To
further our philosophy of matching experienced management with promising
young companies,
i-Hatch Ventures formed the i-Hatch Advisors, a group of distinguished media,
technology and new media executives who work with our portfolio.
Kristin
Asleson
VP Strategic Marketing, Hearme.com
Woody
Benson
Partner, Lazard Tech Partners
Former CEO, MCK Comm
Mark
Caron
CEO, MobileSpring
Cofounder, Omnipoint
Jacob
Davidson
Cofounder/Chairman, DeltaThree and NomadIQ
Mike
Dolan
CEO, Young & Rubicam Inc.
Tom
Eisenmann
Asst. Professor, Harvard Business School
Richard
Emerson
SVP, Corp Dev, Microsoft
Former MD, Lazard Freres
Andrew
Farkas
Founder/Chairman/CEO, Insignia Financial Group
Michael
Gold
SVP, QWEST Communications
CEO, ViCorp.com
Josh
Grotstein
Silicon Alley Seed Investors
Formerly Citigroup Internet
Michael
H. Jordan
Chairman, Luminant
Former CEO, CBS Corp.
Roger
Krakoff
MD, Jegi Capital
Former CEO, Webline
Will
Lansing
Partner, General Atlantic
Former CEO, NBCi
Former President, Fingerhut
Gary
Lauder
Managing Partner, Lauder Partners
Tom
Melcher
Former EVP Strategic Development, c|NET
Jerry
Neumann
Managing Director, Seneca
Bill
Pearson
CEO, RadioWave
Derek
R. Reisfield
i-Hatch Ventures co-founder, President, CBS New Media Grp
George
Richards
CEO, Damark International
Brian
Roberts
Director Corp Dev, Microsoft
Former VP BD, Inktomi
John
Rose
SVP, EMI Music Group
Director, McKinsey & Co.
Scott
Scharfman
Former CFO, Mercata
Jared
Schutz Polis
CEO, Proflowers.com
Lisa
Simpson
COO, CBS Internet Group
Tad
Smith
President, Cahners Media
Formerly SVP, Starwood
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Kristin
Asleson
Kristin is the Vice President of Strategic Marketing of HearMe.com (NASDAQ:HEAR). [TOP]
Woody
Benson
Woody is a Partner at Lazard Technology Partners. Prior to
Lazard Woody was the CEO of MCK Communications (NASDAQ:MCKC) and
the Vice President of Sales
of Shiva and Lotus. [TOP]
Mark
Caron
Mark is the founder of MobileSpring Wireless (www.mobilespring.com),
a New York-based wireless software developer funded by i-Hatch. Mark
is one of the founders of Omnipoint Communications and has over
15 years experience in telecommunications
and information technology. Mark led the business development and marketing
areas from Omnipoint's pre-venture capital start-up stage, through
its $1Bn IPO, to
its recent sale to VoiceStream Wireless for over $6Bn as part of a national
roll-up of regional PCS companies. In his most recent business
development role, Mark
concluded over $300MM worth of acquisitions and joint ventures and led
Omnipoint Communications' efforts in selling the parent company.
Earlier marketing
responsibilities included creating the original marketing plan,
building the 30-person marketing
and product management department, and launching Omnipoint in the New York
market. Prior to Omnipoint, Mark consulted to PictureTel Corporation,
assisting them
with their operations, marketing and technology strategy. In 1989, he entered
the wireless industry working as a Product Manager at Ericsson Mobile Communications.
Mark started his career at General Electric working in information systems
and telecommunications. He has an MBA from Harvard and a BA in
Computer Science and
Economics from Dartmouth College. [TOP]
Jacob
Davidson
Jacob is the founder of NomadIQ, a location based application company
recently acquired by Omnisky. Prior to NomadIQ Jacob was
a Co-Founder and Chairman of Delta Three, the world's largest Internet telephony
service provider and a
subsidiary of RSL Communications (NASDAQ:RSLDF). Prior to founding Delta
Three, Jacob managed a number of high-tech startups in Israel as a venture
capitalist
and as a management consultant. He has served as Chairman and CEO of
Ambient Corporation, an Israeli smartcard technology company, and as Managing
Director
of Pioneer Management Corporation, a holding company. Prior to his work
with technology companies, he practiced law with Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz,
where he specialized in securities litigation. Jacob received his B.A.
and B.S. degree from City College of New York and his law degree from
Georgetown
University. [TOP]
Mike
Dolan
Mike is Chief Executive Officer of Young & Rubicam Inc. and a
member of its Board of Directors.
