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Dixon Doll: Co-Founder & General Partner
DCM; For more than 35 years, Dixon has influenced and guided entrepreneurs, investors and executives in the computer and communications industries. In recognition of his accomplishments in venture capital, Dixon was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 venture investors on its Midas List for the past four years, as well as one of the top 100 personalities involved in creating the information highway by Upside Magazine. In April, 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association in Washington, D.C. He becomes NVCA Chairman in May 2008 and also serves on the Executive Committee.

Since the early 1980s, Dixon has been a telecom and Internet venture capital pioneer. In 1996 he launched DCM - Doll Capital Management, an early stage technology venture capital firm which currently has more than $1.6 Billion under management, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an office also in Beijing, China. DCM has backed such well known entrepreneurial companies as About.com, @Motion, Clearwire, 51job, Foundry Networks, Internap, Ipivot, Neutral Tandem, PGP Corp., Recourse Technologies, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, Sling Media and VanceInfo. DCM has become widely recognized as one of the top Silicon Valley venture firms actively investing in China and Japan. In the mid-1980’s, Dixon cofounded the venture capital industry’s first fund focused exclusively on telecommunications opportunities. Those funds he organized launched such noteworthy companies as Alantec, Bridge Communication, Centillion Networks, Network Equipment Technologies, Optilink, PictureTel, Polycom, and UUNet.

He has authored two books, and traveled extensively to six continents to give highly sought after lectures and conference presentations. Through their family foundation, he and his wife, Carol, give generously to numerous educational and philanthropic organizations such as the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where he serves as the Chairman of its dual governing boards, San Francisco Symphony, Kansas State University, the University of Michigan Business School, the Papal Foundation, the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the University of San Francisco where he has served as Chairman of the Investment Committee. He also serves as a trustee or advisory board member for each of these organizations. He received his B.S.E.E. degree (cum laude) from Kansas State University as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he was a National Science Foundation scholar.

Gary Morgenthaler: General Partner
Morgenthaler Ventures; Gary Morgenthaler is a General Partner of Morgenthaler, a private equity partnership managing over $1 billion of equity capital. Mr. Morgenthaler co-manages the firm's communications and Internet software & services investments. He also serves as Chairman of Versata, Inc., and Director of Catena Networks, Nuance Communications, Westwave Communications, and Yotta Networks. Previously, Mr. Morgenthaler co-founded and served as Chairman of Illustra Information Technologies until its acquisition by Informix Software in 1996. He co-founded Ingres Corporation (previously Relational Technology) and served as Chairman until its sale in 1990. He is a former Director of Premisys Communications. Earlier he was with McKinsey & Company, Tymshare, Inc., and Stanford University's Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences. He received his B.A. in International Studies from Harvard.

Richard Kramlich: General Partner
New Enterprise Associates; Dick has more than 30 years of venture capital investment experience. He focuses on a broad range of technically oriented companies. His present board memberships are listed below. Previous board memberships include 3Com Corporation, Ascend Communications, Dallas Semiconductor, Healtheon/WedMD, Immunex and Macromedia. He was recently Chairman and President of the National Venture Capital Association and recipient in 2001 of their Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to joining NEA, Dick was a general partner of Arthur Rock & Associates and Executive Vice President of Gardner & Preston Moss. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in History from Northwestern University.

Irwin Federman
Special Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: General Partner
U.S. Venture Partners; Irwin began his career as a CPA, having been awarded the Forbes Gold Medal for attaining the highest grade in California on his CPA exam. He worked in public accounting, in New York and California, before becoming CFO of three successive startups, the last being Monolithic Memories. When MMI went into what was perceived to be a terminal spiral, Irwin was named President, ostensibly to oversee the Company’s orderly sale or shutdown. The first non-engineer CEO in the semiconductor industry, he presided over a startling turnaround. The Company prospered, went public in 1980 and in 1987 merged with AMD, of which Irwin became Vice Chairman. He left AMD in 1988 to join Dillon Read & Co. as a Managing Director, and Partner in Dillon Read’s venture capital arm, Concord Partners. Irwin joined USVP as a General Partner in 1990. Irwin was also two-term Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, has served on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association and served two terms on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. As CEO at Monolithic Memories, Irwin initiated MMI investments in such highly successful venture capital startups as Altera, Cypress Semiconductor and Xilinx. As a professional venture capitalist, Irwin was a founding or lead investor in BeVocal, Blue Martini, Check Point Software Technologies, Centillium Communications, Crescendo Communications, Mellanox, MMC Networks, NeoMagic, Netro, Nuance Communications, QuickLogic, SanDisk and TelCom Semiconductor. He has been a founding or lead investor in a number of still-private, high-potential, high-profile, early stage venture capital investments as well. Irwin has received the Anti-Defamation League’s Torch of Liberty Award, and the Brotherhood Award from the Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice. In 2004, Irwin was inducted into Junior Achievement’s Silicon Valley Hall of Fame. He serves as a trustee of San Francisco Ballet. Irwin received a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College, of which he is now a trustee, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering Science from Santa Clara University.

Jeff Adams: Analyst
Goldman Sachs; Jeff is a managing director in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications group in the Investment Banking Division and focuses on a broad range of technology clients. He is head of the Renewable and Alternative Energy team covering venture capitalists and emerging growth companies and was formerly co-head of the global Semiconductor team. Jeff has worked in technology investment banking for 14 years and became a managing director in 2002.

Jeff earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1987 and an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA in 1993. He and his wife, Lori, have four children and live in San Mateo, California.

Faruq Ahmad: Founding Partner
Palo Alto Capital Advisors; Faruq Ahmad is founding partner of Palo Alto Capital Advisors, which is based in silicon-valley and provides advisory services to institutional investors and venture capital firms. Prior to his role as institutional investor, he was a venture capitalist, and earlier the founder of a venture-backed software company.

Before founding Palo Alto Capital Advisors, Mr. Ahmad was Vice President at C.M. Capital (the Cha Group), a silicon-valley based investment firm with strong China links. The firm has invested continuously in leading venture capital funds for over 25 years, from its headquarters in downtown Palo Alto. Funds sponsored by the firm include Focus Ventures, Charter LifeSciences, and Mingly Capital.

Palo Alto Capital Advisors is focused on advising institutional investors with regard to opportunities in venture capital. Mr. Ahmad's views on the secondary market for investors in venture capital funds can be found in an article in the June 2008 issue of Venture Capital Journal. His views on venture capital in Asia can be found in the May 2008 issue of the Stanford Business magazine, at www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0805/feature-vcasia.html

Mr. Ahmad has a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. degree in Computer Systems from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.

Laurence G. Allen: Managing Member
NYPPEX, LLC; Laurence G. Allen serves as the Managing Member of NYPPX, a trading, investment banking and advisory services firm for alternative investments headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

NYPPEX currently offers access to approximately $10 billion in private market liquidity through its 43 institutional members and over 5,150 accredited investor members. NYPPEX provides real-time bid indications on over 14,000 private partnerships and private companies headquartered in 54 countries. Private transactions include portfolio divestitures, block trades ($5 million or more) and odd-lots (less than $5 million). OffRoad Research, a division of NYPPEX, provides fair value analytics on private companies and private partnerships.

Mr. Allen has been featured in numerous articles regarding trends in the secondary private equity markets. Mr. Allen has pioneered the use of fair value accounting and scenario return analytics for providing advice to institutions seeking to sell or buy alternative investment portfolios. Mr. Allen has over 23 years experience in financial services. Previously, Mr. Allen served with Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Allen has served on a variety of boards and committees including the Congressional Business Advisory Council, the Wharton School’s Entrepreneurial Center, and the Connecticut Grand Opera. Mr. Allen received his M.B.A. in Finance and B.S. in Economics with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Shellye Archambeau: CEO
MetricStream; Ms. Archambeau has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the technology industry. Prior to joining MetricStream, Ms. Archambeau was Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales for Loudcloud, Inc, responsible for all global sales and marketing activities. At Loudcloud she led the transformation into an enterprise-focused company while growing sales 50% year over year. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer of NorthPoint Communications, where she led the design and implementation of all sales and marketing strategies. Ms. Archambeau also served as president of Blockbuster, Inc.’s e-commerce division and was recognized by Internet World as one of the Top 25 ‘Click and Mortar’ executives in the country in June of 2000. Ms. Archambeau spent the prior 15 years at IBM, holding several domestic and international executive positions.

