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Executive Profiles

Gregory J. Owens — CEO and Chairman of the Board
Greg is responsible for IronPlanet's development, refinement and execution of the company's overall business strategy and tactics. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Greg served as Managing Director at Red Zone Capital, a Washington, D.C. private equity firm focused on strong revenue growth opportunities. Prior to that time, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANU), where he doubled annual revenues to $300 million for the supply chain management software company. Before that, he served as Global Managing Partner Supply Chain Management at Accenture (NYSE:ACN) where he was a founding member of their supply chain group. Greg also serves, or has served, on several outside boards including Serena Software, Inc., S1 Corporation and SecureWorks, Inc. Greg brings to IronPlanet many years of experience and proven results in revenue growth and supply chain business management.

Greg holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and serves on the President's Advisory Board as well as the College of Management Board.

Michael J. O'Donnell — Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael is responsible for IronPlanet's financial management and for developing the infrastructure to support the continued growth of the company's business. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Michael served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Procuri Inc., a leading on-demand supply management software company. At Procuri, he helped gain significant growth results and achieved a highly successful outcome for investors in a sale to a strategic entity. He brings 25 years of financial and business management experience to IronPlanet, including positions as managing director with Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance and SunTrust Capital Markets, where he also led the merger and acquisition advisory group.

Michael holds a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Carol J. Parrella — Chief Administrative Officer
Carol is responsible for IronPlanet's contractual, risk management, human resources, legal, and administrative operations in support of the company's overall business strategy and model. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Carol served as the business manager of a $300M unit of DynCorp with 4,000 employees. Carol brings to IronPlanet 25 years of senior financial and administrative management, business strategy and systems reengineering experience with DynCorp, DynMcDermott, and many other consulting partner companies.

Carol holds a B.S. in Business and Economics from Walsh College and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Jeffrey L. Barca-Hall — Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
Jeff is responsible for the development and operation of IronPlanet's website and applications, including our proprietary auction software.  Prior to joining IronPlanet, Jeff was the Chief Technology Officer for Inprise/Borland Corporation.  In that role, Jeff had responsibility for an R & D organization of more than 250 people producing award-winning software products with combined annual revenue approaching $200 million.  He brings to IronPlanet many years of experience in software engineering and management with Inprise/Borland, Netscape (prior to its acquisition by America Online), Symantec, and Rapid Enterprise, a start-up which Jeff co-founded.

Jeff graduated with a B.A. in Engineering Sciences from Yale University.

James J. Jeter — Senior Vice President of International and New Business
Jeff is responsible for leading IronPlanet's international and new business planning activities including identifying strategic initiatives, developing operational strategies, and leading new market launch initiatives. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Jeff served as Senior Principal at PRTM Management Consultants where he helped lead PRTM's customer experience consulting for Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to PRTM, Jeff was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Manugistics, a leading supply chain management software company, where he executed Manugistics' global marketing strategies as well as managed their new business development and sales operations initiatives. He brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and international business to IronPlanet, including two international assignments for Iomega where he was Managing Director for their Asia-Pacific and European operations where he was a significant contributor to the growth of Iomega's $500 million European business.

Jeff holds a B.A. from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Mercer University.

Michael D. Groves — Senior Vice President of North American Sales
Mike is responsible for the continued growth of IronPlanet auctions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Mike served as vice president and general manager of Forke Brothers and division manager of Ritchie Brothers. Mike also held the position of regional used equipment manager for Nortrax Southeast. He brings more than 30 years of experience in equipment sales to IronPlanet, including 11 years of auction industry experience.

Randy Berry — Vice President of Inspection and Appraisal Services
Randy is responsible for IronPlanet's Inspection Services organization and equipment appraisal services. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Randy served as a partner at Accenture (NYSE:ACN). for the firm's supply chain management consulting practice. Randy brings more than 25 years of experience improving business performance in Fortune 1000 companies to IronPlanet, including an operations management position with Apple, as well as a role in new business development for the world's largest valuation consulting firm, American Appraisal.

Randy graduated with a B.S. in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Paul Blalock — Vice President of Agricultural Sales
Paul is responsible for expanding IronPlanet's presence in the agricultural equipment market. Prior to joining IronPlanet, Paul founded Digital Freight Inc., a successful online transportation marketplace bringing together logistics providers and shippers in an auction environment. Paul brings more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience to IronPlanet, including 10 years in sales management positions with J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.

Paul holds a B.A. in Marketing from Auburn University.

Graeme S. McPherson — Managing Director, IronPlanet Australia Pty Ltd
Graeme is responsible for overseeing operations, new business development and product management for IronPlanet's first international division in Australia. Prior to joining IronPlanet Graeme held the position of General Manager for WesTrac. Previous to this, Graeme was the Managing Director for a business consulting firm and worked extensively in developing the strategic and marketing direction for Auctioncentre.com.au, an online auction company of agricultural and heavy equipment. Graeme also held managerial positions at Pacific Dunlop, BTR Nylex, The Koppen Group, Haselmere Securities and Chartwell Industries. He brings to IronPlanet many years of managerial and product experience within the heavy equipment and machinery industries in the Australian and Asia Pacific markets.

Reza Bundy — Founder
Prior to founding IronPlanet, Reza was a research analyst at Bain Willard Companies, a leveraged buyout/venture capital firm. In this role, Reza had responsibility for researching and evaluating investment opportunities.  Reza has extensive research and strategic planning experience from his previous positions at Bain Willard Companies,The Economist Intelligence Unit, ABC News and the Harvard Business School.