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2008 Venture Capital & Angel Investor Events: Miami, FL, May 21 NYC, NY, June 5 PVC4 NYC, Nov '08 More 2008 events will be announced soon! |
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| Meet the Judges! These are the VCs and Angel Investors who will be reading and evaluating your company's profile. | *Click on the Logos Below for Fund Descripitons | |
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David Anthony, Manager, 21 Ventures David Anthony is an experienced entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and educator. Mr. Anthony founded 21Ventures in 2003 when prices for seed and bridge financings hit their bottom. Since inception, 21Ventures has provided seed orbridge financings to 10 technology ventures. Mr. Anthony sits on the board of portfolio companies: Aspectus VideoIntelligence, Juice Wireless, and Orion Solar. He is a board observer on A-Speed Software and Visioneered ImageSystems. Since 2002, Anthony has been entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Alabama Birmingham, School ofBusiness. At UAB, Anthony teaches three courses: "From Idea to IPO—The Technology Venture," "TechnologyVentures Business Planning," and "Negotiating Technology Agreements." His students include PhD. Students, post-docs, and faculty from the medical, engineering, and physical sciences schools. Anthony is the co-founder of theAlabama Launchpad, the first statewide business plan competition in Alabama. In 2004 and 2005, Anthony taught "From Idea to IPO—The Technology Venture" at the New York Academy of Sciences. His students there were PhD.Candidates and post-docs from Columbia, NYU, Sloan Kettering, Rockefeller, and Einstein. |  |
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Scott Murphy, Managing Director, New York, Advantage Capital Partners Mr. Murphy is an experienced venture capitalist and entrepreneur whose background includes public service. His primary responsibilities include sourcing and closing investments in New York and managing Advantage's New York portfolio. Mr. Murphy joined Advantage in 2001. Prior to Advantage, Mr. Murphy was the principal of his own management consulting practice in New York. Before entering public service, Mr. Murphy founded three different Internet-related businesses: Small World Sports, a pioneer in providing fantasy sports games that was sold to Vulcan Ventures/The Sporting News and is now the engine that runs both Fox Sports and The Sporting News fantasy games; Baazee.com, the leading online auction site in India, that was sold to eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY); and a web consultancy that was sold to IXL, which went public and later merged with Scient. |  |
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Tom Hawkins, Director, Arcapita Ventures Tom Hawkins joined Arcapita Ventures in 2005 with more than 18 years of venture capital, entrepreneurial and operational experience. Prior to joining Arcapita, Tom was an Investment Partner with the Corporate Fund of Siemens Venture Capital ("SVC"), the $850 million venture capital arm of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), where he managed investment activity in the areas of information technology, communications and industrial automation & control. Prior to SVC, Tom was a General Partner with Cordova Ventures, a $250 million venture capital firm in Atlanta, where he focused on enterprise and infrastructure software, communications and industrial technology. Prior to Cordova, he managed Strategic Business Development at Radiant Systems (NASDAQ: RADS). Tom is also an active leader of the venture community in the Southeast through his various leadership positions including as member of the Executive Committee and 2007 Chairman of the AeA Southeast Venture Forum, member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Venture Forum and member of the Board of Advisors of the Atlanta CEO Council. Tom currently serves on the Board of Directors of Alloptic and previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Qcept Technologies, ManageSoft, SmartSynch, Quellan and Digital Envoy. Tom received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and holds his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. |  |
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Walter Barandiaran, Managing Partner, Argentum Group Walter H. Barandiaran is a Managing Partner and co-founder of The Argentum Group. Walter has more than 18 years of private equity experience, during which time he has led over 30 investments for Argentum investment funds. Walter’s areas of investment expertise include outsourced services, manufacturing, clean (environmental) technologies, and enterprise software. Walter currently serves as Chairman of two portfolio companies, HorizonWimba (software platform for online education) and AFS Technologies (ERP software to the food industry); and has served as CEO of HorizonWimba from March 2002 until June 2004. Walter currently serves on the boards of directors of Conner Industries (lumber distribution & manufacturing), LifeStar (healthcare transportation & logistics), M3 Technologies (advanced material sciences), Medsite (marketing services to the pharmaceutical industry), Metalico (metals recycling & manufacturing), and StructuredWeb (software for sales & marketing). Walter also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Baruch College Fund. Prior to co-founding Argentum in 1988, Walter was a Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance of Steinberg & Lyman (now Healthcare Ventures, LLC). Walter received a BBA in International Business from Baruch College (CUNY) and attended the New York University School of Business. |  |
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Matt Fates, Partner, Ascent Venture Partners Experience: Matt has worked with emerging technology companies since 1996. Prior to joining Ascent in 2002, Matt worked in business development at Gold Wire Technology, a network configuration management software company. Before Gold Wire, Matt served as an Investment Analyst in the Boston office of Norwest Venture Partners where he worked on venture investments such as Broadband Access Systems (acquired by ADC Telecom), Gold Wire Technology (acquired by Intelliden), and COSpace (acquired by InterNAP). He also worked in technology investment banking at Alex. Brown & Sons, where he helped execute both equity and M&A transactions, working with companies such as BBN, CIENA, DSET, RSA Security and SwitchBoard.com. Current board seats include HubCast, Interactive Supercomputing, StrikeIron, Terascala and The Corporate Marketplace. Education: Double Major in Computer Science and Economics from Yale University. MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Tuck Scholar). |  |
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George Petracek, , Atrium Capital George joined Atrium in 2000. Previously, he was a Corporate Business Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard, where he focused on M&A and venture investments across various HP businesses. Prior to joining HP, George was a Vice President of Corporate Finance at Union Bank of Switzerland, working with telecommunications, industrial, utilities and financial institutions clients. Prior to that, George was an Associate with Morgan Stanley in its M&A execution group. He began his professional career as a computer programmer for 3M. George received his MBA from Stanford University and his MS degree in Cybernetics from CVUT Institute of Technology. |  |
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Kurt Faulhaber, Assistant Director, Austin Technology Incubator Having a background in business and product development, strategy and consulting, Faulhaber helps the Clean Energy Incubator’s portfolio companies in their launch, growth and success as entrepreneurial ventures. First joining the incubator as an Associate during his gradate studies, Faulhaber was brought back in 2005 for his expertise in business strategy and development of early-stage start-ups. Previously Faulhaber founded InQvate Entrepreneurial Business Consulting; focusing in business planning and strategy, market research and analysis, Faulhaber worked with several start-up ventures to help launch their business. In addition, he has consulted for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico. Assisting with the generation of business, funding, marketing and operational planning, LANL provided him the opportunity to perform a $100 million valuation technology equity deal, the first of its kind for the lab. Originating from the east coast, Faulhaber began his career in the Semiconductor industry with Teradyne, Inc. At Teradyne, he had the opportunity to work with various teams leading multi-million dollar product developments within the Automatic Test Equipment sector. Faulhaber holds a MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. |  |
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Terrence Hicks, Vice President, Investment Group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners Terrence H. Hicks is Vice-President, Investment Group at the Ben Franklin Technology PArtners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP). The Ben Franklin Technology PArtners is a State of Pennsylvania supported economic development corporation that supports the development of technology-based enterprises through a variety of investment programs and technology services. Mr. Hicks is responsible for all of the organization’s investment activities. BFTP/SEP has a portfolio of over 130 early and emerging stage technology companies; one of the largest such portfolios in the country. Mr. Hicks came to the Ben Franklin Technology PArtners in November, 1993 after twenty years of experience in small business lending and corporate treasury activities with Fidelity Bank (currently Wachovia) and Sun Company respectively. Mr. Hicks previously served as Vice President of Sun Company's Specialized Small Business Investment Company, Alliance Enterprise Corporation. He also served in numerous financial management positions at Sun, including manager of internal treasury operations and manager of special projects. |  |
