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Bob Dorf, General Partner, 1to1 Venture Partners As recently retired founding CEO of Peppers and Rogers Group, the preeminent CRM consulting practice, Dorf is considered a leading strategist in the field of Customer Relationship Management. Bob recently switched careers becoming a General Partner in Marketing 1to1 ® Ventures, a $100-million private equity venture capital firm he co-founded to invest in early-stage companies delivering CRM tools, technologies, and implementation. Previously, Dorf spent two decades as founder and CEO of Dorf & Stanton Communications, a top communications and public relations firm. |  | |
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Allan Ferguson, Managing Director - East Coast, 3i Allan Ferguson has been part of 3i since 1986 and helped to start the US operation in 1999. While specializing in software investments, he also has extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector, with a primary interest in drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, bioinformatics and medical devices. Allan heads the Waltham office and currently serves on the Board of deNovis, Digital 5 and TransMedics.Allan is a member of a number of associations including NEVCA and NACD. He joined the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in 2002 and also serves on its Research and Outreach Committees. |  |
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Roger Liao, Vice President, Investments, Acer Technology Ventures Roger Liao, Vice President, Investments, Acer Technology Ventures Mr. Liao is currently a Partner and Vice President of Investments at Acer Technology Ventures. Before joining Acer Technology Ventures, Mr. Liao was the Senior Executive of Acer's wireless datacomm operation in the U.S. Prior to that, he was a consultant in sales and marketing, strategic alliance, investment, and business development between Silicon Valley and Asia. Mr. Liao was an entrepreneur. He is active in cross-Pacific investments. Roger holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, and an MSEE from RPI, Troy, New York. |  |
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Pyramyth Liu, Vice President, Investments, Acer Technology Ventures Mr. Liu is a Partner and Vice President of investments at Acer Technology Ventures America (ATV). In addition to his executive management background in operating roles, he helps develop startups in the e-commerce, internet security, enterprise software, and the wireless industry market place. | | |
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Crichton Brown, Managing Director, Advantage Capital Partners Mr. Brown joined Advantage Capital Partners in 1994. His main focus is the development of investment opportunities for the firm, specializing in telecommunications, life sciences, information management, and energy related sectors. Prior to joining Advantage Capital Partners, Mr. Brown was Vice President of Corporate Development for The Reily Companies, Inc., a private holding company. He also served as the general partner of a private merchant banking fund. In 1998, Mr. Brown was presented an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for being a supporter of entrepreneurship. | ||
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Tom Johnston, Managing Director, Alexander Hutton Venture Partners Tom Johnston is a managing director of AHVP, a director for NetMotion Wireless and Max-Viz. He is another of AHVP's technology experts, who held several senior marketing positions with Microsoft Corporation between 1990 and 1998. Most recently, as a group product manager for Microsoft, Tom led the team responsible for marketing the Windows desktop platform and Internet Explorer-including XML-to developers and Web professionals. Previously, he was lead program manager for Microsoft's Internet security product unit. |  |
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John Ason, , Angel Investor John Ason is an angel investor specializing in early stage pre-revenue companies, usually consisting of one or two people working out of a kitchen or garage. He has made thirteen investments in the areas of e-commerce, 3D technology, internet publishing, smart labels, advertising and entertainment/media. Prior to being an angel investor, he was at AT&T Bell Labs for over 25 years. The first half of his career was devoted to software and technology development. The second half of his career was devoted to marketing and business management of large software projects sold by AT&T to foreign telephone companies. |  |
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George Middlemas, General Partner, Apex Venture Partners George Middlemas is a general partner whose investment activities focus on the telecommunications, software, and information technology industries. George joined Apex in 1991 and has been involved in the venture capital industry since 1979. Prior to joining Apex, he was a senior vice president and principal with Inco Venture Capital Management and a vice president and member of the investment committee with Citicorp Venture Capital. He was instrumental in the founding of America Online and Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. |  | |
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Bernice Bradin, Senior Partner, Argo Global Capital Prior to joining Argo Global Capital, Ms. Bradin was a Partner with Advent International Corp., one of the world's largest private equity investment firms with more than US $6 billion under management, where she focused on investments in Canada and the Pacific Rim. Prior to joining Advent, Ms. Bradin ran her own consulting firm for three years, working with small companies that had experienced financial difficulties and needed restructuring. Ms. Bradin has been in the venture capital industry since 1980, when she joined Schooner Capital Corp. in Boston, where she was responsible for a 10-company portfolio. |  | |
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Matt Fates, Principal, Ascent Venture Partners Matt has six years of experience working with high-ground technology companies in New England. Prior to joining Ascent, Matt worked in business development at Gold Wire Technology, a network configuration management software company. Before Gold Wire, Matt spent two years as an Investment Analyst at Norwest Venture Partners. He also worked in technology investment banking at Alex. Brown & Sons, where he helped execute both equity and M&A transactions. |  |
