Independent Director Chairman of the Audit Committee
Mr. Rein is the Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Yorkmont Capital Management, LLC, an Austin, Texas based registered investment advisor which he founded in 2012. Prior to Yorkmont Capital, Mr. Rein worked as a research analyst at Bares Capital Management, Inc. from 2006 to 2012 and as an audit professional at Deloitte & Touche, LLP from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Rein graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas with a Masters in Professional Accounting. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Texas. Mr. Rein has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Where Food Comes From, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFCF) since May 2016. Mr. Rein would bring to the Board more than 15 years of business-related experience, with expertise in finance, accounting, and investments.
Wes Pollard
Independent Director Member of the Audit and Compensation Committees
Mr. Pollard is a finance executive who is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Primeritus Financial Services, a private equity backed company in the automotive financing industry. He has approximately thirty years of accounting and finance experience, much of which has been at the CFO level, including private, venture-backed, and publicly traded companies. These companies include Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (acquired by Philips Electronics), Issuer Direct Corp, kSep Systems (acquired by Sartorious, Inc) and MobileGuard (acquired by Smarsh, Inc.), among others. Mr. Pollard also served as the Managing Partner of TechCXO RTP and worked in the audit and consulting practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Pollard received his BA in Business Management and Economics from North Carolina State University and his Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joe Staples
Independent Director
Compensation Committee Chairperson
Mr. Staples has worked as a senior B2B marketing executive (CMO/SVP Marketing) for 22 years with particular expertise in SaaS, marketing technology, employee engagement and customer experience sectors. Mr. Staples served as a marketing executive officer for two publicly traded companies, Captaris Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA) and Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ININ), and two companies who have been acquired for over $1B, Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ININ) and Workfront, Inc. Mr. Staples is currently an adjunct professor of marketing at Utah Valley University and serves in a marketing advisory/consulting capacity for several technology companies.
Brian R. Balbirnie
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Brian Balbirnie is the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Brian established Issuer Direct in 2006 with a vision of creating a technology driven back-office compliance platform that would reduce costs as well as increase the efficiencies of the most complex tasks. Brian is responsible for the strategic leadership of the company and oversees day-to-day operations. Under Brian’s direction, the Company has grown to serve over 2,000 public companies since 2006. Brian is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in emerging industries. Prior to Issuer Direct, Brian was the founder and managing partner of Catapult Company, a compliance and consulting practice focused on the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Brian also has served in ‘C’ level capacities for various companies both public and private. Prior to and with Catapult, Brian also advised several companies on their public market strategies, Merger & Acquisitions as well as their financial reporting requirements.
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