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Marc Singer, General Partner, BEV Capital Marc co-founded BEV in 1997. Prior to BEV, Marc worked for four years as a Senior Associate at Consumer Venture Partners. Previously, he served in the Investment Banking Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Marc is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |  | |
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James Marra, Principal, Dir. Bus. Development, Blue Point Capital Partners Jim joined the group in 1991. Before joining the group, Jim held various positions with Citicorp in the Leveraged Capital, Investment Banking and Venture Capital Groups. Jim earned a B.S. in psychology from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. |  |
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Parker Gilbert, Angel Investor, Managing Partner, Brand Building Ventures Parker Gilbert is the Managing Partner of Brand Building Ventures, based in Westchester County, New York. Brand Building Ventures, founded in September, 2004, is committed to investing in emerging consumer goods and services companies that possess unique selling propositions. Mr. Gilbert has thirteen years of classic consumer packaged goods marketing experience across a range of product categories. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gilbert has won two sales awards and one national advertising award. He has a track record for building consumer brands that deliver top and bottom line growth. Most recently, he was Vice President of Marketing on Banana Boat Suncare at Playtex Products, Inc., located in Westport, Connecticut. His experience ranges from health and beauty aids, frozen food, medical devices, suncare, baby care and household cleaning. Prior to Playtex, Mr. Gilbert held marketing positions at Pepperidge Farm and Wyeth. He received his MBA in marketing from the Stern School of Business at NYU and an undergraduate degree in history from Middlebury College in Vermont. |  |
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Francisco Martin, Senior Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Martin Asset Management LLC Francisco is the Senior Managing Director and a founding member of Martin Asset Management LLC. Prior to starting Martin Asset Management, Francisco was a Managing Director and Co-Founder at MAM Wealth Management in Los Angeles where in 2003 he founded the Private Client Service's investment advisory business for high net worth individuals and families in Southern California. Francisco originally started his Private Banking career at Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich and later joined Bank Julius Baer’s Private Bank in San Francisco, where he was responsible to construct hedging strategies for single stock positions. By 2000, Francisco became Vice President of Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. and was in charge of Private Client Services for the States of California, Nevada and Arizona. In 2001 he was appointed Head Entertainment Division North America, responsible for high net worth clients within that sector. Francisco currently serves on the Board of Directors of Azure Group INC and Azure Wealth Management LLC in Los Angeles. In the past he has served on the boards of Century City Chamber of Commerce and the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the board of Organization Latinos Unidos, a charitable organization empowering the Latin Community in the United States. Francisco received a degree in Economics from the Hoehere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule, Basel (Switzerland) and is fluent in English, German, Italian, French, Swiss-German and Spanish. |  |
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Toby Moskovits, Managing Director, Cammeby's Capital Group / Gotham Angels Toby Moskovits is a Managing Director at Cammeby's Capital Group, the venture capital and private equity investment arm of a private family-owned real estate firm. Prior to joining Cammeby's Toby founded Cato Advisors, a boutique investment bank and consulting firm providing advisory services to early and growth stage companies. From 1998-2002 Toby lived in Israel during which time she worked at Israel Seed Partners, a $250 million fund based in Jerusalem, in addition to holding operational and advisory roles in a number of early stage technology companies. Toby has a B.Sc. from Touro College and an MBA from Bar Ilan University, both awarded summa cum laude. Toby is also the founder of the Gotham Angels, a member led investment group that provides early growth and expansion stage capital ranging from $500,000 - $5,000,000 to companies in diverse industries. Toby currently serves on the board of Melior Discovery, Blink Twice Inc., and Broadband Energy Networks |  |
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Deepak Kamra, General Partner, Canaan Partners Deepak joined Canaan in 1991 after eleven years of operating responsibility in the telecommunications, computer, and software industries. Prior to joining Canaan, he held several senior sales and marketing positions at Aspect Communications, a successful Silicon Valley based startup in the call-center and switching industry. He previously held positions at ROLM Coporation, and was General Manager of a division of TRW Datacomm International. He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Deepak led Canaan's investment in Concord Communications, DoubleClick, ImpulseBuy Networks, Latitude Communications, Match.com, PriorityCall Management, Recourse Technologies, and SalesLogix. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of AttachSTOR, Aperto Networks, e4e, iReady, ON24, and Proficient Networks. |  |
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Ted Dzialowski, Angel Investor and Partner, Catalyst Partnership Ted Dzialowski Ted Dzialowski is an Angel Investor and a Partner in Catalyst Partnership which is involved in Business Financing, Acquisition and Management through private equity. Ted Dzialowski is an entrepreneur who has founded and built $1 million to +$100 million companies in the North American environmental, food processing, pharmaceutical and beauty aid product sectors. In addition, Ted has consulted to the healthcare industry in the U.S. in areas of strategic planning, physician network and practice benchmarking and medical staff development. Ted's prior career corporate background was in Strategic Planning, M&A and Human Resources in the chemical industry. He has served on the Boards of various community organizations including Children's Aid, Community Living, Hospital and District Health Council, various sports organizations and has assisted Aboriginal Bands in business opportunity development. Ted's leadership and executive skills have spanned strategic and operational performance and functional experience in finance, organizational transformation/turnaround, all Supply Chain elements, applied IT in manufacturing, distribution and service settings, operations/process engineering and project planning. |  | |
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Rajesh Pai, Principal, CID Capital Raj Pai is a Principal of CID Capital. Raj has extensive experience working with businesses at all stages of development, and his areas of expertise include information technology, communications, enterprise software, and hardware/network infrastructure. Raj focuses his efforts on early through growth stage equity companies, and he assists with evaluating businesses in the information technology, life sciences and business services sectors. He is currently a Board director at RedSky Technologies, a leading provider of emergency response crisis solutions. His other current portfolio responsibilities include acting in a Board observer/oversight capacity to Midi, Inc., the leading provider of high-impact ethics and compliance learning solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies; Ageia, a developer of advanced technology to enhance interactive digital media; Qorval Integrated Solutions, a highly specialized professional services company focusing on business process and system optimization; SmartSignal, an equipment performance management software company; Lamina Ceramics, a market leader in the development and production of super-bright LED arrays; Celleration, a therapeutic ultrasound platform to promote wound healing; and Shakti Systems, a developer of integrated circuits for power management applications. Raj is active in the venture community and has served on several conference panels, participated as a judge in many business plan competitions and selection committees, and served as a moderator or panel member at many venture-related events. |  |
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Matthew Smith, Managing Director, Investments, Connecticut Innovations Matthew B. Smith is Managing Director, Investments at CII and serves on the Board of Directors of several CI portfolio firms. Mr. Smith has a multifaceted range of healthcare experiences marked by leading edge business developments. His experiences include co-authoring the first federally funded HMO feasibility study and healthcare ventures with GTE New Ventures Corporation as well as other major medical firms, such as Technicon Corporation, American Hospital Supply Corporation and National Patent Development Corporation. Before joining CI, Mr. Smith co-founded CompreMedx Cancer Centers Corporation, co-owned Kramex Corporation and assisted in the turn around of Medical Sterilization, Inc.. In addition, he co-founded Health Excel Management, Inc. and turned around HelpMate Robotics, Inc. He has served on the Board of Directors for Baseline Medical, Inc., Campus Connects, Inc., New World Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and was Managing Director of Negin-Smith Partnership, a private real estate venture. |  |
