| Rod
Perry, Executive Director, Global
Head of Technology Investing Rod Perry is global head of technology investing for 3i plc – one of the largest venture capital companies in the world operating in 15 countries from 32 offices. He is a member of the Board of 3i Group plc and a member of both the Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Between 1997 and 2001, Mr Perry was responsible for the 3i investment business in Asia Pacific. Mr Perry joined 3i in 1985 and spent four years with the global technology sector teams reviewing investment opportunities and five years as CIO. In the five years prior to joining 3i, Mr Perry was a member of the Boards of three technology start-ups and a co-founder of one of these start-ups and of a technology consultancy based in the UK. In 1977, Mr Perry founded a displays and video games business in the UK and sold this company to a major Japanese video games manufacturer in 1980. Prior to this, he was a manager and project manager in advanced computing and communications. Mr Perry has a BSc in Physics and is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. |
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| Stephan
Herrera, Frequent contributor The
Economist, New York-based journalist Stephan Herrera has analyzed trends in medicine and healthcare for 15 years. At present he is a correspondent for the Economist and the Senior Editor of the Acumen Journal of Life Sciences. He was the biotechnology-nanotechnology editor at Red Herring magazine and has been a staff writer at Forbes and Hearst Publications. His book, “Closer to God: Peering into the weird little world of nanotechnology,” will be published by Random House in the Spring of 2004. His next book will focus on the science, economics and politics of emerging technologies like genetically modified organisms and stem cells. He is both a director of the Face of AIDS Global Foundation, and a frequent guest lecturer on the history and future of biotechnology, at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Stephan earned his undergraduate degree in economics and management at Colorado State University and master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where he was a McCloy fellow. |
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| Thomas
Puetter, CEO Biography to follow shortly. |
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Christian Reitberger, Partner 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, IT and digital media in their start-up phases. He was instrumental in building McKinsey’s consulting offering targeted towards high growth companies and their investors. He left after four and a half years as a senior engagement manager, to join Apax Partners in October 1999. Christian is responsible for telecommunications, information technology and internet infrastructure investments with a focus on semiconductor and photonics investments. He led the 12snap, Ciao, Healy Hudson, Systemonic and Webraska transactions and was involved in the Centerbeam and IPG Photonics transactions. Christian Reitberger erwarb seinen Doktorgrad
der Physik sub auspiciis praesidentis von der Universität Wien.
Nach Forschungstätigkeiten in der Industrie und in Universitätsinstituten
startete er seine Karriere bei McKinsey & Company, wo er sich
auf die Beratung von schnellwachsenden Hochtechnologiefirmen in
den Bereichen Telekommunikation, Informationstechnologie und digitale
Medien in deren Startup-Phase spezialisierte. Bei McKinsey war Reitberger
maßgeblich an der Gründung des Beratungsarms für
Hochwachstums-Unternehmen beteiligt. Reitberger ist verantwortlich für Telekommunikations- IT- und Internet-Infrastruktur Investments mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Halbleiter- und photonische Komponenten. Er war maßgeblich an der Prüfung und Strukturierung der Investitionen in 12snap, Ciao, Healy Hudson, Systemonic, Centerbeam, Webraska und IPG Photonics beteiligt. |
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| Jude
Ngu'Ewodo, Partner Jude has more than 13 years of industry and investment experience in the communication sector. As a mobile network engineer in the 90’s, he worked on the development GSM network phase 2 and at different mobile network implementations in Europe. His career as Product Line Manager put him at the centre of the most competitive telecommunication market of Europe, Germany, with the sole objective of developing new businesses and increasing its company’s market share. During the technology boom years of the last decade, Jude joined the corporate finance market in Frankfurt / Germany as M&A advisor for the TIMES industries, where he worked on a number of cross-border transactions. After successful stations as Entrepreneur with an international high tech organisation, where he helped implementing a business unit strategy for exploiting the business opportunity provided by mobile applications at the horizon of the mobile internet, Jude joined 3 years ago BayTech Venture Capital, a Munich based high technology venture capital firm, as a partner focussing on communication technologies. Jude holds an engineering degree in telecommunication and computer science from the Technical University of Munich an MBA from the State University of New York. |
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| Dr.
