William D. Pearce has served on our Board of Directors since March 2013, and as Lead Non-Management Director since June 2017. He is currently a member of the board for Algonomy Software Private Limited, a privately held AI-based personalized shopping experience firm. Mr. Pearce is also a Marketing Faculty member at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Pearce was Partner and Marketing Practice Director at The Partnering Group, a global consumer products and retail management consulting firm. From 2008 to 2011, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Del Monte Foods, Inc., a food production and distribution company. Mr. Pearce also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Foresight Medical Technology LLC, a medical devices company, from 2007 to 2008; Chief Marketing Officer at Taco Bell Corp., a quick service restaurant company and subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., from 2004 to 2007; and Vice President of Marketing at Campbell Soup Company, from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Pearce holds a B.A. in Economics 12 from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. Our Board of Directors believes that Mr. Pearce is qualified to serve as a director based on his prior experience as an executive at several publicly traded companies and his considerable experience as a board member of several privately held companies.