Kar auction services, inc. announces board appointments

On october 16, 2019, the board of directors of kar auction services, inc. (the company), elected david didomenico and mary ellen smith as directors of the company, effective immediately. mr. didomenico will serve on the audit committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board, and ms. smith will serve on the compensation committee and the risk committee of the board. mr. didomenico has served as a partner of jana partners llc, a registered investment adviser, since september 2010. mr. didomenico has served as chief executive officer and president of osprey technology acquisition corp. (“osprey”), a special purpose acquisition company, since june 2019 and a director of osprey since july 2019. mr. didomenico served as a managing director of new mountain capital, llc, an alternative investment manager, from 2005 to 2010. prior to that, mr. didomenico served as an associate portfolio manager at neuberger berman, inc., a diversified asset manager, from 2002 to 2005. ms. smith has served as corporate vice president of worldwide business operations of microsoft corporation (“microsoft”), a technology company, since july 2013. ms. smith previously served as vice president, worldwide operations from 2011 to july 2013, general manager, worldwide commercial operations from 2010 to 2011, and general manager and president of microsoft licensing, gp from 2006 to 2010. prior to joining microsoft, ms. smith served in several roles at hewlett-packard company from 1996 to 2006, including vice president, volume direct and teleweb, americas region, from 2004 to 2006, and vice president, worldwide customer operations from 2002 to 2004.
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