Jochen Walter, Partner Jochen joined BayTech Venture Capital as a Partner in 2000 and focuses his investment activities on ventures persuing industrial applications of innovative break-through technologies. Prior to joining BayTech Venture Capital, Jochen worked as a top management consultant at A.T. Kearney, where he specialized on the automotive industry and mechanical engineering companies. Jochen’s operational experience includes management responsibility for Product and Process Development and project responsibility for the installation of a new production facility in the consumer goods industry at Unilever. Jochen holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Technical Chemistry from Technical University of Munich and holds board positions at Promeos GmbH and EnOcean GmbH. |
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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 Kapitalbeteiligungs-gesellschaften – 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 enabled him to
contribute to various articles and books. |
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| Michael
Wand, Director Michael Wand is focused on European venture opportunities in the software sector. Mr. Wand leads the investment activity in infrastructure software in Europe. His focus areas are business intelligence, analytics, wireless infrastructure, security and embedded systems. He is based in London. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Wand worked for approximately ten years in investment banking, the last seven years in the technology sector. As a Managing Director he was responsible for the European software and Internet research team at Deutsche Bank in London from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that he worked as a European software analyst for Paribas in London and BHF-Bank in Frankfurt (Germany). During his banking career Mr. Wand discovered and took public technology innovators such as Autonomy, Baltimore Technologies, Brokat and nCipher as well as covering the global IT security sector. Mr. Wand received his M.B.A. from Mannheim University,
Germany and University of Texas at Austin. He holds a B.A. degree
in Economics and Business Administration from Mannheim University,
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| Stephen
Murphy, Managing Director, Head of Equity Private Placements
Europe Stephen Murphy is a Managing Director in the Financial Entrepreneurs Group in London. He is Head of the European Private Equity Placement practice and Private Fundraising. 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 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 Dublin, Trinity College. |
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| Dr.
Hendrik Brandis, Co-Founder Dr. Hendrik Brandis is a co-founder of Earlybird, focusing on companies from high-tech industries such as semiconductors, telecommunication and medical equipment. Prior to joining Earlybird, he was a Partner with McKinsey & Co., in their Munich and Madrid offices. There, he led McKinsey’s small and midsize company initiative and participated in creating McKinsey New Venture. Hendrik gained his entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder of GMM, a group of private investors focusing on buy-outs of midsize companies. He has also worked as a Project Manager in the Technology Department of Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (now Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace) focusing on the design and innovative manufacturing processes of composite aircraft structures. He attended the Technical University of Munich and holds a Dipl.-Ing. (MSc equivalent) and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering. Hendrik serves on the following boards: ASYNTIS GmbH, conject AG, dooyoo.de AG, GMD, InterNetwork, Novasonics, Wearix. |
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| Falk
F. Strascheg, Founder and Managing Partner
Falk F. Strascheg (63) is an electronic engineer and experienced entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Extorel, one of the leading German Venture Capital Fund of Fund 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 one of the leading European producers 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 laser 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. In May 2002, he created with significant financial efforts at the Munich University of Applied Sciences the “Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship”. |
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| Harald
Ehren, Head of Inside Business
Harald Ehren, 37, 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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| Jim
Tully, Vice President and Chief
of Research, Emerging Technologies and Semiconductors
Jim Tully joined Gartner 14 years ago and is vice president and chief of research in the company’s Emerging Technologies and Semiconductor group. He specialises in emerging electronics technologies, semiconductors, intellectual property and long term industry trends. He also consults widely in topics such as strategy development, due diligence and technology analysis. Before joining Gartner, he worked in the electronics industry in a range of business management and technical roles. These related to applications in the computer, communications, consumer and industrial sectors. Dr. Tully holds a Master of Science degree and a PhD in electrical and electronic engineering, and an MBA. |
