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Michael Mathiesen, Managing Director Michael Mathiesen is the Founder and President of 2M Invest A/S and member of the Board of Directors. Mr Mathiesen is Chairman of the Danish IT Trade Association and a member of the Board of Directors of a number of Danish and International private and public companies, mainly within the IT Industry and is also the. Mr. Mathiesen has specialized in building up fast-growing companies with international subsidiaries and distributors. He has helped many IT companies successfully rework their business strategies and turning them towards the new market conditions of IT. His business acumen is widely acknowledged and he has received a number of awards for outstanding performance within the IT industry. Mr. Mathiesen is a member of the Danish Government’s
IT advisory board and has assisted the Danish ministers of commerce,
research and foreign affairs in accomplishing special projects.
The Danish Minister of Research appointed Mr. Mathiesen chairman
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Kaj-Erik Relander, General Partner Europe Kaj-Erik Relander joined Accel in June 2001. Before joining Accel, Kaj-Erik was President and CEO of Sonera Corporation, the progressive Finnish telecommunications company. Prior to this assignment, Kaj-Erik held a number of other senior management positions during his seven-year tenure with Sonera. Prior to joining Sonera in 1994, Kaj-Erik served as Director of Business Development at SITRA, a Finnish Technology investment company. At SITRA, Kaj-Erik was responsible for structuring venture capital investments in technology growth companies and for managing the endowment investments portfolio. Kaj-Erik has served on the Board of Directors at a variety of international companies including TietoEnator, Ledstiernan, F-Secure, Kreatel and Axiomlab as well as Sonera holdings such as Turkcell and VoiceStream Wireless. Kaj-Erik earned his master’s degree in Economics
from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
with majors in Economics. He later received an M.B.A. from the Helsinki
School of Economics and the Wharton School of the University of
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Dr. Hans-Christian Perle, Investment Director Dr. Hans-Christian Perle is Investment Director at Ad_Astra Venture Consult GmbH, Munich. Formerly he was Manager Strategic Projects at Viag Interkom GmbH, were he was responsible for developing concepts for new business areas. In addition he headed the M&A project of selling the ISP Planet Interkom. Before, Dr. Perle was active in various functions in the Metro Group (CH), mainly in the area of business development and venture capital (Invision AG) concentrating on the telecommunications and the E-Business sectors. Dr. Perle received a M.S.E.E. from the University
of Missouri at Rolla (USA) as well as Ph.D. in communication technology
from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. |
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Barun Dutta, CTO, Barun Dutta has spent all his career in strategic
management, research and development in telecommunications, both
in the United States and in Europe. Currently he is also a senior scientist at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, europes largest micro-electronics research laboratory where he continues to pursue research in various areas of networking components and systems. In his past he has served in both research and strategic
management roles at AT&T and Bellcore in the United States.
He has also been a successful mentor and entrepreneur in various
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Dr. Christian Reitberger, Assistant Director, Dr. Christian Reitberger holds a PhD in Physics
obtained sub auspiciis prasidentis from the University of Vienna.
After having worked in various research functions he joined McKinsey
& Company where he specialized in serving fast growing high
technology clients in the fields of telecommunications and digital
media in their start-up phases. Christian was instrumental in building
McKinsey New Venture, the consulting offering targeted towards high
growth companies and their investors. He left as a Senior Engagement
Manager after four and a half years to join Apax Partners in October
1999 in our Munich office. Christian is responsible for telecoms,
IT and internet infrastructure investments with a focus on semiconductor
and photonics investments; he serves on the boards of 12snap, Ciao.com
,Healy Hudson, Systemonic and Webraska and was involved in the Centerbeam
and IPG Photonics transactions. |
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Werner Dreesbach, Partner, Werner Dreesbach (Senior Principal) joined Atlas
Venture in 1998. Previously he was VP of Corporate Strategies at
Viasoft, a position he assumed following Viasoft's 1996 acquisition
of R&O Software-Technik GmbH. As CEO of R&O, Werner built
the company up over a period of eleven years into a leading international
provider of enterprise repository solutions. After graduating with
a degree in computer science from the University of Bonn, he spent
his early career in IT consulting working for clients in the banking,
insurance, pharmaceutical and transportation sectors. Werner represents
Atlas Venture among others on the Boards of Datango, GoIndustry,
and Hyperwave.