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Ronald Thompson, Founder & Investor, Corporate Angels Ron Thompson is a founder of CAIL. Having started in the technical side of the industry, moving to product management and then to profit / loss responsibility, Ron has accumulated considerable business experience with an ability to successfully generate bottom line results. With this background and having made many investments over the years, venture Founders benefit with Ron’s extensive entrepreneurial insights, knowledge of applying technology to enhance processes and value for Customers, establishing business development plans, and the ability to contribute to corporate strategic direction. Mr. Thompson’s focus is companies with a large market opportunity, a business model designed to generate a significant financial return, intellectual property, and a highly competent operations team that is able to deliver important benefits to Customers including – 1. Increasing revenue 2. Delivering competitive advantage 3. Improving operational efficiency and profitability. Being an active Angel since 2000 and founder of the Corporate Angels, Ron maintains a portfolio of 15 to 20 venture investments (in both the US and Canada) and is a Board member on several of them. In addition, Ron is a member of the Canadian Venture Forum Selection Committee, an important industry event for funding companies with high growth potential. As well, Mr. Thompson presents in various venture community industry events to support entrepreneurship and provide insights on becoming more sophisticated in venture investing. |  |
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Richard Fox, Managing Director, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners Richard M. Fox is a managing director of Cross Atlantic. Richard oversees the activities of a dedicated fund that Cross Atlantic manages, the Co-Investment 2000 Fund, and actively works with several portfolio companies, including: Broadbeam, Eduction, Ikimbo, Interactive Enterprises, First Service Network, Kanbay, Netsuite, Nomadix, and Saqqara. Prior to joining Cross Atlantic, Richard was president of Penn Janney Advisory, which managed both the direct private equity and partnership investments for The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Janney Montgomery Scott. Richard has over 20 years of investment experience in venture capital, institutional investing, and commercial banking. |  |
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Ross Goldstein, Co-founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures Ross is a member of the Board of Directors of Mimeo.com (Enterprise software/services), Lumeta (Network security) 422, Inc. (Wireless directory assistance), ContextWeb (Contextual advertising), Practical Engineering (ATE software and hardware), and Guidester (Online advertising network). Prior to co-founding Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, Ross was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Imaginations, Inc., one of the East Coast's pioneering Internet companies, and the predecessor company to 24/7 Media, Inc. Ross helped manage Interactive Imaginations through the challenges of the early Internet industry and eventually toward its successful merger and IPO as 24/7 Media. Prior to joining Interactive Imaginations, Ross was with Morgan Stanley for 13 years, where he had most recently been a senior banker responsible for equity financings for the firm's technology, telecommunications and media clients. He also serves on the Board of Directors of New York Cares, a non-profit volunteer service organization based in New York City. Ross received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics-Economics, magna cum laude, from Brown University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. |  |
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Julie Gerstenberger, Director External Alliances, Eastman Kodak Company Julie pursues technologies related to digital imaging systems and services, including applications/devices, infrastructure and enabling technologies for consumer markets. Particular areas of interest include online and mobile services, distributed content management and informatics. Julie's background is in the development and commercialization of digital imaging systems for a wide range of applications and markets, including project management, strategic planning and leadership roles. Julie has an MS in Optics and a BS in Electrical Engineering. |  |
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John Martinson, Managing Partner, Edison Venture Fund As founder and Managing Partner, John Martinson, shapes Edison’s overall investment strategy and leads our organization. He mentors rising investment professionals and assists general partners in growing their regional and industry practices. John also actively leads Edison's investments in information technology companies serving the pharmaceutical industry and education. John is a director of nine Edison investments including three in the Boston area. With 28 years of venture capital experience, John has guided 150 equity financings. John has served on the Board of Directors of 40 companies. He made multiple investments in application software serving the drug industry, customer relationship management, education, human resources, manufacturing and enterprise solutions. |  |
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Jim Macdonald , Managing Director, First Analysis Venture Capital Jim Macdonald is a managing director coordinating research and investment in selected areas of the outsourced services sector. He coordinates research coverage of leading private and publicly traded companies in his sectors. Prior to joining First Analysis in 1997, he was a general manager at Nalco Chemical Co., where he played a key role in expanding Nalco’s service offering to include operating and leasing equipment at customer sites, which led to the formation of a joint venture with U.S. Filter Co. Earlier, he was with a subsidiary of Ecolab Inc. He earned an MBA from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Cornell University, where he also earned the university’s highest award in that discipline. |  |
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Stan Fleming, Managing Member, Forward Ventures A 20-year veteran of biotech investing, Standish Fleming co-founded Forward as a venture capital investment firm. Throughout his career at Forward, Fleming has served as acting president of several portfolio companies, including Triangle Pharmaceuticals [NASDAQ:VIRS], Actigen (now Corixa [NASDAQ:CRXA]), GenQuest (now Corixa [NASDAQ:CRXA]) and CombiChem (now DuPont Pharmaceuticals [NYSE:DD]). He was a founding board member of Ciphergen Biosystems, Gryphon Sciences and Triangle Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Fleming is a former president of the Biotechnology Venture Investors' Group ("BVIG"). He now serves as a director of Ambit, Nereus, Kemia, and Sanarus. Fleming earned his B.A. from Amherst College and M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management. |  |
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Jung Yun, President, Global Media Fund Jung Yun has more than thirteen years experience in the areas of operations, finance, sales, consulting, and as an entrepreneur. She has been responsible for raising capital for public/private companies, mergers and acquisitions, financial strategy, business consulting, implementations and strategic alliances. During her career, she has also set up and managed Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. She has served as President and Chairman of Global Life Line LLC, a telecommunications startup and President of Mindography Inc, an eduportal for the education market. She currently serves as Director of Boston First Capital LLC, a private investment bank. Ms. Yun’s accomplishments include building direct sales, channels, and business development. The list of companies, which she contributed to their sales growth, include: ADP, Cahners (US division of Reed Elsevier), The Village Companies and many others. In her experience, she has grown and managed projects ranging from $25M to over $100M. Her experience consists of building an ecommerce division, managing mergers and acquisitions, and managing a sales force of over 300 representatives. She has also published a sales and management manual which was recognized by Dale Carnegie. She graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee and is a proud member of the Mensa organization. |  |
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Stephanie Hanbury-Brown, Founder, Golden Seeds Stephanie Hanbury-Brown spent 20 years in financial services in Sydney, London and New York. The majority of her career was with JPMorgan where she headed several global businesses. In 2004 she founded Golden Seeds. She is also a member of New York Angels and an investor with Boldcap Ventures. Stephanie obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney. She currently retains board positions with Foster Wheeler Limited, Design2Launch, Morganae Foundation and Count-Me-In. |  |
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Paul Nolen, Associate, Graham Partners Paul joined Graham Partners in 2004. Paul has worked on several recent investments, and also plays an active role in sourcing investment opportunities and providing on-going support for a number of Graham Partners' current portfolio companies.Paul earned his B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, Cum Laude. |  |
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Steve Brotman, Managing Director, Greenhill SAVP Steve Brotman is a Managing Director of SAVP. Prior to founding SAVP in 1998, Mr. Brotman was the founder, CEO and Chairman of AdOne Classified Network, the nation's leading classified ad web site. AdOne has since merged as an equal partner with PowerAdz, and renamed PowerOne Media. While at SAVP, Steve was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2000, named in Crain's 2001 Tech 100. While at AdOne in 1997, he was selected for Crain's Top 25 Players Shaping Silicon Alley and the 1995 Top 40 under 40 among New York businessmen. Steve received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University and a joint JD/MBA degree with honors from Washington University. In between degrees, he worked for Andersen Consulting as an associate doing systems design and integration and enhanced workflow and productivity projects. Steve currently serves on the boards of Critical Mention, Cosential, Game Trust (Observer), and Knovel (Observer) and has previously served on the boards of Medidata (Observer), DataSynapse (Observer), 7thOnline and Bla-bla (acquired by UGO in 2001). In addition, Steve has served on the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum and as a mentor and judge for the Columbia Business School Lang and Greenhouse Funds. |  |
