Mark Shirman, President and CEO, GlassHouse Technologies

Mark Shirman, has nearly twenty years of entrepreneurial experience in IT services. Before founding GlassHouse, Mark was executive vice president of corporate development and CTO at Convergent Group where he executed a combination of operational and marketing strategies that resulted in a successful public offering and the subsequent sale of the business to Schlumberger Corporation. Prior to Convergent Group, Mark was responsible for the worldwide e-Business and CRM lines of business for Cambridge Technology Partners. Previously, Mark ran similar units for BSG/Alliance IT. In 1985, he successfully launched a new breed IT consulting company called Innovative Information Systems Inc. (IISI) was focused on emerging technologies and application development. Mark served as CEO of IISI until its sale to CDI Corporation in 1990, and then served as its president until 1995. Mark started his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. after receiving his BA in Economics from Brandeis University and his MBA from American University. He also serves as a member of the Boston Public Library Technology Council.

Robert Davoli, Managing Director, Sigma Partners

Bob Davoli, managing director, joined Sigma in 1995. He has 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. Most recently he was President and CEO of Epoch Systems, the leading vendor of client-server data management software products. He sold the firm in 1993 to EMC for $141 million. Previously, he was the Founder, President and CEO of SQL Solutions, a leading purveyor of services and tools for the relational database market. He sold SQL Solutions to Sybase for stock eventually worth over $100 million. Today the SQL Solutions consulting and system administration tools division of Sybase has over $300 million in annual revenues. He served as an executive officer of Sybase for over two years. Bob has a B.A. in History from Ricker College and studied computer science at Northeastern University for two years. He has been responsible for Sigma's investments in Aprimo, Cerulean Technology, Dazel Corporation, edocs, ExaGrid Systems, GlassHouse Technologies, Idiom Technologies, Incipient, Initiate Systems, Internet Security Systems, m-Qube, Noetix, Octane Software, OutStart, StorageNetworks, Tradex Technologies, Vericept, Versata, Vettro, Vignette Corporation, Virtusa, and Visual Mining.

Todd Gresham, Executive Vice President, Xyratex, Int'l.

Todd Gresham is Executive Vice President of the Networked Storage Solutions Division at Xyratex Int'l. Mr. Gresham joined Xyratex in September of 2005 from nStor Technologies, Inc. At nStor, he was President and CEO. Mr. Gresham has over 25 years of executive management experience in both publicly traded and privately held companies. Mr. Gresham served as Vice President of Global OEM and Reseller Sales at EMC, and General Manager of Asia/Pacific Operations, as well as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at CLARiiON. Prior to CLARiiON, Mr. Gresham held various executive positions with both Philips Laser Magnetics (LMSI), a division of Philips NV, and StorageTek.

Lt. General (Ret) USAF Kenneth A. Minihan, Managing Director, Paladin Capital Group

Lt. General Minihan is a Managing Director of Paladin and is focused on the development and implementation of new investment opportunities for Paladin's Homeland Security Fund. Prior to joining Paladin, Lt. General Minihan was the 14th Director of the National Security Agency (NSA)/Central Security Service. While at the National Security Agency, he was instrumental in the definition and implementation of the National Information Assurance Program. During his military service, Lt. General Minihan developed extensive experience in making new technologies operational and implementing leading edge services and products in a competitive environment where lives were often at risk. During the last twenty years of the Cold War and the transition to the Information Age, he was instrumental in the definition and selection of technology solutions to solve many difficult national security information needs. Throughout that time, Lt. General Minihan helped set the performance standards for information enterprise operations. Lt. General Minihan was the most recent Chairman and President of the Security Affairs Support Association, which focuses on shared government and industry national intelligence and technology challenges. He also is a member of the Air Force Association, the National Military Intelligence Association and other national organizations. He has substantial experience in capital raising, enterprise operations, business development and business readiness assurance. He devotes considerable attention to and consults on national security affairs. Lt. General Minihan has a B.A. Degree from Florida State University, a M.A. Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, and has completed executive development programs at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Among his awards and decorations are the National Security Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

