Michael Levinsohn, Chief Executive Officer & President, Lenco Mobile Inc. Mr. Levinsohn is the CEO and President of Lenco Mobile Inc. He is an expert in the field of mobile and CRM marketing and has advised companies in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the United States on strategy in the mobile sector. He is a co-founder of Digital Vouchers (Pty) Ltd., the Internet loyalty program platform that we acquired in February 2008, and has served as a director and our Chief Executive Officer since that time. From 2003-2007 he was the Managing Director of 121 Marketing, a leading CRM and loyalty program consultancy based in Johannesburg, South Africa. From 1998-2003 he was the Sales and Marketing Director, and a co-founder of Webworks, the company that developed and operated the Infinity CRM and loyalty program in South Africa. Clients of Infinity included many of the top retail and leisure brands in South Africa. Infinity was the number one ranked CRM and loyalty program in South Africa in 2003. Between 1988 and 1997 Mr. Levinsohn served as a director of three publicly traded companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Mr. Levinsohn has been the Managing Director of Sterling Trust (Pty) Ltd., a privately owned investment banking company since March 1988.
Thomas Banks, Chief Financial Officer, Lenco Mobile Inc. Mr. Banks most recently served as Senior Director of Finance for Local Insight Media, in charge of Latin American financial operations. He previously spent four years with Advance Group, Inc. which was the largest importer of watches by volume in the U.S. with over $300 million in revenue, ultimately serving as Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller. For several years he worked in the media and advertising industry in lead financial and operational roles. Mr. Banks also served as Corporate Controller for the biopharmaceutical company Serologicals Corp. where he managed the financial operations during a period of significant growth, including playing a key role in the successful entry onto the NASDAQ in 1996. Mr. Banks began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. and qualified as a CPA in 1993.
Ronald Wagner, Independent Director, Lenco Mobile Inc. Mr. Wagner was appointed to our Board of Directors in October 2009. He is presently the President and Chief Operating Officer of e-Storm International, Inc., an online marketing strategy and services agency based in San Francisco and he is the Chairman of Simply Ideas LLC, a Florida based performance marketing company. He was previously the President of Partner Weekly, an online performance marketing company and subsidiary of Selling Source Inc. Between 2003 and 2006 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Clear Ink, a digital strategy and services company. Mr Wagner has at various times held positions on the boards of Publisafe Software, Ironlight Digital (now Arc Worldwide), and WMC. Mr. Wagner has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago, IL and a BA degree from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.
James L. Liang, Independent Director, Lenco Mobile Inc. Mr. Liang brings to Lenco Mobile strategy, finance and corporate development expertise gained from working with large, global companies. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Liang served as SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Amdocs, Ltd (NYSE: DOX) a global provider of software and services for billing, customer relationship management and operations support systems. From January 2005 to July 2008, Jim Liang served as the Chief Strategy Officer for IBM Corporation’s $30+ billion Global Technology Services (GTS) Division. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Liang spent 21 years as an investment banker working exclusively with technology companies on a broad range of financing and strategic assignments including twelve years at Morgan Stanley, where he was the Head of the Global Technology Banking Group. Mr. Liang is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Brown University (Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics/Economics) and The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (MBA in Finance/Marketing).
Philip B. Harris, Independent Director, Lenco Mobile Inc. Mr. Harris is an experienced entrepreneur with a strong track record of operating, advising and investing in technology and healthcare companies. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Harris was a Managing Director and Founding Principal of Maren Group, LLC which focused on select advisory projects and managing its corporate investments. Prior to founding Maren Group, Mr. Harris started a financial advisory firm, Alterity Partners, which specialized in mergers and acquisitions advisory in the technology and healthcare industries. The firm grew rapidly and was sold to First Horizon National (formerly First Tennessee Bank) where Mr. Harris continued to serve business until 2007. Previous to Alterity Partners, he held a variety of operating roles at priceline.com (SVP of Corporate Development), Cendant Corporation (GM of Interactive Services) and Nordson Corporation (Director of Marketing). Mr. Harris received a B.S. in Finance from Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.