- Meg Whitman
Another dreamy CEO choice, except she has already been a big company CEO at eBay (EBAY), has proved her mettle in building it to a powerhouse-despite the online auction site's currently harder times-and has the giant fortune to prove it. And, oh yes, she is likely to be using that pile of cash to run for governor of California, on the Republican ticket.
- Timothy C. Draper
Timothy C. Draper Founder, Managing Director Draper Fisher Jurveston Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique to hundreds of businesses.
- John Garamendi
A fast track medical school plan was presented by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi last month. Without a lower-cost alternative, Garamendi said it was likely the Merced medical school would be delayed and perhaps never opened at all as the state's budget crisis mounts. Garamendi is also an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents; his son, John Garamendi Jr . , works as the vice chancellor for University Relations at UC Merced.
- Marcus Agius
Mr Marcus Agius has extensive City and commercial experience and joined Lazard in London in 1972 where he became Chairman of Lazard London in 2001 and Deputy Chairman of Lazard LLC in 2002. Mr Agius became Chairman of BAA plc in 2002. He resigned from both Lazard and BAA plc in 2006 and became Chairman of Barclays PLC on 1st January 2007. On 1st December 2006 he was appointed Senior Independent Director of the BBC.
- Jon Burgstone
Mr. Burgstone is Managing Director of Symbol Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund, where he leads the firm's activities in portfolio management and research. Mr. Burgstone also served as Founding Faculty Chair and is currently Adjunct Professor of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Earlier in his career he was co-founder and CEO of SupplierMarket, a leading internet supply chain software provider.
- Robert S. Kapito
Robert S. Kapito, a recognized industry leader in portfolio management, Kapito is Vice-Chairman and a founder of BlackRock, Inc., an investment management firm in New York, NY. Kapito received his BS in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Previously, he served as VP of First Boston Corporation's Mortgage Products Group. Kapito and his wife, the former Ellen Hershey, …
- Donna Dubinsky
Donna Dubinsky, president and CEO of Handspring, Inc. and former president of Palm Computing, speaks about her career. Topics include: early...
- Capers McDonald
Capers W. McDonald , President and Chief Executive Officer of BioReliance Corporation since 1992, graduated from Duke University in 1974 with a Bachelors degree in engineering. After moving on to earn a Masters degree in engineering from MIT (1976), an MBA from Harvard Business School (1983), and establishing himself as a successful corporate leader, community member and family man, McDonald proudly admits, "I still bleed Duke Blue after all these years."
- Fred Hassan
Fred Hassan is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Schering-Plough Corporation. Prior to joining Schering-Plough in April 2003 and assuming his current position, Mr. Hassan was chairman and chief executive officer of Pharmacia Corporation. He joined the former Pharmacia & Upjohn in May 1997 as chief executive officer and was elected to the Board of Directors.
- Gary Rodkin
Gary Rodkin , chief executive officer, joined ConAgra Foods in October of 2005. Under his leadership, the company has transformed itself from a holding company for dozens of brands and businesses to a more unified operating company. In fact, Rodkin's new vision statement for ConAgra Foods is "one company, growing by nourishing lives and finding a better way today a one bite at a time."
- Dan Senor
Daniel Samuel Senor (born November 6, 1971), is a Republican strategist and contributor to Fox News. Currently, Senor is a crisis management and communications strategy consultant with his newly founded firm, Senor Strategies.
- Gail Lese
Gail Lese, M.D., M.B.A., is the founder and CEO of [[Lese Investments L.L.C.]] and the portfolio manager of the Lese Funds. Dr. Lese has a distinguished track record in finance and in medicine. As the fund manager of the Fidelity Select Food and Agriculture portfolio, Dr. Lese led the fund to achieving one of the highest absolute returns in the United States within nine months of assuming leadership of the fund.
- David L. Greenwood
David L. Greenwood has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since August 1995 and our Executive Vice President since January 2004. He is also a director of Geron Bio-Med Limited, our joint ventures TA Therapeutics, Ltd. and stART Licensing, Inc., and Clone International and XenoTrans, Ltd., both Australian companies. From August 1999 until January 2004, Mr. Greenwood also served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
- Phil Greer
Phil Greer is a founding partner of Opus Capital. Phil brings 35 years of venture capital investing experience to Opus Capital, having been a founding partner of Weiss, Peck & Greer in 1971, and having provided continuity of leadership of the firm since that time. Phil was an early investor and has been a director of Federal Express Corporation since 1974 where he currently serves as Chairman of the company's Compensation Committee.
