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The Antenna Software Board of Directors is an exceptional group with significant
industry knowledge, business acumen, and hands-on operating capability. These notable
individuals have helped, advised, and established many of the premier organizations
in the technology industry.
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Rich D'Amore has been with North Bridge since inception and has been in the venture
business since 1982. Prior to 1982 he worked as a consultant at Bain and Company
and as a certified public accountant with Arthur Young and Company. Mr. D'Amore's
venture investing is targeted at the software industry with his investments being
split between early-stage projects and special situations. Virtually all have been
active projects, including structuring initial transactions and assuming a board
seat. He has focused his investment activity in the Northeast.
Rich is a graduate of Northeastern University (summa cum laude), 1975, and the Harvard
University Graduate School of Business Administration (Baker Scholar), 1980.
Prior to Polaris, John was chief financial officer of Firefly Network Inc., which
was sold to Microsoft in 1998. Before Firefly Network, John held a number of positions
at Powersoft Corporation, including chief financial officer and treasurer. During
his tenure at Powersoft, from 1992 to 1995, the company grew annual sales from $21
million to over $200 million. John was instrumental in the company's successful
initial public offering in 1993 as well as in several mergers and acquisitions during
that period. John came to Powersoft from Trinzic Corporation, where he was chief
financial officer, and Cullinet Software, Inc. where he held the positions of vice
president of administration and treasurer. Prior to Cullinet, he was a certified
public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand.
John received his BA in accounting from Northeastern University. He is a member
of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.
James Hemmer has more than 20 years of experience in the hi-tech and communications
industries, and has been a senior executive at companies in all stages of development
from early stage to Fortune 500.
Prior to joining Antenna, Jim was senior vice president and general manager for
ADC Corporation's [ADCT] Software Services Division. Jim accepted the position in
February 2001 following ADC's acquisition of CommTech Corporation, an enterprise
software company focused on the telecommunications service provider market, where
he was president and chief operating officer.
Prior to CommTech, Jim was senior vice president of operations at Cap Gemini Telecommunications,
a division of Cap Gemini Group. He was responsible for operations and sales in the
telecommunications sector, the fastest-growing segment of Cap Gemini's North American
organization.
Jim also played a key role as a member of the senior leadership team at Computer
Sciences Corporation [CSC], establishing a substantial global communications business
for the company. During his nine years at CSC, Jim ran the company's Asia-Pacific
communications business unit, managed a global customer care and billing product-line
organization, and developed the company's European communications business unit
in London.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University
and a Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Peter is the company's founder and leads the Antenna product strategy and management
team, combining vertical market expertise, technical know-how, creative vision and
entrepreneurial experience. Peter is a frequent speaker at IT and Field Service
conferences and tradeshows and has written numerous articles for industry publications.
In September 2002 Peter was featured as an industry "Thought Leader" by Field Force
Automation magazine.
Prior to founding Antenna Software, Peter founded the digital media production company,
Antenna Tool & Die Co., where he led large-scale design and programming projects
including Web sites, television commercials and CD-ROMs for ABC Television, Time
Warner, IBM, MCI, and General Mills. Most notably, Peter created and designed Microsoft's
fall 1996 television ad campaign "Where do you want to go today?" in conjunction
with Wieden & Kennedy. Peter has a BA in economics from Brown University.
Martin Levion oversees the Group's activities including Fixed Income Derivatives,
Credit Derivatives, Municipal Finance and Derivatives, Structured Credit Products,
credit arbitrage, emerging markets arbitrage, principal finance, and structured
tax-based products. Mr. Levion joined SG in 1990 when he founded the DFP Group.
Previously he was a member of the Interest Rate Swap Group and then the Fixed Income
Arbitrage Group at Salomon Brothers in New York and London. Before joining Salomon,
he was a trader in the Municipal Bond department at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Levion
has been an active early round investor in many private equity funded technology
and service companies and has served on the boards of Conley Corp (subsequently
sold to EMC), PFS Trader Tools, and Antenna Software.
Mr. Levion graduated in 1982 from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics.
Justin has 16 years of venture capital and operating experience in information technology
industries. At Commonwealth Capital he focuses on enterprise software and communications
infrastructure companies. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Justin was CEO of Object
Design, a publicly held software company. Earlier, he was a vice president at Harvard
Management Company, responsible for information technology venture investments,
and a consultant with McKinsey & Co., Inc.
Justin received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Brad successfully sold his first company in 1998, c.w. Costello & Associates, Inc.
(a Y2K services firm), after growing the firm from $15M to $78M in three years.
The firm was sold to Covansys, a publicly traded company based in Farmington Hills,
MI. His most recent company, Watch Hill Partners, Inc. (started December 2000),
was founded to focus on Fortune 1000 company's that had existing CRM implementations
that needed to be optimized for a greater ROI through change management and mobile
technology. Watch Hill Partners was sold to Mastercard International in May of 2004,
forming a new consulting unit, Mastercard Advisors, and the Customer Experience
Group. Brad recently won the 2004 Technology Award for Entrepreneurship, from EFNE
(Entrepreneurship Forum of New England. Brad is the founder and past president of
the RI Technology Council, and a past board member of Boston University, where he
earned his BS/BA degree from the School of Management. Brad has also served as the
Commissioner of the RI Convention Center Authority and the Narragansett Bay Commission.
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