Executive Profiles


Executive Profiles

David T. Stoner - President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Stoner joined ViewCast as Vice President of Operations in August 1996, moved to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2005, and began serving as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2008. He brings to ViewCast more than 21 years of engineering and operations management of technology companies engaged in video and imaging technology and hardware and software development.

From August 1994 to August 1996, Mr. Stoner was Vice President of Engineering for the Connectworks Division of Connectware, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMP Inc. From July 1986 to August 1994, Mr. Stoner was employed by Visual Information Technologies, Inc. (“VITec”), a manufacturer of video, imaging, and graphics products, which was purchased by Connectware, Inc. At VITec, Mr. Stoner was responsible for the development of hardware and software products, and served in various positions including Vice President of Engineering. From January 1979 to July 1986, Mr. Stoner served in various engineering positions at Texas Instruments, Inc.

Mr. Stoner received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas.

Laurie Latham - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President Finance & Administration

Ms. Latham has served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of ViewCast since December 1999. She has more than 20 years of related experience with technology companies engaged in development of new media for the Internet and interactive communications, including financial management, capital and M&A transactions, strategy development and investor relations. Other prior roles include public accounting, auditing, SEC compliance and business consulting.

From 1997 until she joined ViewCast, Ms. Latham served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Perivox Corporation, an interactive communications and direct marketing company developing applications for advanced voice response technologies. From 1994 through 1997, she was the Vice President of Finance and Administration at Axis Media Corporation, which applied emerging digital and HD technologies to graphics, photography and media asset archiving for clients. Prior to joining Axis Media Corporation, she served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Medialink International Corporation, a food industry communication technology company located in California. In addition, her earlier career experience includes public practice with national and regional accounting firms, including KPMG Peat Marwick, and management roles within the oil and gas, real estate and agricultural industries.

Ms. Latham received her B.B.A. from the University of Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jeff Kopang - Vice President of Marketing

Mr. Kopang joined ViewCast as Vice President of Marketing in June 2008. Mr. Kopang has more than 20 years of related global marketing, brand and media experience in the telecommunications and broadcast industries.

Before joining ViewCast, he served in senior marketing management at Fujitsu, a Tokyo-headquartered global provider of IT and communications solutions. At Fujitsu, he was instrumental in developing and directing the communications strategy and marketing programs for Fujitsu’s entry into packet optical networking. In addition to brand, advertising and e-media activities, Mr. Kopang also successfully directed programs to support Fujitsu’s WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), MSO (Multiservice Operator) and RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) initiatives. Prior to Fujitsu, Mr. Kopang was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Global Audio Visual, a national media and events staging company based in Dallas. His other past positions include management of tactical aircraft visualization programs for Lockheed Martin, and television and radio production experience in the Boston media market.

Mr. Kopang is a graduate of California State University, and has twice been awarded the Emmy® from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

John Hammock - Vice President of Sales

Mr. Hammock joined ViewCast as Vice President of Sales in February 2010. Mr. Hammock has more than 20 years of sales leadership and business development experience in the networking market and video streaming industry. Mr. Hammock was Vice President of Americas Sales for Kasenna Inc, a publicly-traded provider of software to telecommunications, cable, enterprise and consumer electronics manufacturers. During his tenure, he delivered 12 consecutive quarters of sales growth. From 2004 to 2006, he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Voxpath Networks where he was instrumental in developing major opportunities with Tier-1 and Tier-2 service providers. Mr. Hammock was Vice President of Major Accounts for Columbia, Maryland-based Corvis Corporation from 2000 to 2004 where he delivered 83% of their total revenue over four years. His efforts helped the company successful launch a $1.6B IPO. Corvis later became Broadwing Corporation which was acquired by Level-3 Communications.

Mr. Hammock received a B.S. in Economics from Texas Christian University.

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