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Our Board of Directors includes members from a wide range of technology, business, and non-profit backgrounds. Mimi Cacchione - Bio coming soon!
Julie Constantin - Julie is a co-founder of Constantin Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. She brings eighteen years of venture experience to her portfolio companies, which include: Bazaarvoice, Tripwire Security Systems, EzRez Software, Coremetrics, Experience Project, New Vine Logistics and SAMBA Holdings. Prior to Constantin Partners, Julie was the Director of the Internet Initiative for PFI, a telecommunications start-up which built fiber optic networks in 14 cities. Before PFI, she was with a venture financing firm making investments in software, communications and biotechnology companies. She is on the Board of The V Foundation for Cancer Research and is the co-founder and board member of The V Foundation Wine Celebration – a charity wine auction – which has raised over $30 million for cancer research. She holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial and Strategic Management also from The Wharton School. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two sons.
Brett has more than 15 years of Internet programming experience and has developed multiple software applications, including Internet marketing analysis solutions, eCommerce platforms, Web-based classroom management applications, virtual communities, multiplayer online games, and Bulletin Board System (BBS) software. He started programming when he was seven years old, launched a BBS on a 110-baud modem when he was ten, and created one of the first Internet-based multiplayer games in 1990. Brett holds an MBA in High-Tech Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. Brett was named Entrepreneur of the Year for Austin in 2009. He serves on the Board of Directors of Shop.org, the leading non-profit industry association for retailers online and a division of the National Retail Federation, the largest trade organization for retailers. This is his second term on the Shop.org board, where he previously served for two years. He also serves as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wharton School and served as a Board of Advisors member to the non-profit Web Analytics Association. Brett actively advises several early-stage technology companies. David A. Kane - Mr. Kane is a Senior Audit Partner in KPMG LLP (US)'s Silicon Valley office. He led the Firm's Western U.S. Information, Communications and Entertainment (ICE sm ) practice, and served as the Silicon Valley office Managing Partner. He also served as partner in charge of KPMG LLP (US)'s New England ICE practice. In addition, Dave served as the Firm's Southern California high-technology practice leader for six years. As a former SEC reviewing partner, Dave has extensive experience serving a variety of global Fortune 500 companies and has taken several companies through the IPO process. He has over 29 years experience serving high-technology clients. Dave received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his graduate degree from the International Development Program of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dave is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a board member of the Exploratorium and the Silicon Valley American Cancer Society. Anthony Kozy Jeff Kuhlman joined Audi in 2006 and has led the brand’s U.S. public relations efforts since that date. He and the Audi Communications team oversee the presentation of the brand to the media, including 23 vehicles lines. Kuhlman serves on the company’s executive management team and the Corporate Contributions Committee. The company’s headquarters is in Herndon, Virginia; Kuhlman lives in Round Hill, Virginia. Prior to joining Audi, he worked in various public relations positions at the General Motors Corporation. He left the corporation as director of Communications for all of the GM North American brand activities. During his 21-year career at GM, he penned executive speeches for the President of North American Operations, led the PR effort for the company’s advanced technology operations, and directed the global PR programming during the resurgence of the Cadillac brand from 2000 to 2005. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Kuhlman holds a bachelor's degree in communications from The University of Toledo and an MBA from The Michigan State University; he attended the Executive Education Program at Columbia University. He was recognized as an Outstanding Alumni by MSU, and he is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity (Ohio Iota).
Robert E. Lloyd - Mr. Lloyd is Chairman of the V Foundation for Cancer Research and a founding member of the organization as well as being a member of the V Wine Celebration Board. Bob was Jim Valvano's college roommate and basketball teammate, served in the military with Jim and the two were friends for 30 years before Jim's passing. In his business career, Bob served as the Chairman and CEO of Mindscape, a publicly traded software company until his retirement in 1997. Prior to this he was President, CEO, of Data East, Inc. a developer of entertainment software, and held various senior management positions with several other companies. Bob currently sits on several boards and consults with emerging growth companies. Bob holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. After college, he played professional basketball with the New York Nets.
In the intellectual property arena, Robert has litigated substantial matters for clients such as IBM, Cisco, Genentech, Abbott, Roche, Avery Dennison, and Delphi Corporation. In connection with such matters, Robert has successfully obtained resolutions by way of summary judgment, dismissal, and/or settlement following favorable claim construction rulings or other pretrial proceedings in cases involving the computer hardware and software, semiconductor, and biotechnology fields.
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Michael M. Clair- Mr. Clair is Chairman of Phoenix Technologies, a Silicon Valley software company specializing in core PC software and PC virtualization solutions. Mr. Clair is also on the Boards of Corefino, Inc., VT&T, and NDS Surgical Imaging. He is a technology investor, and consultant to Silicon Valley companies. Mike has worked in the computer and communications industries for over 30 years. Early in his career, he held executive positions at Tymshare and ROLM Corporation. He was a founder and senior vice president of marketing and sales at SynOptics Communications (Bay Networks). Mike has been a member of the Wine Celebration Board for nine years, and is driven to help find cures for cancer, because of his personal experiences with several cancer victims in his own family.
Brett Hurt
Frank Lonergan Jr.
Lawrence F. Probst III 
Anthony Smith