Ms. Archambeau is an author and sought after speaker on the topics of compliance, marketing, and leadership. She has been featured or quoted in numerous business publications including BusinessWeek, InformationWeek and the San Jose Business Journal. She is co-author of “Marketing That Works” and she guest lectures at The Wharton School West and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the board of directors for Arbitron, Inc.[NYSE: ARB] and The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. She is also a member of the Trustees Council of Penn Women at the University of Pennsylvania and the Information Technology Senior Management Forum. She earned a B.S. degree at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Alan Austin: Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
Silver Lake; Alan Austin joined Silver Lake in 2003 as a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Austin has extensive experience as an attorney specializing in corporate and securities work and also as a leader of professional services organizations. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Austin was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Accel Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Mr. Austin was previously a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for 13 years and served as the Managing Partner from 1995 until 2000. Earlier in his career, Mr. Austin was a partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he practiced for 12 years and chaired the Corporate Department. In 1974 and 1975, Mr. Austin served as a law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas on the U.S. Supreme Court. He serves on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations, including the Private Equity Council, and previously was a director of Instinet, Inc. and Yodlee, Inc. Mr. Austin holds an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Dwight Badger: CEO
Advanced Equities Financial Corporation; Mr. Badger is our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and has served as a director of Advanced Equities, Inc. since he and Mr. Daubenspeck co-founded the company in 1999. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Badger was Managing Director of Institutional Sales for LaSalle Street Securities, LLC, a Chicago-based broker/dealer. Prior to joining LaSalle, Mr. Badger served as Chief Executive Officer of Kress USA. Mr. Badger is also a General Partner of Innovative Technology Partners, a late-stage venture capital fund based in Chicago, Illinois.

Alex Bangash

Managing Director
Rumson Group and Rumson Intellectual Capital

Alex Bangash is Managing Director at Rumson, an LP advisory and Fund of Fund for alternative investments. Rumson is committed to securing a competitive advantage to US Endowments and Foundations, Pensions, and mission based Family Offices with an avowed goal of being the best in their peer group. At Rumson, Alex focuses on US Venture Capital, Buyout, and Intellectual Property managers. Rumson also focuses on manager search and selection for India related managers across asset classes. Rumson clients include:

some of the Top Ten Foundations
some of the most prestigious endowments

one of the Top 5 Pensions
one of the largest Asian Institutional investors.

Prior to Rumson, Alex has extensive operating experience in Telecom, Wireless, Optical, and Software at Bell Labs, AT&T, and GE. At Bell Labs, he held various research, marketing, corporate and business development positions, working on a $5B fixed wireless network, algorithms and implementation of inventory optimization software, and optical transmission and switching systems.

Education:

MBA, The Wharton School at University of Pennsylva
Masters in Engineering, Operations Research and Ind. Eng., Cornell University
AB Triple Major from Cornell University in Computer Science, Economics, and English Literature

Scott Barrington: Director of Private Equity
Piper Jaffray Private Capital; Scott is a founder of Piper Jaffray’s fund of funds team, which makes highly selective commitments to top tier venture capital and leveraged buyout firms in the U.S., Western Europe and Asia. The team has offices in Minneapolis, Chicago and Palo Alto.

Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, he practiced law at Dorsey and Whitney. At Dorsey, he was a member of the emerging companies group where he advised start-up companies and private equity firms regarding LBO and VC transactions, M&A, IPOs and other corporate finance matters. Previously, Scott was an analyst in the M&A department of Citigroup.

Scott also is the Chairman of Sage HMS (a private health care company focused on reducing radiology and lab costs), a board member of Prevari (a private software/IT risk management company) and a regular guest lecturer at Macalester College’s entrepreneurship and capital markets classes.

Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa with B.A. degrees in mathematics and economics from Macalester. He earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

William Beeson: Practice Leader, Southern California Valuation Services Group
Moss Adams LLP; William B. Beeson is the Practice Leader of Moss Adams’ Southern California Valuation Services Group and a member of the firm’s Valuation Services Group Steering Committee. He has lectured on valuation and financial analysis and also testified as an expert witness on business valuation before the Superior Court of California. Mr. Beeson has also been appointed by the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties, to act as a neutral appraiser in business dissolution and minority shareholder disputes. He is also actively involved in conducting valuation opinions related to SFAS 141, 142 and other fair value pronouncements as well as review of other appraisal experts providing fair value estimates for clients of Moss Adams.

Mr. Beeson received a Bachelor’s of Science in corporate finance from the University of Southern California and has been active in business valuation and related litigation, capital planning, and financial analysis since 1986. Mr. Beeson holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA©) designation, and is also a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts and CFA© Institute.

Nicole Belytschko: Portfolio Manager, Private Equity
C.M. Capital; Nicole Belytschko (Portfolio Manager, Private Equity) leads C.M. Capital’s investment activities in venture capital and leverage buyout funds. Prior to joining C.M. Capital, Nicole was an investment manager with Comprehensive Financial Management, a large West Coast multi-family office. At CFM, Nicole assisted in both portfolio management and new manager selection for a $1 billion portfolio of private equity, hedge fund, and public equity investments. Previously, Nicole worked with Scient Corporation in developing the firm’s corporate venture arm and leading direct investments in technology companies. Prior to Scient, she spent several years as a member of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette’s Private Fund Group, where she marketed and distributed alternative investment (private equity) products to the institutional investor community. Nicole began her career as a business law paralegal with Sullivan & Worcester, focused mainly on their private equity industry clients.

Nicole has an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, and a BA in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara (Phi Beta Kappa).

Steve Bengston

Client Relationship Executive
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Steve heads the Emerging Company Services (ECS) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers. ECS acts as “mentor capitalists” for young, high potential companies and assists them with a variety of services, including:

Reviewing Presentations

Referrals

Raising Money

Before joining PwC, Steve had 20 years of experience in a variety of marketing, business development and general management roles at several high tech companies in the Bay Area. Most recently, he was Pres/CEO of ynot.com, a leading international emarketing and greeting card company. Previously, he was VP Marketing & Business Development at Worldview Systems, an Internet travel pioneer. At Worldview, Steve helped launch and market Travelocity with Sabre Interactive.

Steve has a BA in Economics and MBA from Stanford University. He works closely or sits on the Advisory Board at Churchill Club, SVASE, Life Science Angels, and the Stanford/MIT Venture Lab, has taught classes on start ups at UC Berkeley, Santa Clara Law School, Hastings Law School, and Stanford, and is active in a variety of other organizations in the Bay Area targeting entrepreneurs and investors. He also hosts the weekly PricewaterhouseCoopers’ StartUp radio show at www.wsradio.com. Steve is a member of Entrepreneurs Foundation’s Healthcare Development Council, which promotes integrating corporate citizenship, community involvement and philanthropy into emerging companies’ corporate cultures. He is a frequent moderator/panelist at both university and industry sponsored events.

Tod Bensen: Founder and former CEO
Cazenove Private Equity; Tod Bensen is the Founder and former CEO of Cazenove Private Equity. An American, and graduate of Dartmouth College, he moved to London in 1986 after working on Wall Street, joining Cazenove & Co., the leading UK investment bank. He ran the firm’s Equity Capital Markets division and led hundreds of IPOs for companies around the world. In 2000 he set up Cazenove Private Equity and raised its first $450 million fund from institutional Limited Partners. The Fund has invested in many of the leading pan-European technology companies and has generated numerous successful exits with many more expected. The firm won a number of prestigious awards, including 2005 UK Exit of the Year, 2006 UK Venture Capital Firm of the Year and 2006 European Venture Capital Firm of the Year in various competitions. In 2006 he executed a management succession plan at Cazenove Private Equity, which was then spun out of Cazenove and is now known as DFJEsprit, in order to return to the US after 20 years abroad. He has recently completed a sabbatical.

Jonathan Bloch: Senior Managing Director
GKM Newport; Mr. Bloch co-founded the GKM private equity group ("GKM Newport") in 2001. He leverages over 17 years of investment experience in investment banking and private equity. He has lead investments in expansion-stage technology companies located in the western United States with a focus on cleantech, communications, enterprise software and IT services, and digital media.

Mr. Bloch was previously Managing Director of the Technology Group at Chanin Capital Partners where he specialized in corporate finance and principal investing. He led various early-stage and pre-IPO technology related investments including Software.com, now Openwave Systems. Mr. Bloch was previously a Partner in the law firm Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman, Kuchel & Silbert.