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| Peter
G. Wilson, Managing Director Peter Wilson, Managing Director, joined the firm’s London subsidiary in 1996 as an associate after three years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he originated and managed two regional venture capital funds in Russia. Since joining HarbourVest, Peter has been active in primary, secondary and direct investment activity in Europe, and holds positions on a variety of Advisory Boards across Europe. Currently, Peter focuses primarily in the European venture partnership area. |
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| Tom
L. Smith, Global
Executive, Venture Development Tom Smith was named to the position of Global Executive, IBM Venture Development, in April of 2000. The Venture Development organization is responsible for developing strategic relationships with venture capital firms focused on growth markets and emerging technologies, and missioned to build mutually beneficial client and business development relationships with VC funded companies early in their life cycle. IBM Venture Development is an integral part of the IBM non-organic growth strategy and is closely aligned with the efforts of the IBM Corporate Development Venture Investments and Corporate Strategy Venture Relations teams. Together they engage with the venture capital community to create mutual business value. Mr. Smith joined IBM in 1979 and has held a series of positions in information technology services, systems engineering, and sales. He has managed sales, marketing, and services organizations, most recently as Service Office Executive managing the IBM Global Services Integrated Technology Services business for the state of Georgia prior to assuming his current role in April of 2000. |
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| Ralf
Schnell, Managing Director Ralf Schnell has built up Infineon Technologies corporate venture capital activities since 1998 and is currently managing director of Infineon Ventures GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG. Prior to joining Infineon Technologies in 1998, Ralf worked with Siemens AG for 11 years. In his last position he was there 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 the corporate technology departments. He obtained his diploma degree in physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and his Ph.D degree in physics with research work in seminconductor surface physics at the synchrotron radiation laboratories in Hamburg and Berlin. |
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Christian Zschocke, Managing Partner Christian O. Zschocke is the managing partner of the Frankfurt office. His practice is concentrated in the areas of public takeovers as well as antitrust law. Dr. Zschocke is a regular speaker at seminars, and an author of numerous publications on corporate and antitrust law, including a commentary on the German Takeover Code and a handbook on the German Takeover Act. The publishers of Germany's leading antitrust review have turned to him as the editor responsible for the section on international antitrust developments. Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Christian Zschocke worked in the London, Brussels and Frankfurt offices of a New York-based international law firm. Dr. Zschocke also served as a trainee at the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate General IV for Competition, and for law firms in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Hamburg and Paris. Dr. Zschocke has been appointed by the European Banking Federation and the Federation of European Stock Exchanges, to be one of six members of a European "Committee of Practitioners on Takeover Regulation" to contribute to the future European Takeover Directive as well as to serve as a platform for communication for the legislative process. Christian Zschocke is a German national. Dr. Zschocke is admitted to practice in Germany. He is admitted to the Bar of Cologne. In addition to a Dr. jur. from Hamburg University, Christian Zschocke is qualified as Licenciado en Derecho under Spanish Law. |
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| Adi
Seffer, Partner Adi Seffer is head of the Morgan Lewis Technology Practice in Frankfurt. His practice focuses on tech-driven transactions for Technology (TMT) - and Biotechnology clients and the financial community. He handles e-commerce matters, IP/IT and Biotech related agreements, M&A transactions and private and public financing. Mr. Seffer was nominated by Legal Media Group, London
as a leading lawyer in both Telecoms and IT, as one of only 30 lawyers
worldwide. Adi Seffer's transnational dispute experience includes ICC arbitration involving U.S. clients and other foreign clients, acting as a panel arbitrator in a German arbitration, and several ad hoc arbitrations under various German arbitration rules. His legal education in Regensburg, Frankfurt am Main and Munich was supplemented by training in International Law in London (1983), Comparison of Laws in Strasbourg, France (1984 and 1985), and International Investments in Barcelona, Spain (1989). Adi Seffer was President of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) (2001 - 2002). In addition, he is a member of the German Association for Intellectual Property Law (GRUR), of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and of the German Association for Computer Law. Mr. Seffer is fluent in English, Spanish and French. He is admitted to the Frankfurt bar. |