Before joining Young & Rubicam in 1996, Mike was President and Chief Executive Officer of Snack Ventures Europe, the join venture between PepsiCo Foods International and General Mills. He also served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations for PepsiCo Foods International.
Prior to PepsiCo, which he joined in 1991, Mike was with Peter Kiewet Sons, Inc., the construction and mining conglomerate from 1987 through 1991. He served as Corporate Executive Vice President for Continental Can Company when it was acquired and restructured by Peter Kiewet. Before joining Peter Kiewet Sons, Mike was a Partner in the Strategy Practice at Booz Allen & Hamilton from 1985 until 1987. He began his career with J.P. Morgan.
Mike is a graduate of Fordham University, and holds a M.B.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. [TOP]
Tom
Eisenmann
Tom is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management/Service
Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. He teaches “Managing
Marketspace Businesses,” a course in Harvard's MBA elective curriculum
on the strategic and organizational
challenges facing Internet startups and established companies moving
online. Prior to entering the doctoral program at the Harvard Business
School, Tom spent
eleven years at McKinsey & Company, during which time he served
as co-head of McKinsey’s Media and Entertainment Practice from 1990
through
1994. Tom
serves on the Board of Directors of OneMain.com, one of the ten largest
U.S. Internet
Service Providers (NASDAQ: ONEM) and is on the advisory boards of more
than a dozen Internet startups. Tom holds a DBA (98), MBA (83), and
BA (79) from
Harvard
University. He currently resides in Massachusetts with his wife and
their two children. [TOP]
Richard
Emerson
As senior vice president, corporate development and strategy for
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Richard is responsible for leading
Microsoft’s overall corporate
development activities, including mergers, acquisitions and partnerships. Emerson
works closely with Microsoft’s product groups and corporate finance organization
to identify, execute and manage strategic investments for long-term customer
and shareholder value.
Emerson also is a member of Microsoft’s Business Leadership Team. This group shares responsibility with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s president and CEO, for broad strategic and business planning for the entire company.
Prior to joining Microsoft in November 2000, Emerson was managing director and co-head of technology and telecommunications advisory services at international investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. LLC. He spent 12 years in San Francisco and New York with Lazard and Morgan Stanley, specializing in advising clients in the technology and telecommunications sectors on mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
Emerson
holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in economics from Stanford
University, and a master’s in business administration from the
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. In
addition, he has a
graduate-level technology background from Stanford in artificial intelligence
and held summer positions at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Laboratory
and G.E.’s Corporate R&D Laboratory. [TOP]
Andrew
Farkas
Andy is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Insignia
Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:IFS), a leading international
real estate services company. Insignia’s commercial real
estate services subsidiary, Insignia/ESG, Inc., is
among the largest companies in its field. Insignia provides services
for more than 190 million square feet of office, industrial
and residential properties
in the U.S. and has operations in the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.
Prior to founding Insignia, he founded Metropolitan Asset
Group, Ltd., a private real
estate investment banking and merchant banking firm specialized in
securitized real estate transactions, including syndication,
corporate LBO’s and workouts.
Andy sits on the board of the Peace Center for the Performing Arts,
the YMCA, the Urban League and the Furman University Advisory
Council. He
is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and various other
organizations. Andy graduated
from Harvard University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in econometrics. [TOP]
Michael
Gold
Michael is the Senior Vice President of Qwest Communications and CEO of Vicorp.com. [TOP]
Josh
Grotstein
Josh is a co-founder and General Partner of Silicon Alley Seed Investors,
a New York based venture fund. Prior to SASI, Josh was most recently the Head
of Citigroup's Global Internet & E-Commerce Division. [TOP]
Michael
H. Jordan
Michael is the Chairman of Luminant Worldwide Corporation (NASDAQ:LUMT),
a leading provider of Internet and electronic commerce professional services,
and of eOriginal
Inc., an electronic commerce company that provides unique, authentic and
secure
Electronic Original(tm) documents, a legal alternative to blue-ink signed
original paper documents.
