Norman Stout has been Chairman of the Hypercom Board of Directors since December 2007 and a director since 2003.
Mr. Stout served as Chief Executive Officer of Mitel US, the United States operating division of Mitel Networks Corp., until June 2008. He still serves as a member of the board of Mitel. Mr. Stout served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Inter-Tel, Inc., a Phoenix-based business communications provider, from February 2006 to August 2007, when Inter-Tel was acquired by Mitel. Mr. Stout joined Inter-Tel in June 1998, and had also served as its Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. He was also a member of Inter-Tel's Board of Directors from 1994 to 1998.
Immediately prior to Inter-Tel, Mr. Stout served as Chief Operating Officer of Oldcastle Architectural Products in 1998, President of Oldcastle Architectural West from 1996 to 1998, and President of Oldcastle's Superlite Block subsidiary from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Stout was Chief Executive Officer of Boorhem-Fields, Inc., a Dallas, Texas manufacturer of crushed stone, from 1990 to 1993, and its Chief Financial Officer from 1986 to 1990.
Mr. Stout is a Certified Public Accountant, and was employed by Coopers & Lybrand from 1982 to 1986. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Texas A&M University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas.
Philippe Tartavull has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Hypercom, and a director, since December 2007. Mr. Tartavull previously served as President of Hypercom since February 2007 and as its Chief Operating Officer since July 2007.
Mr. Tartavull has more than 20 years of experience in the electronic payment, smart card and system integration and information technology industries in the U.S. and abroad.
From 1998 until immediately prior to joining Hypercom, he had been President of Oberthur Card Systems USA, following a year as that company's Chief Operating Officer. Oberthur is one of the world's leading providers of card-based solutions including SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) and multi-application smart cards as well as related software, applications and services.
From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Tartavull served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thales/Syseca, Inc, a provider of system integration services and mission-critical software for the transportation and utilities industries. His previous positions included Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Syseca SA, Europe and North America, and managerial positions with Compagnie Internationale Des Services Informatiques (CISI), Baker International and European Management Oil & Gas Investment.
Mr. Tartavull earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Institut d'Administration des Enterprises, Sorbonne University, a Masters of Science in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Pétroles et des Moteurs, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Centre d'Etudes Supérieures des Techniques Industrielles, all in Paris, France. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of California at Los Angeles' Anderson School of Management.
Mr. Tartavull served on the Hypercom Board of Directors from April 2006 to February 2007, when he resigned as a director effective with his agreement to become the Company's President.
Thomas Sabol
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Sabol has been Chief Financial Officer of Hypercom since April 2009.
Mr. Sabol joined Hypercom from Suntron Corporation where he served for the past three years as Chief Financial Officer and had been a Director since July 2004. Previously, Mr. Sabol was Chief Financial Officer of Wolverine Tube, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Sabol held Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer positions with Plexus Corp. He also was Vice President and General Auditor with Kemper Corporation and he held various senior auditor positions at Coopers & Lybrand.
Mr. Sabol is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Marquette University.
Henry Gaillard
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Henry Gaillard has been Chief Operating Officer of Hypercom since April 2009. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Thales e-Transactions, a division of the Thales Group, from February 2007 to April 2008. Prior to that, he served in various roles at Thales Navigation (Magellan) from July 2001 to October 2006, including Chief Executive Officer from February 2004 through October 2006, and Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of the Consumer Business Unit from July 2001 through February 2004.
Mr. Gaillard helped to establish the company and its Magellan brand as a top world wide supplier of portable navigation devices, and increased profitability by reengineering the product development and supply chain organizations and processes. Mr. Gaillard also has prior management and engineering experience with Dassault Electronique, as well as Dassault-Sercel Navigation and Positioning, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gaillard received an Engineering Degree from Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité and an Executive MBA from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris.
Scott Tsujita
Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations
Scott Tsujita is Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations. He is directly responsible for maintaining the corporation's relationships with key financial institutions, overseeing cash management, customer credit and collections and managing foreign exchange contracts and transactions. Mr. Tsujita also oversees the corporation's tax function, insurance risk management and UK-based lease operation; and, he directs Hypercom's communications with shareholders and the professional investment community.
Immediately prior to his current position, Mr.Tsujita served as the Hypercom executive officer providing management oversight of Golden Eagle Leasing, a subsidiary whose performance was substantially improved during his tenure and whose subsequent sale he personally negotiated.
Mr. Tsujita is a 20-year veteran of the electronic payment and financial service industries. Prior to joining Hypercom® in 1992, he served with KPMG Peat Marwick in Vancouver. Mr. Tsujita also served as Senior Manager with Phoenix-based Zolondek, Blumenthal, Green, Freed & Strassels.
Mr. Tsujita is a Certified Public Accountant. He has a B.S. Degree in Accounting from the University of British Columbia.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Douglas J. Reich is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary. As the head of Hypercom's legal department, he is responsible for managing its worldwide legal matters. His extensive prior experience includes responsibility for strategic transactions, financings, securities offerings, acquisitions, divestitures, contracts, intellectual property protection, litigation , and other corporate and securities matters.
Immediately prior to joining Hypercom in November 2001, Mr. Reich served in similar positions for a NASDAQ listed digital media services provider in Phoenix. He has also been managing partner of a Denver, Colorado law firm, Director of Regulation and Compliance for the Pacific Stock Exchange, and a senior member of the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Throughout his more than four decade professional career, he has focused on handling legal aspects of complex business and legal matters.
Mr. Reich has a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a B.S. Degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a member of the American Bar Association, serving on its Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Colorado Bar Association and is admitted to federal and state courts in various jurisdictions.
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