UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2013
ViewCast.com, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-29020 | 75-2528700 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3701 W. Plano Parkway, Suite 300
Plano, Texas 75075
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(972) 488-7200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Director or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 17, 2013, David W. Brandenburg was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Viewcast.com, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Brandenburg, who currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, will not receive any salary for his service as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Brandenburg has been a director of the Company since December 2008. Mr. Brandenburg is a former Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of Intervoice, a publicly held company acquired by Convergys in the fall of 2008. Intervoice developed and delivered enhanced services platforms to cellular service providers that enabled them to provide voice, text and video messaging and other enhanced services to their customers. Intervoice also provided Interactive Voice Response systems to Fortune 1000 and other companies. Mr. Brandenburg first joined Intervoice in 1990 as Chief Operating Officer after having served as a director since 1989. He was promoted to President of Intervoice in 1991 where he served until December 1994 when he relinquished his position of President and assumed the position of Vice Chairman of the Board until May 1995. He re-joined Intervoice as Chief Executive Officer in June 2000 and also served as Chairman of the Board from December 2000 until his retirement in November 2004. In June of 2007, Mr. Brandenburg re-joined the Intervoice Board of Directors as Chairman. He served in this position until the company was acquired by Convergys in September 2008. Mr. Brandenburg also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AnswerSoft, Inc. a global provider of call center software automation solutions from November 1997 to May 1998, at which time it completed a merger with Davox Corporation. Davox subsequently changed its name to Concerto Software, Inc. and, following a merger with Aspect Communications Corp., is now part of Aspect Software, Inc., a privately-held company. Mr. Brandenburg’s current principal occupation is serving as a private, self-employed investor and philanthropist. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Brandenburg Life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation which he founded with his wife in 1996. Mr. Brandenburg received a BSEE from the University of Michigan and a MSEE from Southern Methodist University. In the prior five years, Mr. Brandenburg has served as a director on a public company board as described above for the Company and for Intervoice.
There is no family relationship between Mr. Brandenburg and any of the Company’s directors, executive officers or significant employees. Since the beginning of the Company’s last full fiscal year, there have no related party transactions, within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K, between the Company and Mr. Brandenburg.
On June 17, 2013, John C. Hammock resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Effective upon immediately, Mr. Hammock’s new position with the Company will be Manager of Strategic Accounts. The terms of Mr. Hammock’s employment agreement, dated December 14, 2011, will not change as a result of his new position. Mr. Hammock will remain on the Company’s Board of Directors.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ViewCast.com, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: June 18, 2013 | By: | /s/ David W. Brandenburg | ||||
| David W. Brandenburg | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||