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2007 Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Chair, Jon Kraft, President, Big
Stage Entertainment, Inc.
President, Anjay Bajaj, Director, Altos
Incorporated
Vice
President, Uri Blackman, Founder & CEO,
Gideon
Informatics
Treasurer, Ed Sauve, Senior Vice President Silicon
Valley Bank
Secretary, Gavin Galimi, Executive Vice President
and General Counsel, March
Vision Care, Inc.
DIRECTORS
Jim
Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone
Venture Partners
Feyzi Fatehi, Chief Executive Officer, Corent
Technology, Inc.
David Fournier, CEO, LoanToolbox
Eric David Greenspan, CEO, Make
It Work, Inc.
Kris Kaufmann, Partner, Deloitte
& Touche
Jay Molloy, Special Counsel, Katten
Muchin Rosenman LLP
Mike Mulroy, Partner, Stradling
Yocca Carlson Rauth
Brad Spahr, Director of Mobile Entertainment, Sony
CHAPTER
CHAIRMEN
Greg
Lebsack, CEO, ASP
Global Services - Valley Chapter Chair
Rick Sharga, CEO, CJ
Patrick Company - OC Chapter Chair
Jamie Somes, Managing Director, Alexander
Dunham Capital- LA Chapter Chair
DIRECTOR
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Anjay
Bajaj, Director, Altos Interactive
Anjay
Bajaj is the Director and Co-Founder of Altos Incorporated,
an IT Consulting Company that helps its client in formation
and execution of their IT strategy. Altos has developed
unique capabilities to deliver "Intelligence on Demand".
Altos is a comprehensive resource company specializing in
providing technical resource-based solutions to technology
managers throughout the US.
Anjay
is a long time Technology Council member. He is the current
President, and former co-founder of the Orange County Chapter
and Software Business special Interest group. Anjay earned
an Executive MBA degree from the University of Southern
California and an engineering degree for Indian Institute
of Technology, Delhi, India.
Uri
Blackman, Founder & CEO, Gideon Informatics
Uri
Blackman is founder and CEO of GIDEON Informatics an online
medical publishing company he founded with Dr. Berger while
in undergrad. The flagship product, GIDEON, is installed
in hundreds of institutions in over 45 countries.
Uri
served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Speedbit.
In this role, Uri developed and managed strategic relationships
for Download Accelerator, a software product whose user
base grew from 13 to over 90 million users during his time
with the company. Uri also managed a successful M&A
process for the company. Uri came to Speedbit after founding
Oloop, a venture backed online insurance brokerage firm.
Prior to Oloop, Uri managed the computing and download channels
on Netscape's website and was a product manager for two
generations of the Netscape browser. Following the AOL-Netscape
merger, he worked in Business Development at AOL.
Uri
has served on the advisory board of a number of technology
companies in the Silicon Valley. Uri served as Commander
in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corp. He received
his BA in Computer Science and Philosophy from Tel Aviv
University and his Masters of Business Administration from
the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Feyzi
Fatehi, Chief Executive Officer, Corent Technology, Inc.
Feyzi
Fatehi is the CEO of Corent Technology, the provider of
"On-Demand Software 'On-Demand'!" an innovative
"Software as a Service" and Web 2.0 platform that
promises "The end of software development as you know
it!"
Feyzi
has over twenty years of experience in building high-performance
global businesses. At HP he played a leading role in creation
of a billion dollar multi-national business unit. He subsequently
served as a senior executive of four start-ups in Silicon
Valley and in Southern California, two of which have been
named among the Red Herring 100. Feyzi has been a keynote
speaker at multiple industry events in the US, Europe, Asia
and Canada and is widely published including contributions
to a Harvard publication on global alliances.
He
holds a BS in Engineering, an MS in Computer Science, and
an MBA in International Management. He is also a graduate
of UCLA's Mergers & Acquisitions and Director Certification
Programs.
David
Fournier, CEO, LoanToolbox
David.
Fournier is the CEO of LoanToolbox, the leading provider
of training resources and marketing programs for the loan
origination market. With over 25 years senior management,
sales, and marketing experience in technology, David has
managed every growth-stage of organizations including raising
multi-million dollar capital, acquisitions and IPO.
Mr.
Fournier served as CEO of Seventh Wave Technology, a Systems
Management Software company that he positioned to survive
the IT downturn. David was President, Senior Vice President
and board member at Peerless Systems guiding Peerless to
a 250 million dollars IPO.