Mr. Bloch received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Presently, he is on the advisory board of several venture funds, and serves as a director at OnPath Technoloigies, Syntricity, Advanced Data Exchange, Oxford Semiconductor (Observer), Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, and member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

Rick Bolander

General Partner
Gabriel Venture Partners

Mr. Rick Bolander, Managing Director, co-founded Gabriel Venture Partners, a venture capital firm committed to building industry leaders by assisting entrepreneurs. Rick sought to create a firm with a specific organizational structure and core competencies designed to achieve this goal of building the next generation of industry leaders by identifying the best entrepreneurs and working side by side with them to win. His strong venture capital record is a reflection of not only his effectiveness as a mentor, but also his ability to pick winning value propositions and market trends.

Venture Capital
The Firm currently has $260 million under management. Rick Bolander has been involved in more than 50 venture deals, and has led over $100 million in early-stage financings in the areas of digital media infrastructure and applications, communications, information technology and the Internet, including AccessLine Communications, Concord Communications, Exodus Communications, and Tut Systems. Prior to co-founding Gabriel Venture Partners, Rick spent four years with Chicago-based Apex Investment Partners where he was a General Partner.

Operating Experience
Rick's background in technology and operating management allows him to partner with entrepreneurs and nurture venture capital investments. He spent seven years at AT&T working in various operating areas, including marketing, sales and operations, and participated in the company's executive succession program. Rick received the President's Award and the Quality Management of the Year Award. He began his career working as an engineer for Chevron Oil in the Systems, Planning and Development Department prior to teaching computer architecture at the University of Michigan.

International Experience
Rick honed his interest in international venture capital during a consulting assignment for the African Communications Group, an organization working in Tanzania to develop and fund telecommunications industry projects, including a wireless private network. Rick was an early charter member of TiE and originated Gabriel's India investment program by funding SPG Infinity Ventures in 2000. He also serves on the board of Encentuate, a company that originated in Singapore.

Board Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Bolander currently serves as non-executive chairman of AccessLine Holdings and is a board member of Encentuate, IPWireless, Neopath Networks, Tapatap, Chegg, and Persistent Systems. He has also served on the boards of Arula Systems (acquired by Raritan), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix Systems) as well as on the public Boards of Concord Communications (acquired by Computer Associates) and Exodus Communications (NASDAQ: EXDS, IPO, then acquired by Savvis). Mr. Bolander is an advisor to The Infinity Venture Fund, a venture capital fund based in India. He is also a charter member of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).

Education and Honors

MBA - Harvard Business School
MS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (full fellowship)
BS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (summa cum laude)

Firm Profile
Gabriel Venture Partners® is an early-stage venture capital firm committed to building capital-efficient market leaders of tomorrow by actively assisting entrepreneurs in technology and technology-enabled businesses. Gabriel is based in Silicon Valley and has over $260 million under management. Gabriel's investment team consists of seasoned technology entrepreneurs and industry executives, each with international operating experience and strong domain expertise. Representative investments include Placeware (acquired by Microsoft), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix), and Iridigm (acquired by Qualcomm), as well as India investments such as Allsec (IPO), IL&FS Investsmart (IPO), and Provogue (IPO).

Erica C. Bushner, CFA, CPA: Managing Director
GKM Generation Funds; Erica Bushner joined GKM in 2002 to manage GKM Generation Funds, the fund of funds offering from GKM's Asset Management group. Bushner had been a Managing Director and Principal of the Wilshire Private Markets Group of Wilshire Associates, Inc., since 1997. At Wilshire, she was primarily responsible for building and managing a private equity fund of funds business for institutional and high net worth clients. Previously, Bushner had the position of Venture Capital and Alternative Investments Portfolio Manager for the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System. During her tenure of more than 15 years, she grew the portfolio to a position of $1.2 billion and invested in 56 private equity partnerships. She manages GKM Generation Funds from GKM's Los Angeles office.

Bushner graduated from the Pennsylvania State University where she earned an MBA and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Jon Callaghan

General Partner
True Ventures

Jon is truly passionate about early stage companies. He has founded three companies of his own, and he has a mighty track record of success in traditional venture capital investing.

Jon founded True because he saw a gap in the market for experienced VC funding for the earliest stage companies. Having spent the majority of his career with these entrepreneurs, he knows what they need most in an investor: an experienced, valuable, and trustworthy partner. True strives to be this partner for every investment.

Jon’s long history with startups began in 1986 when he founded his first company, Mountain Bike Outfitters, Inc. Over the next several years, he would go on to co-found Chemdex Corporation with David Perry, now NexPrise Corporation (NASDAQ: NXPS), and Greenwich LLC, a streaming music company, which was acquired by iCast. Jon’s direct startup experience means he’s seen the world many times from the entrepreneur’s point of view. This is where he’s most at home, and his vision and insight make him the entrepreneur’s confidant.

At Summit Partners, Jon started his venture career as an associate where he focused on growth stage investments in the software industry. Jon also met and worked closely with True co-founder Phil Black at Summit. Jon then joined AOL’s Greenhouse, the venture capital/incubator for AOL. These were the first days of the internet, and AOL was a fascinating place to see the market start.

With the Internet just beginning, Jon jumped in early, joining CMGi’s @Ventures group initially in 1996. @Ventures was the world’s first internet-only venture firm and, at the time, managed a whopping $25 million fund. The internet grew rapidly, and @Ventures grew along with it. By 2001, Jon was a Managing Partner, and the firm managed over $3 billion. His @Ventures deals include Critical Path (NASDAQ “CPTH”), Gamers.com, Hotlinks, Onelist/eGroups (acquired by Yahoo), Promedix (acquired by Ventro – NASDAQ “VNTR”), and MyFamily. com.

Jon’s venture capital career spans 17 years and includes consistent early stage success. Before founding True, Jon was a Managing Director at Globespan, where he served on the boards of Copan Systems, FilmLoop, Glu Mobile (fka Sorrent), Ingrian Networks, Next Medium Networks, Nominum Corp., Plaxo, Sigma Dynamics, and Vazu.

Degrees

BA Government, Dartmouth College
MBA with distinction, Harvard Business School

Douglas C. Carlisle: Managing Director
Menlo Ventures; Doug joined Menlo Ventures in 1982. Prior to Menlo Ventures, he worked as a design engineer at ROLM Corporation. At Menlo, Doug focuses primarily on information technology companies. His recent investments and board seats include: Aeroscout, Adomo, Cellfire, DriveCam, ePAC, IntelliDOT Corporation, LiveOps, Nexxo, nLight Photonics and ProfitLine. His prior investments and board seats include: Carrier Access Corporation (CACS); Cyras Systems, acquired by CIENA Corp. (CIEN); Efficient Networks (EFNT); Hotmail, acquired by Microsoft (MSFT); IronPort Systems, acquired by Cisco (CSCO); Kalpana, acquired by Cisco (CSCO); Open Solutions (OPEN); and Pyxis, acquired by Cardinal Health (CAH). Doug is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.S. in Electrical Engineering), Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.) and Stanford University Law School (J.D.).

Navin Chaddha: Managing Director
Mayfield; Navin Chaddha is a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund and invests in the software, communications and consumer sectors in the U.S. He leads Mayfield’s India investments where he has made six direct investments in the past of which three have gone public on the Bombay Stock Exchange (Allsec, IL&FS Investsmart and Provogue) and the other three (Makemytrip.com, Persistent Systems and Tejas Networks) are leaders in their industry segments. His notable investments in the US include Akamai, Northpoint Communications and Rhythms NetConnections. Navin is an accomplished three-time entrepreneur (VXtreme: acquired by Microsoft to become foundation of Windows Media, iBeam Broadcasting IPO on NASDAQ and Rivio acquired by CPA2Biz), corporate executive (Microsoft) and venture investor with a proven track record in growing startup companies into industry leaders with successful exits. His venture investing experience includes serving as a General Partner at Gabriel Venture Partners and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Venture Partner at Mobius Venture Capital. Navin holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a BS degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, where he received the Director’s Medal and was recently honored with the prestigious distinguished Alumni Award. He is a charter member of TiE and AAMA, and a Global Leader of Tomorrow Member of the World Economic Forum. Navin holds over 35 patents and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by several publications including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Fortune.

