Executive Team

 

Perry R. Evans has served as our Chief Executive Officer since the 2002 formation of Local Matters. In March 2000, Mr. Evans co-founded Jabber, Inc., an advanced XML-based messaging company, serving as the Board Chairman until 2003. Mr. Evans was the founding President of the MapQuest Publishing Group in 1994 managing the business from inception through 1997. In 1998, he founded netIgnite, Inc., a an XML-based portal technology company, which was acquired by Webb Interactive in 1999. From 2000-2001, Mr. Evans served as CEO of Webb Interactive.

 

From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Evans served as general manager of the new media development group within RR Donnelley & Sons Company, leading the development of interactive yellow pages, travel and real estate products. Mr. Evans holds a M.B.A. degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. In 2006, Mr. Evans was named E&Y Software Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region of the US.

 

 

Curtis Fletcher has served as our Senior Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Secretary since May 2006. Mr. Fletcher served as our Vice President of Finance and Controller from January 2003 to May 2006. From January 2001 to December 2002, Mr. Fletcher was Director of Finance at Tian Software Inc., a company engaged in software development and sales, where he was responsible for managing accounting, finance, human resource, and administrative functions. He has also served as Controller at Productbuzz, Inc., an Internet business-to-business publisher serving the healthcare industry, from January 2000 to December 2000. Mr. Fletcher was a senior accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP from 1994 to 1999 and worked with private and public companies in the areas of financial and SEC reporting and equity offerings. Mr. Fletcher is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a Masters in Accounting and Finance from the University of Alabama.

 

Susan Dalton maintains a global focus on the delivery of our technology to Local Matters clients. She served as our Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations from March 2006 to January 2008, and served as our Vice President of Engineering and Operations from January 2003 to March 2006. Ms. Dalton has more than 20 years of experience in software development and operations management. From January 2001 to April 2002, she served as Senior Vice President of Technology at AccelX, a division of Webb Interactive Services, Inc., a portal and directory software solutions company. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Dalton served as Vice President, Engineering and Operations at Affinia, Inc., an Internet startup engaged in the development of contextual merchandising services, where she managed the software development, operations, quality assurance, account management and customer service organizations. From 1995 to 1998, Ms. Dalton was Vice President of the Customer Service and Support Practice at SSDS, Inc., a network systems consulting firm. At SSDS, Ms. Dalton was involved in strategy, account development and lead project management for a number of customer service engagements. Prior to 1995, she held positions at Wellswood Consulting Company, CSC Intelicom, Inc. and New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Ms. Dalton holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Babson College.

 

 

Alison Kane joined the Local Matters executive team in January 2008 as EVP, Online Media. Ms. Kane offers Local Matters over twenty years of strategic marketing, technology and operational expertise with a particular emphasis in technology-based products and services within the e-commerce and digital media arena.

Prior to joining Local Matters, Ms. Kane was responsible for the Search Engine Marketing technology business at Atlas Solutions, a business unit of aQuantive, which was acquired by Microsoft in August 2007. Ms. Kane also held executive leadership positions at The Fidelis Group, TRIP.com and Galileo International. She earned a MS Management degree from Purdue University, a MBA from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and a BBA from the University of Denver.

 

 

John Kemp served as our Executive Vice President, Voice and Wireless Division beginning in January 2006, becoming Executive Vice President Global Sales and General Manager Voice and Wireless in 2008. Mr. Kemp served as Vice President and General Manager of Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa for ISx from December 2000 to December 2005. From September 1998 to December 2000, Mr. Kemp held business development and sales executive positions in IBM´s telecommunications division. Mr. Kemp has also held several executive positions in the publishing, advertising and information services markets with The Thomson Corporation, an integrated information supplier, U.S. West, Inc., a U.S. based telecommunications company, and Volt Information Sciences, a directory assistance service software provider. Mr. Kemp spent more than 20 years with The Thomson Corporation, attaining board level responsibility for sales, marketing and publishing and information technology in the yellow pages sector. Mr. Kemp attended INSEAD and Henley Management College.

 

Greg brings 23 years of extensive technical and business development skills to his role as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Most recently, Greg served as Vice President, New Ventures at ISx, a Local Matters Company. Before joining ISx, he worked at IBM on the architecture and business development teams for The Madison Project, a secure distribution system for entertainment content. Prior to IBM, Greg was one of the founders of Citrix Systems, a leader in virtual workplace solutions. He also was a co-founder of Fairway Technologies, a joint venture between IBM and Blockbuster Video.