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Marc Cole, Partner, Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC Marc is responsible for evaluating private equity investments and investment strategies for the firm. Marc and Doug Hamilton have co-invested together since 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Marc was a Vice President at Mellon Ventures, a $1.4 billion private equity partnership. At Mellon Ventures, Marc structured venture capital, subordinated debt and leveraged buyout transactions across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining Mellon Ventures, Marc worked in the Investment Banking group of Legg Mason, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for middle market and emerging growth companies. Marc graduated magna cum laude from The Pennsylvania State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance. Marc is a Co-founder of the New York Private Equity Network (NYPEN), the definitive private equity leadership and networking organization in New York City. |  |
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Faisal Ahmad, Associate, Highland Capital Partners Faisal is an Associate focusing on technology investments, most notably e-commerce, software, systems, and security, as well as investment opportunities in nanotechnology and RFID. While his geographic concentration is on US companies, he also looks at opportunities in Europe, India, and Canada. Prior to joining Highland, Faisal was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, he advised clients in industry and in government on strategic, financial, and operational issues. Faisal also has investment banking experience with Goldman Sachs and CIBC World Markets. As an entrepreneur in the late 90s, he co-founded Main Street International, a company specializing in web page design/security and internet access services. Education: McGill University, B. Commerce, Finance. Interests: Faisal is an avid sportsman (ice hockey, alpine skiing, kayaking, cricket, hiking, soccer, squash). His family heritage is Indian, and he speaks English, French, and Hindi. |  |
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Maeve O'Meara, Associate, Highland Capital Partners Maeve is an Associate who centers her attention on Highland's healthcare investments. Prior to joining Highland, Maeve was a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company where she worked primarily in the healthcare and consumer products practice areas. While at Bain, Maeve advised clients on acquisitions and developed growth and go-to-market strategies across the U.S. and Europe. Maeve recently returned from Costa Rica where she spent six months working with a private hospital and the national health system. Education: University of Virginia, B.A., Economics. Interests: Maeve enjoys running, skiing and traveling. | |
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Charles Humphreyson, General Partner, HO2 Partners In 1985 Charlie and two associates founded Contact Software, the developer of the ACT! contact management system. Charlie helped develop the program code for ACT!, created the ACT! Certified Consultant distribution channel and served as company Vice President of Operations/Finance. In 1996 he co-founded Richman Bradley Holdings, a NASD registered securities broker/dealer and business advisory firm. He and Dan Owen formed HO2 in late 1997 and launched the HO2.1 Funds in December 1999. |  | |
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John Filla, Angel Investor, Houston Angel Network Mr. Filla has worked in several senior-level business development and management assignments with leading companies owned by GE, ABB and Invensys and has 15 years of worldwide experience in the construction and optimization of power, oil and gas production operations. In 2003 he founded Coastal LNG Partners Inc., a company charged with accelerating capital project development while introducing energy-sector companies to new markets and financing opportunities. Through the activities of VES Partners, John is active in the early-stage investment community and in the business of providing commercial services to startups. He is on the Board of Directors of presenting company Senscient Inc. and the 2007 Deal Flow Chairman for the Houston Angel Network. |  |
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Chris Kleinert, President, Hunt Investment Corporation, Hunt Ventures Chris Kleinert’s affiliation with Hunt Consolidated, Inc. began in 1996 as investment manager for Hunt Financial Corporation (which today is known as Hunt Private Equity Group). Today, Kleinert serves as president of Hunt Investment Corporation, which oversees and directs investments made by Hunt Investment Group, Hunt Special Situations Group, and Hunt Ventures. |  |
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Roger Liao , Vice President, Investments , iD Ventures America, LLC Mr. Roger Liao joined Acer Technology Ventures (ATV) in late 1998 and was a Partner and Vice President of Investments since 2000. Previously, Mr. Liao was in charge of the U.S. operation of Acer Neweb Corp, now Wistron Neweb, listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE: 6285). Prior to that, he was a consultant in sales and marketing, strategic alliance, investment, and business development between Silicon Valley and Asia. He helped co-founded ATronics in 1985 with customers including then PC Limited, now Dell Computer, and Axik Computer in 1990, earning over twenty Best Buy/Editor's Choice Awards in the two-year span with customers including federal and state governments. He also spent five years in engineering positions at STC/CRC, Ungermann-Bass and Sharp Taiwan. His experience covers engineering, manufacturing, business development, sales and marketing as well as venture investment. He is currently a Venture Partner and has involved with several companies as either a board director or advisor. He manages a few companies within which some focus on the Asia market with offices in China and Taiwan. His main interests are in areas such as semiconductors, display technology, broadband communications, wireless Internet and nanotechnology. |  |
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Nathan Baruch, Partner, IDT Ventures Nathan has joined IDT Ventures in January 2006. Previously as CEO of numerous start-up companies he was in charge of company’s growth from its “seed” stage to break even and profitable stage. He was the founder and owner of Natbar, an Israeli privately owned Business Development Company granting an array of services including business development and fund raising. Prior to that he was a co-founder and CEO of an International Trade Company representing various Israeli companies worldwide generating new accounts for manufacturers of consumer goods in the US and Europe. Prior to that he was a co-founder and SVP of Marketing of a joint subsidiary of Tadiran, Israel’s largest electronics company and Perceptronics-USA, a California based company. Prior to that he served 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces (Lt. Colonel) leading a multidiscipline team of R&D for the Armored Corp. He possesses more than 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and management of companies of diverse disciplines. Nathan holds a MA in Industrial Psychology from Bar-Ilan University, Israel and a PhD in Business Administration from Washington University. |  |
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Chip Austin, Partner, i-Hatch Ventures Chip has advised and built companies in the Technology and Media industries for his entire career. In addition to founding BOL.com, Bertelsmann’s E-commerce division, Chip was a member of the senior executive team leading the buyout and restructuring of Prodigy, and was a co-founder of McKinsey’s Interactive Practice, where he spent seven years advising Fortune 500 companies on their media strategies. Most recently, Chip was President and CEO of Bertelsmann Online, where he was responsible for building Bertelsmann’s global e-commerce business. Chip maintains an advisory and investor relationship with Bertelsmann Ventures, an independent venture capital fund capitalized by Bertelsmann. Chip also served as Acting CEO of European-based DealPilot.com, a Bertelsmann Ventures portfolio company. Prior to Bertelsmann, Chip was a member of the management-led buyout of Prodigy, where he was SVP of Sales and Business Development and General Manager of Prodigy's first Internet Service. Before joining Prodigy, Chip spent seven years at McKinsey in the Media and Interactive practices advising clients out of New York, Los Angeles, Australia and various European offices. While at McKinsey, as a co-founder of the Interactive Practice, Chip shaped the New Media strategies of the world's largest media companies in the fields of newspapers, magazines, yellow pages/classifieds, cable programming, network TV and film studio production. |  |
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Yale Brown, President, IMS Ventures Yale assists our portfolio companies with overall strategy, marketing and sales development. Yale has over 20 years of experience in marketing, strategic planning and information technology. Yale founded Intelligent Interactions Corporation in 1995, an Internet direct marketing technology company. He was the President and CEO until Intelligent Interactions was merged with 24/7 Media in 1998. After the merger, Yale served as Executive Vice President of Operations for 24/7 Media and was a member of the board of directors. Prior to founding Intelligent Interactions, Yale held several senior executive positions at Oracle Corporation. Most recently, he served as vice president of Oracle's Emerging Technologies Group, where he was responsible for systems integration and implementation of Oracle's interactive media technologies worldwide. Prior to joining Oracle, Yale held senior positions at Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Booz·Allen & Hamilton Inc. and was appointed a Federal Reserve Examiner for the Federal Reserve System. He holds a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, both from the George Washington University. Yale is the co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 6,026,368, "An On-Line Interactive System and Method for Providing Content and Advertising Information to a Targeted Set of Viewers." |  | |
