John Mutch Biography and Net Worth

John Mutch has served as managing partner of MV Advisors LLC (“MV Advisors”), a strategic block investment firm that provides focused investment and strategic guidance to small and mid-cap technology companies, since founding the firm in December 2005. From December 2008 to January 2014, Mr. Mutch served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BeyondTrust Software, a privately-held security software company. Prior to founding MV Advisors, in March 2003, Mr. Mutch was appointment by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to the Board of Directors of Peregrine Systems, Inc. (formerly NSADAQ: PRGN) (“Peregrine Systems”), a provider of enterprise asset and service management solutions where he assisted the company in a bankruptcy work-out proceeding and was named President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2003.

Previous to running Peregrine Systems, Mr. Mutch served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of HNC Software, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: HNCS), an enterprise analytics software provider. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mutch spent seven years at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) in a variety of executive sales and marketing positions. Mr. Mutch has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW), a global provider of microwave networking solutions, since February 2015, and has served on the Board of Directors since January 2015, and has served on the Board of Directors of Agilysys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGYS), a provider of information technology solutions, since March 2009.

Previously, Mr. Mutch served on the Board of Directors of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (formerty NASDAQ: MXWL), a manufacturer of energy storage and power delivery solutions for automotive, heavy transportation, renewable energy, backup power, wireless communications and industrial and consumer electronics applications, from April 2017 to May 2019, YuMe, Inc. (NYSE: YUME)., a provider of digital video brand advertising solutions, from July 2017 to February 2018, at which time the company was acquired by RhythmOne plc (LON: RTHM), a technology-enabled digital media company, and Mr. Mutch continued serving as a Director on the RhythmOne plc Board of Directors until January 2019. and Steel Excel Inc. (formerly OTCPK:SXCL), a provider of drilling and production services to the oil and gas industry and a provider of event-based sports services and other health-related services, from 2007 to [May] 2016.

In addition, Mr. Mutch previously served on the Boards of Directors of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (formerly NASDAQ: PTEC), a leader in core systems software products, services and embedded technologies, Edgar Online, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: EDGR), a provider of financial data, analytics and disclosure management solutions, Aspyra, Inc. (OTCMKTS: APYI, formerly AMEX: APY), a provider of clinical and diagnostic information systems for the healthcare industry, Overland Storage, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: OVRL), a provider of unified data management and data protection solutions, and Brio Software, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: [BRYO), a provider of business intelligence software. Mr. Mutch holds a B.S. In Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.