Todd Chaffee: General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners; Todd Chaffee joined IVP in March 2000, focusing on later-stage investments in rapidly-growing technology companies. He has more than 25 years of operating and investment experience. Todd has led investments in ArcSight, Ariba (ARBA), ComScore, CyberSource (CYBS), Digital River (DRIV), Epiphany (EPNY), Extensity (EXTN), H5 Technologies, Hands-On Mobile, HomeAway, Inc., Mobile 365 (acquired by Sybase), Netflix (NFLX), Nuance Communications (NUAN), Open Market (OMKT), Trintech (TTPA), VeriSign (VRSN), Verisity (VRST) and Yahoo (YHOO). Todd Chaffee has also actively participated in IVP’s investments in At Road (ARDI), Concur Technologies (CNQR), MarkMonitor and Websense (WBSN).

Prior to IVP, Todd was Executive Vice President of Visa International. His responsibilities included overseeing the Advanced Technology, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development and Equity Investment divisions for Visa. He also held the position of President of Visa Marketplace, Inc. (Visa’s investment subsidiary) and managed Visa’s global technology investment portfolio. Under Todd’s leadership, Visa’s venture capital operation generated more than $1 billion in gains and produced a 33x multiple of capital invested with an IRR of 243%. Todd joined Visa in 1994 as Senior Vice President of Advanced Payment Systems. After establishing and growing Visa’s highly successful venture capital business, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Visa International, becoming the youngest EVP in Visa’s history. Prior to Visa, Todd held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies including Norwest Corporation, American Express and TRW Information Systems Group. During his career, he also founded Grand Expeditions, Inc., a global luxury and adventure travel company with revenues in excess of $200 million.

Todd earned a B.S. with honors from the University of Minnesota Carlson Business School. He also completed the Stanford Graduate Business School Advanced Management Program and the Harvard Business School Venture Capital Program.

David Chao: Co-Founder and General Partner
DCM; A co-founder and general partner of DCM, David Chao has been active in the information technology industry since the 1980's, participating in the fastest growing sectors of computers, communication, and the Internet. At DCM, he guides portfolio companies in formulating corporate and product marketing strategies, developing strong management teams, and implementing domestic and international partnerships.

Prior to joining DCM, David was a cofounder, acting CFO and CTO and board member of Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) (Nasdaq Japan:9424), Japan’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Earlier, David worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. While at McKinsey, David primarily worked with communication and software firms to develop their technology, marketing, and financial strategies and focused his practice on broadband infrastructure & services and corporate valuation.

Previously, David worked in marketing and product management at Apple Computer, where he co-authored Apple Japan's successful One Billion Dollar Revenue Plan, which was successfully implemented by his team over a four-year period and managed Apple's portfolio of start-up investments in the US. Prior to Apple, David was one of the top account executives for Recruit, Japan's largest HR advertising and web infomediary corporation.

David serves on the Boards of numerous DCM portfolio companies in the U.S. and Asia. He is also on the Board of 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS), Spansion (Nasdaq: SPSN) and responsible for the investments in All About Japan, Inc. (JASDAQ: 2454), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), Kabu.com (TSE: 8703), Recourse Technologies (acquired by Symantec), Sling Media, SMIC (NYSE: SMI), and eDreams (acquired by TA). He currently sits on the Board of BitTorrent, Oak Pacific InterActive (Mop.com, Xiaonei.com), 99Bill and Outspark. He is also listed as a Top 20 venture capitalist by Forbes Magazine.

David holds a BA degree with high honors from Brown University in Economics and East Asian Studies (Anthropology) and an MBA degree from Stanford University.

Rob Coneybeer: Managing Director
Shasta Ventures; Rob Coneybeer brings deep experience in building semiconductor and networking companies to Shasta Ventures. Rob has both operational expertise as an engineer, ten years of venture capital experience, and leads Shasta’s investments in infrastructure technology companies. Prior to co-founding Shasta, Rob was a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates where he led 15 investments in core infrastructure technologies.

Tim Connors: General Partner
U.S. Venture Partners; Tim Connors joined USVP in June 2001. He focuses on early stage investments in the IT sector. Prior to USVP, Tim was a Partner at Sequoia Capital. Tim's operating experience spans seven years in engineering, marketing, manufacturing and sales roles at successful high-growth start-ups like C-Cube Microsystems and large companies like Tandem Computers.

Tim is currently a Director of 4info.net, Adify.com, Guidewire Software, M-Factor.com, Right90.com, and Yoomba.com. Tim conceived of and co-founded Spoke.com. Previously, Tim was a Director of Redline Communications (LSE: REDL), ClickShift.com (acquired by WebTrends), StorePerform (acquired by Red Prairie) and SupplierMarket.com (acquired by Ariba). Tim serves on the Board of Advisors of the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship at Notre Dame.

Tim received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

Simon Cook: CEO
DFJ Esprit; Simon is the CEO of DFJ Esprit and has been involved with the UK venture capital industry since 1995. In 2006 he led the merger of Cazenove Private Equity with Prelude Ventures and in 2007 he completed the next stage of Esprit’s expansion plan, negotiating the partnership with DFJ to form DFJ Esprit. Previously Simon was a partner with Elderstreet Investments and a Director at 3i in Cambridge.

He has been involved with a number of Europe’s most successful technology start-ups. His past successes include Cambridge Silicon Radio, Virata, nCipher and KVS. Simon is now responsible for DFJ Esprit’s investment in LOVEFiLM. Prior to venture capital, Simon worked as a strategy and IT consultant at KPMG (where he established the Internet practice) and as a computer games developer.

Simon is a graduate of University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

Craig Cornelius: Principal
Hudson Capital Energy Partners; Craig Cornelius is a Principal at Hudson Clean Energy Partners, having joined the firm in January 2008. Prior to joining Hudson, Cornelius served as the Program Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program, where he led the creation of the $1.5 billion "Solar America Initiative" and secured a 240% increase in annual program funding over his tenure. The DOE’s program encompassed a broad array of R&D and commercialization activities in solar photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal electric (CSP) technologies, solar-building technologies, distributed PV-grid integration technologies, and the deployment of solar technologies on government facilities. In his role, Cornelius lead due diligence of 278 companies in the domestic PV sector, building a portfolio that funded 90 companies in the sector; and leading due diligence on 26 companies in the CSP sector of which 11 were funded.

Prior to joining the DOE’s Solar Program in 2005, Cornelius directed strategic reviews of the DOE’s 11 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs, which totaled approximately $1.2 billion in annual R&D funding at that time, guiding improvements in program strategies, R&D portfolio management, and market research. Cornelius came to DOE from NASA, where he lead systems engineering and program integration in NASA’s Exploration Directorate, an organization that grew to employ over 6,500 employees with an annual technology development budget of $4 billion. Previously, Cornelius served terms at the Geoinformatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand, the National Academies of Science and Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates.

Mr. Cornelius received his BA from Princeton University, where he studied history of science and aerospace engineering. He received his MA in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from George Washington University, with a concentration in energy technology and policy. He was a Henry Luce Foundation Scholar and received the DOE's Special Service Award for his work in creating the Solar America Initiative.

Steven N. Costabile, CFA: Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Funds
AIG Investments; Mr. Costabile joined AIG Investments in 2000 and is the Managing Director of the Private Equity Funds Group. Mr. Costabile brings his in-depth knowledge of private equity funds to AIG and has played a significant role in the successful growth of three product lines, Pinestreet LLC, PineStar (secondaries) and the PEP program. Mr. Costabile serves on the Developed Markets Fund Investment Committee, APEN Investment Committee and Asia Private Equity Investment Committee. His current responsibilities include overseeing all private equity funds investments in the developed markets, as well as sourcing, due diligence, monitoring product development, and marketing. Mr. Costabile’s private equity investing and valuation experience dates back to 1990. Previously, from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Costabile was a Vice President at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in the Private Funds Group, with a focus on investments on behalf of CSFB and third party investors. Prior to that, he was the Senior Investment Officer of Alternative Investments for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Assistant Director of Venture Capital for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In both positions, Mr. Costabile focused on private equity fund investments. He received both a BSBA and an MBA from Duquesne University. He is also a CFA charterholder and holds a Series 7 license.

Fred Craves: Investment Partner, Managing Director and Founder
Bay City Capital LLC; Fred Craves, PhD, is an Investment Partner, Managing Director and Founder of Bay City Capital, and serves as a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the executive committee. Before founding Bay City Capital, he spent over 20 years leading and managing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Schering Berlin and Chief Executive Officer and President of Berlex Biosciences, a research, development, and manufacturing organization. He founded Burrill & Craves, a merchant bank focused on biotechnology and emerging pharmaceutical companies. He was also the founding Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Codon, and co-founder of Creative Biomolecules. Dr. Craves is a member of the boards of directors of Poniard Pharmaceuticals and VIA Pharmaceuticals. He also serves as a member of The J. David Gladstone Institutes' Advisory Council and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Dr. Craves earned a BS in Biology from Georgetown University and a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of California, San Francisco.