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Hans Spitzner, Vice Minister and State Secretary Mr. Spitzner entered public service as a member of the Bavarian Parliament in 1974. From 1987 to 1988 and from October 1990 to June 1993 he was deputy chairman of the CSU faction in parliament. Since July 1, 1995 he has been Regional Chairman of the CSU in Upper Palatinate and a member of the CSU Executive Council. From 1988 to 1990 Mr. Spitzner was State Secretary
of the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Development and Environment.
In June 1993 he joined the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs,
Transport and Technology as State Secretary. |
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Dr. Hans-Dieter Koch, CEO Dr. Hans-Dieter Koch joined b-business partners
as Chief Executive Officer in 2000 after 10 years of building and
accelerating GE CompuNet and GE Capital IT Solutions, where he held
CFO and CEO positions. During his engagement GE CompuNet grew from
€ 174 million to € 1,5 billion revenues. Previously, Mr
Koch was an Investment Manager of Matuschka Group. He also gained
exceptional experience in mergers & acquisitions at Deutsche
Bank, and he worked for several years as a consultant for McKinsey.
Mr Koch graduated from University of Frankfurt with an MBA degree
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Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey, CEO As well as holding the position of Managing Director
& CEO at Bio-M AG, Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey is also Managing Director
of the Innovation Centre for Biotechnology (IZB), Chairman of the
Munich BioRegio Initiative and Co-founder of MediGene AG and Switch
Biotech AG. He has vast experience in the field of Biochemistry
having been a Postdoctoral fellow at numerous institutes including
Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, the Swiss Institute for Experimental
Cancer Research (ISREC), University of California and the California
Institute of Technology. Further to this, he was Associate Professor
for Biochemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen for
4 years. |
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Franc Gregori, Head of Pharmaceutical, Healthcare
and BioTech Research Originally qualified as a pharmacist, Franc has
studied in both the UK and the US, obtaining an MBA and Diploma
in Marketing. He worked in the drug industry, with Boots in the
UK, Eli Lilly and Pfizer, in a number of roles ranging from Sales
Representative to Senior Product Manager responsible for new product
launches. Franc moved into Investment Banking in 1989 working for
Robert Fleming, Paribas and then BZW. He returned to BNP Paribas
in 1998. Franc has been involved in a number of placements, both
primary and secondary, ranging from the Wellcome flotation to a
number of Biotech deals. He is currently responsible for Pharmaceutical,
MedTech and BioTech research within the enlarged BNP Paribas organisation. |
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Dr. Holger Frommann, Managing Director Dr. Holger Frommann was born in 1954 in Halle/Saale (Germany) and is the Managing Director of the Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften – German Venture Capital Association e.V. (BVK), Berlin. Prior to this he had been involved in the field of science and research while teaching for example at the University of Halle/Saale until 1990. His wide experience and knowledge of the German Venture Capital / Private Equity market has enabled him to contribute to various articles and books. Dr. Frommann is married and has two daughters. |
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Dr. David Chiswell, CEO A founder of Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT),
David Chiswell has been responsible for the operational management
of CAT from its inception. He joined the Board in December 1995
and took the role of Chief Executive Officer in 1996. Prior to CAT
he spent nine years at Amersham International plc where his main
responsibilties included product development and research management.