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Peter Chu, Managing Partner, Asia Tech Ventures Peter is responsible for AsiaTech's US operations - overseeing investments and maintaining our visibility and presence in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining AsiaTech in 1998, Peter co-founded two companies. He served as the President and Executive Producer of Channel A, an Internet content and commerce start-up and he was also a co-founder and Marketing Director at Envive Corporation. Before that, Peter worked at Verity Corporation as Product Manager. Peter also worked for Oracle Corporation in key management roles in product marketing and to develop the companies international business. Peter holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA and an MBA from Harvard Business School, USA |  |
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Ed Olkkola, General Partner, Hardware, Austin Ventures Ed Olkkola joined Austin Ventures in 1998 and focuses on hardware investing. Prior to joining the firm, he was with Compaq Computer Corp, serving as vice president and general manager of the communications division. Prior to his operating role, he was vice president of business development and strategic technology planning at Compaq. Before joining Compaq, Ed spent 10 years with the Motorola Information Systems Group in a variety of engineering, marketing, strategy and finance roles. |  |
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Dan Aweida, General Partner, Aweida Capital Management Dan Aweida joined the firm as a managing partner in 1991 and currently focuses on software and infrastructure related businesses. Dan holds board positions at several of Aweida's portfolio companies including Benchmark Storage Innovations, YouKnowBest, Inc., TurnLeaf Solutions, and OneRealm, Inc. He works individually with these companies to help them grow strategically into profitable investments. His goal is to support portfolio companies without interfering with their day-to-day operations. Dan's newest personal venture is a high-performance tuning business that focuses on European automobiles. |  |
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Ian Patrick Sobieski, Managing Director, Band of Angels Ian Sobieski is a founder and managing director of the Band of Angels Fund, L.P.; he has been with the Band of Angels since 1997. Prior to joining the Band, Ian served in technical and business roles at a variety of startups in the electronic design, enterprise software, and internet spaces. Ian serves on the Board of Directors of three privately held companies and is an active advisor to several others. He has a Ph.D. in Aeronautics from Stanford University, a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Virginia Tech, and is the author of several technical publications. |  |
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Morgan Jones, General Partner, Battery Ventures Morgan joined Battery in 1996 and focuses broadly on investments in the advanced technology and communications markets. His investment areas of interest range from communications infrastructure and semiconductor components to analytical instrumentation for laboratory applications. From 1992 to 1996, Morgan was an Officer in the US Air Force where he led two "startup" product efforts. In this role, he gained product management experience in data communication, wireless communication, software, and client/server architectures. |  |
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Geraldine Alias, Associate, Battery Ventures Geraldine joined Battery in 2002 and focuses on media, e-commerce, and communications investments. Prior to joining Battery, she worked at McKinsey & Company’s Silicon Valley office, where she provided strategic and operational advice to telecommunications and enterprise software companies. Geraldine also co-wrote IP!, a joint McKinsey and JP Morgan industry report analyzing the Internet’s disruption of the telecom services industry. | |
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Oliver Curme, General Partner, Battery Ventures Ollie joined Battery in 1985 and focuses on investments in software and computing. Some of his investments include Aurum Software (acquired by Baan Company), Chordiant Software, Fingerhut, HNC Software, Infoseek, Netezza, OutlookSoft Corporation, and Pixelworks. Prior to joining Battery, Ollie was a lending officer in the High Technology Division of First National Bank of Boston. He holds a BS from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. | |
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Michael Majors, Vice President, BEV Capital Prior to joining BEV in 2000, Mike worked as a Project Leader for the Boston Consulting Group. He also previously served as VP of Product Development for Cognective, an early-stage company focused on developing website navigation technology. Mike received his BSE from Princeton University and his PhD in Engineering from Cambridge University. |  |
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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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Wil Priester, Managing Director and CFO, Blue Water Capital Mr. Priester is a Managing Director for Blue Water Strategic Fund I, L.L.C., Blue Water Venture Fund II, L.L.C., Blue Water Venture Fund III, L.L.C., and Blue Water Capital Prosperity Fund, L.L.C. Prior to joining Blue Water Capital, Mr. Priester had ten years experience in accounting and financial management, planning and analysis. His areas of expertise include audits, development of financial models for company valuation, design and implementation of internal controls for production management and cost analysis, strategic planning and information systems. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Priester was employed by MedImmune, Inc., first as Accounting Manager and subsequently as Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis. |  |
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