Executive Officers

Charles Alutto, 55
Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Alutto also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Alutto Consulting, a consulting firm helping companies focus on long-term organic growth and creating sustainable stockholder value. Previously, Mr. Alutto was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stericycle Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL), or Stericycle, a compliance company that specializes in collecting and disposing regulated substances, such as medical waste and pharmaceuticals, from 2013 to 2019. His previous roles at Stericycle included serving as President, Stericycle, US Healthcare Compliance Solutions from 2010 to 2013, Vice President & Managing Director of Stericycle Europe from 2008 to 2010, Vice President of Healthcare Sales & Marketing from 2007 to 2008, and Area Vice President of Operations from 2004 to 2007, Area Vice President of Sales from 1999 to 2004, and Director of Sales and Marketing from 1997 to 1999. During his tenure at Stericycle, the company expanded its revenue from $1.9 billion in 2012 to approximately $3.5 billion in 2018, completed 337 acquisitions from 2010 to 2018, and he led the largest acquisition in its history, when the company acquired Shred-it International in 2015 for $2.3 billion. Before joining Stericycle, Mr. Alutto worked at Environmental Control Co., a medical waste and compliance service provider, from 1988 to 1997. Mr. Alutto served on Stericycle’s board of directors from 2012 to 2019, and currently serves as an independent board member of Road Safety Services, Inc., a provider of road striping and safety services. Mr. Alutto earned a B.S. in Finance from Providence College, RI and an M.B.A. from Saint John’s University, Queens, NY. In June of 2017 and July of 2019, the SEC issued subpoenas to Stericycle, requesting documents and information relating to Stericycle’s compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or other foreign or domestic anti-corruption laws with respect to certain of Stericycle’s operations in Latin America. In addition, the U.S. Department of Justice, or DOJ, notified Stericycle that it was investigating this matter in parallel with the SEC. The SEC and DOJ investigations are ongoing.

Robert Ryder, 60
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Mr. Ryder also currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Horsepower Advisors LLC, a consulting firm focused on improving client’s stockholder value. From 2019 to 2020, he served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI), a public spin-off company of Honeywell International Inc. and a leading global provider of critical comfort and security solutions primarily in residential environments. From 2007 to 2015, Mr. Ryder served as Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), a global beer, wine and spirit company. While at Constellation Brands, Inc., the company’s equity value rose from $6 billion to $24 billion and he oversaw the $4.8 billion acquisition of the U.S. business of Grupo Modelo in June 2013, which created the third largest beer producer and marketer in the U.S. Prior to Constellation Brands, Inc., he was Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at International Management Group (IMG), a private equity-owned, global sports, events and talent management company, from 2005 to 2006. Previously, Mr. Ryder was Chief Financial Officer at American Greetings Corporation (formerly NYSE: AM) from 2002 to 2005. At the start of his career, Mr. Ryder spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City and then spent 13 years with PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP). During his time with PepsiCo, Inc., he had extensive domestic and international leadership positions in financial and strategic planning, control and acquisitions including serving as the Vice President of Strategic Planning for Frito-Lay International, Chief Financial Officer of Frito-Lay European Developing Markets and Controller for Frito-Lay America. In 2014, Mr. Ryder was ranked among the top five S&P 500 Chief Financial Officers by the Wall Street Journal. He was also named the No. 1 Chief Financial Officer in the beverage industry by Institutional Investor magazine in 2015. Robert earned his B.S. from University of Scranton, graduating magna cum laude and a CPA in Pennsylvania.

Ross Berner, 55
Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Berner previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Live Oak Sponsor Partners, LLC, the sponsor of Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (formerly NYSE: LOAK), a blank-check special purpose acquisition company which merged with Danimer Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: DNMR) in December 2020. Mr. Berner also served as a member of the board of directors of Live Oak Acquisition Corp. from May 2019 to January 2020. Mr. Berner has significant experience in investment management, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. Berner was a founding partner at PCO Investment Management L.P., an investment management company, from 2013 to 2016. He served as partner and portfolio manager at Weintraub Capital Management, L.P. from 1999 to 2012, where he oversaw investments in special situations and event-driven opportunities across all industries. Mr. Berner was also a co-founder of United Road Services (formerly NASDAQ: URSI), which has its initial public offering in 1997 and became one of the largest non-union car-hauling companies in the United States, was acquired by Charterhouse Financial in 2000 and is currently owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group. Mr. Berner co-founded Fenix Parts, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: FENX), a consolidator of recycled auto parts, in 2014, which completed its initial public offering in 2015 and was taken private in 2018. Mr. Berner received an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. degree in Economics from Northwestern University.

Scott Daum, 48
President

Mr. Daum is currently a partner at Parallel49 Equity, a position he has held since 2013. He started at Parallel49 Equity in 2005. From 1995 to 2005, he worked at GE Capital, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President. Mr. Daum is the Chairman of the board and compensation committee of Road Safety Services, Inc., a provider of road stripping and safety services, and of Tiger Calcium Services Inc. He is a board member and audit committee member of Gold Standard Baking, Inc. and a board member of Questco, LLC. Mr. Daum obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, graduating summa cum laude, and obtained a Masters of Business Administration, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Board of Directors