- Walter C. Rakowich
Walt Rakowich is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a member of the Board of ProLogis. Mr. Rakowich also serves on the Executive Committee, responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company and monitoring its implementation and progress. Prior to becoming President and COO in January 2005, Mr. Rakowich served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of ProLogis, positions he held since December 1998.
- Raj Kapoor
Love to live life to the fullest - join me!
- Ben Golub
Ben Golub , President and Chief Executive Officer for Plaxo Prior to joining Plaxo, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for VeriSign, Inc. In his eight years at VeriSign, he also served as Senior Vice President of the security and payments business and General Manager of VeriSign's managed security services business. In these roles, Ben managed worldwide sales, marketing, product development, support, operations, and business development activities.
- Michael Salameh
Michael Salameh co-founded PLX and has served as President and member of the Board of Directors since PLX's inception in May 1986. From 1980 through 1986, Mr. Salameh was employed in various marketing management positions with Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Salameh received a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
- Brian Atwood
Brian G. Atwood Director Mr. Atwood has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2000. He co-founded Versant Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on healthcare, in 1999. Mr. Atwood is also a managing member of Brentwood Associates. Mr. Atwood also serves on the board of directors of several privately-held pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including BioMedicines, Inc., Salmedix, Inc. and Xenogen Corporation.
- Rob Kuhling
Rob Kuhling - ONSET Ventures, General Partner Rob Kuhling joined ONSET Ventures in 1987 after experience in a variety of technology marketing, strategic development and management positions. Rob was Director of Marketing at Sun Microsystems, where he spearheaded the company's expansion into the design automation marketplace.
- Camille Samuels Pearson
Camille Samuels joined Versant shortly after its formation in late 1999. She has been actively involved in Versant's investments in Biospect, Fluidigm, Genomic Health, Novacea, ParAllele, Reliant Pharmaceuticals and Syrrx. Prior to Versant, Ms. Samuels was a Director of Business Development at Tularik Inc., where she was responsible for corporate strategy and developing partnerships around clinical and preclinical therapeutic programs.
- Jessica Owens
Jessica Owens joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2006 to work on investments in pandemic preparedness and bio-defense. Jessica brings experience in global public health and infectious disease research from four years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she was a scientist in the Special Pathogens Branch. Her work resulted in the discovery and demonstration of genetic shift among Hantavirus strains.
- Paul Deninger
Paul Deninger Paul Deninger is Chairman of Jeffries Broadview, a leading global advisor and private equity investor in the IT, communications, and media industries. He joined Broadview in 1987 after several years in the software industry. With more than a decade's experience in technology mergers and acquisitions, he has advised on over 100 transactions, and speaks frequently on technology trends and strategies for maximizing shareholder value.
- Don Milder
Don Milder, Crosspoint Ventures Possessing a strong operating background in healthcare, Don Milder specializes in medical device and healthcare service investing. Prior to co-founding Versant Ventures, Don led healthcare investing at Crosspoint Venture Partners where he was a general partner.
- Glen T. Meakem
Glen T. Meakem Glen T. Meakem is the founder and chairman of FreeMarkets, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMKT), the leading provider of software, services, and information that assists corporations with all phases of global supply management. FreeMarkets had revenues of $150 million in 2003 and employs over 900 people in 15 countries.
- Norm Fogelsong
Norm Fogelsong has more than 25 years of high-technology venture capital experience. As a General Partner of IVP, he currently emphasizes investments in private expansion-stage information technology companies with more than $10 million of annual revenue. He also invests in select public market opportunities.
- Mike Boich
Mike Boich has more than 20 years of experience in the hardware, semiconductor, and software industries. Mike co-founded and served as the CEO of Rendition, an InterWest-backed graphics chip company, acquired by Micron Technology in 1998. Prior to Rendition, he was the founding CEO of an InterWest-backed Macintosh peripherals company, Radius, which grew from zero to $100 million in four years under his leadership.