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| Anthony
Warnock-Smith, Partner Anthony Warnock-Smith, a partner in the London office of Morgan Lewis and the European head of the Life Sciences Practice, focuses on the pharmaceutical, medical device, cosmetics, veterinary drug, and foods and food additives industries. Mr. Warnock-Smith has 25 years of experience in regulatory matters, as well as commercial agreements and transactions. His regulatory experience involves the full range of issues, from clinical trial and product development issues, to marketing and allied reimbursement, product liability and other trade regulation matters. He is also experienced in corporate and commercial transactions, European Union competition law, and strategic partnering. From 1973 until 1996, Mr. Warnock-Smith worked at Sterling Winthrop (now Sanofi-Synthelabo), rising to vice president of legal services in Europe. |
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| Peter
Globokar, Director
- Global Technology, Corporate Finance Group, Nomura
International plc Peter Globokar joined Nomura in February 2002 and leads the firm’s technology M&A advisory activities in the global hardware and embedded software industries. Prior to joining Nomura, Peter Globokar has served as a strategic M&A advisor to public and private technology firms since 1998, working on cross-border M&A transactions and strategic private placements as a vice president at Broadview International. Prior to his involvement in the investment banking business, Peter Globokar was an advisor to several turn around private equity funds sponsored by the EBRD in central Europe. Peter Globokar has an MBA from the European School of Management and an undergraduate degree in electronics and engineering sciences from Paris University. |
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| Helmut
Schön, Managing Director Helmut joined Partech in 2002, and focuses on communications investments in Northern Europe - primarily in the UK and Germany. Helmut has 20 years of experience in the Technology and Telecom Industry, gathered through start up experience, early stage investing and corporate finance for Technology and Telecom companies. Prior to Partech, he was Managing Director at WestLB Panmure Technology Group and before that was responsible for Merrill Lynch's Technology Banking business in Europe. Helmut has an undergraduate degree in computer sciences and an MBA from IMD (Switzerland). |
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| Chemi
Peres, Managing Director & Founder Chemi is Managing General Partner and Co-founder of the Pitango Venture Capital partnership. Currently, Pitango Venture Capital manages several venture funds totaling over $700 million in committed capital invested in more than 80 companies. In 1992, Chemi founded and managed the Mofet Israel Technology Fund, which invested in such companies as VocalTec (NASDAQ: VOCL), Orckit Communications (NASDAQ: ORCT), Precise (NASDAQ: PRSE), Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR) Netro Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRO) and others. Prior to Mofet, he was responsible for Marketing and Business Development at Decision Systems Israel (DSI), and a Senior Consultant to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). He also served as a pilot in the Israel Air Force for 10 years. He previously served on the boards of several publicly traded companies in the technology sector such as AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), Backweb (NASDAQ: BWEB), Magic Software Enterprises (NASDAQ: MGIC) and Aladdin (NASDAQ: ALDN). Chemi is one of the founders of theIVA (Israel Venture Association) and is currently serving as Chairman of the Board. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Seed Fund and Koor Industries, one of Israel's leading conglomerates (NASDAQ: KOR). Chemi holds an MBA degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Tel Aviv University. He continues to be involved in the university by serving on the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Management. |
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Simon Waddington, Managing Partner Simon Waddington joined PolyTechnos from Monsanto
Company where he was responsible for starting and managing the European
corporate venturing activities. From 1991 to 1994, he was Product
Development Manager with Zeneca where he ran their biodegradable
polymer film and coating activities. Prior to this, he was a Senior
Research Scientist within ICI´s Advanced Materials and Paints
divisions respectively, specializing in surface, interface and adhesion
science. His functional roles have included corporate venturing,
business development and strategy, product development, applied
science, and basic research. Simon holds a Ph.D. in surface and solid-state physics from the University of Liverpool and an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS). He serves on the board of the HBS Alumni Association of Germany. Simon has published and received a number of patents. He has lived and worked in the U.K., the U.S., Belgium, and Germany. Simon’s broad technological background has enabled him to take a leadership role in multiple investment areas, from polymer electronics through to medical devices. Simon is currently a board member of Plastic Logic Ltd., Power Paper Ltd., and Micrus Corporation. He was promoted to the position of Managing Partner as of January 2003. |
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| Dr.
