Board of Directors

Executive Chairman – Tim Bacci

Tim Bacci became a director of Daegis through the merger with Unify in 2010, where he has served as a director since June 2009. Mr. Bacci is the co-founder of BlueLine Partners, a Calif.-based strategic opportunities fund with more than $100 million in assets invested in small, publicly-traded, and undervalued healthcare and IT companies. Prior to BlueLine, he spent 15 years in executive positions for software companies, including serving as chairman and interim CEO of Instant802 Networks and CEO of siteROCK Corp. He was a co-founder of Vicinity Corporation, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Additionally, he has served as a consultant to several early stage technology companies addressing areas relating to corporate strategy and executive recruiting. Mr. Bacci holds a B.S. in engineering from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot.

Chairman of the Board – Steve D. Whiteman

Steven D. Whiteman has served as a director of the Company since May 1997. In August 2004, he was appointed chairman of the board. Mr. Whiteman previously served as the president and chief executive officer of Intesource, an Internet based e-procurement Company. From June 2000 to May 2002, he worked as an independent consultant. From May 1993 until June 2000, Mr. Whiteman served as president of Viasoft, Inc. (“Viasoft”), a publicly traded software products and services company. From February 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Whiteman also served as chief executive officer and director of Viasoft, and from April 1997 to June 2000, he served as chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Whiteman is also a director of Intesource, Actuate Corporation, and Flypaper Inc. Mr. Whiteman holds a B.A. degree in business administration from Taylor University and a M.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.

Director – Robert Bozeman

Robert M. Bozeman was appointed director in January of 2008. Mr. Bozeman currently serves as an investor and/or advisor to companies in Silicon Valley.  His experience includes business operations, venture capital investment, and mergers and acquisitions. He previously served in the capacities of CEO and Board Member for a variety of software, information services and computer supplier companies. Mr. Bozeman’s last operating role was as CEO for Bricsnet from July 2003 through November 2004; prior to that – from November 1997 through December 2003, Mr. Bozemen was General Partner of Angel Investors LP for both its Fund I and Fund II. Investments by the firm included Ask Jeeves, Brightmail, Google, Opsware, and PayPal.  In addition, many of Angel Investors LP investments became successful acquisitions, including AOL’s acquisition of Spinner, Microsoft’s acquisitions of eQuil, MongoMusic and Vacation Spot and Sybase’s acquisition of AvantGo!. Mr. Bozeman is currently on the Board and/or is an advisor to Balluun, Become.com, InTUUN, Restoration Partners, and Vortex Intellectual Property Management.

Director – Richard M. Brooks

Richard M. Brooks has served as a director of the company since August 2005. Since January 2011 Mr. Brooks has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Composite Technology International, Inc., a “green” manufacturer of building products.  From September 2006 to December 2010, Mr. Brooks was a partner with Tatum, a national Executive Services consulting company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SFN Group. With Tatum, Mr. Brooks acted as the project lead on a variety of consulting assignments, including acting as the interim CFO for Pixelworks, a publicly traded semi-conductor company. Mr. Brooks previously served as Chief Executive Officer for VantageMed, a publicly traded software company, from April 2002 to December 2004. In addition, Mr. Brooks served as a director of VantageMed Corporation from March 2001 to January 2005 and was appointed Chairman of that board in May of 2002. Mr. Brooks received a B.S. in business administration from Oregon State University.

Director – Tery R. Larrew

Tery R. Larrew became a director of Daegis through the merger with Unify in 2010, where he has served as a director since May 2002. Mr. Larrew is the founding and managing partner of Caddis Capital LLC, a private equity firm that specializes in income oriented investments with strong equity appreciation including International Gaming and Entertainment; Energy – Oil & Gas Exploration and Production; Real Estate – Mobile Home Communities, Apartment Complexes, Self Storage Units and Unimproved Land; Natural Resources – Water and Secured Debt/Hard Asset financing. Until 2005, Mr. Larrew served as the President and CEO of Vericept Corporation, a provider of network-based early warning and misuse prevention solutions, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Prior to joining Vericept in 2002, Mr. Larrew co-founded IQ3G, a mobile services company, in 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Larrew was the chairman and chief executive officer of a start-up e-communication company, UPDATE Systems, Inc. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Larrew served as President of the Database Marketing Services Division of Metromail/CIC. He is a graduate of Colorado State University with a B.S. degree in business administration and serves on the Global Leadership Council for the Colorado State University School of Business.

Director – Todd Wille

Todd Wille became the president and chief executive officer of Daegis when the company merged with Unify in June 2010, where he has served as CEO since November 2000. Mr. Wille joined Unify in August 1995 and served until 1997 as the corporate controller, vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. Before returning to Unify in 2000 as the COO and acting CFO, Mr. Wille was with FRx Software serving as the vice president of finance and chief financial officer and senior vice president of operations. In 2008, Mr. Wille was named Best Turnaround Executive in America by the American Business Awards (ABA), also known as the Stevie Awards. Mr. Wille received a B.A. degree in business administration with concentrations in accounting and finance and management information systems from Wartburg College.