Ralph Faison Joins Amber Road’s Board of Directors
December 05 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Amber Road (NYSE: AMBR), a leading provider of cloud-based
global trade management (GTM) solutions, today announced the
appointment of Ralph Faison as an independent director of the
Company, effective immediately. Mr. Faison’s appointment expands
the Board to seven directors, six of whom are independent. Mr.
Faison will also become a member of the Company’s Compensation
Committee.
“Ralph’s 25+ years of broad international leadership experience
across several technology industries will add a valuable
perspective to our Board of Directors,” said Jim Preuninger, CEO of
Amber Road. “We welcome his insight and look forward to drawing on
his judgment and counsel as a former public company chief executive
and chairman.”
Mr. Faison most recently served, from 2011 to 2014, as the
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
publicly-traded Pulse Electronics Corporation, a worldwide leader
in electronic component design and manufacture with a broad
international customer base. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Faison served
as Chief Executive Officer and director of publicly-traded Andrew
Corporation, a manufacturer of communications equipment and
systems, where he also served for a time as its Chief Operating
Officer prior to it being acquired by CommScope, Inc. in 2007. Mr.
Faison’s prior experience also includes serving as President and
Chief Executive Officer of Celiant Corporation, prior to its
acquisition by Andrew Corporation, Vice President of the New
Ventures Group at Lucent Technologies and various positions with
AT&T.
In addition to his directorship experience at Pulse Electronics
and Andrew Corporation, Mr. Faison has also served, since 2003, on
the Board of Directors of NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR) where he is
the former chair of its Compensation Committee and currently is a
member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and
Cyber Security Committee. As a public company director, chairman
and chief executive officer, Mr. Faison has extensive experience
advising on many aspects of public company management.
Mr. Faison received a B.A. degree in Marketing from Georgia
State University and an M.S. degree in Management as a Sloan Fellow
from Stanford University.
About Amber Road
Amber Road’s (NYSE: AMBR) mission is to dramatically transform
the way companies conduct global trade. As a leading provider of
cloud-based global trade management (GTM) software, trade content
and training, we help companies all over the world create value
through their global supply chain by improving margins, achieving
greater agility and lowering risk. We do this by creating a digital
model of the global supply chain that enables collaboration between
buyers, sellers and logistics companies. We replace manual and
outdated processes with comprehensive automation for global trade
activities, including sourcing, supplier management, production
tracking, transportation management, supply chain visibility,
import and export compliance, and duty management. We provide rich
data analytics to uncover areas for optimization and deliver a
platform that is responsive and flexible to adapt to the
ever-changing nature of global trade.
For more information, please visit www.AmberRoad.com, email
Solutions@AmberRoad.com or call 201-935-8588.
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