Michael retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation (formerly Westinghouse Electric Corporation) on December 31, 1998. He had served in that position since June 1993, leading one of the most comprehensive transformations of a major U.S. corporation. Before joining Westinghouse, Michael was a partner with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, a private investment firm based in New York City. Prior to that he spent 18 years with PepsiCo., his last position being Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo International. From 1964 to 1974, he was a consultant and principal with McKinsey & Company, before which he served a four-year tour of duty with the U.S. Navy on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover.
Michael
is a member of the President's Export Council, a member and former
Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Business Council,
Chairman
of The
College Fund/UNCF,
and Chairman
of the Policy Board of the Americans for the Arts. He was recently
named Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clariti Telecommunications
International,
Ltd. and serves on the Boards of Dell Computer Corporation, Aetna
Inc., MarketWatch.com, WireBreak Networks, Inc., and several smaller,
privately
held companies.
Michael is a graduate of Yale University and has a Master of Science
degree in chemical
engineering from Princeton University. [TOP]
Roger
Krakoff
Roger is a Partner at Jegi Capital. Prior to Jegi, Roger was a
Managing Director of Veronis Suhler, and was formerly Chief Executive
Officer of Webline
Communications (acquired by Cisco). [TOP]
Will
Lansing
Will is a Partner at General Atlantic Partners, a large fund manager. Prior
to GA, Will was Chief Executive Officer of NBC Internet (NASDAQ:NBCI). From
1998-2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fingerhut, a
database marketing company that sells a range of products and services through
catalogs, direct marketing and the Internet. Prior to joining Fingerhut in May
1998, Mr. Lansing served as Vice President of Business Development for General
Electric from October 1996 to May 1998. Prior to joining General Electric, Mr.
Lansing served as Chief Operating Officer for Prodigy from January 1996 to October
1996, an on-line joint venture of IBM and Sears. Mr. Lansing was also a Partner
at McKinsey & Company from October 1986 to January 1996, where
he was a leader of the Internet practice. Mr. Lansing received
a Bachelor
of Arts
from Wesleyan
University in 1980 and a law degree from the Georgetown University
Law Center in 1985. Mr. Lansing currently serves as a Director
for BigStar.com,
Digital
River, Select Comfort, Freeshop.com, PCFlowers.com, Net Perceptions,
and Mountainzone.com. [TOP]
Gary
Lauder
Gary Lauder is the Managing Partner of Lauder Partners, a venture capital
partnership investing in information technologies. Selected investments
include Telebase,
WebTV, CatchTV, CitySearch, About.com, Goto.com, SendMail, Educational
Systems Corp., V-bits. He is also Vice-Chairman and a director of ICTV Inc., a
developer of interactive cable television systems. Other directorships include
Hybrid Networks, a cable modem pioneer, Evolve Products and Broadband Innovations
Inc. Gary is a limited partner in more than 30 venture funds, with investments
primarily in cable television technology and on-line/web services arenas. In
the non-profit arena, he serves on the board of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. He
was previously a venture capital associate with the venture firms of Aetna, Jacobs & Ramo
Technology Ventures, as well as Wolfensohn Associates. He holds
a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania;
a BS
in Economics from the
Wharton School; and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. [TOP]
Tom
Melcher
Tom was formerly the Executive Vice President of Strategic Development
at c|net (NASDAQ:CNET) where he has represented the company in high-profile
Internet
transactions with the likes of Snap, Xoom, NBCi, AOL, AT&T, Microsoft, Compaq, Sony, US
Robotics and Inktomi, among others. He has also managed several of the company's
international licensing partnerships. Prior to his work with c|net, Tom was the
Vice President of Business Development at NetObjects, a leading developer of
website authoring tools. Prior to that, Tom held positions as Startup CFO with
Q2 (a QVC Network-affiliated home shopping service), as an Engagement Manager
with McKinsey & Company, and as a Marketing Representative for
IBM China. Tom received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in Political
Science from
Yale University and his Masters of Business Administration with high
distinction from Harvard Business School. [TOP]
Jerry
Neumann
Jerry is a Managing Director of Seneca Investments, a partnership
between Omnicom and Pegasus Capital. Prior to Seneca
Jerry was the Managing Director of Communicade, the interactive
media investment arm of Omnicom
Group (NYSE: OMC).
Communicade currently has investments in more than 20 interactive
media companies and has funded several of the market leaders
involved in
helping their clients
build businesses in the digital economy, including AGENCY.COM, Organic,
Razorfish and Red Sky. From 1995 - 1997, Jerry was a member of the
senior management
team of Prodigy. Prior to Prodigy, Jerry was a consultant at Deloitte
Consulting, a global consulting firm working with major corporations
in a variety of
industries.