Mr. Fournier served in senior sales/marketing management
with Avnet, Wyle and Arrow. His area of expertise with these
companies was an ability to turn failing operations into
market leaders. Mr.
Fournier cultivated startup technology companies raising
capital, developing business plans and creating product
positioning. In addition to frequent speaking engagements,
David served on Advisory Boards for NETGUI (Interim CEO),
CompreCorp, Board of Directors/Interim Executive Director
of the Technology Council of Southern California, David
participated in Tech Coast Venture Network.
Mr.
Fournier attended the University of Maryland. He held senior
management positions at luxury hotels before transitioning
from hospitality to technology that lead to his first startup,
Digitex Systems.
Gavin
G. Galimi, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, March
Vision Care, Inc.
Gavin
G. Galimi is Executive Vice President and General Counsel
for March Vision Care, Inc., a Knox-Keene licensed health
plan and technology company improving healthcare outcomes
by unlocking medical information in eyecare provider's offices
through its proprietary eyeSynergy® software. Prior
to joining March Vision Care, Gavin was a senior associate
in the Los Angeles office of Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP.
Gavin currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors
of, and Secretary for, the Technology Council of Southern
California. Gavin previously served on the Orange County
Chapter Committee for the Technology Council. He also serves
on the Board of Directors of the USC Credit Union. Gavin
holds a B.A. in International Relations, a B.S. in Biological
Sciences, and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.
Eric
David Greenspan, CEO, Make It Work, Inc.
Eric
David Greenspan is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years of
experience in the computer industry. Mr. Greenspan began
his career at IBM, as an education marketing representive
and was one of the youngest IBMers in history. He started
his first company in 1995, also called "Make It Work."
The company grew to become one of the largest Citrix partners
in the world, awarded the distinguished status of "Platinum"
in 1999. Mr. Greenspan successfully sold the company in
2000.
In
2001, Mr. Greenspan, formed a new company called Make It
Work LLC. Now known as Make It Work, Inc., the company is
"the Neighborhood Computer Support company" and
has recently been named "Software Services Company
of the Year" at the 2006 Software Industry Awards held
in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Greenspan successfully raised
$3 million in capital, some of which was provided through
the latest round by Tech Coast Angels, the nation’s
largest angel funding network. Make It Work sports a fleet
of red and white Mini Coopers that span the entire Southern
California territory providing onsite support and services
to residential computer users and really small businesses.
The company has just entered its 15th quarter of successful
consecutive growth, is cashflow positive and doubling revenues
over the past 3 years running.
Kris
Kaufmann, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Kris
Kaufmann is a partner in the Los Angeles practice of Deloitte
& Touche LLP focused on serving the high technology
and venture capital industries. Kris leads Deloitte's Venture
Capital Services for the greater Los Angeles area. Throughout
his more than 17 years with Deloitte & Touche Kris has
assisted numerous rapidly-growing technology companies with
the unique issues they face, such as raising venture capital,
securities and intangible asset valuation, corporate structuring,
acquisitions and SEC registration and compliance. Kris has
worked on numerous initial public offerings and other security
offerings.
Kris
has served companies across the entire spectrum of the technology
industry, including software, interactive gaming, semiconductor,
telecommunications and biotech. Some of the clients he has
served include Candle Corporation, eMachines, MannKind Corporation
and THQ.
Kris
is active in the Southern California technology community.
He has lead Deloitte's sponsorship of the Technology Council
of Southern California's VentureNet program for a number
of years, participating both as an organizer and speaker.
Kris also manages the Deloitte Technology FAST 50 program
for Los Angeles.
Kris
received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Southern California's Leventhal School of Accounting.
Jon
Kraft, President, Clone Interactive
Jon
Kraft is a serial entrepreneur in software and new media.
He is co-founder and President of Big Stage Entertainment,
Inc. which raised $2.8M from Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures
and the TCA. Big Stage Entertainment is commercializing
technology from USC that takes images of a face from any
digital camera and creates a geometrically perfect, photorealistic
3D model. Prior to Big Stage, Jon was President of Auryn.
Auryn has developed technology to enable animators to bring
the styles of leading artists and illustrators to life in
3D animation. Prior to Auryn, Jon co-founded Pandora Media
(originally Savage Beast Technologies), which he ran as
CEO for three years. Pandora is a personalized radio service,
with millions of registered users and more than 50 million
personal radio stations created. Pandora (www.pandora.com)
has raised over $50M in financing from leading VCs.
