Lisa Yoo, Esq, General Partner, Global Venture Network, and  Partner, Alpine Alternative Assets

        Lisa Yoo, Esq. is a Partner of  Alpine Alternative Assets. Lisa has extensive experience as a corporate attorney specializing in international corporate transactions and securities law. She has worked at the law firm of Clifford Chance in New York.  She was a former General Counsel of Global Growth Group, Inc., a hedge fund based in New York and Hong Kong.  Lisa has lived in Asia for 11 years, including Hong Kong, Korea and Japan.  She is fluent in Korean, and has knowledge of Japanese. Lisa is admitted to the Bar Associations of both New York and New Jersey. Lisa has attended Harvard College, and graduated with honors from Smith College and New York University School of Law.  


J.D. Choi, Esq, Chief Technology Officer, Global Venture Network, and CEO, Tax Technologies Inc.

        J.D. Choi, Esq. is among the handful of finalists nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for 2004.  JD is recognized as an international tax expert and technologist, specializing in software development. JD has worked as an attorney and international tax consultant for over 14 years with a number of Big Five accounting firms.  JD created a successful international tax specialty group, “Quantitative Consulting Services” (QCS) in Deloitte & Touche.  Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, JD worked with Arthur Andersen’s corporate tax software development office in Sarasota, Florida. JD also worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in its International Tax Services group in the New York office.    


BOARD OF ADVISORS  

Dr. Srinivas Akkaraju, Principal, JP Morgan Partners

        Srinivas joined the Life Sciences team in the Healthcare Group at JPMorgan Partners, LLC in April '01. From October '98 to April '01, Srinivas was in Business and Corporate Development at Genentech, Inc., most recently as Senior Manager. There he was responsible for worldwide partnering activities including technology access deals, in-licensing of early and late-stage therapeutics, and out-licensing of Genentech development projects. In addition to his business development role, Srinivas also served for the last year as Project Team Leader for one of Genentech's clinical development products. During this time, Srinivas was also a founding member of BioStreet, an online marketplace for biotech opportunities. Prior to joining Genentech in 1998, Srinivas was a graduate student at Stanford University, where he earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Immunology. Srinivas earned his undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Rice University in 1990. He is currently a Director of Eyetech Pharmaceuticals.


Michele Appendino, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Net Partners

        Before co-founding Net Partners, Michele Appendino was a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, working in media, publishing, retailing, and consumer marketing sectors. In these sectors, Mr. Appendino worked on strategic, M&A and operational improvement projects. During his five-year tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Appendino worked in Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. Mr. Appendino graduated from the Polytechnic of Turin with a degree in Electronics Engineering, and received an MBA from INSEAD.  Founded in 1997, Net Partners was one of the earliest venture capital funds in Europe to begin operations with an exclusive focus on financing seed and early stage Internet, commerce and transaction services companies. Direct venture investments include some of the best known European Internet companies such as Self Trade (Nouveau Marché: 7505), BFinance, Accucard, Freever and Mutui Online.  Net Partners is known for its hands on and highly entrepreneurial approach to building companies and working closely with entrepreneurs. The firm has emphasized and helped implement both Pan-European and local initiatives in Europe.


John Borchers, General Partner, Crescendo Ventures

      John Borchers is a General Partner in Crescendo Ventures' (www.crescendoventures.com) London office. His primary focus is on emerging communication and infrastructure service technologies in Europe. Borchers first entered the venture capital field in 1997 when he joined Crescendo Ventures to develop the firm's European presence. Borchers began his career in the data warehousing field where he focused on applications consulting and decision support systems in the financial, publishing and consumer goods industries. He spent two years in Sydney, Australia, where he opened the first Asia-Pacific office for a U.S.-based data warehousing firm that is now part of Snyder Communications.  Borchers sits on the board of several U.S. and European based companies including SealedMedia, Xtalis and Twest.  Borchers received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond.


Doug Chertok, Managing Director, Hudson Ventures  

        Doug Chertok is a Managing Director of Hudson Ventures (www.hudsonventures.com). Doug has expertise in founding and developing companies in the hospitality and gaming industries, as well as financing and structuring venture capital transactions for Internet, software and other technology companies.  From 1997 through 2000, Doug practiced corporate finance and securities law for Morrison & Foerster LLP, specializing in new media venture capital. Between 1992 and 1995, he held several executive positions in the hospitality and gaming industries, including Lady Luck Gaming Corporation and Kimco Management. Prior to 1992, Doug worked as a real estate consultant and also founded a gourmet foods company based in New York.  Doug holds a B.S. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. degree from New York University. Doug resides in New York City, and when not sourcing deals enjoys spending time hiking in the Adirondacks.  


