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Brian Gentile
President and CEO
Brian brings to JasperSoft a 22-year track record of success in helping to build and lead prominent technology companies’ product and go-to-market strategies. Most recently, Mr. Gentile was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Informatica Corporation, the industry-leading data integration software company, where he helped the company grow consistently and substantially. Previously, Mr. Gentile served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Brio Software, a leading business intelligence software provider, where he was responsible for the company’s global market position and strategy, product marketing, corporate marketing and strategic partner relationships. Prior to Brio, as a Vice President at Sun Microsystems, Brian created Sun’s first-ever worldwide Developer Relations team and helped build the Sun and Java Developer Connection Programs, which reached over 2 million active members during his tenure. And prior to Sun, Brian led Apple’s Evangelism and Developer Relations team, enabling10,000 independent software vendors to work closely and successfully with Apple’s products and technologies.
Ed Saliba
Ed Saliba spent 12 years at Sun Microsystems where he held positions including vice president of finance and operations, vice president of human resources, and vice president of operations and chief of staff for iPlanet, a Sun and AOL alliance. Currently, Saliba is consulting with Tula Technology Inc. Saliba has also served as a director on multiple public and private company boards, including serving as the Audit Committee Chairman on two public company boards. Through his work, Saliba participated in an independent board of directors finance committee that reviewed and approved the sale of a public company and provided leadership and influence required to streamline operations and improve performance. Saliba holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Babson College.
Rory O'Driscoll
Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
Rory is a veteran venture capitalist who is focused on mobile, internet, and enterprise software and services. During his career, Rory has contributed to the evolution of software-as-service (SaaS) business models at companies such as Frontbridge, Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR) and PlaceWare. Currently, he sits on the boards of Arena, Contivo, Hubspan, Innovion, mBlox, Omniture, PatchLink, Picolight, ScanSafe and Vantage Media. He was previously an investor in Altra, Connect, EGroups, Frontbridge, Good Technologies, Net6, NetGenesis, OuterBay, Pavilion, PlaceWare, and Zone Labs. Prior to Scale Venture Partners, Rory worked in Corporate Development at Bank of America and was founder and CEO of Mercia Ltd., a UK-based manufacturing company. Rory was born and raised in Ireland and holds a BSc from the London School of Economics. For more information, please visit www.scalevp.com.
Gen Isayama
Principal, DCM
Gen Isayama is currently a Principal at DCM, a venture capital firm committed to funding early-stage technology companies. Gen focuses his investments in consumer internet/digital media, mobile applications, and wireless technologies. With his business experience in Asia, he also oversees DCM's investments in Asia including China, Korea and Japan. Gen is currently serving on the board of directors for JasperSoft, Catalyst Mobile, Star Flyer and an observer for Sling Media, fastmobile, Bittorrent, Oak Pacific Interactive (mop.com), Oriental Standard, Picsel, and PandoraTV. Prior to joining DCM, Gen worked at Mizuho Financial Group, formerly the Industrial Bank of Japan, and has extensive experience in a wide variety of areas including corporate finance, structured finance, derivative trading, and market risk management using intensive quantitative methods. Prior to Mizuho, Gen ran a web design consultancy company serving clients in the US and Japan. Gen holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in Law from Tokyo University.
For more information on DCM, visit www.dcm.com.
Gary Little
General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
Gary joined Morgenthaler as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in August 1997 and became a Partner in April 1998. Gary came to Morgenthaler from Apple Computer where he served as Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the $3 billion Power Macintosh division. Earlier, as Vice President of Channel Sales, he oversaw two-tier distribution in North America and managed Apple's $1.2 billion small business market. Gary also served as Sr. Director of Marketing for Apple's $2.9 billion Pacific division (Japan, Asia, Latin America, Canada) where he directed a $150 million brand building and merchandising budget. Previously, Gary spent seven years at Sun Microsystems where he was most recently Director of Product Marketing for the Solaris Products Division, Sun's largest software division. He also served as Director of Marketing for Sun's Intercontinental division, which included a 2 year posting in Hong Kong. Earlier, as Group Manager of Industry Marketing, Gary helped lead Sun's entry into the telecommunications and financial services industries by setting market strategy, recruiting corporate partners, establishing market requirements and via vertical market promotion. Gary was an associate with the venture capital firm Venrock Associates. He also held sales and marketing positions at IBM. He began his career as an IC design engineer for TRW's microelectronics research labs. Morgenthaler Ventures can be found at www.morgenthaler.com.
Philippe Cases
Partner, Partech International
Philippe joined Partech in 1997 and focuses on software. He has 17 years of experience in private equity in Europe and the U.S., with 12 years specifically focused on early stage investing. Prior to joining Partech, Philippe was a Partner with Sofinnova in Paris. He has been a Director of Egide and BVRP (both listed on the French market) and Adknowledge (acquired by CMGI). In addition, he was involved with Flamel Technologies (FLML) and Rightpoint Software (acquired by E.piphany). Philippe currently sits on the board of directors of Jaspersoft and Spoke Software and is an advisor to InQuira. He attended the Engineering School of Mines in Nancy, France and received an MS from Stanford University where he was named a Sloan Fellow.
More information about Partech can be found at www.partechvc.com.