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InvestorsMotorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions VenturesMotorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions Ventures is the global, strategic equity investment arm of Motorola. Its diversified portfolio focuses on "new-idea" companies and opportunities that complement Motorola's business strategy. Motorola Ventures invests at all stages in developing companies to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talents. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com/ventures. Masthead Venture PartnersMasthead Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies, primarily in software, internet infrastructure, communications technology and IT-intensive life sciences. The Masthead approach leverages the experience and networks of its partners, who have spent an aggregate of more than ten decades operating and financing companies from founding to public offerings. Masthead seeks to invest in and build exceptional technology-based companies that solve big problems in rapidly growing markets. They do this by matching great technologies with unmet market needs, assembling outstanding management teams and taking an active role in driving the growth of the enterprise. Hudson Venture PartnersHudson Venture Partners is a New York venture capital firm with over $170 million of capital under management. The firm’s partners have decades of experience in operating and growing technology companies and have successfully managed every phase of a company's life cycle. Their expertise enables them to add value in both leading investment syndicates and co-investing with other venture funds. Hudson Venture invests primarily in early stage technology companies in the Northeast. The firm’s focused geographic strategy supports a close working relationship with its portfolio companies and helps to facilitate their rapid growth.
Board of DirectorsDennis Carey - Vice Chairman, Korn/Ferry InternationalDennis Carey is currently Vice Chairman at Korn/Ferry International and specializes in the recruitment of CEOs and corporate directors for Fortune 500 companies. In recent years, Mr. Carey has conducted searches for the current CEOs of 3M, Tyco International, and MCI, among others. Dennis also has conducted board director searches for dozens of companies, including American Express, CBS, Tyco International, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Carey serves as a director of AirClic, The Edgewater Funds and Wharton's Director's Institute, which he co-founded. He also has published three books: CEO Succession, The Human Side of M&A, and How to Run a Company. Bill Carson - Managing Director, Hudson VenturesBill Carson joined Hudson Ventures in 2002 and focuses on early stage technology companies in financial technology, wireless and business application software. Mr. Carson currently represents Hudson on the board of directors of Integral, Pivot, and Scanbuy, and was responsible for firm's investment in Guardent before it was sold to Verisign. Prior to joining Hudson, Mr. Carson ran Citigroup's Strategic Investment Group, co-founded the Citigroup Technology Investment Fund, served on the Investment Committee for the firm's Fund of Funds and was a member of the corporation's Internet Operating Group. In addition to his venture capital experience, Mr. Carson managed Citigroup's internal M&A group during the 1990's where he was responsible for all of Citigroup's acquisitions and divestitures. He started his career as a product engineer at IBM working in both the storage and software manufacturing businesses. Mr. Carson has undergraduate degrees in both engineering and economics from the University of Notre Dame and a MBA from the University of Chicago. Simon Pelman - Board of DirectorsSimon Pelman has nearly four decades as a pioneer and innovator in the industry of health care administration. He has served as President and CEO of numerous New York City-area residential health care facilities that include over 1,000 beds and generate in excess of $100 million per year. Pelman brings his unparalleled connections and business acumen to guide the company's expansion to serve the intersection between the healthcare industry and mobile barcodes. Pelman holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Bernard M. Baruch College, along with a Post Masters Certificate in Gerontological Practice from Adelphi University and an Associate degree in Community Health Education for Hunter/Mt. Sinai Geriatric Health Center. He has received numerous congressional citations and an accommodation for 25 years of community board service from the borough President of Queens. Stephen K. Smith - Managing Partner of Masthead VentureSteve Smith has been a partners of Masthead Venture for 11 years. Mr. Smith is a former All-Star Analyst who headed PaineWebber’s technology research group. Ten times named to Institutional Investor All Star team; twice named the Wall Street Journal analyst of the year. Systems engineering and sales positions with ICL. Member of Common Angels. MBA from Harvard; Computer Science Degree, Brighton Polytechnic University. Current Board Director of Packet Design, formerly on boards of Bitpipe (acquired by TechTarget), Ecount (acquired by Citigroup) and Tizor Systems (acquired by Netezza). Tony Palcheck - Managing Director, Motorola Solutions VenturesTony Palcheck is a managing director at Motorola Ventures, based in Schaumburg, Illinois. In this role, he is responsible for identifying and executing strategic, minority-equity investments (at early and later stages) in start-up firms to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talent for all Motorola businesses. Prior to joining Motorola Ventures, Tony was a director in the Corporate Business Intelligence group at Motorola where he was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and researching potential investments, divestitures, acquisitions and alliances. He joined the Intelligence group from Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group, where he led the next generation cellular market requirements research, forecasting and segmentation efforts. Tony holds an undergraduate degree in marketing and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago, where he graduated with honors. Tony servers as an adjunct professor of marketing at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Mike Wehrs - Chief Executive Officer & President of ScanbuyMike Wehrs has been a fixture in the wireless industry for over ten years, having held key positions which have helped shape the industry. Most recently, Mr. Wehrs was the Global CEO and President of the Mobile Marketing Association. There, he directed all activities of the MMA and provided leadership for its 700+ members, representing more than 40 countries worldwide, including aggregators, agencies, brands, carriers, and developers. Mr. Wehrs has also held executive management roles at Nuance Communications, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, AOL, Ignition Corp., Samsung Electronics, among others. He has sat on a number of industry standards boards including CTIA, OMA, .mobi, Bluetooth SIG, WAP Forum, and QIC committee. He currently sits on the board of BNET Communications and is an advisor to several notable companies in the mobile and marketing industries. Wehrs graduated with a Bachelors in Computer and Information Science from Syracuse University. Yves Raymond – Board Observer, Motorola MobilityYves Raymond is responsible for defining the investment pipeline and executing on investments through partnerships, joint ventures, venture investments and acquisitions for Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business. Raymond has led many of Motorola’s recent acquisitions such as Zecter Inc, Aloqa GmgH, 3LM and Soundbuzz – and was instrumental in the divestiture of several Motorola development sites in Europe. Raymond started his career with Motorola in Ottawa, Canada and has held key management positions in sales, marketing and product development for several Motorola businesses over the past 22 years. He has extensive international product marketing experience with a focus on launching products globally. He also sits as a Board Observer and Director for BlackArrow, Inc.
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