Jeff Clavier, Partner, RVC (Reuters Venture Capital)

        Jeff Clavier is based in Palo Alto, CA, and leads the US operations of RVC. His focus on investing in the US and helping companies of the Portfolio develop through partnerships with other companies of the Fund, and Reuters mainstream businesses and subsidiaries (Tibco, Radianz, Factiva, Instinet). Jeff’s intimate knowledge of the Financial Markets industry allows him to steer portfolio companies towards serving this technology-savvy market. Jeff brought 12 years of experience in technology and business when he joined the Fund from Reuters, where as Head of Development of Reuters Risk Management and Desktop, he had been overseeing a 200+ staff organisation in Paris, London and New-York, developing a number of leading Reuters products: ATW, the Risk offering, and the flagship Reuters Desktop Kobra/3000 Xtra, that he designed back in 1993. Jeff became instrumental in the development of the Reuters Open Systems product line since the early 1990’s, after the acquisition by Reuters of Effix Systemes, the Paris-based startup company he joined and helped develop in 1989. Jeff serves on the board of UltraDNS (USA), LogicWorx (USA), Harmony Software (USA), Entegrity Solutions and is an observer of Tacit Knowledge Systems (USA). Jeff graduated from Paris V University in Computer Science (BS & MS with distinction), and earned a Research Degree (with distinction) in Systems, Networking and Distributed Computing from Paris VI. Jeff co-authored a patent-pending “Analytical Visual Display Method and Apparatus”, geared towards displaying Venture Capital portfolios according to an industry segmentation, and identifying prospective technology investment spaces. He is a seasoned speaker at events of the VC and Private Equity community in the US.


Steven Costabile, Head of Private Equity Funds, AIG Private Equity Funds

         Steven Costabile heads the Private Equity Funds Group for AIG Global Investment Corp.   Mr. Costabile is responsible for committing capital on behalf of AIG in private equity funds and secondary opportunities focused on corporate finance and venture capital, primarily in developed markets.  In addition, Mr. Costabile also creates and manages third party investment vehicles (fund-of-funds and structured products), which allow institutional investors to invest along side AIG.  AIG will also co-invest along side partnership sponsors in direct deals.  The AIG Private Equity Funds Group manages assets in excess of $7 billion.   Previously, Mr. Costabile was a vice president with Credit Suisse First Boston’s Private Funds Group, which made commitments to private equity funds on behalf of CSFB and third party investors.  The CSFB Private Funds Group managed commitments in excess of $1.8 billion in both funds and co-investments.  Mr. Costabile also served as the Senior Investment Officer-Alternative Investments for the $24 Billion Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (“Mass PRIM”). Mr. Costabile was responsible for $2.1 billion in commitments that was allocated among all stages of venture capital, subordinated debt, secondaries, international, and leveraged buyout limited partnerships and had commitments to 100 separate funds.   Prior to joining Mass PRIM, Mr. Costabile was the Assistant Director of Venture Capital and Alternative Investments for the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) and has worked previously as a corporate financial analyst, private equity advisor, and as a management consultant in the United Kingdom. Mr. Costabile holds both a Masters of Business Administration and bachelor's degree in finance from Duquesne University.  In addition, he is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. 


Jonathan Ebinger,  Principal, Nokia Venture Partners 

       Jonathan Ebinger joined the Washington DC office in September 2000. Jonathan has 14 years of strong marketing and business development experience within the telecom industry. Prior to joining Nokia Venture Partners, Jonathan held senior operational positions for Qwest, Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions and MCI. In addition, Jonathan founded a successful Internet start-up. He earned his MBA from Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, and holds a Bachelor of Finance from Virginia Tech.  Jonathan serves on the Board of Directors of AveSair and ZebraPass, Inc., and is an active board observer with PAR3.  Nokia Venture Partners Launched in 1998, Nokia Venture Partners is a top tier venture capital firm and a leading investor into the mobile Internet space with USD$650 million under management. With strategic LP's, including BMC Software, CDBWebTech, Goldman Sachs, Nokia, and others, the fund builds partnerships with leading edge mobile technology companies targeting high-growth market opportunities around the world. Nokia Venture Partners has a strong track record of leveraging the firm's combined resources, experience and contacts to help build successful businesses. The partners managing the fund all have extensive experience working with entrepreneurs and start-up businesses, advanced technology, private equity investing, and mergers & acquisitions.     