David’s research experience was gained at the Medical Research
Council (MRC) Institute of Virology in Glasgow, the Department of
Immunology and Microbiology at UCLA, California and the Department
of Tumour Virology at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. |
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Michael Wand, Director Michael focuses on infrastructure software investments. Michael
Wand joined Carlyle in April 2001 from Deutsche Bank, where he was
Head of European Internet Research. There he led a team of six analysts
covering companies emerging in the following categories: infrastructure,
portals, e-tailing, and e-finance. Notably, Wand was ranked No.1
by the 2001 Reuters Survey (European Larger Companies) in the new
category Internet Software & Services, following the same rating
in Reuters European Smaller Companies (Technology) survey in 2000
and No. 1 by Extel for "Understanding the new economy".
He was regarded as the lead analyst for most of the companies he
covered including: Autonomy, Baltimore, BROKAT, Intershop, nCipher,
Trintech, Utimaco, as well as VeriSign, Checkpoint, and RSA Security.
Previously Michael was senior European Software Analyst for Paribas,
and started his career as an analyst with BHF Bank in Germany covering
Banks and Retailers. Michael holds an MBA from the University of
Texas (US), as well as a BA in Business Administration from the
University of Mannheim (Germany). In addition to his native, German,
Michael speaks English and French. |
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Holger Heims, Managing Partner Holger Heims is Managing Partner of DVC (Deutsche
Venture Capital) with more than 10 years experience in the IT-industry.
At Computer 2000, one of the world´s leading IT-distributors,
with more than US$ 5 bn in sales, he ran their worldwide M&A
activities and strategic business development and personally negotiated
and closed more than two dozen transactions in Europe, the U.S.,
Asia and Latin America, involving both public and private companies.
He spent more than 3 years in the U.S., with turn-around experience
as CFO of a NYSE-listed company. Before joining DVC, Holger Heims
was CEO of “CineMedia Film AG” which he led to an IPO
on Germany’s “Neuer Markt” in early 1999. Holger
has an MBA (Dipl.-Kfm.) from Munich University. |
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Dr. Jörg Neermann, Managing Partner Jörg works as a venture capitalist specializing
in the Life Science arena since 1996. Prior to joining DVC in 1998
as an investment manager he worked in the international Life Science
team of Atlas Venture. Jörg holds an M.S. and Ph.D. degree
with 'summa cum laude' in Biotechnology which he studie at TU Braunschweig,
Germany, and M.I.T., Cambridge, USA. He also studied economics at
Harvard Business School and TU Braunschweig. During his Ph.D. at
the GBF German National Research Institute for Biotechnology) he
also worked at a mid-sized top-tier management consulting firm.
Jörg became a partner with DVC in 2000 and Senior Partner in
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Steffen Hasselwander, Founding Partner Steffen Hasselwander is founding partner of E.ON Venture Partners and played a decisive role in establishing the venture capital activities for the E.ON group. Since early 2001 he has served as its managing director. At E.ON he spent three years as Vice President for Corporate Strategy. He was primarily responsible for preparing larger-sized transactions like the VEBA-VIAG merger before he was more focusing on small but highly innovative start-ups. Steffen Hasselwander studied business administration
and worked for five years at A.T. Kearney, one of the big U.S. based
management consultancies, before moving to E.ON/VEBA. He likes taking
a practical approach to things and being close to the operational
side of a business. He both designed business strategies and led
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Falk Strascheg, Founder & Managing Partner Falk F. Strascheg (61) is an experienced entrepreneur. He is managing partner for EXTOREL Private Equity Advisers GmbH, one of the leading German Venture Capital Fund of Funds corporations which he founded in 1998. In 1987, he established Technologieholding, grew it to the leading German Venture Capital company and sold it in 2000 to 3i. Earlier, in 1971, he launched Laser-Optronic in Munich. In less than ten years, the enterprise became the leading European producer of laser systems, with branches in Brussels, Milan and Paris. In 1981, Falk Strascheg sold his enterprise to Coherent Inc. of Palo Alto, California, the world leader in lasers manufacturing. Falk Strascheg was elected president of the European
Venture Capital Association (EVCA) for the fiscal year 1997/98.