John Dado: Partner – Venture Capital Group
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; John A. Dado is a partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Business department. Resident in the Palo Alto office, he has been with the Firm since 1993 and is part of the Venture Capital practice group.

Mr. Dado’s practice is focused on the formation and operation of private equity firms, including venture capital funds, buy-out funds, fund of funds and investment advisory businesses. He has been involved on behalf of the sponsor in the formation of several dozen venture capital or buy-out funds in his career, ranging in size from multi-billion dollar buy-out partnerships to very small early-stage venture capital firms. Mr. Dado also regularly counsels a select number of institutional investors with regard to their limited partner investments in private equity funds. He maintains expertise in the formation, governance and investing activities of investment partnerships, including securities law matters, partnership agreement terms and conditions, investor relations and relevant tax and accounting considerations. Mr. Dado regularly counsels teams of investment professionals with respect to their internal affairs relating to the formation and operation of venture capital or buy-out funds, and has significant expertise with respect to the departure of senior investment professionals from such firms. His practice also encompasses the representation of various types of private equity funds in private financing transactions. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2006 and 2007.

Mr. Dado has lectured at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a regular speaker at private equity industry conferences and symposia.

Mr. Dado received a J.D. in 1990 from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. Prior to joining Cooley, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable John G. Davies of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Mr. Dado received a B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984, graduating with high honors in Business Administration.

He is a member of the State Bar of California.

Keith Daubenspeck: Co-Founder and Chairman
Advanced Equities Financial Corporation; Keith G. Daubenspeck, Chairman and Co-Founder, is a 22-year veteran of the securities industry. He started his career working at the Chicago offices of Lehman Bros., Oppenheimer and Bear Stearns. In the mid-1990’s he co-founded Madison Securities. Recently named to Forbes magazine’s Midas 100 List, a prestigious list of the world’s best global deal makers in technology and life sciences, Mr. Daubenspeck serves as the head of the firm’s venture capital investment banking activities. He also sits on the Board of Directors for several of AEI’s portfolio companies, including Alien Technologies, Motricity, and Metric Stream.

Craig Dauchy: Partner & Chair – Venture Capital Group
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; Craig E. Dauchy is a partner in Cooley Godward Kronish’s Business department and head of the Venture Capital practice group. Associated with the Firm since 1975, Mr. Dauchy became a partner in January 1981 and is resident in the Palo Alto office. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Dauchy specializes in representing venture capital partnerships and emerging companies. He has participated in the formation of more than 150 venture capital and private equity funds and in hundreds of venture capital financings. In addition to his extensive experience with all aspects of venture capital, Mr. Dauchy has handled a variety of general corporate and securities transactions, including private placements and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He is counsel to companies in diverse industries, including enterprise software, semiconductor, web services, medical devices and computer hardware products.

Mr. Dauchy is co-author of the book “ The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law “ (Thomson, 3rd ed., 2007). He is also co-author of “Structuring Venture Capital Limited Partnerships” (The Computer Lawyer). He has been a panelist on several occasions for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Practising Law Institute (PLI), the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), the American Bar Association and the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, and was featured in the Venture article, “Don’t Call Just Any Lawyer.” He has written for the Venture Capital Journal. He also has lectured at the Stanford Law School, the Stanford Graduate Business School, the Stanford Graduate Engineering School, and the Owen Graduate Business School (Vanderbilt).

Mr. Dauchy received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree in 1975 from Stanford University. He was elected to the Order of the Coif at the Stanford Law School. In 1971, he received a B.A., magna cum laude, in History from Yale University. He is a past member of the Board of Visitors at Stanford Law School. Mr. Dauchy has been listed for a number of years in The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, Mr. Dauchy has been named as one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” by San Francisco Magazine for the past several years.

Mr. Dauchy is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California. He is also a member of the Partnership Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and the Venture Capital Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Paul Denning: Founding Partner
Denning and Company; Denning and Company, LLC was founded in 2001 to serve the private equity fundraising needs of both veteran General Partners seeking only to broaden their L.P. base, as well as the next generation of Private Equity Managers, requiring a more elaborate fundraising effort. Denning and Company, LLC has raised funds based in the U.S., Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from an L.P. base similarly diversified. Paul joined Hambrecht & Quist in 1995, as Managing Director of the Private Equity Market Group in San Francisco and integrated into the Private Fund Group as co-head following the Chase Manhattan acquisition in 1999, and subsequently, the merger with JP Morgan in 2001.

Prior to joining Hambrecht & Quist, Paul was a managing director at Robertson, Stephens & Company, a Limited Partner at Montgomery Securities and a Principal at Sutro & Company. Paul has been involved in the investment banking industry for over 30 years and served 7 years, pro bono, as a Trustee and Commissioner of the City and County of San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, a $10 billion pension plan.

He is a frequent speaker at private equity conferences throughout the world and has published several industry publications including: “How to Sell Restricted Securities, a Guide to Rule 144” and “Stock Distribution, a Guide for Venture Capitalists.” From 1989 to 2000, he founded and hosted The Annual Private Equity CFO Conference in San Francisco, London and Hong Kong.

Paul graduated with honors from the University of Akron, Ohio and later received his Masters Degree in Public Finance. He served in the U.S. Navy as an officer and aviator from 1966 to 1970.

Kirk Dizon: Principal
Hall Capital; Kirk C. Dizon is a Principal at Hall Capital Partners LLC and Co-Head of the Private Equity Group. Mr. Dizon joined the Firm in June of 2006. From 1996 until joining the Firm, Mr. Dizon practiced law at Cooley Godward LLP, where he was a partner in the Fund Formation Group. At Cooley Godward, Mr. Dizon's practice was concentrated in the formation, representation and review of venture capital, private equity, hedge and other investment funds (including funds-of-funds), both foreign and domestic. He also represented various operating partnerships and limited liability companies.

Mr. Dizon currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the Chengwei Foundation and the San Francisco Filipino American Chamber of Commerce and is on the Advisory Committee of several private equity funds.

Mr. Dizon received a LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction, in 1996 from Georgetown University Law Center. He received a J.D. in 1995 from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and a B.A. in Economics at Pepperdine University in 1990.

Randy Domolky: Managing Director
GKM Newport; Mr. Domolky manages the firm’s fund-of-funds offerings and assists in growing the firm’s portfolio of direct co-investments. He is a member of the GKM Newport Fund V Investment Committee and responsible for day-to-day operations of the Fund. Mr. Domolky is a seasoned technology and venture executive with over 15 years of experience in senior management, business development and financial roles.

Prior to joining GKM Newport, he was the founder of Liquid Capital Group which provides access for high net worth individuals and families to top venture funds and superior emerging information technology companies. In addition to establishing a distinctive track record at Liquid Capital, Mr. Domolky has been a Principal at NextStep Partners, a business development and financial advisory firm assisting emerging technology companies, and has held several other executive and staff positions at three publicly traded telecommunications providers.

He is an Observer on the Board of Directors of Cigital, Inc., a Director of Grand Brands, Inc. and a Director of Overture Technologies, Inc. Mr. Domolky received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics & Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Lisa Edgar: Principal
Paul Capital Partners; Lisa Edgar has been working with the Top Tier fund of funds group at Paul Capital Partners since the middle of 2003, and has joined as Principal in early 2004. She leads the groups' due diligence efforts, and contributes to deal sourcing and portfolio strategy. From 1999 to 2002, Ms. Edgar was part of the fund of funds investment team at WR Hambrecht + Co. that was focusing on new and emerging private equity funds. Prior to WR Hambrecht, Ms. Edgar spent 10 years at Horsley Bridge Partners. While at Horsley Bridge, she was responsible for providing technology research assistance for the fund of funds investment decision making process, managing the public portfolio of venture-backed distributions and buying and selling private equity partnership interests in the secondary market. Before Horsley Bridge, Ms. Edgar was an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She holds a BS in Applied Economics from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.