George Fellows, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Revlon, Inc

        George Fellows, former President and Chief Executive Officer, Revlon, Inc., joined the Company in 1993 as Chairman, Revlon North America.  In 1995, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Revlon, Inc. and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.  In 1997, he was named Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fellows is credited with building the management team that led to the resurgence of Revlon in the mid 90's and achieved the Company's number one market share position in U.S. mass-market color cosmetics.  During his tenure, the Company created and made strides in the implementation of its globalization strategy, increasing distribution and reach throughout the world. Prior to joining Revlon, Mr. Fellows was President of Colgate Latin America from 1992 to 1993, and President of Mennen North America from 1989 through 1992.  Before that, Mr. Fellows spent four years at Revlon, and served as President of what was then called the Domestic Beauty Group. From 1970 to 1984, Mr. Fellows served in a series of senior executive positions with International Playtex including Vice President/General Manager of its Intimate Apparel Division; Vice President /General Manager of its Family Products Envision; and President of its Intimate Apparel Division.  He began his career in 1966 with Colgate-Palmolive. Mr. Fellows graduated in 1964 with a B.S. degree from City College of New York, received an MBA from Columbia University in 1966 and completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program in 1981.  Mr. Fellows is a Board member of Vanity Fair Corporation and the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Advisory Committee and served on the boards of Revlon, Inc., the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and the Cosmetics, Toiletries & Fragrance Association.


Matthew I. Growney, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures

        Matthew I. Growney is currently Managing Director of Motorola Ventures (www.motorola.com). MV is Motorola’s corporate venture capital group. He continues to actively review and invest in opportunities strategic to Motorola’s core and emerging businesses including communications and embedded solutions. Prior to co-developing MV four years ago, Matthew successfully completed three diverse positions as a Commodities Buyer with Motorola’s Land Mobile Product Sector and as a Corporate Development Analyst at Nippon Motorola Limited in Tokyo, Japan. In 1996, he was employed as the Business Analyst for Motorola’s Corporate Strategy- Business Development office. His primary responsibilities included management of corporate deal flow, investment tracking, and merger and acquisition analysis. Most recently Matthew conducted cyber-law, e-commerce, and domain name legal review on behalf of HSD Ernst & Young- France and Motorola, Inc. He has studied C++ Programming at Harvard University and International Civil Law at the University of San Jose in Costa Rica. Matthew graduated from Michigan State University and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the New England School of Law in Boston. Matthew resides on the boards of Nearlife, Inc., and Aura Communications, both located just outside Boston, MA.
     

Tom Hirschfeld, Managing Director, JW Seligman

        Thomas P. Hirschfeld is Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments, Seligman Technology Group, for J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated.  JW Seligman & Co. is one of the nation's oldest investment firms. As of June 30, 2001, Seligman managed over $31 billion in assets for institutions.  Seligman is recognized as a leader in the field of technology research, analysis and investment. From venture capital to established large-cap companies, Seligman is one of the largest investors in the communication, information and technology sectors. Seligman has more than $9.7 billion invested in technology companies located throughout the world.  Mr. Hirschfeld, who has more than 14 years of investment experience, focuses primarily on late-stage technology investments. He is based in the Group’s New York office. Mr. Hirschfeld joined Seligman in January 2001. Previously, he was with Patricof & Co. Ventures, where he most recently served as General Partner, making venture investments in early-stage companies.  Prior to Patricof, he worked as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers from 1986 to 1994, specializing in media and technology companies.  He also served as Assistant to the Mayor of New York City during 1994, leading a thirty-person economic policy group.  Mr. Hirschfeld received his graduate degree in Economics and Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University, which he attended on a Marshall Scholarship. He graduated magna cum laude in Classics from Harvard College.  Mr. Hirschfeld is also the author of three nonfiction books totaling over a million copies in print: Business Dad: How Good Businessmen Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa), How to Master the Video Games, and How to Master Home Video Games.


