Executive Officer Biographies

	Harry Debes: President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director Harry Debes has served as our president and chief executive officer and as a director since June 2005. From November 2003 until June 2005, Mr. Debes was president and chief executive officer of SPL Worldgroup, a leading provider of enterprise software to the electric utility industry. From May 2001 until joining SPL Worldgroup, he was employed by JD Edwards & Co., an enterprise software company, where he served as senior vice president Americas until JD Edwards was acquired by Peoplesoft, Inc. in August 2003. From 1990 until May 2001, Mr. Debes was employed by GEAC Computer Corporation, an enterprise software company. While working for GEAC, Mr. Debes held a variety of positions including managing director of GEAC Asia-Pacific and president of GEAC Enterprise Solutions for the Americas. Mr. Debes is a member of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management’s Board of Overseers.
	Stefan Schulz: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Stefan Schulz has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since January 2010. From October 2007 through December 2009 he served as senior vice president of finance and as senior vice president—global controller from October 2005 until September 2007. In addition, Mr. Schulz served as our interim chief financial officer from August 2006 until October 2006 and has served as our principal accounting officer since October 2005. From November 1993 until joining us in October 2005 he was employed by BMC Software, Inc. a provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to automate their IT and align it to the needs of the business. While at BMC Software, he served as corporate controller from February 2001 to May 2004 and most recently as vice president of revenue operations. Prior to joining BMC, Mr. Schulz was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP in their audit and business advisory practice.
	Colin Balmforth: Executive Vice President of General Industries and Lawson Global Support Colin Balmforth was named executive vice president of General Industries (Service Industries and Manufacturing and Distribution) and Lawson Global Support in June 2009. Previously he served as senior vice president of Lawson Global Support since December 2007. From September 2005 to December 2007, Mr. Balmforth was vice president of professional services for Intelliden Software. From July 2003 through September 2005, Mr. Balmforth was chief operating officer and executive vice president for Conexus Partners, an advisory consulting firm for the ERP market. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Balmforth held a number of senior management positions with ERP vendors Peoplesoft and J.D. Edwards, including global responsibility for the support business functions. Prior to this, Mr. Balmforth was based in Europe and held various support and services management positions for leading software vendors.
	Dean Hager: Executive Vice President of S3 Industries. Dean Hager was named executive vice president of S3 Industries (Healthcare, Public Sector, Strategic Human Capital Management) in June 2009. Previously he served as senior vice president of product management since April 2006. Mr. Hager was Lawson’s chief product officer from June 2004 until April 2006, executive vice president of emerging markets from June 2003 until June 2004, executive vice president of the global products division from February 2001 until May 2002, executive vice president of worldwide marketing from June 2000 to February 2001, vice president of e-business marketing from June 1999 until June 2000, and director of marketing of Lawson's former AS/400 business unit from May 1998 until June 1999. From March 1989 to May 1998, Mr. Hager worked at IBM, where he held several management positions.
	Scott Swoish Executive Vice President of Global Services Scott Swoish became executive vice president of Lawson global services in June 2009. Since Feburary 2008, he had served as senior vice president of corporate development and joined Lawson in January 2007 as senior vice president of global sales operations, bringing with him more than 20 years of services, finance and management experience. Before joining Lawson, Mr. Swoish worked at SPL WorldGroup, Inc., where he served three years as senior vice president of global consulting and sales operations, was president of the Manila delivery resource center and oversaw partner alliances. Before SPL, Mr. Swoish worked at PeopleSoft/J.D. Edwards for two years as a regional vice president of consulting services and partners. From 1996 to 2001, he was vice president and chief financial officer of Geac Enterprise Solutions’ Americas Division. From 1989 to 1996, he was director of finance for Dun & Bradstreet Software.