Ira Ehrenpreis: General Partner
Technology Partners; Ira Ehrenpreis is a General Partner with Technology Partners. He has been with the firm since 1996. Ira leads Technology Partners’ Cleantech investment practice, investing in Energy Technology, Water Technology, and Materials Science opportunities. He has worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Juniper Partners venture capital firm. Ira is the Co-Chairman of both the VCNetwork and the YVCA, two non-profit organizations comprising more than 1,000 venture capitalists. He is a Contributor to Nimmer on Copyright, the leading copyright treatise. Ira is also an active leader at Stanford University, where his contributions have included teaching the course on Venture Capital and serving on the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. He is a member of several industry Advisory Boards, including the Cleantech Venture Network (Chairman), the Clean-Tech Investors Summit (2005 and 2006 Conference Chairman), the Energy Investors Forum (2004 Conference Chairman), the Energy Venture Fair, the China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance, the Southern California Tech Coast Alliance, the Golden Capital Network, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), and the Comerica Venture Capital Advisory Board. He also serves on the Education Committee of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and on the Board of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC). Recently, Ira was featured as the Keynote speaker at both the 2005 Cleantech Venture Forum VI and the 2004 Cleantech Venture Forum V. Ira received his JD/MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of Stanford Law Review. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude.

Technology Partners is a 20 year-old venture capital firm that manages more than $400 million of investment capital with current investments being made from Technology Partners Fund VII. Technology Partners has invested in over 75 companies in a variety of industries serving principally as a lead investor. The majority of investments are in early stage companies. The firm invests approximately half of its capital into Cleantech (Energy Technology, Water Technology, and Materials Science) companies and the other half into companies focused on the Life Sciences. For more information on Technology Partners, go to www.technologypartners.com.

Ira Ehrenpreis can be reached at: ira@technologypartners.com

Jim Ellison: Executive Vice President
Square1 Bank; Mr. Ellison has over nineteen years experience in financial services focused on working with venture-backed information technology and life science companies located in major technology markets throughout the United States.

Prior to joining Square 1 Bank in February 2008, Mr. Ellison was a Founder and General Partner of Escalate Capital Partners. With $194 million in funds under management, Escalate Capital specializes in making structured senior and subordinated debt investments in venture-backed expansion and late-stage technology and life science companies.

Prior to founding Escalate Capital in May 2004, Mr. Ellison was employed by Comerica Bank and its predecessor Imperial Bank. Mr. Ellison joined Imperial Bank in April 1997 as a Senior Vice President charged with establishing Imperial’s Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Seattle. Upon Imperial Bank’s acquisition by Comerica Bank in January 2001, Mr. Ellison assumed the position of Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Comerica’s Technology and Life Sciences Division where he co-chaired the Division’s credit committee and maintained P&L responsibilities for the Pacific Northwest Region. Mr. Ellison also founded and managed the Bank’s Venture Capital Group, oversaw the Bank’s Fund-to-Fund private equity portfolio, and managed marketing and public relations for the Bank’s Technology and Life Sciences Division.

Prior to joining Imperial Bank, Mr. Ellison spent six years with Silicon Valley Bank where he served as a founder and Senior Vice President of Silicon Valley Bank’s National Accounts Division. During his tenure at Silicon Valley Bank, Mr. Ellison successfully developed Silicon Valley Bank’s new territories throughout the western United States.

Mr. Ellison began his career as a technology lender with Pacific Venture Finance (f.k.a. Equitec Leasing Company), an organization that pioneered the Venture Leasing Industry in the 1980’s. As Regional Director, he was responsible for business development in the Silicon Valley, Southern California and Texas during his three years with the company.

Mr Ellison holds a BS in Finance from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

George Everhart: Chief Executive Officer
Alien Technology Corporation; George W. Everhart joined Alien in January 2007. Mr. Everhart has over 25 years of executive leadership experience with specific expertise in leading high growth phases of industry leading technology companies. Everhart has held CEO and sales and marketing executive positions with both small startup companies in emerging markets, and large multinational companies, experiencing a rapid pace of growth. He has extensive experience in global markets as well as the domestic U.S. market.

Everhart recently held CEO positions with early stage startup companies, SealedMedia and Onesecure, where he led successful company funding and expansion and established both companies as recognized leaders in their markets. Previously, Everhart was Sr.VP, Worldwide Sales & Service for 3COM Corporation, managing the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) business activities as well as the 1,000 person global service organization. Prior, Everhart was President & CEO, Fujitsu PC Corporation, where he led the company’s market entry and rapid growth in the notebook PC business. Everhart also held a series of executive leadership positions with Apple Computer during the company’s fast growth years, 1987-1996, including VP US Sales, VP & GM PC Business Division, and VP Business & Government Sales. Everhart’s early career included marketing, sales, and business management positions with The Braegen Corporation and Memorex Corporation.

Mr. Everhart has been active in industry, government, and education associations as well holding both board and advisory positions. He was a member of the “Highway One Committee” to assist in the automation of Congress. He currently is a member of the Board of Fellows at Santa Clara University.

Mr. Everhart holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

Standish M. Fleming: Managing Partner
Forward Ventures; Mr. Fleming is a 21-year veteran of life sciences venture capital investing and has served on the boards of 19 venture-backed companies. In 1993 he co-founded Forward Ventures. He has served as founding director and acting president of Arizeke Pharmaceuticals, CombiChem (now part of Bristol-Myers Squibb), Corixa and GenQuest (now both part of GlaxoSmithKline), and Triangle Pharmaceuticals (now part of Gilead Sciences, Inc.). Mr. Fleming was a founding board member of Ciphergen Biosystems and Gryphon Sciences. He is a former president of the Biotechnology Venture Investors Group. Mr. Fleming began his venture career with Ventana Growth Funds in San Diego in 1986. Before establishing Forward Ventures, Mr. Fleming held the positions of start-up chairman, president and CEO of GeneSys Therapeutics (now part of Cell Genesys). He earned his B.A. from Amherst College and his M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management. Mr. Fleming is also currently a director of Ambit and Sanarus Medical, and a founding director Nereus Pharmaceuticals.

Andrew Fligel: Managing Director
Intel Capital; Andy joined Intel Capital in 2000. His investments include JBoss (acquired by Red Hat), Mediabolic (acquired by Macrovision), LogMeIn, CollabNet, Vocera and Credant Technologies. He is a Board observer for DataSynapse, Hubspan, Managed Objects and Stratus Technologies. Prior to Intel Capital, Andy was an Associate in the investment banking group at Robinson-Humphrey, where he completed 12 capital raising and 18 M&A transactions for middle-market firms in a range of industries. Andy has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.S in Commerce and a minor in mathematics from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar.

Norm Fogelsong: General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners; Norm Fogelsong joined IVP in March 1989. With more than 25 years of high-technology venture capital experience, he currently emphasizes investments in private later-stage information technology companies and in select public market opportunities. Norm has led investments in Artisan Components (ARTI), Aspect Communications, Compaq Computers (CPQ), Concur Technologies (CNQR), Convex Computers (CNVX), Cortina Systems, Integrated Circuit Works (CY), Lam Research (LRCX), Motion Computing, Platinum Software (EPIC), Polycom (PLCM), TelCom Semiconductor (TLCM) and Websense (WBSN).

Norm also actively participated in venture investments in Amgen (AMGN), At Road (ARDI), Applied Biosystems (ABI), Chordiant (CHRD), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Digital River (DRIV), Dust Networks, Genentech (DNA), Linear Technology (LLTC), LSI Logic (LSI), MIPS Computer Systems (MIPS), Mobile 365 (SY), Quantum (QNTM), Silicon Graphics (SGI), SupportSoft (SPRT), Synchronoss (SNCR), 3COM (COMS), Verisity (VRST) and WebEx Communications (WEBX).

Norm began his career as a computer programmer and systems analyst at Hewlett-Packard. He then worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialized in product/market strategy. Prior to joining IVP, Norm was a General Partner with Mayfield Fund. He has served the local community as the Treasurer of the Children’s Health Council, the Secretary of the Churchill Club and as a member of the Major Gifts Committees at Menlo School and Stanford University.

Norm earned a B.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Jim Fulton: Partner, Chair – Emerging Company Practice
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; James F. Fulton, Jr. is a partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Business department and head of the Firm’s Emerging Companies practice. He joined the Firm in 1995 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.

Mr. Fulton’s practice focuses on the representation of emerging technology and life sciences companies and the venture capital firms that invest in those companies. As a specialist in corporate and securities law, he has counseled company clients and investors in a wide variety of projects, including company formations, spin outs, private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, employee equity incentives, executive hiring and SEC reporting and compliance.

Mr. Fulton received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995, graduating cum laude. He received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1989, graduating cum laude.

