Leadership
Charles Kane
Director
Charles Kane is currently Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management and Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan Graduate Business School of Management. Mr. Kane also serves as a Board member of Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a digital banking platform that enables banks and credit unions to grow confidently and compete with Megabanks and Fintechs; Symbotic Inc. (Nasdaq: SYM), a robotics hardware and software company for supply chain management. In addition, Mr. Kane sits on the private company boards of Workhuman, an Employee Recognition software company; Aareon Technologies GmbH, a Real Estate Software company; and Acoustic Technologies, a Marketing Technology Software company. Since November 2006, Mr. Kane has also been a Director and Strategic Advisor of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization that provides computing and internet access for students in the developing world, for which he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2008 until 2009. Prior to OLPC, Mr. Kane served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Global BPO Services Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation, from July 2007 until March 2008, and as Chief Financial Officer of Global BPO from August 2007 until March 2008.
Prior to joining Global BPO, Mr. Kane served as CFO of RSA Security Inc., a provider of e-security solutions, from May 2006 until RSA was acquired by EMC Corporation in October 2006. From July 2003 until May 2006, he served as CFO of Aspen Technology, Inc. (NYSE: AZPN), a provider of supply chain management software and professional services. Mr. Kane also served as President and CEO of Corechange, Inc. (acquired by Open Text Corp.); and CFO of Informix Software (acquired by IBM). He has also served in financial executive positions at Stratus Computer, Prime Computer and Deloitte.
Mr. Kane also served as a Board member and the Audit Committee Chairman of Carbonite (CARB) (acquired by Open Text); RealPage (RP) (acquired by Thoma Bravo); Demandware (DWRE) (acquired by Salesforce); Click Software (acquired by Salesforce); Applix (APLX) (acquired by IBM); Borland Software (BORL) (acquired by Micro Focus LTD); Netezza Corp (acquired by IBM); and the Hult Global Challenge of the Clinton Global Initiative, of which he was a founding member.
Throughout his career, Mr. Kane has been involved in developing and executing sophisticated financial strategies in globalizing corporations and mergers and acquisitions. He is a frequent speaker and writer on these topics, as well as other international financial topics and social entrepreneurial ventures, and is the coauthor of the book, Learning to Change the World—the Social Impact of One Laptop per Child. Mr. Kane is a certified public accountant and has taught international finance at the business schools of Boston College and Babson College. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's Degree in International Finance from Babson College.
Charles Kane
Director
Charles Kane is currently Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management and Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan Graduate Business School of Management. Mr. Kane also serves as a Board member of Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a digital banking platform that enables banks and credit unions to grow confidently and compete with Megabanks and Fintechs; Symbotic Inc. (Nasdaq: SYM), a robotics hardware and software company for supply chain management. In addition, Mr. Kane sits on the private company boards of Workhuman, an Employee Recognition software company; Aareon Technologies GmbH, a Real Estate Software company; and Acoustic Technologies, a Marketing Technology Software company. Since November 2006, Mr. Kane has also been a Director and Strategic Advisor of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization that provides computing and internet access for students in the developing world, for which he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2008 until 2009. Prior to OLPC, Mr. Kane served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Global BPO Services Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation, from July 2007 until March 2008, and as Chief Financial Officer of Global BPO from August 2007 until March 2008.
Prior to joining Global BPO, Mr. Kane served as CFO of RSA Security Inc., a provider of e-security solutions, from May 2006 until RSA was acquired by EMC Corporation in October 2006. From July 2003 until May 2006, he served as CFO of Aspen Technology, Inc. (NYSE: AZPN), a provider of supply chain management software and professional services. Mr. Kane also served as President and CEO of Corechange, Inc. (acquired by Open Text Corp.); and CFO of Informix Software (acquired by IBM). He has also served in financial executive positions at Stratus Computer, Prime Computer and Deloitte.
Mr. Kane also served as a Board member and the Audit Committee Chairman of Carbonite (CARB) (acquired by Open Text); RealPage (RP) (acquired by Thoma Bravo); Demandware (DWRE) (acquired by Salesforce); Click Software (acquired by Salesforce); Applix (APLX) (acquired by IBM); Borland Software (BORL) (acquired by Micro Focus LTD); Netezza Corp (acquired by IBM); and the Hult Global Challenge of the Clinton Global Initiative, of which he was a founding member.
Throughout his career, Mr. Kane has been involved in developing and executing sophisticated financial strategies in globalizing corporations and mergers and acquisitions. He is a frequent speaker and writer on these topics, as well as other international financial topics and social entrepreneurial ventures, and is the coauthor of the book, Learning to Change the World—the Social Impact of One Laptop per Child. Mr. Kane is a certified public accountant and has taught international finance at the business schools of Boston College and Babson College. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's Degree in International Finance from Babson College.