	Eric Verniaut, Executive Vice President of M3 Industries. Eric Verniaut was named executive vice president of M3 Industries (Fashion, Food & Beverage, Equipment Service Management & Rental) in June 2009. He joined Lawson as executive vice president of Professional Services in November 2008. Mr. Verniaut has 20 years of international executive experience in the IT industry with a strong background in professional services. He was chief executive officer of T-Systems North America and chairman Americas region of T-Systems Enterprise Services, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group from 2006 to 2008. From 1992 to 2006, Mr. Verniaut held various international leadership positions at gedas Group, an IT and consulting firm, where he was instrumental in internationalizing the professional services organization. Mr. Verniaut started his career as a project manager with IBM Deutschland in Berlin. He is fluent in English, German, French and Spanish.
	Jeff Comport, Senior Vice President of Product Management Jeff Comport was named senior vice president of Product Management in November 2009. Mr. Comport provides strategic oversight and coordination across all the Lawson S3, M3, Strategic Human Capital Management and technology product lines to develop synergies and deliver the products that best meet the requirements of our customers. He came to Lawson from Gartner, a leading technology business research and advisory company, where he was vice president-distinguished analyst responsible for defining and delivering Gartner’s strategy and governance research. Mr. Comport spent 15 years at Gartner, beginning as a research director and eventually becoming chief of research and a member of the senior research board. Earlier in his career, he held executive product strategy roles at Integral Systems and Criterion Inc.
	Bruce McPheeters: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel Bruce McPheeters has served as corporate secretary since October 1999, general counsel since April 2000 and senior vice president since June 2002. Mr. McPheeters served as vice president administration from April 2000 until May 2002 and corporate counsel from September 1999 until April 2000. From 1981 until joining Lawson in September 1999, Mr. McPheeters was a business lawyer in private practice, focusing primarily in the areas of intellectual property, securities, and mergers and acquisitions of privately and publicly held companies. From December 1995 until September 1999, he was employed by the law firm of Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.
	Paul Parish: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Paul Parish was named senior vice president and chief information officer in January 2010. Before joining Lawson, Mr. Parish had been vice president of financial and administrative systems for Catholic Health Initiatives since 2004. At the Denver-based health system, which has approximately 66,000 employees and operates 75 hospitals, 40 long-term care, assisted-living and residential facilities, and two community health-services organizations in 19 states, he was responsible for the strategic and operational information technology needs of the nonclinical part of the information technology applications. He has more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in the development of business systems, processes, organizational infrastructures and winning cultures. From 1988 to 2003, he held a variety of leadership roles with Hitachi Consulting LLP (formerly the management consulting group of Grant Thornton), a global business and IT consulting company of Hitachi Ltd. Prior to Hitachi, he held consulting and management roles at Deloitte Consulting and Jewel Companies.
	Guenther Tolkmit: Senior Vice President Product Development Guenther Tolkmit has served as senior vice president of product development since April 2006. Mr. Tolkmit served as the chief technology officer of Intentia from September 2005 until the time of the merger with Lawson in April 2006, and vice president support and delivery for Intentia from March 2005 until August 2005. Before joining Intentia, Mr. Tolkmit served as chief operating officer and chief technology officer for Parsytec AG from 2001 until February 2005. Mr. Tolkmit has also served in a number of senior roles at SAP AG including vice president of technology management, worldwide chief marketing officer, and senior vice president of SAP Ventures. He had formerly held management positions at Software AG, Cullinet Inc., and Siemens AG.
	Kristin Trecker: Senior Vice President Human Resources Kristin Trecker has served as senior vice president of human resources since April 2006 and vice president of human resources from June 2004 until April 2006. Prior to assuming that position, Ms. Trecker held a variety of roles within the Lawson human resources organization since 1994. Prior to joining Lawson in 1994, Ms. Trecker was employed in a variety of roles in the healthcare and gaming industries.
	Travis White: Senior Vice President of Marketing Travis White joined Lawson in March 2006 with more than 20 years of experience in shaping corporate strategies and delivering marketing messages. Previously, Mr. White spent more than nine years in various executive roles at J.D. Edwards. One of his first roles there was to introduce the company's manufacturing and distribution applications. From 1999 through 2001, Mr. White was based in Paris as the J.D. Edwards' vice president for marketing in Europe, Middle East and Africa.