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Kevin Hell
Chief Executive Officer -
CEO of DivX, Kevin formerly served as President of DivX from April to July 2007. In that role, he oversaw sales and marketing as well as product and business management functions for multiple product lines. In his previous positions as CXO and COO of DivX, he led the company's global licensing business strategy. Kevin also had operational responsibility for our sales, business development, marketing, product management, engineering, partner support and consumer electronics certification teams.
Before joining DivX, he served as Senior Vice President of Product Management for Palm's Solutions Group, where he was responsible for Palm branded products and services worldwide. Before Palm, Kevin was Vice President of the Connected Home division and Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Gateway where he defined and led Gateway's "Beyond-the-Box" initiatives.
Kevin began his journey at Stanford University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master's degree in Aeronautics. After Stanford, Kevin designed communications satellites and interplanetary spacecraft for Hughes Aircraft Company. Kevin then went on to earn an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and worked for seven years at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on clients in the high-technology, telecommunications and entertainment markets. Kevin also was the executive producer for the short film "Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade" that provided the basis for the blockbuster film Sling Blade with Billy Bob Thornton. -
Dan Halvorson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -
A San Diego native, Dan Halvorson joined the DivX family as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in June 2007. Dan is responsible for executing all financial and administrative decisions, including providing supply-related support to our operational teams. He brings nearly two decades of finance and accounting experience to the position.
Before setting his sights on DivX, Novatel Wireless named Dan as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer in 2004. He joined before the IPO and during his tenure, he helped grow the company's annual revenues from $33 million to nearly $400 million. He served as Director of Finance for Dura Pharmaceuticals from 1998 to 2000 and for Alliance Pharmaceutical from 1998 to 1998. Dan also worked for eight years as a Public Accountant for both Deloitte & Touche and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. -
David Richter
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Legal -
As Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Legal, David is responsible for overseeing our corporate development and legal efforts. In his prior positions at DivX, he worked on legal, business development and corporate development activities.
Before joining DivX in 2004, David was a Principal at Maveron, a venture capital firm focused on consumer-oriented startups. Prior to that, he was Associate General Counsel and Director of Business Development at drugstore.com and in private law practice in Los Angeles. David was a Luce Scholar in China where he taught intellectual property law at China University of Politics and Law and consulted for CITIC, the Chinese government's investment bank.
David has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a JD from Yale Law School. He clerked for Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. -
Markus Moenig
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer -
Appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in February 2008, Markus Moenig originally joined DivX in November 2007 during our acquisition of MainConcept.
In his new role, Markus will oversee the development of the DivX technology platform, strategy and system architecture. As the head of our global engineering operations, he will also be responsible for the development of technologies designed to let consumers enjoy high-quality digital video across any device or platform.
Markus has been working on video technology and video related projects since the age of 15. He founded MainConcept in 1993 at age 23, and as its CEO, grew the company into one of the world's leading independent suppliers of award-winning video codec technologies. At age 36, Markus had already accumulated more than two decades of experience in the consumer and professional video markets.
Acquired by DivX in 2007, MainConcept's main focus is to create and license its core technologies to enable fast, high-quality video processing and streaming. MainConcept currently licenses its line of codecsincluding DV, MPEG, VC-1, H.264 and JPEG 2000to a variety of different platforms. Markus has been a member of the board of directors of the MPEG Industry Forum since 2006. -
Johnny Chen
General Counsel -
Johnny was appointed DivX General Counsel in July 2007 and currently oversees the DivX legal team. Most recently, he served as Associate General Counsel, with primary responsibilities in SEC compliance and corporate governance, technology licensing, financings and intellectual property. Before that, he was our Senior Director of Intellectual Property, overseeing the company's intellectual property portfolio and legal enforcement efforts.
Prior to joining DivX back in September 2004, Johnny was an associate at Rope & Gray in Boston, representing technology and life sciences companies in the areas of corporate, licensing and intellectual property law. He also has experience in the areas of litigation as an associate at Irell & Manella in Los Angeles, and patent prosecution as an associate at Darby & Darby, New York City.
Johnny holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Columbia University, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University (Pembroke College), and received his JD from Yale Law School. -
Pamela Thompson Johnston
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing -
Pam joined DivX in May 2007 as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing to lead our global effort. She is a veteran technology sales and marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience. Most recently, Pam served as Yahoo!'s Regional Vice President of Emerging Markets. Before that, she helped to expand the international markets for Yahoo!'s search business as Vice President of International Operations.
Prior to Yahoo!, Pam held various executive level positions at Level 3 Communications, Sameday Technologies, Pulsepoint Communications and Motorola. She holds an engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Harvard Business School. -
Patrice Lagrange
Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Languages -
Patrice joined DivX in March 2007 as Vice President and Group Business Manager of Media Languages. In this position, he leads a team focused on the development and distribution of digital media tools and technologies, with the aim of creating a common media language that enables true interoperability across devices and platforms.
Before joining DivX, Patrice most recently served as Director, Hosted Services at Adobe Systems. In more than two decades prior to Adobe, he honed his skills in product management and strategic planning in positions with Silicon Graphics, Intel and Cap Gemini.
Patrice hails from France and has a graduate degree in computer science from the National Superior School of Aerospace, France, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. -
Jérome Rota
Vice President and Group Business Manager, Media Experience -
An artist and an engineer, Jérome (aka "Gej") is the original designer of DivX technology and a DivX co-founder. After numerous positions with the company, he currently serves as Vice President and Group Business Manager of the Media Experience team. In this position, he leads the team charged with bringing new platforms, products and services to our users. This includes software, open source developer tools, community video blogs and the DivX community website.
Gej is a brilliant editor, compositing infographist, special effects designer and has extensive knowledge of video technologies. He has been involved in computing, graphics and digital video since the age of six, and was formerly technical director and chief infographist for a commercial design firm.
Gej is a member of the DivX Board of Directors and also travels the globe to speak as an international DivX evangelist. -
Karen Fisher
Vice President of Investor Relations & Compliance -
Karen serves DivX as its Vice President of Investor Relations & Compliance. In this role, she is responsible for developing, executing and managing the investor relations and compliance programs.
With experience that spans over 18 years, Karen began in corporate compliance and communications for Reinhardt Werba Bowen in 1985. She moved up to investor relations at 3com Corporation in 1990 and in 1991 she became the Director of Corporate Communications for Robertson Stephens. From 1993 to 1996, she served as the Assistant Director for the Arizona Securities Division where she interfaced with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the NASDAQ and other securities regulatory organizations. In 2003, she was made VP of Investor Relations and Compliance for BakBone Software and, prior to that, served as VP of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications for MP3.com.
Karen attended Arizona State University and graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in communications and finance. Currently she is President of the San Diego Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and serves on the NIRI National Committee for its annual leadership conference. -
Trevor Renfield
Vice President of Finance and Treasurer -
As our Vice President of Finance and our Treasurer, Trevor is responsible for overseeing the DivX treasury department and financial planning and analysis process with specific focus on cash management, tax compliance, insurance and risk management and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. In addition to these duties, Trevor is also involved with human resource benefit determinations, cost controls, and other various finance and accounting needs.
Trevor brings over 15 years of experience within the financial and wireless technology industries to his role at DivX. Trevor spent six and a half years at Novatel Wireless, serving three years as their Director of Finance just prior to joining DivX. He has also served as a Director of Financial Reporting for Remec, Inc., and Assurance Senior for Arthur Andersen LLP and BDO Seidman LLP.
Trevor holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from the University of South Africa and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the California State Board of Accountancy.




