Board & Management

Board of Directors
Tony Aquila
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Tony Aquila
Founder, Chairman and CEO


Tony Aquila founded Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLH) in January 2005 with a vision to transform the automotive insurance claims industry.

Partnering with GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity firm, Solera purchased the Claims Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) for $975 million in April 2006. Under Mr. Aquila’s leadership, the Company has increased revenue and expanded its geographic reach—doing business in 31 countries in 2006 and over 50 today.... 

Philip A. Canfield
Director
Philip A. Canfield
Director


Philip Canfield has served on the Solera Board of Directors since April 2005. From 1997 onward, he has been a principal at GTCR Golder Rauner—the private equity firm that teamed up with Solera’s Founder, Tony Aquila, to purchase the Claim Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) in April 2006. Mr. Canfield has a B.S. in Finance from the Honors Business Program at the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. In addition to his role as... 

Arthur  Kingsbury
Director
Arthur  Kingsbury
Director


Arthur Kingsbury has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 4, 2008. He has been a private investor since 1996. Mr. Kingsbury has over 35 years of business and financial experience, including financial, senior executive and director positions at companies engaged in newspaper publishing, radio broadcasting, database publishing, internet research, cable television and cellular telephone communications. Specific positions included President and Chief Operating Officer of VNU-USA, In... 
Jerrell Shelton
Director
Jerrell Shelton
Director


Jerrell Shelton has served on Solera’s Board of Directors since April 2007. From June 2004 to May 2006, Mr. Shelton was the Chairman and CEO of Wellness, Inc., a provider of advanced, integrated hospital and clinical environments. Prior to that, he served as CEO of IBM’s WebFountain. From October 1998 to October 1999, Mr. Shelton was Chairman, President and CEO of NDC Holdings II, Inc. Between October 1996 and July 1998, he was President and CEO of Continental Graphics Holdings, Inc. An... 

Stuart Yarbrough
Director
Stuart Yarbrough
Director


Stuart Yarbrough, CEO of private equity firm 3Point Capital Partners, has served on the Solera Board of Managers since April 2007. Previously, he was a co-founder and principal of CrossHill Financial Group, a venture debt firm. His responsibilities included representing growth companies in investment banking transactions, closing “merger and sell” transactions with a total value of over $1.5 billion and placing capital in excess of $1 billion. Prior to that, he spent 22 years in public ac... 

Kenneth Viellieu
Director
Kenneth Viellieu
Director


Mr. Viellieu, 51, has been in the investment banking industry for almost 25 years. Mr. Viellieu joined the Solera Board of Directors in March 2009. He is currently a Managing Director and Head of the Chicago Office of Moelis & Company, an investment bank that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate finance matters and manages investment funds. Mr. Viellieu’s prior experience includes serving as Senior Managing Director and Head of Midwest Investment Bankin... 
Management
Tony Aquila
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Tony Aquila
Founder, Chairman and CEO


Tony Aquila founded Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLH) in January 2005 with a vision to transform the automotive insurance claims industry.

Partnering with GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity firm, Solera purchased the Claims Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) for $975 million in April 2006. Under Mr. Aquila’s leadership, the Company has increased revenue and expanded its geographic reach—doing business in 31 countries in 2006 and over 50 today.... 

Dudley W. Mendenhall
Chief Financial Officer
Dudley W. Mendenhall
Chief Financial Officer


Dudley Mendenhall joined Solera as chief financial officer in March 2009.

Mendenhall brings over 25 years of financial, operational, investor relations and corporate finance experience with large domestic and international companies across a number of different industries.

Prior to joining Solera, Mendenhall served as chief financial officer at Websense, Inc., a global leader in integrated Web, data and email security solutions. Prior to Websense, Mendenhall served as... 

Jason Brady
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Jason Brady
Senior Vice President and General Counsel


Jason Brady manages Solera’s global legal organization.

Prior to joining the Company, he provided legal consulting services to technology and entertainment organizations. Before that, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of biotechnology firm Xenogen Corporation. Brady represented Xenogen in its business defamation and patent infringement litigation with AntiCancer as well as its $80 million acquisition by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.. As the Director...