Shikhar Ghosh, Chairman

Shikhar Ghosh recognized the Internet's business potential early in its commercial life and understood that it would revolutionize how companies operate and how people communicate. He founded Open Market, a leading Internet commerce and information publishing software firm, in 1994. In 1998, he founded iBelong and soon thereafter acquired technology from Redwood Investment Systems, a pioneer in analytical software for the financial services industry, and renamed the company Verilytics. Mr. Ghosh, who also served as CEO of Appex Corporation and as a partner with the Boston Consulting Group, regularly shares his views of the Internet's future with national and international audiences. He has appeared in hundreds of media outlets, from The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company to Interactive Week and CNET. Business Week called him one of the country's "best entrepreneurs" in 1996 and Forbes named him one of the "Internet entrepreneurs and masters of the new universe" in 1998. Mr. Ghosh is a board member of Open Market and CommerceNet and serves as chairman of the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council

Mr. Ghosh earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay, India.

Ajay Agarwal, Managing Director, Venture Capital, Bain Capital

Ajay Agarwal joined the Venture Group of Bain Capital in March of 2003. Before joining Bain Capital, he spent more than seven years as a senior executive at Trilogy Software, a privately-held company based in Austin, Texas. Trilogy is a leading enterprise software firm providing sales, marketing, and order management solutions to Global 2000 corporations. While at Trilogy, Mr. Agarwal held numerous senior positions, helping to drive Trilogy;s growth and expansion. As head of sales and marketing, he grew Trilogy's annual revenues to $250 million and led its expansion into new vertical markets, such as financial services and consumer durables. During Mr. Agarwal’s initial tenure, he founded a new business for Trilogy with the launch of a new product line called "Selling Chain." In less than three years, he successfully grew this business' revenue from zero to $75 million with more than 300 employees, based on the introduction of new applications such as Trilogy's Pricer and Commission solutions. These products represented the first commercially available applications in the Enterprise Pricing and Enterprise Incentive Management spaces respectively, both of which were pioneered by Trilogy under Mr. Agarwal's leadership. Prior to Trilogy, he was a consultant with the Los Angeles office of McKinsey and Company, Inc.

Mr. Agarwal holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He also holds a patent for the "Method and Apparatus of Configuration Solutions."

Guli Arshad, Principal, Nuland & Arshad, Inc.

Guli Arshad has more than 25 years of experience in the investment field. Prior to founding Nuland & Arshad, Inc., he worked as a management consultant, real estate advisor, technology entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is also active in the non-profit area as a former trustee of the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School and The American International School of Florence. He currently sits on the board of the Family Nurturing Center and Gateways Arts, as well as several private technology boards.

Mr. Arshad graduated from Oberlin College and holds two master degrees from Harvard University, including an M.B.A.

William D. Porteous, General Partner, RRE Ventures

William D. Porteous is a General Partner with RRE Ventures. He was previously a principal, having joined the firm as an Associate in 2000. Before joining the venture capital industry, he held senior management positions in marketing and product management with SupplyWorks and NetMarket, the e-commerce pioneer now owned by Cendant Corp. Mr. Porteous is a director of Coldwatt, Electric Cloud, NTM, Softcoin, and Trusted Data and a former director of Frictionless Commerce (acquired by SAP) and Tacit Networks (acquired by PKTR). In addition, he is actively involved in the firm's investments in Ember and PrimeRevenue. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School and as a Director of the Software Division of the Software and Information Industry Association.

Mr. Porteous holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. with Honors from Stanford University, where he served as Captain of the Varsity Crew.

Ted Morgan, CEO & Founder, Skyhook Wireless

Ted Morgan founded Skyhook Wireless with Michael Shean in 2003 to capitalize on the explosive growth of Wi-Fi usage and the emerging demand for location-based services. Prior to founding Skyhook, Mr. Morgan was the Vice President of Marketing for edocs Inc., a provider of customer self-service solutions that was sold to Siebel Systems in January 2005. At edocs, he ran marketing communications, inside sales, product marketing, and product management. Prior to edocs, Mr. Morgan was Group Product Manager for Open Market, one of the early leaders of the e-commerce revolution. Prior to that, he was a product manager for Harbinger Net Services in Atlanta. Prior to the technology industry, Mr. Morgan spent four years in the financial services industry, as part of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Alliance Capital, and Allen & Company. Mr. Morgan has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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