Patrick Kenealy, Managing General Partner, IDG Ventures

      Pat Kenealy is Managing General Partner at IDG Ventures, the $560 million venture capital fund family of International Data Group, the $2.5 billion global media conglomerate. He is a founding General Partner of the IDGVentures funds in San Francisco, London and Boston and is an advisor to IDG Ventures fund in Beijing. At IDG Ventures in San Francisco, Kenealy supervised the fund's successfully liquidated investments in Andromedia (NASDAQ: MACR), BabyCenter (NASDAQ: ETYS), FutureTense (NASDAQ: OMKT), Service Metrics (NASDAQ: EXDS), and Spinner.com (NASDAQ: AOL), which collectively returned IDG Ventures 30 times its invested capital in thosecompanies . He currently represents IDG Ventures on the boards of Manna, PhotoAlley.com, PlanetOut Partners, Quova, and Sailnet.com. Kenealy founded IDG Ventures in 1996 after a dozen years as profit center manager in IDG's publishing group. From 1990 to 1996, he was Publisher of IDG's PC World Magazine, and CEO of PC World Communications. Inc. During his tenure PC World quadrupled revenues and profits to become the world's largest circulation PC publication, and PC World Communications launched numerous new publications and products including Multimedia World, The WEB magazine, PC World Online, and joint ventures with Forbes, Newsweek, Child Magazine, and others. During his last four years at PC World, he ran IDG's PC World Global Support Center, which supported locally-published PC Worlds in more than 50 countries. Before joining PC World, Kenealy was founder, President, and Publisher of Digital News, IDG's Boston-based newspaper for the VAX computer market. Before joining IDG, he was founder, Associate Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of Digital Review Magazine at Ziff-Davis Publishing, and Senior Editor of Mini-Microsystems at Cahners Publishing. Mr. Kenealy holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University.
 

Venetia Kontogouris, Managing Director, Trident Capital       

       Venetia Kontogouris  joined Trident Capital in 1999 as a Managing Director.  Prior to joining Trident Capital, Ms. Kontogouris was President of Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health Incorporated, and has held various positions in venture capital since 1989.Formerly, she was Senior Vice President, Venture Development with Cognizant Corporation where she represented Cognizant in the Information Partners Capital Fund, a venture capital fund formed by Dun & Bradstreet and Bain Capital, with emphasis on the information industry and leveraged buyouts.Ms. Kontogouris has held executive positions in new product development and marketing at D&B where she was head of product development for Dun’s Marketing Services and Director of Marketing for national accounts and financial services. She also held sales management positions for AT&T and IBM.Ms. Kontogouris has also launched her own start-up company in the telecommunications industry.Ms. Kontogouris serves on the Board of Directors of Aptegrity Inc., Berkeley Enterprise Partners, Inc., C-7 Group, Inc., CentrPort, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), eCredit.com, Inc., Event Zero, Questra Corporation, Saleshound.com, Inc., T.R.A.D.E., Inc., Vality Technology, Inc. and Viant Corporation (VIAN).Ms. Kontogouris was a former Director of Avesta Technologies, Inc., Customer Analytics, Inc., eData Resources, Inc., Internet Profiles Corporation, OneSource Information Services, Inc., Jostens Learning Corporation and WEFA (Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates).  Ms. Kontogouris earned a B.A. from Northeastern University and her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.  
   

Martin Kuhn, Vice President, Sony Venture Capital

       Martin Kuhn has over 13 years experience across a broad range of digital technologies. He was responsible for creating the US arm of the Sony Corporate VC group, covering internet technology investments, which has made 14 investments over the last year, ranging in size from $1m - $30m in the US and Europe. At Sony Venture Capital, his investment focus is in wireless, internet infrastructure, devices, multimedia/embedded/agent software, security, display and video/content recognition. Aside from being active on portfolio company boards, he is involved in licensing, co-development and business development agreements with portfolio companies.  Mr Kuhn's prior experience includes 9 years management consulting with A.T. Kearney in the US and Asia on various E-commerce projects for IT clients and Orbis in Europe/Scandinavia, working in telecoms for Ericsson and British Telecom.  Mr. Kuhn has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an Honors degree in Physics, from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.


