and crisis communications.

Prior to consulting, she was the Director of IR for meVC / Draper Fisher Jurvetson's (DFJ) public venture capital fund where she managed the public relations and investor relations departments. While at meVC/DFJ Fund, she assisted with the company's $330M IPO on the NYSE. Before working for the meVC/DFJ Fund, Nicole held IR and Finance positions at Infoseek and Imatron.

For 9 years, Nicole volunteered as both an Officer and Director with the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) San Francisco and Silicon Valley chapters and is currently a member of the senior roundtable. She has been a public speaker on the topic of disclosure, ethics, and investor relations strategic issues at the Annual NIRI National conference, PRSA San Francisco Chapter, and NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter. Nicole is also a contributor to IR Update, a magazine specializing in investor relations. Nicole holds a B.S., Political Science and B.A., History from the University of California, Santa Cruz and completed additional studies at the University of Grenoble, France and University of Hull, England.

IR Update Publications:

  • November 2015 - When Investors Ask to Speak to Directors
  • November 2015 - A Year-Round Strategy For Proxy Season
  • January 2012 - Expanding Your Stock's Global Ownership
  • February 2006 - The New World: Expensing Stock Options
  • October 2004 - Gaining Visibility for Small Cap Companies
  • May 2002 - Integrating Financial Messaging into Employee Communications

Memberships:

  • NIRI National Senior Roundtable Membership
  • For 9 years, Nicole has volunteered as both an Officer and Director with the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) San Francisco and Silicon Valley chapter (chapter won numerous national awards).
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