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| Keith McCall, Chief Technology Officer | Keith McCall has led
the development and delivery of enterprise software products for over
16 years. Prior to cofounding Azaleos, Keith spent four and a half
years as the director and product unit manager for Microsoft®
Exchange Solutions. He was responsible for ensuring the integrity of
the complete solution through technology and business development
activities that supported Exchange systems integrators, ISVs, and IT
professionals who deliver Microsoft-based messaging solutions. Keith
initially joined Microsoft to develop a departmental solution server
based on Microsoft's BackOffice technologies, which was delivered as
the Team Productivity Update for BackOffice 4.5 in 1999.
Prior to Microsoft, Keith was the senior director for Lotus' line of
Domino.Applications and was responsible for delivering Lotus'
Notes-and Web-based collaborative applications on the Domino Platform.
Before joining Lotus, Keith invented Net.Commerce and built the team
that delivered IBM's flagship Internet Commerce product. He was also
the architect and developer of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games ticket
server and was instrumental in designing and developing L.L. Bean's
first e-commerce site. Keith also invented IBM's Net.Data product,
which was the first product to join IBM's DB2 relational database to
Web servers, and held a variety of marketing and sales positions
related to the release of the first RISC System/6000 line of UNIX
computers from IBM.
Keith earned a bachelor's degree in
science from the University of British Columbia in Canada.
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| | | Pete Higgins, Second Avenue Partners | Pete Higgins is a
founding partner of Second Avenue Partners, one of Seattle's most
experienced teams providing management, strategy, and capital to early
stage companies. Prior to founding Second Avenue Partners, Pete spent 16
years at Microsoft. He was a member of the Office of the President,
reporting to CEO Bill Gates. He also served as group vice president of
the Interactive Media Group from 1996 to 1998, where he was responsible
for Microsoft's online and consumer software businesses, including
MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, Carpoint, Slate, Internet Gaming Zone, Encarta,
multimedia games, desktop finance products, and hardware products such
as the Microsoft Mouse.
Pete also serves on the board of
directors of Bocada, InSitu Group, and Advanced Digital Information
Corporation, and on the advisory board of Digimine. He is an executive
advisor for the private equity firm Hellman Friedman and a strategic
director of the venture capital group Madrona Investments, LLC. Pete
also serves on the board of trustees for Stanford University. He holds a
master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree
in economics and history from Stanford University.
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| | | Mike Slade, Second Avenue Partners | Mike Slade began his
professional career at Microsoft in 1983 as a product manager. During
his more than seven years there he introduced several successful
products, including Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Works. He also
served as the director of corporate marketing in the Microsoft systems
software division. Mike then spent two years as the vice president of
marketing for NeXT Computer, working for Steve Jobs. He then went to
work for Paul Allen as CEO of Starwave, a multimedia and Internet
startup. At Starwave, Mike launched key sites such as ESPN.com, NBA.com,
NFL.com, ABCNews.com, Mr. Showbiz, and the Go.com network. Starwave was
sold to Disney in late 1998, and Mike served as a consultant on
Disney's Internet strategy for one year.
Since 1998, Mike has
served as a consultant to Steve Jobs' executive team at Apple
Computer, working on marketing and strategy. He is also a cofounder of
Seattle-based venture capital firm Second Avenue Partners. In March of
2000, Mike and two other former Microsoft executives purchased and
re-launched the Professional Bowlers Association, where he currently
sits on the board of directors.
Mike earned a bachelor's
degree from Colorado College and a master's degree in business
administration from Stanford University. He sits on the board of
directors of Aquantive and is a member of the board of trustees of
Colorado College.
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| | | Charles H. Porter, Insight Ventures | Charles Porter serves as the
CIO-in-Residence for Insight Ventures, which brings together Fortune
1000 IT executives, early stage technology companies, and the venture
community, driving mutual benefit and a higher probability of
success.
Prior to Insight Ventures, Charles was the managing
partner and CTO for Accenture Technology Infrastructure Services (ATIS).
In this role, he was responsible for the architecture, technology
direction, and product definition for Accenture's infrastructure
outsourcing practice. He also served as CIO for technology services,
where he was instrumental in reducing Accenture's internal technology
operations cost by more than 40% over three years while maintaining
employee satisfaction and improving reliability. He was a member of
Accenture's Global Situation Management Committee, Technology and
Outsourcing Executive Committee, and Outsourcing and Infrastructure
Delivery Executive Committee. He founded Accenture's network of
telecommunications solutions centers (Teleworks®), which provide
application development, delivery, and support to Accenture's
communications and high tech clients.
Charles also currently
serves as a member of the board of directors for Seattle University's
Entrepreneurship Center. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics
from Gonzaga University and a master's degree in business
administration from the University of Michigan.
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| | | Cameron Myhrvold, Ignition | Cameron Myhrvold is a founding
partner of Ignition and invests in software and infrastructure
companies. Cameron represents Ignition as director on the boards of
Seven, Cloudmark, and Lockdown Networks. He also acts as Ignition
observer on the board of RLX Technologies. He previously served on the
board of Consera (acquired by Hewlett Packard).
Prior to
Ignition, Cameron spent 13 years with Microsoft, most recently as vice
president of the Internet Customer Unit, where he was responsible for
building business relationships with network operators and a broad range
of telecommunications providers. Cameron created the Developer Relations
Group, which evangelized Windows and Microsoft's other operating
system technologies to the independent software vendors and third-party
developer community.
Cameron cofounded Dynamical Systems Inc. to
develop multitasking operating systems for the PC, which he sold to
Microsoft in 1986. Cameron earned a bachelor's degree from the
University of California, Berkeley.
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| | | Richard Fade, Ignition | Richard Fade is an Ignition Venture
Partner investing in enterprise data and applications companies. Prior
to Ignition, Richard spent 16 years at Microsoft in several leadership
roles, including serving on the executive staff as a division-level vice
president for the past 10 years.
Most recently Richard served as
senior vice president of the OEM division, where he was responsible for
Microsoft's licensing business with PC OEM and embedded device
manufacturers. He served as vice president of desktop and consumer
applications overseeing creation and launch of Microsoft® Office 97,
Outlook®, and several Microsoft Office product line extensions,
including the acquisition of Microsoft FrontPage®. He was also vice
president of Advanced Technology Sales, which later became the Internet
Business Unit. Prior to that, he served as vice president for the Far
East Region. Richard led the teams that produced the first successful
double-byte versions of Microsoft Windows followed closely by Microsoft
Office applications.
Richard served in several management
positions in eight years at systems integrator Triad Systems. He earned
a bachelor's degree in finance from Florida State
University.
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