Erel N. Margalit, Managing Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners

       Erel N. Margalit founded Jerusalem Venture Partners in 1993 and is the co-founder of Jerusalem Pacific Ventures (JPV). He has led and co-led investments in numerous successful JVP and JPV companies including Chromatis Networks (acquired by Lucent), Netro Corporation (NTRO), Cogent Communications, BridgeWave Communications, Scorpio Communications (acquired by US Robotics), CyOptics, Fundtech (FNDT), ViryaNet (VRYA), Jacada (JCDA), Precise Software Solutions (PRSE), Paradigm Geophysical (PGEO), Teleknowledge, First Access, SANgate Systems, InLight Communications and KereniX. As seed and first-round investor, Erel played an active role in developing their strategic relationships and creating competitive sales and marketing organizations. Prior to founding JVP, Erel was the director of business development for the city of Jerusalem under former Mayor Teddy Kollek, helping to bring more than 70 technology firms to the city. In addition, he was instrumental in creating the technology-incubator project and in attracting R&D centers of major international high-tech companies, including IBM, Digital and Intel, to Jerusalem. Education: MA in Philosophy, Columbia University; MBA, Hebrew University.


Dr. Rob Mashal, Partner, Boston Millennia Partners

      Dr. Rob Mashal focuses on Life Sciences opportunities, primarily drug discovery and development and enabling technologies for the drug development process, including genomics, systems biology, and chemical genomics. Prior to joining Boston Millennia Partners, Rob was a Program Executive for the MDR program at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX). He was also a member of the Joint Research Committee for the $800 million Vertex-Novartis kinase collaboration. At Vertex, Rob gained extensive experience in overseeing drug discovery and development programs, and implementing strategic business partnerships. Prior to joining Vertex, Rob was an associate at McKinsey & Co. where he advised a variety of clients in the healthcare/life sciences industries. Before that, he was an attending physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute where he conducted research on molecular genetics. He did his internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco and completed his medical oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He holds a B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.


Dennis P. McCrary, Partner,  Adams Street Partners

     As Head of the U.S. Partnership Team, Dennis McCrary is involved in all aspects of the Partnership Team’s investment activities.  He is responsible for originating, analyzing, investing in and actively monitoring investments in all subclasses of fund investments.  In addition, he works with the Partnership Team and the Fund Management Team to serve the needs of existing and prospective Adams Street Partners clients. Mr. McCrary joined Adams Street Partners in 2002 after 20 years in various positions at the Bank of America. Most recently, Mr. McCrary was a Managing Partner of the Chicago-based team that originated, structured and managed direct equity and mezzanine investments. A majority of these investments were made in conjunction with independent private equity limited partnerships.  Prior to joining the equity and mezzanine investment business in 1995, Mr. McCrary was a Managing Director at Continental Bank (acquired by Bank of America) and led several businesses involving leveraged finance origination and portfolio management, loan syndications, and private debt placements. In these positions Mr. McCrary worked extensively with private equity firms, corporate clients, and a variety of institutional investors. Mr. McCrary received the following degrees: Michigan State University, BA, 1978 , University of Michigan, MBA, 1980.     Adams Street Partners is a leading private equity investment firm, providing both partnership and direct investment services to institutional clients. Adams Street Partners is an independent, employee-owned entity, resulting from the January 2001 spin-out of the Private Equity Group of UBS Global Asset Management/Brinson Partners, Inc. The private equity portfolios continue to be managed in the same manner and style, and by the same people, as they have over the past two decades. Adams Street Partners is headquartered in Chicago with an office in London. Adams Street Partners is one of the largest managers of private equity partnership investments in the United States and has one of the longest histories, with $6.6 billion under management. Together with its predecessor organizations, Adams Street Partners has been investing in private equity partnerships since 1979 and managing direct investments in private equity since 1972. Adams Street Partners is well known internationally for its continuous commitment to, and deep understanding of, the private equity industry.


Kevin P. Mohan, General Partner, Summit Partners

        Kevin P. Mohan began his career in private equity in 1986 at the Harvard Management Company and joined Summit Partners  in 1994 after several years at McKinsey & Company in New York.  Kevin has led over $125 million of investments for Summit in software, services, and communications companies, including CallTech Communications, Intelligroup, Logical Design Solutions, Martin and Associates, MIND, Paragon, and Triton Systems.  Kevin graduated from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School.  
    

