Total Compensation: $ 3.37 M
Brian J. Farrell (age 53) has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since January 1995 and a director since March 1993. Between October 1992 and January 1995, Mr. Farrell served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From July 1991 to October 1992, Mr. Farrell served as our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From 1984 until joining us, Mr. Farrell was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hotel Investors Trust, a real estate investment trust. Mr. Farrell was employed by Deloitte Haskins & Sells, a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche LLP, an international accounting firm and our current auditors, from 1978 to 1984 and is a certified public accountant.
Total Compensation: $ —
On January 31, 2008, the Board of Directors of THQ Inc. appointed Colin Slade as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective as of February 29, 2008.Since 2000, Mr. Slade has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Tektronix, Inc. Prior to serving as senior vice president and CFO of Tektronix, Inc., Slade served in various financial management roles at that company, including vice president and corporate controller. Tektronix, Inc. was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until acquired by Danaher Corporation in November 2007. He has also held key positions at Graphic Software Systems, Inc. and Price WaterhouseCoopers, a leading accounting firm. Slade is a board member of AMI Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AMIS) and a member of the University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees. He received his B.S. in Accounting and Qualitative methods from the University of Oregon and is a CPA, certified in Oregon.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. van der Colff has more than 20 years of accounting and financial experience and has served as vice president and corporate controller of the company since May 2007. Prior to joining the company, Mr. van der Colff served in senior accounting and finance positions for major public companies, including Sun Microsystems and Activision, Inc. Mr. van der Colff also previously worked at KPMG Peat Marwick. On May 30, 2008, THQ Inc. appointed Rasmus van der Colff as Chief Accounting Officer of the Registrant. Mr. van der Colff also serves as a vice president and corporate controller of the Registrant and previously served as the Registrant's interim Chief Financial Officer.
Total Compensation: $ 1.94 M
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Total Compensation: $ —
William W. Goodmen (age 52) was appointed our Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration in October 2004. From April 2003 to October 2004, he was the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration. He joined us in October 2002 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Including a long tenure at ARCO, Mr. Goodmen brings more than 20 years of experience to his role including senior management level recruiting, global growth and integration programs, as well as the creation of human resources policies and practices. From May 2002 to September 2002, Mr. Goodmen served as executive vice president of human resources at Liberty Livewire Corporation where he assisted in recruiting a number of key senior management positions and assisted in organizing the company's operations to best support its business strategies. From October 2000 to May 2002, Mr. Goodmen was a director at executive search firm Spencer Stuart, developing their Southern California Industrial Practice as well as their human resource practice. In 1999 and 2000, Mr. Goodmen was a partner at the Center for Corporate Innovation where he was part of a team which designed and managed CEO Roundtables, primarily in the technology and healthcare sectors. Mr. Goodmen holds a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and a MS from Syracuse University.
Total Compensation: $ —
James M. Kennedy (age 47) was appointed our Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs in October 2004. From January 2003 to October 2004 he was the Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. He has been the Corporate Secretary since August 2003. From March 2000 to January 2003, Mr. Kennedy was an adjunct professor and lecturer at the undergraduate and law school levels in the San Francisco Bay Area. From July 1995 to March 2000, Mr. Kennedy was employed at Electronic Arts Inc., an entertainment software developer and publisher, serving initially as Assistant General Counsel and from November 1995 through March 2000 as Vice President of Business Affairs. From July 1989 to July 1995, Mr. Kennedy served in executive positions at a variety of entertainment and software companies, including Mindscape, Inc., Lucas Digital Ltd., and LucasArts Entertainment Company. Between September 1984 and July 1989, Mr. Kennedy was employed as an attorney with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Kennedy holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and an MBA in strategic leadership from Dominican University of California.
Total Compensation: $ 1.22 M
Ian Curran (age 40) was appointed our Senior Vice President, International Publishing in December 2004. In addition to overseeing all publishing activities within Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), since April 2006, Mr. Curran is also responsible for overseeing all publishing activities within Asia Pacific. From October 2003 to December 2004, Mr. Curran served as Vice President, European Publishing and prior to this, between October 2000 and October 2003, was Managing Director responsible for all the publishing activities within the United Kingdom and Export divisions. From December 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Curran served as UK General Manager for Acclaim Entertainment Ltd. and was responsible for all sales, marketing and finance activities and between January 1997 and December 1998 his responsibilities for Acclaim were carried out in the capacity as UK Sales Director. Prior to joining Acclaim, between October 1995 and January 1997, Mr. Curran served as Head of European Sales for Warner Interactive International (Time Warner Inc.) and between November 1992 and November 1994 Mr. Curran was employed as Buying Director for Future Zone Stores Limited (Part of Rhino Group PLC - now trading as Game PLC). While in this position, his responsibilities included being a member of the main board of directors. On August 27, 2007, THQ announced the promotion of Ian Curran from senior vice president, International to executive vice president, International, reporting directly to President and CEO Brian Farrell.
