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. El Sr. Watts estableció el negocio Technology Buyout de Carlyle en 2004 y lo dirigió hasta 2014. Antes de unirse a Carlyle en 2000, el Sr. Watts fue director gerente en M&A Group de First Union Securities, Inc., al cual se unió cuando esta empresa adquirió Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co, en la que se desempeñaba como director. Antes de comenzar su carrera en el ámbito empresarial, el Sr. Watts se desempeñó como piloto de combate en la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos. 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.