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Paul Luce, Entrepreneur Director, Seattle/Northwest, Keiretsu Forum Paul, a native of Redmond, Washington, is a graduate of the University of Washington in Business Administration. He put himself through school and was the first member of both sides of his family to graduate college. Paul’s past experience includes stints at Morgan Stanley and Avanade. Paul’s passions include his marriage on August 30, 2007, walking his French Bulldog, exploring the city, working on golf, and his career. As Entrepreneur Director Paul is responsible for managing Keiretsu’s interactions with the entrepreneurs. This includes reviewing business plans of future presenters, preparing the current month’s presenters, interacting with past presenters in due diligence, and giving existing portfolio companies support. |  |
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Kevin Burns, Managing Principal, Lazard Technology Partners Mr. Burns is an LTP Managing Principal. Mr. Burns co-founded LTP with Russell E. Planitzer in 1998 and has since then headed LTP's Washington DC office. In addition to his LTP responsibilities, Mr. Burns is actively involved with the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association ("MAVA") since 1998. In January 2005, Mr. Burns was elected by the board of directors to a 3-year term as President of MAVA. From 1982 to 1996, Mr. Burns served in leadership positions at Intersolv, Inc., previously named Sage Software, a company he founded in 1982. Mr. Burns served as president and CEO until October 1996, at which time he became Chairman of the Board. Over this period, Intersolv, Inc. developed and launched market-leading software products in the application development and management space and raised venture capital from leading investors including New Enterprise Associates and JH Whitney. Mr. Burns was CEO of Intersolv, Inc. at the time of Intersolv's IPO in 1986. Subsequently, Intersolv, Inc. was acquired in 1998 by Microfocus, a publicly-traded UK company, in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $630 million. Mr. Burns has led LTP investments including SignalSoft, Inc., Compatible Systems Corp. and Terascape, Inc. Mr. Burns holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business finance from Ohio State University, and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado. Mr. Burns's areas of investment focus include infrastructure software and business process applications, with particular expertise in security, system software and internet-based applications. |  |
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Thomas Penn, General Partner, Meridian Venture Partners Mr. Penn is a General Partner of the Meridian Venture Funds and has over 15 years of experience in starting, managing, and financing high growth companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Before joining Meridian Venture Partners as a General Partner, he served as a Partner at Boston Millennia Partners, a $600 million private equity firm. From 1994 to 1998, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Tektagen, Inc., a leading contract services organization which provides a wide range of services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Immediately prior to joining Tektagen, Mr. Penn was President of Independence Ventures, Inc. a firm that specialized in starting and growing high potential, technology based companies. Earlier in his career he held a variety of positions in industry and venture capital. He has been on the founding team of three biotechnology firms. He is immediate past President of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association and recently served as Co-Chair of Pennsylvania's Technology 21 Biotechnology Network. |  |
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Patrick Bond, Partner, Mountaineer Capital Mr. Bond joined McCabe-Henley Properties LP as Managing Director in early 1998, bringing a wealth of experience in finance, administration, strategic planning, general management, and Management Information Systems. Previously, he owned/operated an independent consulting practice, Growth Management Group, specializing in the areas of Business Environment Assessments, new product development, investment and financial analysis and strategic planning. Prior to that Mr. Bond was president of a natural gas marketing company and was President & CEO of Atlantic Financial Federal, a $750 million savings and loan institution and all its business units. Mr. Bond graduated from West Virginia University where he received his Master's and Bachelor's Degrees in Industrial Engineering. |  | |
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Matthew P. Barach , Owner and Principal, MPB Investment Matthew P. Barach is the owner and principal of the Barach Companies, a real estate investment company. Mr. Barach received his Bachelors degree from Clark University, and his law degree from The University of California. | |
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David Rose, Angel Investor, New York Angels David S. Rose is an entrepreneurial executive and investor with extensive experience in high technology and communications, angel investing, finance and government. He was named by Inc. magazine to the 1998 Inc 500 list as CEO of one of the fastest growing private companies in America. During the course of his career, Mr. Rose has been responsible for raising tens of millions of dollars as an entrepreneur, and investing millions more as an angel. He has supervised the creation of an intellectual property portfolio of issued patents appraised at over $100 million and negotiated both domestic and international corporate mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rose is the Founding Chairman of the Board of New York Angels, Inc., the leading angel investment consortium in New York City. Through his investment fund, Rose Tech Ventures, he provides capital and management expertise to promising early stage companies. |  |
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Howard Morgan, Partner (and Angel Investor), First Round Capital (and NY Angels) Howard Lee Morgan is President of Arca Group Inc. in Villanova, PA, a Director of Idealab the Pasadena, CA based creator and operator of internet companies, where was a founding investor in 1996 and served as President of idealab! New York, a partner with First Round Capital, and a member of the New York Angels. He received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1968, and a B.S. in physics from City College of the City University of New York in 1965. He is helping to nurture a number of Idealab companies, including CarsDirect.com, the leading internet seller of automobiles, Partsearch, providing back end solutions for finding parts in the electronics field, Evolution Robotics, Enery Innovations, Newbury Networks and Picasa, Inc., offering digital photography acessing and sharing solutions. |  |
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Maria Gotsch, CEO and President, New York City Investment Fund Maria is the President and CEO at the New York City Investment Fund and also serves as President of the Fund's Civic Capital Corporation, which manages the Fund's charitable investments. Prior to joining the Fund in 1999, Maria was a Managing Director at BT Wolfensohn (now part of Deutsche Bank), providing strategic and financial advice related to mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and the development of business strategies. Before starting with Wolfensohn, Maria worked at LaSalle Partners in the New York area and for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York and London. Maria has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Wellesley College. |  |
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Robert Brill, Managing Partner, Newlight Associates Mr. Brill is a founding Managing Partner of Newlight Associates and was previously a General Partner of PolyVentures, venture capital funds whose principal investment focus was on early stage investments in technology companies. Before joining PolyVentures, Mr. Brill was a successful "turn around" CEO at two technology companies, Algorex Corporation and Sipex Corporation. Previously, Mr. Brill served as General Manager of Harris Corporation's CMOS Semiconductor Division, where he was responsible for launching the world's first two commercial 16-bit CMOS microprocessors. From 1972 to 1980 he was employed by the IBM Corporation where he held various positions in engineering and management. Mr. Brill was a founding member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. Mr. Brill holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University and a B.A. and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University, both with honors. Mr. Brill holds multiple patents and invention disclosures. |  |
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Robert Wilson, Principal Owner, North Sea Ventures Robert A. Wilson is Chairman, CEO & President of Sea Holdings, Ltd. He has led a distinguished career as manager and developer of companies; he has twenty years experiences in the business and financial world. Mr. Wilson has worked with many companies in many industries in many stages of development. Mr. Wilson has spent time as a professor of Finance at both the Brentwood and Southampton campus’s of Long Island University, as well as the Riverhead and Selden Campus of Suffolk County Community College. Mr. Wilson holds a degree of Associates in Applied Science in Business Administration from Suffolk County Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Management of the Sports Industries from the University of New Haven and a Master of Science in Finance and Financial Services from the University of New Haven. |  | |
