Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
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Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 and as an advisor to, companies including BancTec, Applied Graphic Technologies, Genuity, CapRock Communications, Startek, Premier Global and Sizmek (formerly DG FastChannel), ServiceSource International, Inc. and Mobivity Holding Corp.).

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Other Executive Officer

The principal occupation during the past five years or more of the Company’s other executive officer is set forth below.

Robert A. Ramirez,58, is the Company’s Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), a position he has held since August 2007. Mr. Ramirez served as Corporate Controller of the Company from July 2006 through July 2007. Mr. Ramirez served as Senior Director, Finance and Practice Controller of the Company from October 2005 to July 2006 when he was named Corporate Controller. Mr. Ramirez held a variety of other positions within the Company’s business intelligence, finance transformation and retail consulting practices from 1998 to 2005.

Corporate Governance and Other Matters

Board Composition

The Board consists of seven members, of whom five are considered “independent directors” under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). The Company’s independent directors are Maria A. Bofill, Richard N. Hamlin, John R. Harris, Robert A. Rivero and Alan T.G. Wix. The Board currently has three standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each of the Board’s standing committees consist entirely of independent directors.

Leadership Structure

The roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer have been unified since the Company was founded, and the Board believes that the unification of those roles remains appropriate for the Company at this time. The Board believes that its leadership structure both (1) demonstrates to its employees, clients and shareholders that the Company is under strong leadership with a single person setting the tone and having primary responsibility for managing its operations, and (2) provides an effective connection between management’s role of identifying, assessing and managing risks and the Board’s role of risk oversight. The Board believes that Mr. Fernandez has an in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges that the Company faces, and therefore that he is best positioned to develop agendas and highlight issues that ensure that the Board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters impacting the Company. The Board has not appointed a “lead independent” director. The Board believes that its current structure with five