News Release from: Sonic Solutions
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 29 September 2005
Sonic shuffles executive pack
Bob Doris, founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Solutions, is to become nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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Bob Doris, founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Solutions, is to become nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dave Habiger, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will become President and Chief Executive Officer. In related moves, Mary Sauer, cofounder of Sonic, currently Senior Vice President of Business Development, will also remain a nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors.
Clay Leighton, Senior Vice President and CFO, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and CFO, and Mark Ely, Senior Vice President of Strategy, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Strategy.
These changes are effective immediately.
'Over the past several years, we've built a great team at Sonic that has enabled us to register excellent growth in revenues with even greater growth in profits', said Doris.
'The executive team now in place has an average tenure with Sonic of almost 10 years - an extraordinary statistic for a high-tech company like ours'.
'This is a chance for Dave Habiger, Mark Ely, Clay Leighton and the other members of the team to take on a broader role in running the company they've had a big hand in building'.
As nonexecutive members of the board, Doris and Sauer will remain engaged in guiding Sonic's strategy and operations and will continue to make significant contributions to the business.
'Bob has been an extraordinary leader and visionary for Sonic since its inception and has made it into one of the world's leading digital media software companies', said Habiger.
'After 19 years, Bob leaves his position of CEO with the company extremely well positioned for the growth that lies ahead, and we are pleased that he and Mary will continue to guide and inspire the team in their roles as board members'.
Habiger joined Sonic in 1993 and has been instrumental in the company's growth.
Most recently, he has held the title of President and Chief Operating Officer for the company.
Prior to that position, Habiger spent three years as the General Manager of the company's largest division, the Desktop Products Group (now the Roxio Division) where he played a key role in the development of Sonic's OEM and retail markets for consumer software.
He has been responsible for the integration into Sonic of key acquisitions, including the Desktop and Mobile Division of Veritas and the Roxio consumer software group.
Leighton joined Sonic in 1993 as vice president of finance and played a key role in Sonic's successful IPO in 1994.
During his tenure at Sonic, Leighton has managed both the finance and operating units of the company, including sales, manufacturing, information technology and customer support.
Ely joined Sonic Solutions in 1992.
He has held positions in product support, sales, product management, marketing and business development and was general manager of Sonic's Desktop Products Group.
Ely and his team in the Strategy Group are instrumental in shaping Sonic's product and business strategy and play a key role in technology and IP licensing, business development and partner relations and mergers and acquisitions.
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