Advisors
Dr. Jay M. Tenenbaum
Chairman, CommerceNet
Director, Webify Solutions, Inc. & Medstory, Inc.
Dr. Tenenbaum is a world-renowned Internet commerce pioneer and visionary. He was founder and CEO of Enterprise Integration Technologies, the first company to conduct a commercial Internet transaction (1992), secure Web transaction (1993) and Internet auction (1993). In 1994, he founded CommerceNet to accelerate business use of the Internet. In 1997, he co-founded Veo Systems, the company that pioneered the use of XML for automating business-to-business transactions.
Laurence Wilson
VP Legal Affairs, Xoom
Laurence Wilson is the head of legal affairs at Xoom, an online money transfer company that is backed by Sequoia Capital and a number of others who were behind the success of PayPal. He has also served as corporate counsel for various startups, including Claremont Partners, Montclare Technologies, and Project Arena. Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Stanford Law School and the University of California, San Diego.
William J. Raduchel
Independent Investor/Advisor
William J. Raduchel is an independent director, angel investor and strategic advisor. In 2002 he served as executive VP and CTO of AOL Time Warner, Inc. after being a senior VP and CTO of AOL. He has held senior executive roles at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Xerox Corporation, and McGraw-Hill, Inc. and is currently director of four public companies (Blackboard, Inc., Chordiant Software, Opera Software, and Silicon Image).
Barry M. Weinman
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Allegis Capital
Barry M. Weinman has been making venture capital investments, principally in Silicon Valley, since 1980. Barry and his partners in Allegis and prior funds have helped over 70 private companies go public. In 2005 he became Chairman of DragonBridge Capital, a venture fund with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, and currently serves on the board of Hoana Medical (Honolulu) and AaaHaa! Media (Guangzhou).
Michael Jones
CEO, Userplane
In 2006 Michael Jones brought Userplane from startup to acquisition by AOL, where he is currently a Vice President focusing on the growth of the Userplane/AIM division. Userplane currently has over 50 million users in over 15 countries.