Prior to joining Cooley, Mr. Fulton was a senior budget analyst with the U.S. Government’s Office of Personnel Management for six years.

Mr. Fulton is a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association.

W. Robert Genieser: Managing Partner
Vertex Venture Capital; Rob Genieser joined Vertex in 2002 as Managing Partner. Prior to joining Vertex, Mr. Genieser was a Managing Director of Hambrecht & Quist, which he joined in 1996 in their San Francisco office. While in Silicon Valley, he managed the Firm's wireless, optical and communications software practices. In this capacity, he sponsored the Firm's investments into Chromatis (acquired by Lucent), Paragon Software (acquired by Openwave) and Wavtrace (acquired by Harris). Additionally, Rob executed the IPOs of Portal Software, ONI systems, Corvis, Openwave and INET, amongst others. In the M&A field, Rob assisted VisionTech on its sale to Broadcom, I-compression on its sale to Globespan, Herrmann Technology on its sale to Lucent, Terayon on its acquisition of Telegate and MoreCom on its sale to Liberate. Shortly after Hambrecht & Quist's merger with JP Morgan at the end of 2000, Mr. Genieser moved to London to run the company's emerging technology practice for Europe and Israel. Earlier in his career, Mr. Genieser worked as a consultant for Bain & Company in San Francisco, where he focused on the telecommunications industry. Prior to receiving his MBA, he worked for Morgan Stanley in both New York and Hong Kong as a member of the corporate restructuring group. Mr. Genieser received both his AB (cum Laude) and MBA from Harvard University.

Nat Goldhaber: Managing Director
Claremont Creek VC; Nat is a Managing Director at Claremont Creek Ventures. His focus is on mobile technology with a broad interest in areas such as mobile payments and social networking. His interest in this investment field is built on twenty years of experience in IT as: CEO of Cybergold; founder of Centram Systems West; founding CEO of Kaleida Labs and Vice President of Sun Microsystems. Prior to his business career, Nat served as Special Assistant to Pennsylvania’s Lt. Governor, William Scranton, III. He ran the state’s Energy Agency as its Interim Director. Nat is currently on the board of cFares and TargetCast Media.

Nat holds a master’s degree in Education and is an emeritus member of the Executive Board of the College of Letters and Science at UC Berkeley. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, as a member of the US Secret Service Electronics Crime Taskforce, and is a Board Member of the Federation of American Scientists.

Nat lives in Berkeley, California with his wife of 27 years, Marilyn. Their three boys are in college.

Bob Grady: Managing Director
The Carlyle Group; Robert E. Grady serves as managing partner for Carlyle’s U.S. venture capital group, Carlyle Venture Partners (“CVP”). In addition, Mr. Grady coordinates Carlyle’s global venture and growth capital effort, which has over $3 billion under management in eight funds. He serves on the investment committees of CVP, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners (“CAGP”) and Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (“CETP”). He is based in San Francisco.

Mr. Grady is a former Director of Blackboard (Nasdaq: “BBBB”) and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Carlyle portfolio companies AuthenTec, Choice Media, Ingenio, Panasas, Secure Elements, Verari Systems, and USBX. Mr. Grady is the Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), which represents over 400 venture capital firms that account for 90% of the professionally-managed venture capital in the United States.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Grady was a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee at Robertson Stephens, the San Francisco-based technology investment bank. At Robertson Stephens, he served as lead investment banker on over 150 public market financings and M&A transactions, and was an active venture capital investor.

Mr. Grady served from 1994 to 2004 on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he taught a course on "Investing in Highly Regulated Industries."
Mr. Grady served in the White House from 1989-1993, as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1991-1993) and as Associate Director of OMB for Natural Resources, Energy and Science (1989-1991). He previously served as Chief Speechwriter and Senior Advisor for the successful 1988 Bush/Quayle Presidential Campaign (1988); Director of Communications for New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean (1983-1986); and Legislative Assistant and then Chief of Staff to U.S. Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick (1979-1983).

Mr. Grady is an honors graduate of Harvard College and holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Grady is a Member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Bank of Canada's Strategic Technology Fund and of the National Commission on Energy Policy, a Director of TechNet (The Technology Network) and of the Asia America Multi-Industry Association (AAMA), and a Trustee of Environmental Defense.

Paul Greco: Director
OceanTomo; In August 2007, Mr. Greco joined Ocean Tomo, an IP merchant banc, as a director. Prior to that, Mr. Greco has been a practicing attorney for 19 years, focusing on corporate finance, M&A, securities and intellectual property matters for businesses in the on-line, software development and consumer products industries. In 2004 he founded and partnered in Sierchio Greco & Greco, LLP, a boutique securities law and venture capital practice. From 2001 through 2004 he was a principal in the law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, a multi-jurisdictional, full-service firm. Prior to this he co-founded and was a principal partner in Aieta & Greco, a securities, IP and venture capital boutique located in the hub of New York’s Silicon Alley.

Since 1999, Mr. Greco has been Director of AGB2 Inc., a privately held intellectual property development and holding company. He is also listed as an inventor on two issued U.S. patents.

Mr. Greco graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English from Boston College and received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to the New York, SDNY and EDNY bars.

Martin Haemmig: Adjunct Professor, Global Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
CeTIM / BERKELEY / STANFORD / TSINGHUA / IIT; Adj. Prof. Dr. Martin Haemmig specializes as international researcher, lecturer and consultant in "The Globalization of Venture Capital", covering 13 countries in Asia, Europe, Israel, and the United States. His research and/or teaching are in conjunction with leading schools, such as Stanford, University of California, UniBW in Munich, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. In Asia, he lectures at China’s Peking, Renmin, Tsinghua, Fudan, CEIBS and JiaoTong University, as well as at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi and Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore.

Dr. Martin Haemmig is involved in research projects in international innovation management through CeTIM (Center of Technology and Innovation Management). Their research sites are in Munich/Germany (UniBW) and in Leiden/Netherlands (Leiden University). CeTIM specializes in collaborative research, virtual factories and innovation management, and the ‘Globalization of Venture Capital’ in particular.

Martin Haemmig is co-chairman for Research & Statistics at the Swiss PE/VC Association (SECA) and co-chairs the Swiss National PhD Coaching Program for dissertations on Venture Capital for all Swiss universities, and was trainer at America’s NVCA on “Globalizing Venture Capital.” He is also founding professor of the world’s first PhD program in venture capital at Renmin University in Beijing, as well as an advisor to the Thunderbird University Private Equity Center and the China Research Center (CRC) of the University of California Berkeley. Martin Haemmig consults a few leading global venture capital firms, investors and governments and is a frequent conference speaker on all continents.

Dr. Martin Haemmig has both his doctor degree in business and his MBA from California and an engineering degree in electronics from Switzerland. During his over 20 years of industry experience as technologist and business executive, he became Swiss national marketing champion in 1994.

Doug Hamilton: Managing Director
SVB Capital; Doug Hamilton is a managing director in the Private Equity Group of SVB Capital, located at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif. Hamilton is actively involved with SVB Capital Partners and is managing director of the SVB Strategic Investors Fund, as well as an investment manager for Silicon Valley BancVentures.

In addition to sourcing and managing fund investments, he oversees venture capital relationships with many top-tier venture capital and private equity firms on Sand Hill Road, where Hamilton has been located since 1994. In his role, Hamilton leverages the entire SVB Financial Group platform and its member companies including SVB Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Capital, SVB Global, SVB Alliant, SVB Analytics and SVB Private Client Services.

He is well known by more than 400 general partners of venture capital firms and often speaks at venture firms’ CEO events, as well as moderating panels at venture capital industry conferences. Prior to his role on Sand Hill Road, he served as senior lender for SVB Silicon Valley Bank’s Palo Alto office, focusing on lending to venture capital backed startup companies.

Before joining SVB, Hamilton was a commercial lender with Union Bank, where he was responsible for growing and maintaining the largest portfolio in their Mid-Peninsula Regional office.

Hamilton earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Arizona and a master’s in business administration with a concentration in corporate finance from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California.

Howard Hartenbaum: General Partner
August Capital; Howard Hartenbaum joined August Capital in 2008.

Prior to joining, he served as a General Partner at Draper Richards where he was the founding investor in Skype (eBay), and was also a former member of the board of directors where his achievement resulted in his joining the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists. He was also a minority investor in Photobucket (Fox Interactive Media) and Bebo (AOL).

Before entering the venture capital field, Howard held positions at Hughes Electronics, where he was responsible for supporting business development, marketing and sales of satellite, information security and automotive technologies developed by HRL Technologies and he also worked in engineering positions at Honda Motor Company and Teledyne Relays.

