Primary Job Title Member of the Board of Advisor Primary Organization Thoma Bravo
Location Minnesota, United States, North America Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Paul Olson has been a director of the Company since the August 2005 Merger. Paul has served as the independent Chairman of the Board of the Company since May of 2011. Paul served as lead director of Entegris Minnesota and as Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Entegris Minnesota board of directors from March 2003 until the Merger with the
Company and as a the Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors until 2011.
Paul Olson served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of nuBridges, Inc., a software business headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia from 2008 until its merger with Liaison Technologies, Inc. in 2011; he continues to serve on the board of directors of Liaison Technologies, Inc., serving as chairman of its Compensation Committee and as a member of its Audit Committee.
Paul served as Executive Vice President of Bethel University from 2002 to 2008. Prior to 2000, Paul Olson was a founding executive of Sterling Commerce, Inc., an electronic commerce software company. Prior to his role with Sterling Commerce, he held executive positions with Sterling Software, Inc. and Michigan National Corp.Paul Olson is a member of the board of directors of several private companies and non-profit organizations, including WMC Industries, Inc.(where he is lead director) and Macalester College (where he serves on the infrastructure and audit committees); Paul Olson also serves as an advisor to Thoma Bravo Equity Partners. Paul Olson holds a BA degree from Macalester College, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