Dietrich Ulmer, CEO & President Dr. Dietrich Ulmer (44), CEO and President of Siemens Mobile Acceleration, comes with many years management experience from international high-tech companies and an excellent background in terms of managing complex projects. From 1997 to 2001, as director of 'Strategic Projects – Corporate Strategy' he was chief strategist at VIAG Interkom in Munich. Alongside numerous fixed network, Internet, and mobile radio projects he was responsible for acquiring the UMTS license by heading the company’s 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 other things, he brought Tegaron into the transportation telematics sector of debis. 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', he was responsible for managing the commercial side of major international projects. Dietrich Ulmer gained his doctorate in sociology from the University of Konstanz. In addition, he holds two masters degrees in mechanical engineering and economics from The Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen. |
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| Jean
Schmitt, Partner Jean Schmitt (38) joined Sofinnova Partners’ Information Technology team as Partner in December 2001. He focuses on opportunities in the telecom sector. Prior to joining Sofinnova Partners, Jean Schmitt was the CEO and founder of SLP InfoWare, a world leader in predictive customer relationship management software for the telecom industry, which he sold to Gemplus in 2000. Jean Schmitt then became 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. Since joining Sofinnova Partners, Jean Schmitt has invested in Esmertec, of which he is a board member. |
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| Robert
Wyss, Robert Wyss was elected to the Management Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange in 2003 and is responsible for the Market Development Division. Robert Wyss joined the SWX Swiss Exchange in 1998 as head of the Key Account Issuers Department and devoted his efforts mainly to building up the SWX New Market trading segment. Before coming to SWX, he bore responsibility at Berner Kantonalbank and Zürcher Kantonalbank for equities and financial analysis, as well as institutional client marketing. In 1997, Robert Wyss joined Privatbank Von Graffenried AG as a senior vice-president and, among other duties, was head of investment strategy and portfolio management. After completing studies in economics at the University of Bern in 1986, Robert Wyss focused his career on the financial industry. He subsequently earned federal diplomas as Certified Financial Analyst and Asset Manager AZEK (1990) and Cerfified Finance and Investment Expert AZEK (1998). |
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| Kurt
Müller, Partner Kurt has been a successful high-tech entrepreneur and executive for the past 17 years. From 1986 to 1999 he founded and then grew Dataware Technologies from Euro 0 to Euro 43 million in revenues as Chief Executive Officer. In 1993 he successfully brought Dataware public on the NASDAQ (DWTI), and in 1995 he founded Northern Light Technology . From 1984 to 1986 Kurt was founder and managing director (Geschäftsführer) of Lotus Development GmbH in Munich. From 1981 to 1984 he was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in Boston and Munich. Kurt has a BA degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University, an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, and he studied law at the Harvard Law School. Kurt is a director of MagCode AG (chairman).and NxN Software AG |
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| Friedrich
Bornikoel, Managing Partner Friedrich Bornikoel has more than 15 year experience in venture capital and has been a Managing Partner of TVM since 1997. His investment activities focus mainly on companies in the following markets: software, industrial applications, design and planning tools, telecommunications, and semiconductors. Currently Mr. Bornikoel represents TVM on the Board of Directors of alfabet meta-modeling AG (Berlin), Impress Software AG (Hanover), as well as VPIsystems (Holmdel, NJ). For many years he was a member of the board of SCM Microsystems, a early TVM lead investment, and various other portfolio companies. In May 2003 Mr. Bornikoel was elected to the Board of the German venture capital organization BVK. Prior to joining TVM in 1987, 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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| Yoram
Oron, President & Managing Partner
Mr. Oron is a general partner of Vertex Venture Capital and is a member of the investment committee. His invaluable contribution to Vertex is based on hands-on industry and hi-tech experience. He has an impressive record as founder and manager of several successful high technology companies. He was previously President and CEO of Aryt Industries (NASDAQ: ARYTF); Co-Founder of Geotek Communications and Manager of its Military Division; Founder and CEO of Reshef Technologies; and Co-Founder and Chairman of Telegate Ltd. Yoram Oron holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology; an MBA from Tel Aviv University, Israel and has completed post-graduate studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA |
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| John
P. O’Shea, President John P. O’Shea is President of Westminster Securities Corporation. He oversees the activities of the firm, including investment banking, sales, and trading. Mr. O’Shea is also active in public and private debt and equity offerings as an underwriter, market maker, and investor. He assists emerging growth companies in attaining public status and financing. Mr. O’Shea has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Westminster since 1987, serving 10 years as Vice President before joining the Board of Directors in 1997. Prior to joining Westminster, he was Syndicate Manager at Yamner & Co. for 5 years. Mr. O’Shea holds a BA and MA in Economics from the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of the New York Board of Trade and the Securities Traders Association. |
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Lindstrom Fredericks, Managing Director of Corporate
Finance Ivy Lindstrom Fredericks is Managing Director of Corporate Finance of Westminster Securities. Ms. Fredericks advises domestic and international companies on public and private debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and financial restructuring. Ms. Fredericks focuses primarily on emerging growth companies. Ms. Fredericks has over 20 years of investment banking experience. Previously, she was a Managing Director of Corporate Finance with Ambient Capital and KPMG Peat Marwick. Prior to that she was in the Mergers and Acquisitions departments of Kidder, Peabody & Co. and Drexel Burnham Lambert. 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 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. Ms. Fredericks is on the Board of Directors of VI Group plc, a software company based in the UK and publicly-traded on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market and the American Stock Exchange.. |
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