Bio Details

Richard A. Simonson has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2021. Mr. Simonson is a Managing Partner of Specie Mesa L.L.C., a position he has held since July 2018. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sabre Corporation from March 2013 to July 2018, helping to take it public in 2014. Mr. Simonson is currently a member of the board of directors of Electronic Arts Inc., where he also is Chair of the Audit Committee, and formerly served as the Lead Director and Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from 2009 to 2014. Since June 2020, Mr. Simonson has served as a member of the board of directors Couchbase, a technology company, and he has served as a member of the board of directors of Cast & Crew, an entertainment industry software provider, since September 2018. From 2009 to 2018, he served on the board of directors of Silver Spring Networks, Inc., which he helped take public in 2013. Mr. Simonson received his M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of Management at the University of Pennsylvania, and his B.S. in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.