He is also currently on supervisory, advisory and governing boards
at various German and foreign high-tech enterprises. |
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Harald Ehren, Head of "Inside Business" Harald Ehren, 35, is head of the "inside business"-section
of the Financial Times Deutschland in Hamburg - FTD is a joint venture
of Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times and of Gruner&Jahr,
publisher of Stern, Capital and Geo. He directs the coverage on
management, venture capital and private equity, law and accountancy,
business books and people. He is one of the founder of the Financial
Times Deutschland and works for the FTD since 1999. |
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Paul Abrahams, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Paul Abrahams, 39, is bureau chief for the Financial Times in San Francisco. He directs the west coast technology coverage and also writes about some of the area’s leading companies, as well as investment banking, venture capital and the regional economy. He has worked at the Financial Times since 1988, covering technology, defence (including the Gulf war in London and the Middle East), aerospace, paper and pulp, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. He has worked on the Lex column and was head of international companies, capital markets and commodities and agriculture. His last posting was in Tokyo where he was bureau chief from 1997 to 2000. He was presented the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependency national newspaper award by HRH Princess Diana in 1994 and was nominated by the Financial Times for a Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Paul has an undergraduate degree in history from
the University of Cambridge. He also has a doctorate from the same
university. His thesis was titled: “Revolution, reaction and
resistance in Vichy France: Haute-Savoie 1939-1945”. He was
obliged to spend a considerable amount of time in French ski stations
interviewing former members of the resistance. Paul is a former
ski guide and raced at university level. He has appeared often on
television and radio, including the BBC, CNBC and CNN, and also
wrote and presented a BBC Timewatch documentary titled “Myths
and Memories of World War Two”. He currently lives in San Francisco
with his wife Abby and two children, Sophie and Matthew. |
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Toon den Heijer, Executive Director Joined Gilde in 1989, age 48 Toon den Heijer obtained
a degree in electronics at the Haarlem Poly Technical College in
1976 and subsequently obtained a master’s degree in business
administration at the Twente Technical University in 1982. During
his studies he started SDH, an agency specialized in application
software. Prior to joining Gilde, Toon worked 3 years as Investment
Manager at MIP Equity Fund (MIP). Before MIP, he worked 4 years
for ASEA Robotics in a number of functions. Toon is board member
in a number of portfolio companies like Customer Dialogue Systems
(Belgium), Data Distilleries (Netherlands), Gizmoz (USA), Ilse Media
Groep (Netherlands) and LeatherXchange (Spain). |
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Dr. Ulrich Geilinger, Board Member Ulrich Geilinger is a Board Member of HBM Partners
AG, the manager of HBM BioVentures AG, a major Swiss investment
company investing in private and public life science companies.
Ulrich Geilinger has been in the venture capital business since
1987 when he joined Innoventure, one of the first Swiss venture
capital firms. He subsequently was a Partner in Apax’s Zurich
office. In 1997, he became an advisor to Vontobel and Private Equity
Holding AG which developed into one of the largest investors in
European venture funds. He served as Deputy CEO of Private Equity
Holding until December 2001. In early 2001, he helped to set up
HBM BioVentures AG. Ulrich Geilinger is on the Board of Directors
for several private companies. He is a Board Member of the European
Venture Capital Association and a former Chairman of the Swiss Private
Equity & Corporate Finance Association. He holds a M. Sc. in
natural sciences as well as a degree in industrial engineering and
a Ph.D. in technical sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Zurich. |
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David McKenzie, Business Development Executive David McKenzie has been with IBM for more than 30 years. He joined the company at the Manufacturing facility in Greenock, Scotland in 1964, and pursued a career in software development and international marketing, including management assignments in IBM's software development laboratory in Raleigh, North Carolina, the International Marketing centre in Munich, and with European HQ Operations in both Paris and New York. Starting in 1975, David’s career has been focused on leading IBM into new business opportunities based on the emergence of new technologies. From 1976 - 1983, he was leading the European work on launching IBM into the Engineering Graphics business, followed by 2 years launching IBM into the PC based engineering workstation business. In 1985, David effectively became IBM’s first full-time person in Europe on UNIX, when he became the EMEA Product Manager for IBM's UNIX products. As IBM’s UNIX / RS/6000 business grew, David held a series of UK and European management positions, eventually being appointed in 1992 as Product Management Director for the RS/6000 Division in EMEA. In March, 1997, David was invited to join another
start-up business, IBM’s Network Computer Division, as Product
Management Director for EMEA. David was then selected to lead the
new Pervasive Computing Division in EMEA, taking up that position
in January, 1998. David was appointed Director of Mobile e-Business
for IBM EMEA in October, 2000 and Director of Emerging Business,
with a global mission, in July, 2001. |
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Ralf Schnell, Managing Director Ralf has built up Infineon’s corporate venture
capital activities since 1998 and is now heading Infineon Ventures.
