Carol Bartz

Carol has extensive experience leading complex global technology companies. While CEO of Yahoo! (formerly NASDAQ: YHOO) from 2009 to 2011, Carol modernized technology platforms, acquired companies for expansion, divested businesses for focus, ignited partnerships, cut costs, expanded margins and grew the consumer audience. Prior to Yahoo!, she transitioned after 14 years of successfully leading Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) as CEO to the Executive Chairman role. Earlier in her career Carol held several business leadership positions at Sun Microsystems (formerly NASDAQ: SUNW) as an executive officer of the company. Carol has served as Chairman of the Board of Caliva since 2018, which was acquired by Subversive Capital Acquisition Capital in the largest Cannabis SPAC to date in January 2021, launching The Parent Company, California’s largest vertically integrated cannabis operation. Carol now serves on the board of The Parent Company, and has served on many other public company boards, including Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS), Airtouch (formerly NASDAQ: ATCH), BEA Systems (formerly NASDAQ: BEAS), NetAPP (NASDAQ: NTAP) and the NYSE. Carol is known for her strong leadership style and is frequently featured as a prominent business leader in the tech industry, and more recently in the rapidly growing cannabis industry.