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.
	Robert A. Schriesheim: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Robert A. Schriesheim has served as a director since May 2006 and as executive vice president and chief financial officer since October 2006. From 2002 until October 2006, he was a venture partner and general partner of ARCH Development Partners LLC, a Chicago-based technology venture capital fund. From 1999 to 2002, he was executive vice president of corporate development, chief financial officer, and a director for London, England-based Global Telesystems, Inc., a $1 billion revenue publicly traded provider of telecommunications services to businesses throughout Western and Central Europe and Russia, backed by George Soros and affiliates, where he led the financial restructuring and sale of the company. Previously, he held various executive positions at SBC Equity Partners, Ameritech, AC Nielsen, and Brooke Group Ltd. He also currently serves on the boards of publicly-traded Alyst Acquisiton Corp., MSC.Software Corp., Skyworks Solutions Inc., several private technology companies and served on the board of Dobson Communications until its sale to ATT.
	Eduardo Sanchez: Executive Vice President Global Sales Eduardo Sanchez joined Lawson as executive vice president of global sales in September 2007. Sanchez brings more than 25 years of experience in global sales and consulting to lead Lawson’s worldwide sales team. He joined Lawson after being the chief operating officer at Cartesis S.A, a Paris-based business performance management software provider, from 2006 until the company was acquired by Business Objects in June 2007. From 1993 to 2006, Sanchez worked for MicroStrategy, Inc., in various roles including managing director for European operations, vice president of international operations, and most recently as corporate vice president of worldwide sales and services. Prior to MicroStrategy, Sanchez worked in consulting roles with Bender Management Consultants based in Virginia and Esin Consultora S.A. in Argentina.
	Eric Verniaut, Executive Vice President of Professional Services Eric Verniaut 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.
	Colin Balmforth: Senior Vice President Support and Delivery Colin Balmforth has served as senior vice president of support and delivery since joining Lawson in 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: Senior Vice President of Product Management Dean J. Hager has served as senior vice president of product management since April 2006. Mr. Hager served as our 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.
	Bruce McPheeters: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel Bruce B. 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.
	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.