Prior to joining Infineon Technologies in 1998, Ralf worked with
Siemens AG for 11 years. In his last position he was responsible
for a corporate venture nurturing program and co-ordinated a Siemens-wide
innovation initiative. Before that, he held various positions in
microelectronics and software development in corporate technology
departments. He obtained his Diploma degree in physics from Ludwig-Maximilians
University in Munich and received his Ph.D. degree for research
work on semiconductor surface physics at the synchrotron radiation
laboratories in Hamburg and Berlin. |
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Tim Keating, Director, Tim Keating, Director - Intel Capital, heads the
team responsible for pursuing investments and new business opportunities
in Europe. Normally working with Venture Capitalists, Intel Capital
Europe made over 50 new equity investments during the last year
with the intent of expanding the Internet services, computing, content,
wireless and broadband communications sectors. Tim joined Intel
in 1981 and has held a number of positions in engineering and marketing
at Intel, his most recent as Director and General Manager of the
Content Group for Intel Europe. Prior to this he was General Manager
of the EMEA Intel Architecture Business Group and the Worldwide
Marketing Director of the Pentium (tm) Processor Division through
brand and product launch. Tim has been with Intel Europe since 1993.
Tim is an alumnus of University of California and the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business. |
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Jonathan Medved,Co-Founder and Managing Partner Jonathan Medved is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner
of Israel Seed Partners, one of Israel’s leading VC Funds.
He was a Founder Executive Vice President of Marketing at MERET
Optical Communications, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA) between 1982-1990.
MERET, a pioneer in fiber optic transmission systems for video,
was acquired by Amoco Corporation in 1990. Mr. Medved then came
to Israel and became active in venture capital investments such
as Ligature (acquired by Wizcom) and Accent Software. At Accent
(Nasdaq: ACNT) Mr. Medved was part of the founding management team
and served as Executive Vice President of Marketing between 1992-1994.
Mr. Medved currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aelis Photonics,
Business Layers, OnePath Networks, Xtellus and Native Networks. |
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Zeev Holtzman, Board Member, IVA Israel Venture Association & Founder, Chairman & CEO, Giza Venture Capital Zeev Holtzman founded the Giza Group in 1985 and
Giza Venture Capital in 1992. He also is the Founder and Director
of the Israel Venture Assocation (IVA). Formerly, Mr Holtzman was
the Executive Vice President of Leumi & Company Investment Bankers
Ltd. He worked in the corporate finance department of Lehman Brothers
in New York and held senior management positions in leading industrial
firms in Israel. He has served as an advisor to government financial
divisions, major Israeli Banks and investment companies and served
on numerous boards of directors. Mr Holtzman holds a BA in Economics
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA in Finance from
Columbia University. |
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Dr. Eli Carmon, Manager, Corporate Finance
- Health Care & Life Sciences Eli joined Somekh Chaikin in 1997. Eli is lead Manager
of the Health Care and Life Science Group and has vast experience
in the Health-Care sector & Life Sciences and in Public (governmental)
sector. Eli has extensive experience in Business consulting and
capital raising consulting for young life sciences companies. Moreover,