Jerry began his career at IBM, designing central processor logic
for mainframe computers. He holds a Bachelor of Science and
a Master of
Science in Electrical
Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from the Stern School
of Business at New York University. Jerry currently serves as a Director
for
Domain Network
AB, Eisnor Interactive, eMedicine, Healthology, MediaSpace, and WorldMedicalLeaders.com. [TOP]
Bill
Pearson
Bill is presently the Chief Executive Officer of RadioWave and formerly the
CEO of Broadcasting Partners. [TOP]
Derek
R. Reisfield
In addition to spending ten years at McKinsey and Mitchell Madison
advising Fortune 500 companies on their media strategies,
Derek has helped
to conceive, build
and take public three Internet new media companies. Most
recently, Derek served as Vice Chairman and Co-founder of Luminant
Worldwide
Corporation, the
industry's ninth largest web services company according to Advertising
Age. Prior to Luminant, Derek was the President of CBS New Media
Group, where
he created
and IPO'd their Marketwatch.com and Sportsline.com internet properties.
He was also the General Partner of R4 Ventures, a private venture
fund. Derek
has a
degree in History from Wesleyan University and a Masters in Communications
Management from The Annenberg School of Communications. [TOP]
George
Richards
George is the current Chief Executive Officer of Damark International. [TOP]
Brian
Roberts
Brian is Director-Corporate Development and Strategy
for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). He
was formerly the VP of Business Development at Inktomi (NASDAQ: INKT) responsible
for strategic alliances and acquisitions. Brian was also responsible for Inktomi's
corporate venture fund whose investments included InterNAP, KEEN.com and AirFlash. Previously,
he was a Vice President of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, a mergers and
acquisitions advisory firm. Prior to joining Lazard in 1996, Brian was
an associate with Wolfensohn & Co., a New York-based M&A
boutique. Brian holds an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard
Business School.
He received
a B.A. with highest distinction from the University of California
at Berkeley. [TOP]
John
Rose
John is a Director in McKinsey & Company’s New York Office. He
leads the company's Global Media and Entertainment practice, co-leads
the e-Commerce practice
and has considerable telecom and private equity experience.
His recent work includes the creation of a multi-country web retailing
business
currently
valued in excess
of $3 billion, as well as leading the Internet strategy formulation
for a magazine publisher and a European telecom provider. Prior
to joining
McKinsey,
John was
Assistant to the President of Energy Innovations, a technology-based
startup company in New Jersey. Before that, he worked as
an
energy and
environmental
policy analyst for ICF, a specialized policy consulting firm
in Washington, D.C. John has also served as a consultant to the New
York City
Department
of Health.
John received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics
from Wesleyan University and a Masters Degree from Yale School of
Management. [TOP]
Scott
Scharfman
Scott was most recently the CFO of Mercata (www.mercata.com). Previously,
he served as the Senior Managing Director of Equity Capital
Markets at Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC). [TOP]
Jared
Schutz Polis
Jared has been an entrepreneur since age 16. As Co-founder of BlueMountain.com,
the leading electronic greeting card website, he helped develop the popularity
of sending greetingcards over the Internet. Under his stewardship, Blue Mountain
grew to become one of the top ten most trafficked sites on the web and was
acquired in November 1999 by Excite@Home. More recently, Jared founded Proflowers.com,
the first direct-from-the-grower e-commerce site for flowers, where he presently
serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Jared was also Co-founder
of AIS, an early regional ISP that was sold to Exodus. Jared has a bachelors
degree
from Princeton University. He currently resides in Boulder and splits his
time between Colorado, California and New York. [TOP]
Lisa
Simpson
Lisa was most recently Chief Operating Officer of CBS Internet Group
and Group President, CBS Online. Previously, she was President
of Sony Online, VP Content Business Development at Prodigy and Director,
Business
Development for
NBC. Lisa has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the
University of Southern California. [TOP]
Tad
Smith
Tad is the President of Cahners Media, a division of Cahners Business
Information / Reed Elsevier plc group (NYSE: RUK and ENL). Tad was
most recently the Senior Vice President of E-commerce at Starwood Hotels. Tad
is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the Stern School of Business at
New York University. He
earned a Masters degree at Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar)
and is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs. [TOP]
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