OZ COMMUNICATIONS INC Annual Report (Small Business Issuers) (10KSB) Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control ... (original) (raw)

Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons

Directors

 The following table lists the members of the Board of Directors and

provides their ages and positions with us as of February 28, 2002. Biographical information for each director is provided below.

              Name             Age                 Position
      ---------------------   ------   ---------------------------------
      Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson     30     Director, Chief Visionary
      Skuli Mogensen            33     Director, Chief Executive Officer
      Stig-Arne Larsson         59     Director, Chairman of the Board
      Jean-Marc Ferland         56     Director

Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson, age 30, is our co-founder and our Chief Visionary. He has served as a director since December 1995. In 1990, he founded OZ, hf, our predecessor in Iceland. Mr. Gudjonsson has worked extensively in the computer software, communications and Internet industry over the last decade. He has served as a government consultant on various projects and was responsible for designing a future vision for the Ministry of Communication in Iceland in 1998.

Skuli Mogensen, age 33, is our co-founder and our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mogensen has served as a director since December 1995. He has been involved in several successful ventures in Scandinavia and has extensive international business experience. Mr. Mogensen is responsible for our overall business development, investment banking, major partners, general strategy and tactical input in major contracts and key accounts.

Stig-Arne Larsson, age 59, has served as a director since May 2000 and serves as the acting Chairman of the Board. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Sal Ventures AB, a telecom and information technology consulting firm. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Telia Group, the incumbent Swedish telecom operator, and Deputy Director General and Finance Director at Swedish Telecom Televerket. Mr. Larsson is also a member of the board of directors of TradeDoubler AB, Generic Systems AB, Secode AB, Svenska Brand AB and Castellum AB.

Jean-Marc Ferland, age 56, has served as a director since November 2001. He is currently a Senior Partner of CDP Capital Technology Ventures, a venture capital company. Previously, Mr. Ferland was a Vice-President of Microcell Labs, Inc., a venture capital company, and President of DIGIFAX Communications, a telecommunications consulting firm, and President of Scotcomm Radio Inc., an exclusive distribution company for the mobile radio equipment division of NEC Japan. Mr. Ferland has a Bachelor of Economics (with honors), from the Universit� de Montr�al, a management certificate from McGill University and an Executive Development diploma from the Harvard Business School.

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Officers

Officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors, subject to rights, if any, under contracts of employment. See "Executive Compensation." There is no family relationship between any director or executive officer and any other director or executive officer. Our executive officers on February 28, 2002 were as follows:

Name Age Position

Skuli Mogensen 33 Chief Executive Officer Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson 30 Chief Visionary Skuli Valberg 35 Chief Operating Officer Olafsson

Fredrik Torstensson 37 Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development Jean Regnier 43 Chief Technology Officer Jon L. Arnason 41 Secretary and Treasurer Gilles Lapierre 42 Vice President; Managing Director, OZ Communications Co.

Biographical information for Skuli Mogensen and Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson is provided above.

Skuli Valberg Olafsson has been Chief Operating Officer since October 1999. Prior to joining us he was Assistant Managing Director at EJS hf, the largest systems integrator and solution developer in Iceland, specializing in banking, finance, and retail solutions and services. Mr. Olafsson serves as a director of Caoz hf and is a director of SmartVR, Inc. Both Caoz hf and SmartVR, Inc. are our subsidiaries. Mr. Olafsson holds a B.Sc. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and has completed postgraduate studies in Total Quality Management and Process Engineering.

Fredrik Torstensson has been Executive Vice President of Business Development and Sales since April 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Torstensson worked for six years for Ericsson, most recently as Director of Business Development for Ericsson Inc. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Master's Degree in International Management from the University of Texas.

Jon L. Arnason has been Secretary and Treasurer since April 2000 and formerly was Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to April 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Arnason worked for three years for an accounting firm in Iceland, representing Arthur Andersen Worldwide. Mr. Arnason is an International Chess Grandmaster and was a member of the Icelandic Olympic team from 1978 to 1994. He is three times Icelandic Champion and a former junior World Champion. He holds a Cand. Oecon. Degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Iceland.

Jean Regnier has been Chief Technology Officer since January 2002. With more than 20 years of telecom experience with industry leaders such as Nortel and Microcell, Dr. Regnier is responsible for incorporating our technical expertise into marketable and profitable products. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has authored more than 20 patents and publications.

Gilles Lapierre has been Vice President and Managing Director of OZ Communications Co. since November 2000. Prior to joining OZ Communications Co., Mr. Lapierre was Vice President, Network Operators, at Ericsson Canada in Montreal, QC. In this role, he was responsible for Ericsson's business activities towards the Telesystem Group, and in particular working closely with Microcell. He also worked as Director of several product development, sales and marketing teams within Ericsson. In addition, Mr. Lapierre has held research and development positions at Consortel and Nortel Networks. Mr. Lapierre earned his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Master's degree in Applied Science from Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, QC.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Based upon a review of reports received by us during or with respect to the year ended December 31, 2001 pursuant to Rule 16a-3(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, all required reports on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 were timely filed by our directors, officers and 10% stockholders, except that Gilles Lapierre was late filing a report on Form 5 and Andre Tremblay, a former director, and Jean Regnier did not file a Form 3.

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