Eli has extensive experience in setting up the and financial system
for government hospitals in Israel and financial system for the
Isreali government - ministry of finance . In addition Eli has extensive
experience in financial rehabilitation programs, business valuation,
investment appraisal and due diligence reviews. |
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Maximilian Brönner, Partner Maximilian Brönner is currently Vice President
of the Private Equity Team at LGT Capital Management Limited, where
is responsible for partnership and direct investments. Prior to
this, he was Manager of Corporate Finance at PwC, mainly involved
in M&A activities (orgination, valuation and transaction support),
and project managed mandates covering a variety of industries with
a special focus on private equity deals. Maximilian Brönner
has also worked for Goldstein & Mc Kenzie AG; Jones Lang Lasalle
and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya. |
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Dr. Christian Zschocke, Managing Partner Christian Zschocke is the Managing Partner of the
Morgan Lewis’ Frankfurt office. His practice concentrates on
mergers and acquisitions, in particular takeover law, as well as
on EU and German antitrust law. He has been the external advisor
to the German Takeover Commission for several years. Dr. Zschocke
is a regular speaker at seminars, and an author of numerous publications
on corporate and antitrust law, including a bilingual commentary
on the German Takeover Code, a bilingual commentary on the German
Stock Corporation Act, as well as monthly reports on current takeover
offers and the development of European and German takeover law in
the magazine “FINANCE”. Dr. Zschocke, a German national,
has been a member of the Cologne Bar since 1990. In addition to
earning a doctorate in law from Hamburg University, he is qualified
as a Licenciado en derecho under Spanish law. |
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Romeo Paioni, Head of Scientific and External
Affairs Romeo Paioni was appointed Head of Scientific and External Affairs of Novartis Pharma Development in January 1999. Prior to that, he was Head of Novartis Preclinical Development, Basel Operations. Before assuming this responsibility in Novartis in 1997, R. Paioni filled various positions within the Pharmaceutical Division of Ciba. From 1990 to 1997 he was Head of Ciba’s Pharma Research at Headquarters in Basel. In 1998 he was a founder-member of the BioValley Platform Basel. Romeo Paioni studied chemistry at the University
of Basel (Diploma) and of Bern (PhD) and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow
with Prof. R. B. Woodward in Basel and at Harvard University, Cambridge,
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Nechemia (Chemi) J. Peres, Managing Director
and Co-Founder Chemi Peres is a true pioneer of the venture capital
industry in Israel. In 1992, he founded and managed Mofet Israel
Technology Fund, a leading venture capital fund in Israel, traded
on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). Prior to Mofet, Chemi Peres
was Director of Business Development and Marketing at Decision Systems
Israel (DSI) a leading real-time software company traded in TASE
and NASDAQ, and a Senior Consultant to Israel Aircraft Industries
(IAI). In 1996, he co-founded the largest venture capital management
team in Israel - Pitango Venture Capital Group. Chemi holds a BS.c
degree in Industrial Engineering & Management, and an MBA from
the Tel Aviv University. He served as a pilot in the IAF for over
10 years. Chemi Peres is on the board of publicly traded companies
such as Aladdin, AudioCodes and Koor, and serve on the board of
several private companies such as Mercado, Mysticom and others.
