Member Biographies
Our members' experience covers four decades from the beginning of the Massachusetts software industry to its recent internet boom. They have raised leading software, information technologies and internet firms and continue to serve the community as mentors to new ventures.
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Henry Ancona - Former President, Pegasystems
David Baum - Partner, Stage 1 Ventures
Jay Bertelli - founder, Former CEO, Mercury Computer
Paul Birch - Former Director & CEO, GEAC Computer Corp
Jeff Black - co-founder, Certeon
Peter Bleyleben - Chairman & former CEO, Microfinancial, Inc
Tom Burgess - former CEO, Third Screen Media
Phil Byrne - Former President, Keystone Investment Management Corp.
Joe Caruso - President, Bantam Group
Ed de Castro - co-founder, former CEO, Data General
Jack Derby - Founder, Derby Management
Cynthia Deysher - President, Deysher Advisory Services
Frank Edelblut - former CEO, Control Solutions
Meny Elany
Raffi Festekjian - founder, PCI; CEO, Banking Analytics, Wolters Kluwer
Cynthia Fisher - Co-founder and former President Via Cell
Martin Flusberg - former President, Nexus Energy Software
Bob Frankston - Co-founder Software Arts (VisiCalc)
Andy Frawley - President, Digital Services, Epsilon
Michael George - former CEO OATSystems
Eric Giler - Founder & former President, Brooktrout, Inc.
Rose Ann Giordano -Former VP worldwide sales & marketing, Customer Services, Compaq
Jonathan Green - Private Investor
Jay Habegger - CEO, OwnerIQ, Inc.
Alain Hanover - Managing Director and CEO, Navigator Technology Ventures
Maia Heymann - Managing Director, BancBoston Ventures
Barry Jaspan - Principal Engineer, Acquia
Michael Kauffman - former CEO, SDK Healthcare Information Systems
Kija Kim - Co-founder & CEO, Harvard Design & Mapping Co., Inc.
Luda Kopeikina - President & CEO, Noventra
John Landry - Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures
Kevin Laracy - former CEO, eDocs
Bill Ledingham - CTO, Verdasys
Stuart Lewtan - Founder & former CEO, Lewtan Technologies
Tim Litle - Founder & CEO, Litle & Co.
Andy Macey- VP, Sapient
Ed Marram - Director of Entrepreneurship, Babson College
Todd McCormack - Senior Corporate Vice President, IMG Media
Peter McKay - former CEO, Watchfire
Sandy Moose - Senior Adviser, Boston Consulting Group
Ken Morse - Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Andy O'Brien - Managing Director, Resolute Investors
Mike Perlmutter - President, Skylight Navigation
Bill Poduska - founder, Prime Computer; founder and former CEO, Apollo
Gene Robinson - former CEO, I-Logix
Ajay Sadhwani - former President, ARS Clinical
Howard Salwen - Chairman and Founder, Audeon Networks, Inc.
Kevin Sheehan - former Chairman and CEO, Investors Financial Services
David Schechter - Managing Principal of Perspective Capital Management
Dharmesh Shah - Co-Founder & Chief Software Architect, Hubspot, Inc.
Vipul Shah - Partner at SVT Capital
Courtney Sheets - Chairman & CEO of Tamarack Scientific Co., Inc.
Ralph Sheridan - Managing Partner, Value Management
Stephen K. Smith - Partner, Masthead Venture Partners
Charles R. Stuckey Jr. - Chairman Emeritus & former CEO, RSA Security, Inc.
Jack Swartz - Co-founder, International Power Sources
Bob Tishman - Co-founder & Chairman, Tamale Software
Josh Tollkoff - Managing Director, Ironwood Capital
Nina Tsao - founder, Onsett International
Fritz von Mering - Former COO, Boston Communications Group
Daniel Weinreb - Co-founder Symbolics, Object Design
Steve Willis - Co-founder, Wellfleet Communications & Argon Networks
Jack Wolfe - Private Investor
Steve Woit - Founder, Riga Ventures