ProStar Holdings Inc. (“ProStar®” or “the Company”) (TSXV: MAPS) (OTCQX: MAPPF) (FSE: 5D00) (“ProStar®” or “the Company”) a world leader in Precision Mapping Solutions®, is pleased to announce that Pat Clawson has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) effective April 11th, 2023. In connection with this appointment, the Board will be increased from 5 to 6 directors.
“My expertise is helping early-stage technology companies like ProStar to execute and become successful,” stated Pat Clawson. “In fact, after doing my research and working with the team, I feel that most of the heavy lifting was behind them and that their focus could shift to attaining three critical goals that include increasing market share, driving revenue, and realizing profitability, which might sound pretty straight forward but it requires 100% buy-in at every level of the company and the implementation of a proven strategy which I have had experience leading in the past 20 years. What excited me the most and why I agreed to join the board at ProStar is that they have an incredible team with a disruptive product that resolves a widespread global issue.”
Pat Clawson is the former CEO of Terbium Labs and Blancco Technology Group (BLTG.L). Clawson also served as Chairman and CEO of Lumension Security and CyberGuard Corporation, a security software company he successfully grew and positioned for acquisition by Secure Computing. Prior to CyberGuard, Clawson served as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, a provider of clinical software and information systems. Prior to Allscripts, he was Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at MasterChart, a health information technology company. Clawson was also a former member of the board of directors for eDMZ which was sold to Quest Software (now Dell) and served on the board of directors for Prolexic which was acquired by Akamai.
“Pat is a dynamic leader offering substantial talents and proven performance in providing board leadership as well as operational guidance and strategic direction,” stated Herb McKim, Chairman of the Board. “Pat is a welcomed addition as he brings a proven track record and strategic formula that has helped several software companies excel in revenue performance and operational excellence.”