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Scott Nissenbaum, Partner, PA Early Stage Partners Mr. Nissenbaum joined PA Early Stage in 1998. He developed his financial and analytical skills as a co-founder and Vice President of Quaker State Mortgage Corporation. Quaker State Mortgage Corporation is a commercial mortgage banking operation that provides debt restructuring and financing for distressed commercial properties throughout the US. During his tenure, the company achieved annual growth rates of over 100 percent. While building the operations for Quaker State, Mr. Nissenbaum served as an adjunct faculty member in the Management Information Systems department of St. Joseph's University, focusing on business software applications. His responsibilities included instruction of five sections of undergraduates and continuing education students using software applications for business. He was named one of PhillyTech Magazine's "30 under 30 to Watch in 2000," and named in the Philadelphia Business Journal's "40 under 40 to Watch in 2001." Mr. Nissenbaum is currently on the Boards of Directors of Mobility Technologies, EZ Prints, and Fortera, and is an observer to the Boards of Directors of eDuction, RenuitNow, and Haley Enterprise. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group and as a mentor and judge for the Wharton, Drexel, and Temple Venture Fairs. |  |
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Martin A. Stever, Principal, Pacific West Land, LLC Martin had previously worked in publishing and telecommunications in both the U.S. and Europe before taking up real estate investing full time. He originally came to the Seattle area to join Microsoft, after completing his MBA in Finance and Strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Martin is an aviation historian, angel investor, and a tireless football fan. He lives on Bainbridge Island with his wife of eleven years, Dianne, and their daughter. |  |
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Himanshu Choksi, Managing Director, Pacifica Fund Himanshu Choksi brings to Pacifica over eighteen years of experience in general management, product development, marketing, and new venture development in the internet, communications, and semiconductor industries. Prior to co-founding Pacifica, Himanshu co-founded two startups and held senior management positions in several private and public companies. |  | |
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Arthur Klausner, Partner, Pappas Ventures Arthur joined Pappas in 2005 as a Partner. From 1990 through February 2004, he was with Domain Associates, a venture capital firm specializing in life sciences companies, serving as a General Partner from 1997 through 2004. During that time, he was a board member of Domain portfolio companies such as Santarus (IPO in 2004), X-Ceptor (acquired by Exelixis), and Altea Therapeutics, and he was a board observer for Peninsula Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Johnson & Johnson). Previously, Arthur spent six years at Bio/Technology magazine (now Nature Biotechnology), where as Senior Editor he researched and prepared over 200 articles concerning scientific and business aspects of applied biology. |  |
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Divya Gugnani, Vice President, FirstMark Capital (formerly Pequot Ventures) Divya Gugnani, a Vice President, joined Pequot Ventures in 2006, where she focuses on information technology investments. Previously, Ms. Gugnani was at Millennium Technology Ventures, where she made secondary direct investments in information technology and software companies. Prior to Millennium, Divya was an associate at iFormation Group, a joint venture between The Boston Consulting Group, General Atlantic Partners, and Goldman Sachs. iFormation Group partnered with leading Global 2000 enterprises to acquire, develop, and build new businesses. At iFormation, she worked on several financings for site59, a web-based travel site, and the eventual sale of the business to Travelocity. Divya also engaged in the operational build of ipValue, an intellectual property commercialization firm, and provided the management team with ongoing strategic, financial, and recruiting guidance. Prior to joining iFormation Group, Divya was an associate at Investcorp International, a premier source of private equity capital for companies in North America and Europe. At Investcorp, she executed leveraged transactions across a wide array of industries. Divya was also responsible for equity and debt transactions for CSK Auto, a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts and accessories. Divya began her professional career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on mergers & acquisitions in both the High Technology and Real Estate industry groups. Divya received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. She also holds a degree from the French Culinary Institute. Divya serves on the Board of Directors of Superior Access Insurance Services and Swingtide. |  |
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Richard Irving, Managing Partner, Pond Venture Partners Based in Silicon Valley, Richard has over twenty years experience in venture capital, business management, marketing and engineering in technology companies including Pond, AT&T Bell Labs, Advanced Micro Devices, Brooktree, and Irving International. Starting as a chip designer at Bell Labs, and strategic marketing manager at AMD, Richard later managed three business units at Brooktree with full P&L responsibility. These grew from as small as $1M up to $90M. Richard has been involved in over $400 million worth of deals, including two initial public offerings, several acquisitions, and many private financings. Co-founder of Pond, Richard serves as Director of Transitive,picoChip, and Nanotech. Richard has a B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Manchester University. |  |
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Robin Hacke, Founder, Portview Communications Partners Robin Hacke, Founder and Member of the Investment Committee, has been active in high technology since 1986 as a director, manager, investor and advisor to numerous companies. An American executive with a broad international perspective, Ms. Hacke brings to Portview a unique combination of entrepreneurial, operating and financial experience. |  |
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E. Boyan Josic, Managing Member, Privatas Equity Holdings LLC Mr. Josic is a results-driven executive with more than ten years experience in conceptualizing, launching and managing startup companies. As the Founder and Managing Member of both Privatas Equity Holdings and Incubation Group LLC, he provides the vision and foresight to guide these companies to swift growth and profitability. Both firms focus on private equity and venture capital and, under Mr. Joscis’s direction, have accumulated an expanding and impressive array of global-wide holdings which Mr. Josic oversees, offering strategic and tactical direction. Mr. Josic has a proven track record in successful business building with particular strengths in acquisitions, investment banking, and conceiving and identifying new business development opportunities. Previously, Mr. Josic was the Co-Founder and President of BOSSdev, Inc., an IT consulting company with locations in the United States, Europe and India. |  |
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Alexander Rhea, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Pyramid Technology Ventures Alexander is a proven CEO and repeat entrepreneur who came to venture capital 10 years ago. From 1995 to 2000, Alex successfully led the development of the US investment practice at Part�Com, an $800 million VC firm based in Paris, by being an early investor in companies such as Phone.com, InterWAVE, Signalsoft and Be. Earlier in his career, Alex was hired by GET Capital, a private equity fund, as a turnaround CEO for one of its portfolio companies. Alex�s management skills were first proven when he was CEO of Birkmayer USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of LaborBirkmayer. Alex is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Adomos (Alternext: ALADO) and Transatel, and Board observer at Ingenio and Sylantro. He holds a BS degree in Engineering from Catholic University (Washington, DC) and an MBA degree from HEC (Paris). |  |
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Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner, Rho Ventures Prior to joining Rho in 1993, Habib worked in investment banking and leveraged buyout in New York with Reich & Co. and Jesup & Lamont. He received an MBA from Columbia University. His current and recent board seats include: Avolent, Cesura, Innerwireless, Intralinks, iVillage, Sereniti, Tripod, Waterfront Media and Yantra. Habib is Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners and Rho Ventures and serves on the investment committees of Rho Fund Investors and Rho Private Equity. |  |
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Joshua Eudowe, Managing Director, Santa Monica Partners Josh is both a research analyst and co-manager of Santa Monica Partners, LP and Santa Monica Partners Opportunity Fund, LP. Josh has been directly involved with corporate managements, assisting them in growing specific business segments. He is credited for the development of Santa Monica Partners Opportunity Fund, L.P. Prior to joining Santa Monica Partners in 1999, Josh founded Stonebridge Venture Group, a consulting firm that advised both seed and early stage companies in areas of market research, financial analysis, capital raising, strategic development, product positioning, board assemblage, and marketing. |  |
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Susan Sigl, General Partner, SeaPoint Ventures Susan co-founded SeaPoint Ventures in July 1997. She is involved in all aspects of the Firm's venture capital activities including deal-flow generation, review of proposals, due diligence, deal structuring and portfolio management. Susan is also actively involved in public relations, investor relations and the management of the firm's financial and administrative functions. Susan began her career at Price Waterhouse in Houston, Texas. She subsequently held financial executive positions in several privately held, entrepreneurial companies in both Houston and Seattle. Susan is actively involved in Northwest organizations. She was the past President of the Evergreen Venture Capital Association and an originating Board member for the Northwest Chapter of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. Susan has been a long-standing mentor in the University of Washington's MBA Mentor Program and was previously an Advisory Board member of Seattle University's Entrepreneurship Center. Susan is a Board Director of Entomo, Inc. Susan served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of SNAPin Software, Inc. and remains a financial advisor to SNAPin. Susan is the active Interim Chief Financial Officer of ZenZui, Inc. Susan received both her BA and MBA from the University of Washington. |  |