Matthew O'Connell, General Counsel & CAO, Crest Communications Holdings

       Matthew O'Connell is Crest's General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining Crest (www.crestholdings.com), Matt was Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs for Sony Worldwide Networks, a division of Sony Corporation specializing in radio syndication. Prior to that, Matt served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Osborn Communications Corporation, a publicly traded radio and television operator. Prior to Osborn, Matt was the Assistant General Counsel at Cablevision Systems Corporation, where he was responsible for acquisitions and corporate finance. Matt earned his JD degree at the University of Virginia and his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College.


Martin D. Sass, Chairman, M.D. Sass & Co. & CEO & Co-Chairman, Resurgence Asset Management

        Martin D. Sass is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The M.D. Sass Group of Companies (“M.D. Sass”), a leading independent investment management organization which manages traditional and alternative investments for substantial individuals and institutions. He is also CEO and Co-Chairman of Resurgence Asset Management, which is exclusively involved in distressed securities investing and manages the M.D.Sass Corporate Resurgence private equity funds. Before founding M.D. Sass in 1972, Mr. Sass was President and a principal shareholder of Neuwirth Management and Research Corp., managing mutual funds, substantial separate portfolios and hedge funds. He previously founded and directed the Special Situations Division of Argus Research Corporation, which provided investment research to the investment community. Mr. Sass is a member of the Chief Executive’s Organization and a board member of the Metropolitan President’s Organization, Chairman of The Sass Foundation for Medical Research,Trustee of the Brooklyn College Foundation, and a member of the Association for Investment Management Research. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Brooklyn College and completed graduate studies in Finance at New York University and Baruch College.


Dr. Drew Schiff, Managing Director, Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund

      Dr. Drew Schiff  joined Perseus-Soros in September of 1999 and currently serves as a Managing Director. Over the last 10 years, Dr. Schiff has practiced internal medicine at The New York Presbyterian Hospital where he maintains his position as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. In addition, he has also been a partner of a small family run investment fund, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Dr. Schiff received his MD from Cornell University Medical College and his MBA from Columbia University. His bachelor’s degree in neuroscience was awarded with honors by Brown University. He currently serves on the board of directors of Adams Laboratories, Barrier Therapeutics, Bioenvision, and Myogen.

Carl Stjernfeldt, Battery Ventures

        Carl Stjernfeldt joined Battery Ventures in 1999 and focuses on communications and European based investments. From 1997 to 1998, he worked for Cambridge Technology Partners as a client partner and project manager. Prior to Cambridge, he held a number of operational roles with Summa Four developing telecommunications solutions for domestic and international service providers. Carl holds a dual MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and Northeastern University in Boston, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.


Charles van Horne, Managing Director, Abbott Capital

        Charles van Horne is responsible for Abbott’s fund development and client services activities.  Mr. van Horne has over 15 years of involvement with private equity in the U.S. and overseas.  Abbott is one of the leading independent firms investing in private equity partnerships and co-investments, with over $5 billion under management.  Prior to joining Abbott in 2001, Mr. van Horne was a Managing Director of AIG Capital Partners, Inc. (a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.), which, together with its affiliates, manages over $8 billion in private equity.  At AIG, he was responsible for fund development and client services and served on the investment committees for several of its direct investment funds and funds of funds.  Prior to joining AIG, Mr. van Horne was Managing Director of Creditanstalt International Advisors, where he established and managed its private equity investment activities.  He also was at Bankers Trust in its Merchant Bank, its M&A Group and other functions in New York and London and at UBS Securities in New York.   Mr. van Horne received his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.


David Wassong, Partner, Soros Private Equity Partners    

        David K. Wassong, a Partner in New York, has been with Soros Private Equity Partners since July 1998 and focuses on the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries.  Prior to joining SPEP, Mr. Wassong was with Lauder Gaspar Ventures from 1997 to 1998, where he participated on teams which invested in the telecommunications industry.  From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Wassong was in investment banking with Wertheim Schroder in the Media and Entertainment group.  Mr. Wassong earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.  Soros Private Equity Partners, an investment affiliate of Soros Fund Management LLC, is responsible for making direct equity investments on behalf of Soros Private Equity Investors LP as well as for the multi-billion dollar Quantum Group of Funds.  Soros Fund Management is the well-known investment advisory firm founded by George Soros.