Howard has worked overseas for a total of ten years in Luxembourg and Japan. He is a graduate of M.I.T.

Richard Hayes: Managing Partner
Oak Hill Investment Management; Oak Hill Investment Management is one of the Oak Hill partnerships, each of which has a dedicated management team. In total, the Oak Hill partnerships manage over $15 billion of assets across multiple asset classes, representing capital from leading entrepreneurs, endowments, foundations, corporations, pension funds, and global financial institutions. Rick is focused on managing the assets for a select group of ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Prior to Oak Hill, Rick was the Senior Investment Officer for the CalPERS Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Program. CalPERS is the nation’s largest pension fund, with roughly $200 billion in assets. With the assistance of his team, Rick built and managed a $20+ billion portfolio of private equity and hedge fund investments, the largest in the world. In addition, Rick was a member of the 5-person Senior Team managing the entire CalPERS portfolio.

From 2000-2004, Rick served as the elected Chairman of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), the global private equity association whose members control $1 trillion in global private equity investments.

Prior to joining CalPERS, Rick had both operating and investment experience. He spent six years as an operating executive building McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless Services into a $4 billion global wireless company. On the investment front, Rick was a Senior Associate with the Bank of America Venture Capital Group, a $1 billion+ international venture capital and buyout fund.

Rick earned a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, both with honors.

Outside of work, Rick co-founded The MIND Institute (www.mindinstitute.org), a research center focused on Autism. Rick is a member of the Investment Committee of the San Francisco Foundation (www.sff.org), an $800 million community foundation. In addition, he is a member of the Golden Gate Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (www.ypo.org).

Peter J. Hebert: Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Lux Capital Management; Peter is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital, focusing on investments in advanced materials and energy. Peter began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in the firm's top-ranked Equity Research group. In 2000, he co-founded Lux Capital. In 2003, Peter led the spin-off of Lux Research. As founding CEO, he helped build Lux Research into the leading emerging technology research firm. Peter launched the publicly-listed Lux Nanotech Index [AMEX: LUXNI] and the $150 million PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio [AMEX: PXN].

Peter manages Lux Capital's investments in Accelergy, Angstrom Publishing, EverSpin Technologies and Lux Research. He was a Chancellor's Scholar and graduated cum laude from Syracuse University's Newhouse School. Peter was the Founding President of Syracuse's first venture organization, Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. He has been an invited speaker, guest lecturer and panelist at CNBC, Bloomberg, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, and the National Science Foundation. Peter also co-founded Young Wall Street, a charitable organization supporting youth-related causes in New York City.

Robert M. Hofeditz: Partner
Probitas Partners; Mac has seventeen years of industry experience and is responsible for Probitas Partners' primary fundraising project management activities and leads its sourcing effort for new fundraising projects. Prior to joining Probitas Partners in 2001, Mac was with AdvisorTech Corporation, a venture-backed financial services firm. Previously, he was an investment consultant with Strategic Investment Solutions, Inc. (“SIS”), a leading adviser to sophisticated institutional investors. Mac earned a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a fourteen-year member of the CFA Institute and has been active in the Kauffman Fellows Program at the Center for Venture Education, The Association for Corporate Growth, and the San Francisco Venture Capital Forum.

Matthew Howard: General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners; Matt brings over 20 years of experience in marketing, product management, engineering, business development, and sales in a wide range of technologies to Norwest Venture Partners. Matt was named to the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 dealmaker in 2006 and 2007.

Matt focuses his efforts on communication and storage systems, embedded systems, semiconductors, security and rich media. He currently serves on the board of Omneon Video Networks, Reconnex, Retrevo, Spectra Linear and Summit Microelectronics. Previously, Matt was on the board of Airespace (acquired by Cisco Systems), Skystream Networks (acquired by Tandberg Television), Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance), Swan Labs (acquired by F5 Networks) and Webstacks (acquired by Extreme Networks). Matt is a board observer with FireEye, TestQuest, Veraz Networks and Yipes. He was a board observer with ZettaCom when it was acquired by IDT and he previously served on the board of the Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA).

Prior to joining the firm in 2000, Matt held a number of senior positions with Cisco's IOS organization and the Internet Business Unit. He established Cisco's security and VPN strategy, situated Cisco as the leading firewall appliance manufacturer, and launched the first load-balancing product.

Previously, Matt was vice president of marketing at Vertical Communications, where he focused on voice over IP and launched the first MGCP enabled media gateway. In addition, Matt has held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, BDM International, and Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) Communications Corporation. He began his career as a cryptological analyst with the U.S. Naval Security Group.

Matt holds a bachelor of business administration, with an emphasis in information systems, and a master of science degree in telecommunications management.

George Hoyem: General Partner
Blueprint Ventures; George Hoyem is a Managing Director with Blueprint Ventures. George has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial, operations and venture experience in high technology companies. He has backed, supported, and served on the boards of over a dozen emerging technology companies. George's current investment focus includes software, security, IT infrastructure companies, and early-stage Corporate IP Spinouts. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, George built an 18-year operating career with several prominent technology companies. As the General Manager of Hewlett Packard's Internet Commerce Division, he was responsible for a $40 million P&L. Prior to HP, he held several executive positions in marketing and operations with VeriFone, including VP of Software Marketing and General Manager of the Internet Commerce Division. George was a key contributor in the $1.3 billion sale of VeriFone to Hewlett Packard. Prior to VeriFone, George was co-founder and Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Visix Software, a Corporate IP Spinout of AMS (American Management Systems), which he helped grow to $20 million in sales. He has also held other management and sales positions at American Management Systems (AMS), Federal Data Corporation, and Tektronix.

Eric C. Jensen

Chair Of Business Department
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Eric C. Jensen is a business partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Palo Alto office. Mr. Jensen is head of the Firm’s Business department and a member of the Management Committee. Mr. Jensen has been with the Firm since 1988 and a partner since 1994.

Mr. Jensen practices securities and general corporate law, with an emphasis on the representation of emerging and public software, semiconductor, internet, and other information technology companies. He also has extensive experience representing venture capital funds and underwriters. He has counseled clients in the areas of corporate formations, venture financings, public offerings of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, licensing and related strategic transactions, employee incentive matters and SEC reporting and compliance. Mr. Jensen has been included as one of The Best Lawyers in America in 2006 - 2008, was named in The Top Lawyers in the Bay Area in 2006 and named as one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” in 2004, 2005 and 2007.

Public company clients of Mr. Jensen have included:

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Alteon WebSystems
Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.
Blue Martini Software
Borland Software Corporation
Leadis Technology, Inc.
NVIDIA Corporation

Procera Networks
Siebel Systems
VANS
ViewSonic Corporation
Vitria Technology
Volterra Semiconductor Corporation

Private company clients include:

Aeris.net
Beceem Communications, Inc.
Encover, Inc.
NextBio
NorthStar Systems International, Inc.
Parascale, Inc.
PlaySpan, Inc.
Reliant Technologies Inc.
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.

SeeSaw Networks, Inc.
ShuffleBrain, Inc.
Silicon Clocks, Inc.
SkyData Systems, Inc.
Synfora, Inc.
Teak Technologies, Inc.
TriCipher, Inc.
World of Good
Yield Software

From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Jensen served as general counsel and member of the senior management team at Blue Martini Software.

Mr. Jensen received a J.D. in 1988 from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an editor for the UCLA Law Review. In 1987, Mr. Jensen served as an extern to the Hon. Arthur L. Alarcon of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University in 1984, where he graduated with distinction and honors in economics.

Mr. Jensen is admitted to practice before the California and Colorado bars and is a member of the American Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, a non-profit corporation.

Bret W. Jepsen: Alternative Investments
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System; Bret Jepsen has been actively involved in private equity for nearly 10 years and currently manages the Venture Capital portfolio for the City of San Francisco’s Investment Office. Bret serves as an advisor to several venture capital funds in the SF Bay area and East coast. Prior to SF, he worked at Connecticut – based Portfolio Advisors, LLC and helped build private equity programs for various endowments, pensions and family institutions. Bret also gained direct investing experience while working for Dominion Ventures, LLC. Bret received his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and undergraduate degree from BYU's Marriott School of Management.

Amal Johnson: CEO
MarketTools, Inc.; As Chief Executive Officer, Amal brings to her position over 20 years of management and operational experience with technology and services companies. She understands intimately the challenges and responsibilities of running a