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.


Software

Henry Ancona - Former President, Pegasystems
Jay Bertelli - founder, Former CEO, Mercury Computer
David Baum - Partner, Stage 1 Ventures
Paul Birch - Former Director & CEO, GEAC Computer Corp
Jeff Black - co-founder, Certeon

Peter Bleyleben - Chairman & former CEO, Microfinancial, Inc
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 Fisher - Co-founder and former President Via Cell
Martin Flusberg - former President, Nexus Energy Software
Bob Frankston - Co-founder Software Arts (VisiCalc)
Eric Giler - Founder & former President, Brooktrout, Inc.
Rose Ann Giordano -Former VP worldwide sales & marketing, Customer Services, Compaq

Frank Edelblut - former CEO, Control Solutions
Meny Elany
Raffi Festekjian - founder, PCI; CEO, Banking Analytics, Wolters Kluwer
Michael George - former CEO OATSystems
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
Kija Kim - Co-founder & CEO, Harvard Design & Mapping Co., Inc.
Luda Kopeikina - President & CEO, Noventra
John Landry - Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

Stuart Lewtan - Founder & former CEO, Lewtan Technologies
Tim Litle - Founder & CEO, Litle & Co.
Ken Morse - Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Mike Perlmutter - President, Skylight Navigation
Gene Robinson - former CEO, I-Logix

Ajay Sadhwani - former President, ARS Clinical
Howard Salwen - Chairman and Founder, Audeon Networks, Inc.
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.
Stephen K. Smith - Partner, Masthead Venture Partners
Charles R. Stuckey Jr. - Chairman Emeritus & former CEO, RSA Security, Inc.
Nina Tsao - founder, Onsett International

Daniel Weinreb -- co-founder Symbolics, Object Design
Steve Willis - Co-founder, Wellfleet Communications & Argon Networks
Steve Woit - Founder, Riga Ventures