Leadership

The founder and staff of DolmatConnell & Partners are senior-level professionals considered leaders in their field, who have worked with a broad range of sophisticated clients.

Jack Dolmat-Connell, CEO V-card

Gerald Miller, Managing Director V-card

Elizabeth Spada, Vice President V-card

Advisory Board

Jack Dolmat-Connell, CEO

jackdc@dolmatconnell.com

Jack is President and CEO of DolmatConnell & Partners, Inc. Jack is a nationally recognized expert in executive compensation, sales compensation, incentive plan design (short-term and long-term), linking pay and company performance, and total reward strategy development. He works with organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. He focuses on industries with intensive human capital needs, including high technology and life sciences. He also has special expertise in mergers and acquisitions, and turnarounds.

Jack has significant experience at both consulting firms and corporations, and brings both perspectives to his work when advising clients. His consulting experience includes serving as Managing Director and National High Technology and Life Science Practice Head for Pearl Meyer and Partners, Managing Director and East Coast Practice Leader for iQuantic, Managing Director and National Consulting Practice Leader of The Wilson Group, and President and Founder of Solutions at Work. His corporate experience includes serving as Senior Vice President of Global HR for Geac Computer; Senior Director of Compensation, Benefits and HRIS at Avid Technology and Stratus Computer; and various HR, and compensation and benefits roles at Digital Equipment Corporation and Data General Corporation.

He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Organizational Behavior and Corporate Strategy from the University of Michigan Ross Graduate School of Business. Jack has also been an adjunct professor at Bentley College and Babson College, and an instructor for WorldatWork.

Jack has published more than 40 articles and book chapters, including articles in Forbes, WorldatWork Journal, Chief Legal Executive, Mass High Tech and Boston Business Journal. He has been quoted extensively in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, CFO Magazine/CFO.com, Red Herring. USA Today, The San Jose Mercury News, Corporate Governance News, Employee Benefits News and Compliance Week. Jack speaks regularly at many national and regional conferences.

Gerald Miller, Managing Director

gerrym@dolmatconnell.com

Gerry is a Managing Director at DolmatConnell & Partners, Inc. Gerry specializes in executive compensation, Director remuneration, equity compensation and corporate governance matters as related to executive compensation. Gerry has particular experience in the high-technology and financial services industries.

Prior to joining DolmatConnell & Partners, Gerry was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ben S. Cole Financial and the head of their compensation consulting practice. Prior to that, he was a Vice President of Clark Consulting’s Human Capital Practice (now Pearl Meyer & Partners), a Director in the compensation consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Vice President of Executive Compensation for State Street Corporation. Gerry has also held positions as Director of Compensation and Benefits at UST Corp., GenRad, Inc., and A.T. Cross Co., Inc.

Gerry is a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences on matters of executive and equity compensation and has authored numerous articles on compensation and compensation-related corporate governance issues appearing in magazines such as Workspan. Gerry is a Certified Compensation Professional and a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. Gerry is an active member of WorldatWork, the professional association for compensation practitioners, has spoken at the WorldatWork national conference, and has received their Lifetime Achievement Award. Gerry has been quoted in many leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal.

Gerry holds an MBA from the University of Bridgeport and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Rhode Island.

Elizabeth Spada, Vice President

lizs@dolmatconnell.com

Liz is a Vice President with DolmatConnell & Partners, Inc. Liz has extensive experience in all areas of compensation, specializing in executive and Director compensation, equity compensation, and short-term and long-term incentive plan design.

Liz has significant experience working in high-tech and financial services firms, in addition to consulting. Prior to joining DolmatConnell & Partners, Liz was Vice President of Compensation for Bank of America's Global Wealth & Investment Management division. Before that role, Liz served as an independent executive compensation consultant to FleetBoston Financial during their acquisition by Bank of America. Liz has also served as Director of Compensation at CMGI, Inc. where she worked with public and private companies, with a primary focus on longterm incentive design. Liz worked at Lotus Development Corporation, a division of IBM, for eight years and most recently served as Director of Compensation and Recruiting. Liz began her Human Resources career at Wang Laboratories, where she was selected from a nation-wide college search to be part of their pilot Human Resource rotational program.

Liz is a Certified Compensation Professional and holds a B.S. in Management from Bentley College and Certificate in Pension and Employee Benefits.

Advisory Board

Our advisory board provides ongoing guidance to DolmatConnell & Partners on issues of strategy and management. Our advisory board is composed of the following members:

William B. Asher, Partner, Choate, Hall and Stewart

William A. Earon, Managing Director, UHY Advisors N.E.

James P. Masciarelli, Founder and CEO, PowerSkills Solutions

Laura Barker Morse, Human Capital Partner, Atlas Ventures

Jerry Noonan, Managing Director, Spencer Stuart