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Elad Yoran, CEO and Founder, Security Growth Partners Elad Yoran is the CEO and founder of Security Growth Partners, a private equity fund focused on investments in homeland security solutions. Prior to founding SGP, Mr. Yoran co-founded, managed, and led Riptech, Inc. (Riptech), a leading managed security services provider. Ernst & Young recognized Mr. Yoran for his success with the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2001. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: "SYMC") acquired Riptech for $145 million in 2002, ranking in the top 2% in transaction value of all technology merger and acquisition transactions of that year. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Yoran served as Vice President, Global Business Development at Symantec. Prior to Riptech, Mr. Yoran served as Vice President at Broadview International, an investment bank that focuses on mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry. Mr. Yoran is a MBA graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a BS with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. |  |
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Don Carson, Principal, Sentient Ventures Don Carson, age 37, is a seasoned executive bringing operational expertise and vision specific to the software services infrastructure arena. He has extensive experience and achievements in executive leadership with a broad base of expertise and successes in strategic, corporate and business development, sales, services, and marketing for Fortune 500 companies and start-up organizations. Don served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of K|16 Solutions. Don's vision and direction improved the company image, increased sales, and led to two rounds of venture funding. Don has worked as a Venture Consultant with a leading venture capital firm, Pacesetter Capital Group, conducting due-diligence on start-up companies investment opportunities. Don co-founded and served as the Vice President of Corporate Development for Blom Wireless, Inc. As co-founder of Blom Wireless Inc., Don developed the business plan, validated the wireless market opportunity, and sought venture funding. Prior to Blom Wireless, Inc., Don served as Director of Business Development for 724 Solutions, formerly Tantau Software. Prior to 724 Tantau Software, Don held executive positions with industry leaders like Tivoli Systems/IBM, Compuware, and 3Com. |  |
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Eliezer Manor, Angel Investor, Shirat Enterprises Ltd. Eliezer spent 13 years of experience in military R&D: Electro-Optics, Night Vision, Fire control, Special Forces; 5 years of experience in hi-tech entrepreneurship: night vision for Military and Para-military applications; and 5 years of experience as Angel Investor in hi-tech start-up companies. He Founded and managed 2 Venture Capital (VC) Funds: in Israel and Silicon Valley. Eliezer Represents large multinational companies for identification of novel technologies in Israel. He is a Board member in private and public companies; a Lecturer: hi-tech and VC in Israel and abroad; a Venture Philanthropist on Community related activities. He is Founder and Board Member of the Israel Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. He has consulted foreign Governments on establishment of hitech and venture capital industries. Mr. Manor is a board member of Trans Balkan Fund – Private Equity Fund active in Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. Recently he was appointed member of the Executive Steering Committee of the China Venture Capital Forum. |  |
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Jeanne Sullivan, Partner, StarVest Partners Jeanne has had an email address since 1980. She is proud of being part of the technology revolution over the last 24 years and working with some of the world’s greatest high tech companies. Jeanne likes to say, “I have participated in some of the most successful companies of our times, seen great CEO’s and teams in action and learned how to and how not to build a great company...” She represents StarVest on the boards of Tibersoft, BlueStreak, Blazent, Mazu Networks, and Roving Planet. Prior to StarVest, Jeanne's 27-year business career includes 24 years in the information technology field and fourteen years in the venture capital business as a Managing Director for Olivetti Ventures and 4C Ventures, captive funds of Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. These U.S.-based funds invested in 40 early and growth-stage information technology companies. From 1981 to 1990, Jeanne was with AT&T and was the Product Director for a Bell Laboratories internal venture business unit. From 1971 to 1978, she was with Bozell Worldwide, in business marketing and production director roles. Bringing a full grasp of the issues facing companies today, Jeanne contributes in the areas of marketing, channel development, product direction and strategic participation in the exit strategies of technology companies. She helped build the New York New Media Angel Investors Program and served as Chair of the selection program. Jeanne is also a member of the Women in New Media, the MIT Enterprise Forum and is active with the NRDC, an environmental lobbyist group. Golf, travel, politics and sports are Jeanne’s passion when not reading business plans. She is a frequent guest lecturer on the subject of investing in technology companies. She holds a BS from the University of Illinois and a JD from Creighton University. |  |
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Brian Model, Managing Director, NY, Stonehenge Growth Capital Mr. Model is responsible for Stonehenge Capital's Early Stage and Start-Up investment activities in New York State. Stonehenge currently has 10 active Early Stage and Start-Up portfolio companies in New York. He has been with the firm since 2001. Mr. Model currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lumetrics, PixFusion, Lorica Solutions, Knovel (observer), Medidata Solutions (observer) and iCardiac Technologies (observer). Prior to joining Stonehenge, Mr. Model spent 12 years in the retail industry as Founder of a men’s sportswear e-tailer, Vice President and Merchandise Manager of an upscale multi-store apparel retailer in New Jersey and as a graduate of the Macy's Executive Training Program in San Francisco. Mr. Model received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University. He has an MBA with Honors from Columbia Business School. |  |
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Nicola Corzine , Deal Manager, The Band of Angels Nicola Corzine is deal manger for the Band of Angels; she is also the founder and executive director of Financing Partners, an organization offering specific programs designed to help entrepreneurs and investors reach their mutual objectives. Nicola has a broad background in investor relations and marketing at both startup companies, such as Digital Integrity, and financial institutions, including Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to joining Financing Partners, she was the director for Fundraising Forum where she grew their Silicon Valley investor base from 300 to over 1,000. |  |
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Pamy J.S. Arora , Executive Vice President, The Cornell Group Mr. Arora is Executive Vice President with The Cornell Group with more than 20 years of experience. Until recently and over nine years he was a Principal with Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. - one of the world’s largest management consulting firms - and was responsible for their business in restructuring and privatization of ports and other transportation enterprises worldwide. He has successfully assisted in attracting investments to and completing several Build Own Operate (BOO) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) deals for newly privatized ports and other transport enterprises. Mr. Arora is currently advising a consortium of major industrial conglomerates in Korea about determining the feasibility of a $2.3 billion greenfield port project, and making the project bankable. Mr. Arora is currently advising the governments of India, Guatemala and Georgia privatize the major ports in each country. Mr. Arora has recently advised a consortium of US, German and Russian investors define the value of and acquire the majority shares in a major port in Russia. He is currently the principal advisor to the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka on determining the value of a $ 600 million privatization BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) transaction for the port of Colombo. |  | |
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Chris Starr, VP of Investments / Founder, The Science Center / The MAG Fund Mr. Starr is responsible for the management of Science Center Capital, a venture capital fund targeting seed and early-stage technology and life science investments in the Greater Philadelphia region. Additionally, Mr. Starr is the Executive Director and Founder of the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group Fund, I L.P. (MAG), the largest angel group and first structured angel fund in the Mid-Atlantic region. The MAG Fund has over $4.4 million under management and includes 89 institutional and individual accredited investors Mr. Starr is responsible for all aspects of administration and operations of the Fund and is the primary contact for both entrepreneurs and the funding community for the fund's membership. Most recently, he was the Managing Director and Vice President of Investments at Innovation Philadelphia, where he was responsible for all of the company's investment programs. His responsibilities include executing economic stimulus investments, attracting new companies to the region, evaluating potential investment opportunities, performing due diligence, negotiating and structuring investments, and working with portfolio company management teams to execute their strategies. Previously, Mr. Starr was also a Principal of Lenfest Capital, LLC, a venture capital fund based in Philadelphia, PA that invests nationally in early stage companies in the media, cable and communications industries as well as in other venture capital and buyout funds. Prior to joining Lenfest Capital, he was an Associate at the Eastern Technology Fund, a venture fund for promising seed-stage Internet and technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region and a feeder fund to PA Early Stage, an affiliated private equity fund of Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE). |  |