Harry Weller, Partner, New Enterprise Associates         

      Harry joined NEA in January 2002 as a partner. He specializes in information technology companies focusing on enterprise software, infrastructure and applications. Prior to joining NEA, Harry was a partner at FBR Technology Venture Partners where he worked primarily with enterprise software companies. Previously, Harry was with the Boston Consulting Group and Deloitte & Touche Management Consulting. At both firms, he managed strategy and technology initiatives in the financial, manufacturing and telecommunications industries. In particular, he specialized in leading teams through the sales, selection and implementation of large-scale enterprise software projects. Harry received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Duke University. Founded in 1978, NEA has grown to eleven partnerships managing $5 billion of capital.  We are classic venture capital investors, concentrating on early stage companies in the areas of information technology and medical and life sciences.  We typically invest in 20 to 30 new companies each year.  Our first investment can be as little as $200,000 or up to $20 million, and we typically support our companies through multiple rounds of financing.


Evan Wildstein, Principal, Kohlberg & Company

      Evan Wildstein is a Principal of Kohlberg & Company.  As a member of the investment team since joining Kohlberg in 1994, Mr. Wildstein evaluates acquisition candidates and structures investments for the firm’s $576 million investment fund.  Mr. Wildstein has completed numerous platform and add-on acquisitions across a range of industries, and he also develops and executes financing strategies for portfolio companies, including public and private debt and equity financings.  He is experienced in managing and monitoring existing portfolio companies and has served on the boards of directors of public and private companies including Allied Aerospace Industries, Inc., Holley Performance Products, Inc., Tinnerman Palnut Engineered Products, LLC, Magnavision Corporations, Ithaco Space Systems, Bioshelters, Inc., and Media On Demand, Inc.  Mr. Wildstein received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. 

Kelly M. Williams, Managing Director,Customized Fund Investment Group, CSFB Private Equity

      Kelly is a Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Customized Fund Investment Group where she is responsible for developing and managing customized private equity investment programs for clients.  CSFB’s Customized Fund Investment Group manages more than $8 billion of commitments to more than 450 private equity and venture capital funds globally for its clients.  The Customized Fund Investment Group specializes in designing tailored portfolios for investors who are seeking customized solutions for their private equity investment needs.  Kelly currently serves on the Advisory Board of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee, The Resolute Fund and Northcastle Partners.  Prior to joining CSFB, Kelly was a Director in DLJ’s Customized Fund Investment Group.  DLJ merged with Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000.  Prior to joining DLJ, Kelly was an Executive Director with Prudential Financial’s private equity group where she had responsibility for the operations of its fund investment group.  Kelly was primarily responsible for product development and legal support for Prudential’s Private Equity Group from 1996 to 1999, during which time she developed eight private equity funds globally.  Kelly joined Prudential in 1993 as counsel for a Prudential unit that specialized in providing private debt and equity for global infrastructure projects.  Prior to joining Prudential, Kelly was an associate with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, where she specialized in global project finance.  Kelly graduated magna cum laude from Union College in 1986 with a degree in Political Science and Mathematics and received her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1989.

      The Customized Fund Investment Group (CFIG) is one of the leading managers of private equity fund of funds and co-investments, with over $8 billion of commitments in over 450 private equity funds and co-investments. Our clients include sophisticated institutions and high-net worth investors. CSFB's extensive transaction experience, which includes coverage of many top-tier private equity sponsor groups, allows us to access and analyze many leading private equity and venture capital funds. We have completed investments in venture capital, leveraged buyout, mezzanine, real estate and distressed debt funds worldwide. CFIG follows a "solution-based" (in contrast to a "product-based") business model and believes that building customized portfolios represents the best approach to private equity investing, both for new entrants and for investors seeking to expand their exposure to the private equity asset class. Using this approach, we provide customized private equity services to (i) institutional and high-net worth investors who desire tailor-made solutions for their private equity allocations and (ii) financial advisors of high-net worth individuals, helping to meet the particular needs of their clients. While CFIG customizes separate account portfolios to meet the needs of individual clients, it believes that all portfolios must remain diversified across variables such as vintage year, asset, sector and geographic allocations. Starting with a basic asset allocation across those variables, CFIG crafts key adjustments to meet the requirements of individual clients, ensuring an optimum level of diversification. For clients with existing exposure to the private equity asset class, CFIG follows a portfolio completion strategy to build a well-diversified customized portfolio that complements such exposure.