Richard Burke, 56
Executive Co-Chairman and Director

Mr. Burke most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Disposal (formerly NYSE: ADSW) from 2014 until the company’s sale to Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), or WM, in 2020, a deal negotiated by Mr. Burke and valued the company at $4.6 billion. As Chief Executive Officer, he led the sale of 18% of the company to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board prior to its initial public offering and its initial public offering in 2016. From the company’s initial public offering until its sale to WM in 2020, Advanced Disposal’s equity value increased from $1.5 billion to $2.8 billion. Before serving as Chief Executive Officer, he served as President from 2012 to 2014. During his tenure at the company, both as Chief Executive Officer and President, Advanced Disposal completed 73 acquisitions from 2013 to 2019. He joined Advanced Disposal following the acquisition of Veolia Environmental Services Solid Waste in 2012, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Environmental Services North America, or Veolia, since 2007. At Veolia Environmental Services North America, he led the sale of a division in North America for Highstar Capital for $1.9 billion in 2012. Mr. Burke began his employment with Veolia in 1999 as Area Manager for the Southeast Wisconsin area. He served as Regional Vice President for the Eastern and Southern markets until he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Veolia, Mr. Burke spent 12 years with WM in a variety of leadership positions. He currently serves on the board of directors of ECP Environmental Growth Opportunities Corp. (NASDAQ: ENNV), a blank check company, US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECOL), a provider of solid waste collection and management services, the Environmental Research and Education Foundation, K9s for Warriors, and in 2019, was appointed to serve on the Florida Transportation Commission. Mr. Burke holds a bachelor’s degree from Randolph Macon College.

Kenneth L. Campbell, 64
Executive Co-Chairman and Director

Mr. Campbell’s career has focused on managing companies through financial restructurings and operational turnarounds as well as through strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Mr. Campbell served as a director of Matlin & Partners Acquisition Corp. (formerly NASDAQ: MPAC) from 2017 to 2018. Between 2003 and 2011, he served as a senior officer of several MatlinPatterson portfolio companies, and for a time was an investment partner of the firm. From 2008 until 2011, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Standard Pacific Corp. (formerly NYSE: SPF), subsequently CalAtlantic Group, Inc. (formerly NYSE: CAA), a publicly-traded home builder, which was subsequently sold to Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN). During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer, Standard Pacific Corp.’ stock price increased 54%. He was an investment partner of MatlinPatterson from 2007 to 2008. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Campbell served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Ormet Corporation, an aluminum manufacturer. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Campbell served as Chief Financial Officer of RailWorks Corporation, a railroad construction contractor. Mr. Campbell has spent over 20 years serving in various restructuring roles at companies with significant operational and/or financial difficulties.

Brenda Frank, 51
Director

Ms. Frank is currently Group Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Buying Offices at Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST), a position she has held since 2018. Previously, Ms. Frank was Chief People Officer at Stericycle, from 2016 to 2018. From 2010 to 2016, she was Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Franchise Relations, General Counsel and Secretary at Shred-it International. Ms. Frank was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Human Resources of Itochu International Inc. from 2008 to 2010. Prior to 2008, Ms. Frank served in several roles at Pitney Bowes, Inc., starting as Human Resources Legal Counsel in October 2001, Director Employees Relations in January 2002, Director Human Resources and Mergers and Acquisitions in January 2005, and finally as Vice President of Human Resources & Labor Strategist from January 2006 to January 2008. She started her career as a lawyer at Proskauer Rose LLP from 1994 to 1996 and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1996 to 1999. Ms. Frank received a JD from New York University School of Law and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany.

Alex Zoghlin, 51
Director

Since 2021, Mr. Zoghlin has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Airline Tariff Publishing Company, a company that provides technology, pricing and shopping data to airlines, global distribution, travel agencies and technology companies, backed by the world’s leading airlines, and, since 2019, the founder and managing partner of Machine Learning Ventures, a private equity company in the machine learning and artificial intelligence space. From 2016 to 2019, he was the Executive Vice President, Global Head of Strategy, Innovation and Technology at Hyatt Hotels, and prior to this was Senior Vice President, Head of Technology from 2013 to 2016, managing strategy, technology and the global operations center. Prior to joining Hyatt Hotels, Mr. Zoghlin served as the Chief Executive Officer of VHT, Inc., a marketing services provider for the real estate industry. In 2004, he founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of G2 Switchworks, Inc., a Chicago-based travel and technology firm, until its change of ownership in 2008. Mr. Zoghlin also served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of neoVentures Inc., a venture capital investment company for emerging technology companies, from 2002 to 2009. In 2000, Mr. Zoghlin founded and served as Chief Technology and Product Officer of Orbitz LLC, a consumer-oriented travel industry portal backed by major airline companies, until 2004. He has also served on the boards of directors of Essendant Corporation from 2000 to 2019 and State Farm from 2012 to 2016.

Ivan Brockman, 51
Director

Mr. Brockman has over 25 years of experience advising companies, financial sponsors and venture capitalists in all sectors of the technology industry. Mr. Brockman is a Partner with PJT Partners’ strategic advisory group in San Francisco. He has been with the firm since its inception upon the merger and subsequent spin-off transaction from Blackstone in 2015. Prior to the spin-off, he was a Senior Managing Director and led Blackstone’s technology advisory practice in Silicon Valley since founding the firm’s office there in 2008. Mr. Brockman also advised Blackstone’s private equity group on several technology transactions, served on the firm’s Innovations Investment Committee, and was directly responsible for sourcing several security and infrastructure software investments. Before joining Blackstone, he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of West Coast Technology Investment Banking for Citigroup from 2004 to 2008, and led the firm’s global investment banking business in enterprise software and systems. He also served on several administrative and management committees in addition to his client responsibilities. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Brockman was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs’ TMT investment banking group from 1999 to 2004 in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, and led the firm’s coverage efforts in software and electronics supply chain. Mr. Brockman also practiced corporate and securities law for several years with the technology-focused firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he was an Associate from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Brockman received a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a BS (with distinction) in Biology from Cornell University. He is a former National Science Foundation fellow and a participant in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory research program.