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Christian Mayaud, Founder, The Verticom Group Chris has extensive healthcare, technology, and operating experience managing companies from their start-up through their growth phases. Chris has a track record as an aggressive company builder and market entry strategist. In the late 1980's, Chris combined his proficiency and commitment to medicine with his background in engineering to develop clinical communication tools dedicated to empowering physicians in the practice of medicine. Chris founded several physician-centric healthcare companies headquartered in Westchester, NY (including Physicians’ Online, Inc., Med-E-Systems Corporation, Advanced Health Corporation, and vPORT). Chris founded The Verticom Group in 1996 and works closely with numerous healthcare and non-healthcare portfolio companies. A board-certified internist, bioengineer, and physicist, Chris received his clinical training at Columbia, Hahnemann, Mt. Sinai, and Lenox Hill hospitals. |  |
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Tyler Wick, Principal, Ticonderoga Capital Mr. Wick co-founded Ticonderoga and has over nine years of industry tenure including seven years of private equity experience. His private equity experience includes being an Associate at Dillon Read Venture Capital. Previously, Mr. Wick was an Associate in the healthcare practice of the investment-banking group of Advest, Inc., where he focused on private placements and mergers and acquisitions for middle market healthcare services companies. Prior to Advest, he was a consultant with the Mentor Group, an international legal consulting firm. Mr. Wick is a member of the Board of Directors of PPOnext and Astoria Software. Mr. Wick received a B.A. degree Cum Laude from Amherst College. |  | |
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Michael Biggee, Vice President, Trident Capital Michael Biggee joined Trident Capital in 2005 and is a Vice President in the Westport office. Prior to Trident, Michael was a Senior Associate at Dolphin Equity Partners where from 2001 to 2005 he focused on investments in emerging marketing, wireless and enterprise software companies. Previously, Michael worked with Merrill Lynch as an investment banker in their Global Technology Group focusing on initial public offerings within the Internet marketing, e-commerce, IP television and semiconductor industries. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Michael worked as a Research and Development Engineer and Manufacturing Systems Engineer for Procter & Gamble and General Mills, Inc. Michael earned his Master of Engineering degree from Cornell University, graduating with honors. He also holds a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell, magna cum laude. |  |
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Alex Osadzinski, Venture Partner, Trinity Ventures Alex has over 20 years' experience in computer systems and software sales, marketing, engineering and general management. He began his career in the UK at two software startups, was AT&T's European Sales Manager for its UNIX products and then started and managed Sun's marketing function in Europe. He held a number of management positions at Sun in the US, including VP Markets & Product Strategy. After general management positions at Grass Valley Group (Tektronix) he was VP Sales & Marketing at Be. More recently, he was VP Marketing at Vitria Technology and CEO of Katmango. |  |
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John Burke, General Partner, True Venture Partners John’s passion for building and growing companies began 20 years ago during his days as an engineer for a startup in Oakland, California. As the fourth employee, it was as clear to him then as it is now that it is all about the team. The guiding principle of team has stayed with him throughout his career – first on the programming team in California, then as an engineer for Bechtel Power in San Francisco, and ultimately as a venture investor. However, nowhere was the team principle more important to him than when he started his software company. John lived through the balancing act of building his own company at BMI Software. There, the constant challenges of deciding who to hire and when to hire them, who to partner with and (of equal importance) who not to partner with fostered essential values that he carries with him today. The overarching importance of working with the right team has been seared into John’s professional life and investing philosophy. For a startup, there are no more important decisions than partnering – whether in business development, selecting the right venture investor, or hiring and firing employees. Having lived through those decisions and having made the mistakes that can be so painful, John is able to guide his portfolio companies through the difficult times with a deftness that only those years of operating experience bring. Equally important as partners and employees of a startup are the partners in a venture firm. Phil Black and John Burke have been partners since 1999, when they both joined ABS Ventures. Having worked together that long, there is an implicit trust that only years together can build. Phil Black and Jon Callaghan have either worked together or invested together for almost 15 years. These bonds that hold the True partnership together have taken years to forge, and the results of which are evident in the partner interaction and woven into the fabric of the firm. Degrees: BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley, BA degree in Economics from U.C. Santa Cruz, MBA degree from Harvard Business School |  |
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Irvin Barash, President, Vencon Management, Inc. Mr. Barash has close to four decades of comprehensive experience regarding venture capital and entrepreneurism. Mr. Barash holds an MBA from the Columbia University Business School and a chemical engineering degree from Drexel University. As President of Vencon, a venture capital firm, Mr. Barash has created numerous high technology ventures. He has a broad experience in the growth of enterprises and advises on the complexities and implementation of long range business planning and the management of company growth particularly those firms experiencing high growth, which are usually vulnerable to improper asset deployment. He has acted as chairman of industrial companies. Vencon has been involved in renewable energy, electronics materials and semiconductors since the early 1980’s. In other affiliations, Mr.Barash was an executive in strategic planning and M&A activities with industrial companies including W.R. Grace and EBS Industries, which owned subsidiaries in electric power, chemicals, and engineering construction. Barash was Director of Planning of BASF, a $40 billion manufacturing business. At Belco Petroleum Company, an international petroleum and coal producer, Barash was Assistant to the President. During the early 1970’s, Barash was Director of Economic Studies for the Price Commission, a White House initiative to stabilize pricing. |  |
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Steve Eskenazi, Managing Director, WaldenVC Steve is currently a Managing Director of WaldenVC II LP and Walden Media & Information Technology LP. He joined Walden from Alex. Brown, where he worked for seven years as a Managing Director and founder of Alex. Brown's New Media Group. At Alex. Brown, he was directly involved in financing and sponsoring a wide range of media technology companies. In addition to leading America Online's IPO, Alex. Brown handled the public offerings and private placements of BBN, Broderbund Software, CBT Systems, Creative Technology, Electronic Arts, GartnerGroup, Gemstar International, InfoSeek, Lycos, Macromedia, and Sylvan Learning Systems, among others. In both 1995 and 1996, Steve was selected by The Wall Street Journal as an All-Star software analyst and stock picker, ranking #1 in 1995 (with a 90%+ return) and #5 in 1996 (with a 130% return). Prior to Alex. Brown, he began his career in 1985 working for IBM as a marketing representative. Steve is Chairman of the Board of Apollo International and a member of the Board of Directors of BlueLithium, Cybertrust, Real Girls Media, and Iconoculture. Steve received his Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics with Honors from Union College. |  |
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David Suzuki, Partner, Worldview Technology Partners David manages Worldview’s business development activities. He provides strategic advice to Worldview’s portfolio companies on both international strategy and U.S. channel partnerships. David often travels to Japan, Korea, China and the U.K. to help Worldview’s business development teams promote new products and technologies with international customers. David has spent over 15 years in international business, and he lived in Asia for six years. Prior to Worldview, David held positions at JAFCO America, Ernst & Young Japan and Lehman Brothers Japan. During this time, David was responsible for emerging business lines in Japan, Germany, China and Singapore. At Worldview, David’s work has helped generate revenues internationally for companies such as Commverge, Cosine, Force10, IntruVert, Mirapoint, Movaz, and Reactrix. David holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. |  |
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Cathi Hatch, President and CEO, ZINO Society Prior to founding ZINO Society, Cathi Hatch has held executive roles and consulted in the restaurant business for over twenty-five years, including her work as director of operations for Schwartz Brothers Restaurants and regional vice president for Restaurants Unlimited, Inc. She currently holds positions on a number of for-profit and nonprofit boards including Zones, Inc.; Pacific Continental Bank; Pacific Northwest Ballet; YMCA, PONCHO and the United Way of King County. |  |
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