Don Wood, General Partner, Vanguard Ventures

           Donald F. Wood is a General Partner investing in telecommunications and Internet-related products and services at Vanguard.  Don is an experienced and accomplished entrepreneur, senior executive and management consultant with significant experience in the telecommunications market. Prior to joining Vanguard Ventures, Don was the President of Metricom and a member of its Board of Directors. In this role he was responsible for evolving Metricom from a wireless equipment manufacturer to a wireless Internet service known as Ricochet. Don was with Octel Communications, Inc., worldwide leader in voice mail systems, where he was responsible for all marketing, product management and sales engineering for the Customer Premise Equipment Division. In 1987, he co-founded Wood-Howard Products, a consumer product publishing company, and licensed his patent for a folding, laminated publishing format to Simon and Schuster, Rand McNally, FastMark and others. Today more than 25 million products have been sold under these licenses. He spent five years at International Power Technology, supplier of micro-turbine, co-generation power systems, serving as senior vice president of sales and marketing.  Don was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company where he worked on operations, marketing, and acquisition projects for Fortune 500 companies. Don also worked in the policy-planning department of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University, and a Master in Business Administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Don is a member of the Board of Directors for Blaze Network Products, Cooking.com, Sylantro Systems, zipRealty, Inc., MEMS Optical, Inc., SkyGo, and Vocera Communications.


W. Townsend Ziebold, Jr., President, Wasserstein Ventures  

          W. Townsend Ziebold, Jr. is President of Wasserstein Ventures. Wasserstein Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of Wasserstein & Co., LP, a leading international private equity investment firm with over $1.5 billion in assets under management. Mr. Ziebold played a leading role in several of Wasserstein & Co.'s investments, including Digital River, Loudeye, <kpe>, Venetec, Firekey, PlanSoft, eMotion (fka Cinebase Software), Pulse and Salon.com, for many of which he sits on the board of directors. Mr. Ziebold is also a director and Non-executive Chairman of Imax Corporation, a leading large-screen film projection company, and a former director of Collins & Aikman Corporation, a $2 billion sales diversified manufacturing company, and Maybelline, Inc., a leading mass market cosmetics manufacturer. Mr. Ziebold received his B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and his M.B.A. from the Stanford School of Business. Mr. Ziebold currently serves as a member of the Board of Fellows of Trinity College and as President of the Board of Trustees at West Side Montessori School in New York City.


Shelley M. Zoler, Director, TIAA-CREF 

        Shelley M. Zoler is a Director, Private Placements in the Securities Division of TIAA-CREF.  Since April 1998 she has been on an eight-person production team responsible for TIAA’s private equity fund investing.  In 2001 the team made $540 million of fund commitments and invested or committed $85 million in co-investments with TIAA’s equity fund managers. The team is targeting similar levels of commitments for 2002, market conditions permitting. TIAA’s total commitments to private equity funds at year-end 2001 were approximately $2.8 billion.  Shelley is responsible for 19 of TIAA’s 65 plus private equity fund manager relationships, and six co-investments.  She is on the LP Advisory Boards of 10 funds.  Previously, she was on the production team responsible for lease-backed debt investments for TIAA.  Before joining the Securities Division in January 1997, Shelley spent 19 years in TIAA's legal department advising the Securities Division on all types of private placement and 144A investments, including senior secured and unsecured notes, subordinated notes, leveraged leases, LBO's, project financings, securitizations, as well as bankruptcy and workout situations.  At the time of Shelley's career switch she was a Senior Counsel at TIAA.  Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in 1978, Shelley was in the legal department of Home Life Insurance Company where she similarly advised its investment staff on private placements.   Shelley holds a JD degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a BA, cum laude from SUNY at Buffalo.  She is admitted to the New York State bar and is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York Women's Bar Association.  She is a fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel.  Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF New York, NY) is one of the largest and most respected financial service providers in the world. For more than eighty years we've been dedicated to ensuring the financial well being of an extraordinary group of people -- the faculty and staff of America's education and research communities. With $274 billion in assets under management, the TIAA-CREF group of companies is one of the world’s largest financial services organizations. We provide an expanded array of financial products and services, designed to meet the sophisticated needs of today’s investors in every phase of their lives.

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