Claudius (Bud) E. Watts IV

Mr. Watts joined our Board of Directors in 2011 and serves as our Chairman. He previously served as our Lead Independent Director from 2017 to 2020 and a member of our Compensation Committee from 2011 to 2020 and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee from 2013 to 2020. He is a private investor and founder of Meeting Street Capital, which invests in early stage software and tech enabled services businesses. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Group, where he was a partner until 2017. Watts は 2004 年に Carlyle でテクノロジーバイアウトビジネスを立ち上げ、2014 年まで同ビジネスの指揮を執りました。2000 年に Carlyle 入社する前は、First Union Securities, Inc. の M&A 部門でマネージングディレクターを経験。First Union Securities, Inc. には、プリンシパルを務めていた Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. が同社に買収されたことで入社していました。ビジネスキャリアを始める前は、Watts 氏は 8 年間、米国空軍で戦闘機のパイロットを務めています。Mr. Watts previously served on the board of directors of Carolina Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CARO) and on the boards of directors of numerous public and private companies over the past 20 years.