Total Compensation: $ —
Jeffrey W. Griffiths (age 56) has been a director since October 2005. Since September 2006, Mr. Griffiths is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lumber Liquidators, a national retailer of hardwood flooring. Mr. Griffiths was President and Chief Executive Officer of video game retailer Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. ('EB') from 2001 through 2005 when EB merged with GameStop Corp. Mr. Griffiths' career at EB spanned more than 20 years. He served as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Marketing and Distribution for EB from 1987 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2001, respectively. Mr. Griffiths also served as a director of EB from 2001 to 2005 and of Game PLC, formerly Electronics Boutique PLC, from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Griffiths holds an MBA from Temple University and a BA from Albright College. He serves on the board of Trustees of Albright College and the board of directors of the Philadelphia Academies Inc. and Lumber Liquidators.
Total Compensation: $ 2.20 M
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Gary E. Rieschel (age 51) joined our Board as a director in January 2007. Mr. Rieschel has more than 25 years of operating and investing experience in the information technology industry. He is the founder of Qiming Venture Partners, a $200 million fund that invests in early stage Chinese companies. Mr. Rieschel also founded SOFTBANK Venture Capital/Mobius Venture Capital, a $2 billion fund based in the United States, which invested in more than 50 technology companies during Mr. Rieschel's tenure. Prior to his years as a venture capitalist, Mr. Rieschel held senior executive positions at Cisco Systems, Intel Corporation, Sequent Computer Systems and nCUBE.
Total Compensation: $ —
Scott Guthrie (age 42) was appointed our Senior Vice President, North American Sales and Distribution in October 2006. Mr. Guthrie brings more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience for major entertainment and consumer product companies to THQ. Prior to joining THQ, Mr. Guthrie held multiple roles at Buena Vista Home Entertainment in Canada and the United States, most recently as the senior vice president of sales and distribution. Mr. Guthrie also held sales and marketing positions at Pepsi-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive. Mr. Guthrie holds a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics from Bishops University. On August 27, 2007, Scott Guthrie, senior vice president, North American Sales and Distribution, has been promoted to executive vice president, North American Sales and Distribution, reporting directly to President and CEO Brian Farrell.
Total Compensation: $ —
Brian P. Dougherty (age 50) has been a director since November 2002. Mr. Dougherty is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Airena, Inc., a software development company. Prior to Airena, he was the Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Wink Communications, a provider of end-to-end interactive television services to the cable and satellite industries that he founded in 1995 and sold to Liberty Media in 2002. Mr. Dougherty also founded Geoworks in 1983; over his ten year tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Geoworks, the company developed video games for consoles and PCs, productivity software and operating systems for PCs, and operating systems and applications for mobile phones. His first company, Imagic, developed games for various consoles including Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, and Commodore 64, and was purchased by Activision in 1984. Mr. Dougherty has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. Mr. Dougherty is a board member of Planetweb, Inc. and Airena, Inc.
Total Compensation: $ 1.84 M
Jack Sorensen (age 46) was appointed Executive Vice President, Worldwide Studios in September 2001. Mr. Sorensen manages internal and external product development and studio acquisitions. From June 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Sorensen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Swan Systems, Inc., a private, venture-funded software company serving the advertising and marketing industries. Between March and May 2000, Mr. Sorensen was Executive in Residence at Crosspoint Venture Partners, a venture firm. From February 1991 to January 2000, Mr. Sorensen was employed at LucasArts Entertainment Company, an entertainment software developer and publisher, serving variously as head of operations, international, product development and as General Manager. From April 1995 to January 2000, Mr. Sorensen served as President of LucasArts. Mr. Sorensen holds a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Total Compensation: $ —
James Whims (age 52) has been a director since April 1997. Since 1996, Mr. Whims has been a Managing Director of TechFund Capital I, L.P., TechFund Capital II, L.P., and since 2001, TechFund Capital Europe, venture capital firms concentrating on high-technology enterprises. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Whims was Executive Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Mr. Whims is also a board member of numerous private company boards.
Total Compensation: $ —
Lawrence Burstein (age 64) has been a director since July 1991. Since March 1996, Mr. Burstein has served as President and a director and has been a stockholder of Unity Venture Capital Associates Ltd., a private investment company. From 1986 through March 1996, Mr. Burstein was President, a director and a principal stockholder of Trinity Capital Corporation, a private investment company. Mr. Burstein is a director of CAS Medical Systems, Inc., I.D. Systems, Inc., Traffix, Inc., American Telecom Services, Inc. and Millenium India Acquisition Corp.
Total Compensation: $ —
Henry T. DeNero (age 61) has been a director since June 2003. Since January 2001, Mr. DeNero has been an independent management consultant. From January 1999 to December 2000, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HomeSpace, Inc., an Internet company in the real estate and mortgage services business. From July 1995 to December 1998, he was Executive Vice President of First Data Corporation, a computer services company, and was responsible for the company's commercial payment instruments group. From June 1994 to June 1995, Mr. DeNero was an independent management consultant. From April 1992 to April 1994, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation), a general merchandise retailer. From 1973 to 1992, he was with the management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, first as an associate and later as a junior and then a senior partner of the firm. Mr. DeNero is also a director of Western Digital Corporation and Vignette Corporation.