Mr. Peres is one of the founders of the Israel Venture Association
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Mr Eric Achtmann, Partner Eric Achtmann joined PolyTechnos from McKinsey & Company, where he consulted largely in the product development and finance practices. In addition, he has served as product development and defence/aerospace industry expert since 1995. From 1991 to 1994, he was involved in the founding of Petrotech Industries, a high-technology start-up, developing advanced agents for the clean-up and extinguishing of large petroleum-based spills and fires. He subsequently founded Petrotech International to develop and market these products and services throughout the Middle East. Prior to Petrotech, Eric worked with a number of engineering-related companies, including BMW, Daimler-Benz Aerospace and McDonnell-Douglas (Boeing). An Eisenhower Fellow, Eric holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire, an M.S. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT, a post-graduate degree from the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also completed graduate aerospace studies at the Technical University of Munich. Eric is a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management´s
NPVD Advisory Board, a founding member of the MIT Entrepreneurship
Society and European Representative of the MIT Entrepreneurship
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Tim Minshall, Member of the Board Tim Minshall, PhD, BEng, is a part of the management team and a member of the board of St. John's Innovation Centre Ltd. (www.stjohns.co.uk) - one of the UK's most successful incubators of new technology ventures. He was part of the team that successfully raised substantial funds for entrepreneurship-related activities at the University of Cambridge. These funds are now being used to deliver a wide range of teaching, support and research activities focused on new venture creation. Tim was part of the start-up management team of
the University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre (www.cec.cam.ac.uk)
and is now the Centre’s Programme Director for Research. He
has a PhD from Cambridge University Engineering Department and a
BEng from Aston University, and has worked as a consultant, plant
engineer and freelance writer in Japan, Australia and the UK. |
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Stephen Murphy, Managing Director Stephen Murphy is a Managing Director in the Financial
Entrepreneurs Group in London and Head of the European Private Equity
Placement business. Prior to re-joining the firm in October 2001,
Stephen was a member of the European management team of E*TRADE
Group, Inc where he was responsible for their international Corporate
Finance activities. His remit at E*TRADE included managing E*TRADE’s
Internet related Private Placement activities, global retail eDistribution
and the strategic realignment of E*TRADE's European businesses.
He left Salomon Brothers International Limited to become a Partner
at TIR Securities (bought by E*TRADE) in 1998. He originally joined
Salomon Brothers Inc in New York in 1986 and has worked in New York,
Tokyo and laterally in London primarily in the Merger and Acquisition
Group and covering Financial Entrepreneurs in the UK and Ireland.
Stephen earned a Bsc degree in Marketing from the University of
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Nicholas Callinan, Managing Partner Nick Callinan has been in venture capital for 17
years. In April 2001, he joined Shell Internet Ventures as the Managing
Partner having been previously a Managing Director of Advent International
Corporation, in Boston. He first started investing in technology-driven
businesses in the early 80s in Australia where he was one of the
pioneers of the venture capital industry. After building his funds
there to a leading position in their market, he moved to London
in the early 90s and set up a successful series of funds investing
in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe. He has broad
experience of the ventures capital industry around the world. |
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Dr. Dietrich Ulmer, CEO and President, Dr. Dietrich Ulmer (43), CEO and President of Siemens
Mobile Acceleration GmbH, comes with many years' management experience
at international high-tech companies and an excellent background
in terms of setting up companies and managing complex projects.
From 1997 to 2001, as director of 'Strategic Projects – Corporate
Strategy' he was chief strategist at VIAG Interkom, Munich. Alongside
numerous fixed network, internet, and mobile radio projects he had
project responsibility for acquiring the UMTS license at auction,
heading the bidder team in Mainz. From 1996 to 1997 he headed the
'Business Development' and 'Balance Sheets and Controlling' sectors
at debis T&M of debis AG in Stuttgart. Among others, he brought
in the company Tegaron in the transportation telematics sector.
From 1985 to 1996 he worked for Mercedes Benz AG in Berlin and Stuttgart.