Prior
to Pandora, Jon co-founded Stanford Technology Group, which
developed sophisticated On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
software. The company was funded by Hummer Winblad and Sequoia
Capital, and posted twelve consecutive profitable quarters
leading to an acquisition by Informix. Jon stayed over two
years at Informix, running Business Development and Product
Marketing for the Data Warehouse Business Unit. Jon holds
a BA from Stanford University.
Jay
Molloy, Special Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Jay
Molloy has, for more than three decades, assisted clients
with issues faced by entrepreneurial and middle market companies,
including: mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; joint
ventures; public and private equity and debt financings;
complex contractual matters; business formation; and tax
planning. His clients include healthcare providers, software
and hardware development companies, service and maintenance
firms, telecommunications firms, medical device manufacturers,
Internet companies, measuring devices manufacturers, and
research and development partnerships involving the makers
of robotics, supercomputers, digital switches, laser disc
equipment and CAD/CAM systems. Mr. Molloy also has experience
in animated film production, avionics, construction, food
distribution, metal fabrication and child care.
Mr.
Molloy earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of
Southern California in 1968 and his J.D. from the University
of Southern California Law School in 1972. He is admitted
to practice law in California and before the United States
Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, the
U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. District Court, Central District
of California. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter
Committee of the Technology Council of Southern California
and a member of the American Bar Association and the State
Bar of California.
Rick
Sharga, President & CEO, CJ Patrick Company
Rick
founded CJ Patrick Company in 2002 to help companies develop
business and brand strategies that clearly communicate a
unique value proposition, create a position of competitive
advantage, and leverage the strength of their brands in
the marketplace.
Rick
also serves as the Vice President of Marketing for RealtyTrac,
the nation's largest online marketplace for foreclosure
properties and #53 on the 2006 Inc. 500. He is responsible
for building and maintaining the RealtyTrac brand, corporate
positioning and messaging, public and investor relations,
and marketing communications activities. As a spokesman
for the company, Rick has been quoted extensively in the
press on foreclosure, mortgage and real estate trends, and
appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN, ABC and NPR.
Prior
to forming CJ Patrick Company, Rick spent more than 20 years
developing corporate and product branding strategies for
technology start-up companies and international corporations
such as DuPont, Fujitsu, Hitachi and Toshiba. Rick created
and executed successful sales and marketing programs in
B2B, technology, consumer electronics and retail for companies
like JD Edwards, Philips, Cox Communications and Honeywell.
Rick began his career with one of the world's largest ad
agencies, Foote, Cone and Belding, and also held management
positions with Ketchum Communications and McGraw-Hill.
Brad
Spahr, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Brad
Spahr is the Director of Mobile Entertainment in the Mobile
Entertainment Group at Sony Pictures Entertainment. An operating
unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Mobile Entertainment
Group extends Film, Television, Gaming and Original Programming
content into the mobile marketplace through wireless operator
agreements, licensing and direct-to-consumer initiatives.
Within
the Mobile Entertainment Group, Spahr oversees sales and
partner relationships with U.S. operators, OEM’s and
licensing partners. In early 2005, he was instrumental in
conceiving and building Sony Pictures’ mobile Direct-to-Consumer
business which enables distribution of mobile content (Games,
Ringtones, Images and Applications) through web, wap and
application based storefronts. Spahr also secured and provisioned
Sony’s first mobile short code (4SONY) that is now
the foundation of all mobile marketing programs across the
studio.
Separately,
Spahr oversaw development of Sony’s first Director-to-Consumer
casual gaming site (www.sonypicturesgames.com <http://www.sonypicturesgames.com/>
) that now offers more than 40 games for both online play
and purchase via digital download. Spahr was instrumental
in the launch of the web site, enabling DRM and commerce
functionalities, and setting up marketing programs to drive
traffic.
Diverse
and entrepreneurial focused, Spahr brings the combination
of technological expertise and business development/sales
experience. Prior to Sony Pictures, Spahr was a co-founder
of Perfect Fifth Media where he focused on enabling technologies
to facilitate the adoption of Video on Demand and Interactive
Television services. Spahr has also held positions at Princess
Cruises, where he oversaw all aspects of the Princess.com
web site; LockStream Corporation, where he spearheaded business
development and strategic efforts around LockStream’s
Digital Rights Management technology platform (with a primary
focus on video on demand and mobile); and Hollywood.com
where he oversaw the day to day operation of the Hollywood.com
web site.
Spahr
is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a bachelor's
degree in Radio and Television (new media focus), and a
minor in marketing.
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