Ryan Moore, General Partner, GrandBanks Capital

Ryan co-founded GrandBanks Capital with Charley Lax and focuses primarily on investments in the wireless technology space as well as the software and software - services markets. Ryan currently serves on the board of directors of GBC portfolio companies Enpocket, First Coverage, GlassHouse Technologies, uLocate Communications and Vivox. Prior to co-founding GBC, Ryan worked with Charley at SOFTBANK Venture Capital (n/k/a Mobius Venture Capital), and SOFTBANK Capital Partners, originally a strategic late-stage investment fund. Previously, he was a Senior Associate focusing on Technology Investment Banking with Robertson Stephens in San Francisco. During his tenure at Robertson Stephens, Ryan worked with a number of technology companies on strategic and financial transactions including E*Trade Group, eBay, Internet Security Systems and WebMD. Ryan earned his AB in Economics from Princeton University.

Glenn Osaka, Senior Vice President of Services, Juniper Networks

Glenn Osaka is Senior Vice President, Services at Juniper Networks. He is responsible for Juniper’s global services organization serving the world’s leading communications service providers, governments, and large enterprises. Glenn is a 30 year information technology and networking veteran. Prior to joining Juniper, he was VP Strategy and Operations for Cisco Systems – Advanced Services. He previously served as President and CEO of Reactivity, Inc. (acquired by Cisco), a start up leader in XML acceleration and security processing. He also served as the Silicon Valley Managing Director of the Redleaf Group, a technology focused venture capital firm. Glenn began his career at the Hewlett Packard Company. Over a 20 year span he held a variety of sales, product management, and services roles. He served as Vice President & General Manager of HP’s $4 billion Enterprise Computing Group and as the leader of HP’s Worldwide Consulting and Systems Integration business. Glenn is a past board member of several high technology start ups and of CommerceNet, an industry consortium focused on the development of electronic commerce. He is currently a director of Glasshouse Technologies, a Massachusetts based consulting firm focused on enabling the "virtualized" datacenter and of Cocoabon, a gourmet chocolate manufacturer. He holds a BA and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Patrick J. Scannell, Jr., Senior Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, Netezza Corporation

Pat Scannell is Senior Vice President, CFO & Treasurer of Netezza. Pat brings more than 30 years of financial and operational experience in both venture-backed and public companies in high-technology industries to Netezza where he is responsible for the company’s financial, accounting, legal, SEC compliance, human resources and information technology functions. Most recently, Pat was responsible for the company’s initial public offering in July 2007. Prior to joining Netezza, Pat served as CFO of PhotonEx Corporation, a leading provider of next-generation optical systems for core public services networks. Prior to his work at PhotonEx, he was CFO of Silknet Software, a company he took public before orchestrating its sale to Kana, a leading provider of enterprise customer support and communications applications. Before Silknet, Pat was Executive Vice President & CFO of Applix, Inc., a global provider of enterprise-wide business performance management solutions. While at Applix, he led the company through a successful initial public offering and a number of strategic acquisitions. He earned an MBA from Babson College and a B.S. from Boston College and practiced as a Certified Public Accountant.

Lou Volpe, Managing Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners

Lou Volpe leads Kodiak's investment efforts in software and core technology areas with over 25 years of technology industry experience. He focuses on new and unique software products and technologies that are disruptive and provide quick ROI to customers.  Prior to joining Kodiak in 2000, Lou had a distinguished career as part of the executive management teams at three of the most successful technology companies in the Boston area - ArrowPoint Communications, GeoTel Communications and Parametric Technology.  He has served as President, Chief Operting Officer and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing as well as a Board member at these companies.  Each had very successful IPOs and both ArrowPoint and GeoTel were acquired by Cisco Systems in multi-billion dollar transactions.  At Kodiak, one of Lou's portfolio companies had a successful acquisition when IMlogic was acquired by Symantec in January 2006.  Lou holds a B.A from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.