In his last function, as head of the 'Strategic Projects in the
Automobile Sector' department he was responsible from the commercial
viewpoint for major international projects. Dietrich Ulmer gained
his doctorate in economics at Konstanz University. He has degrees
in mechanical engineering and economics from The Technical University
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Jean Schmitt, General Partner, Jean Schmitt joined the Sofinnova Partners’ information technology team, composed of Jean-Bernard Schmidt, Olivier Protard, Frank Delorme and Alain Rodermann, as a Partner on December 3, 2001. He will have particular responsibility for Wireless Application Developers (WAD), and telecommunications technology firms. Jean Schmitt is the founder of SLP InfoWare, a world
leader in predictive customer relationship management (P-CRM) software
for the telecom sector. SLP recorded growth of more than 90% a year
between 1996 and 2000, and generated 90% of turnover abroad, in
Europe, Asia and the US. SLP was acquired by Gemplus in 2000. Since
then, Jean Schmitt was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SLP
InfoWare and Vice President, Telecom Solutions and Applications
at Gemplus. He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure
des Télécommunications (ENST) and has a post-graduate
degree in Artificial Intelligence. |
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Frances Bornstein, Deputy Head SWX New Market Frances Bornstein holds a degree in business management
from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. Following her studies,
she was initially a consultant to the retailing industry. In 1996,
she turned to business journalism, working as a television reporter
and for an agency specialised in financial market news. She has
held the post of Deputy Head of Key Account Issuers and Deputy Head
of SWX New Market with the SWX Swiss Exchange since 1998. |
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Friedrich Bornikoel, CEO The investment activities of Friedrich Bornikoel
include companies in the software, networking, telecommunications,
and semiconductor markets. He has managed the investment in Tantau
Software Inc. (acquired by 724 Solutions Inc.) and represents TVM
on the Board of Directors of alfabet meta-modeling AG (Berlin),
eCustomers Inc. (Austin, TX), Impress Software AG (Hanover), SCM
Microsystems Inc (Los Gatos, CA), as well as VPIsystems (Holmdel,
NJ). Prior to joining TVM, he managed a large program administered
by the Federal Minister of Science and Technology (BMFT) of public
R&D grants in the area of advanced microelectronic components
and sensors based on fiberoptics, integrated optics, and semiconductor
technologies, as well as related design methods. Before that, he
was a project leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid
State Technology in Munich. Friedrich Bornikoel earned his master
in physics (Diplom Physiker) at the Technical University of Munich. |
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Oliver Haeggberg, Investment Director Treuhandanstalt, Berlin Thyssen Handelsunion AG, Düsseldorf Arthur Andersen/ Grand Thornton, Cologne T-Venture, Bonn |
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Dr. Christian Waldvogel, Partner Christian Waldvogel joined Viventures in May 2000. Prior to joining Viventures, Mr. Waldvogel was in charge of Intel Capital’s investment activities in France, the Benelux and Southern Europe. He orchestrated Intel’s first investments in France and Portugal, opening these two new markets for Intel Capital. Before joining Intel Capital, Dr. Waldvogel held European-wide responsibilities for Intel Corporation in Munich. His previous professional experience also includes the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) in Paris, Crypto AG in Switzerland and IBM in California Dr. Waldvogel holds a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree from Princeton University (US), a PhD in Cryptography and a Master in Telecommunications from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich) and completed the Corporate Financial Strategy program at INSEAD (France). He is also on the Board of Directors of Avalon Photonics
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Alf Grunwald, Managing Director Alf Grunwald has been with Warburg Pincus since
February 2000. He has been associated with Warburg Pincus as a member
of the Technical Advisory Board and surfed as a Board Member for
various Warburg Pincus portfolio companies since 1997. Prior to
joining Warburg Pincus, he was Chief Executive Officer and President
of Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group-ICS and Vice President of
Sales and Marketing of SAP Canada. Alf Grunwald is a Director of
APP Group CEE B.V., a director of Shinka Technologies AG and a director
of Eontec. Education: Fachhochschule Offenburg, Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur |
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Ivy Lindstrom Fredericks,
Managing Director of Corporate Finance Ivy Lindstrom Fredericks is Managing Director-Corporate Finance of Westminster Securities. Ms. Fredericks has worked in the field for nearly 20 years, at firms such as Drexel Burnham Lambert, KPMG, Kidder Peabody, and Ambient Capital Group. Ms. Fredericks received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics from Smith College, and a Masters of International
Affairs in International Business from Columbia University. She
has recently taught a course at New York University entitled “Privatization
and Economic Reform: Focus on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet
Union”. She speaks frequently at international conferences
on a variety of Corporate Finance topics. |
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