- Steve Wunker
Steve Wunker leads the healthcare, financial services, and telecom industry practices at Innosight, where he works with Innosight clients to develop new ideas, evaluate growth opportunities, and improve how they organize to pursue innovation. Previously, he led corporate ventures for a FTSE 100 British electronics firm (Psion) and a Netherlands-based company that is one of Africa’s largest cellular carriers (Celtel).
- Marco Farsheed
Marco Farsheed : Vice President Strategic Business Development Marco Farsheed joins StreamBase with more than 20 years of experience in sales, business development, and general management in software and services. At StreamBase, Farsheed is responsible for company's worldwide strategic alliances. Most recently, Farsheed was a Principal at Sina Partners, a private equity firm.
- Ethan E. Thurow
Ethan E. Thurow Ethan E. Thurow is a Senior Associate with Calera Capital. Prior to joining Calera Capital in 2005, Mr. Thurow was an Associate with Audax Group, a Boston-based private equity firm with over $1 billion of equity capital under management. While at Audax Group, Mr. Thurow evaluated and made investments in companies across a variety of industries. Previously, Mr. Thurow was a Senior Associate with The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory firm.
- Mark N. Williamson
Mark N. Williamson Mark N. Williamson is a Managing Partner of Calera Capital and a member of the General Partner. Prior to joining Calera Capital in 1996, Mr. Williamson was Managing Director at the Harvard Private Capital Group, Inc., where he was a member of a small team responsible for managing a $1.6 billion private equity portfolio. Mr. Williamson was responsible for a number of significant investments across a range of industries.
- James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell James T. Farrell is a Managing Partner of Calera Capital and a member of the General Partner. Before joining Calera Capital in 1991, Mr. Farrell served as an independent investor assisting Rainwater, Inc. in a private equity transaction that led to the successful restructuring of AmeriCredit (NYSE, consumer finance company).
- Collin Roche
- Dave Borgal
Dave Borgal , Director of Operations dave@bottomline.org Dave was born in Reading, Massachusetts and currently lives in Saugus, Massachusetts. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Journalism from Northeastern University in 1993 and his Masters Degree in Education from Salem State College in 1994. Dave started Bottom Line in July 1997, and recruited the first class of 25 students in late August 1997. 21 of the 25 kids from the first class earned a college degree.
- Randall Ottinger
Mr. Ottinger has spent more than 20 years as an executive in high tech companies, while at the same time acting as a key executive of the Ottinger-Heath Family Office and Co-Chairman of the Ottinger Foundation. Mr. Ottinger has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of Young Presidentâ
- Henry Ancona
Henry Ancona Henry has broad-based experience as an advisor, angel investor, and leader of technology-based businesses in the areas of security software, applications, and information services. In addition to being a member of the angel investment group CommonAngels, Henry has served on the Board of Directors of a number of private and public technology companies. He currently serves on the Board of Visible Measures Corporation.
- David A. Galloway
David A. Galloway Chairman, BMO Financial Group David Galloway was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal effective May 1, 2004. Mr. Galloway is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation, a position he held from 1988 to 2002. He joined Torstar in 1981 and became President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlequin worldwide in 1982.
- Monica Chi
Monica believes in transforming organizations through its leaders, and works closely with teams to establish effective leadership practices and attain strategic alignment. Her areas of focus include strategy clarification, organizational development, merger integration and team performance.
- Richard Desilva
Richard DeSilva Richard DeSilva is a Partner at Highland Capital Partners , focused on information technology investments as specializing in emerging media and online marketing. Richard was co-founder and President of SiteBurst Inc., an enterprise software vendor of channel management solutions. Prior to SiteBurst, Richard was part of the team that founded IronPlanet, a venture-backed marketplace for used heavy equipment.
- Thomas S. Gilbert
Thomas S. Gilbert President and CEO Thomas S. Gilbert , the founder of Knowledge Delivery Systems, has been actively involved in the online educational business for the last ten years. Among his many achievements are his development of award-winning educational software and the creation of the KDS Classroom. Mr. Gilbert is a graduate of Princeton University, has a BA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Government and an MBA from Harvard Business School.