 |
|  |
| | | |
 |

 
 
 
 
 |  |
|
Max Henry has 25 years of experience leading Internet, consumer, and
business to business technology companies. With a strong background in sales,
business and financial management, Mr. Henry has a proven track record of success.
Currently Mr. Henry is the CEO of Topica (Topica.com)
a leading Internet marketing firm. Topica is known for serving customers well
with proven Internet marketing solutions that produce outstanding results. Mr.
Henry founded Humming Bird Leadership a Leadership consulting and coaching firm
with clients from coast to coast. Humming Bird Leadership helps clients develop
it's leadership talent and helps to solve important business challenges. As
President and Chief Operating Officer for Fabrik Communications, Mr. Henry grew
the organization from 5 to 75 people in a two-year period to create the leading
business messaging company as measured by the Electronic Messaging Association
(EMA). He created a 12 million-dollar annuity business with over 1,000 customers
and 650,000 plus end users, while simultaneously achieving a career-high level
of customer satisfaction as measured by customer feedback survey. Mr. Henry's
technology business experience includes: Information Access Company, U.S. West
Information Systems, Wang Laboratories Inc. and NeXT Computer, Inc. where he reported
to CEO Steve Jobs and was a member of the executive policy team. Mr Henry was
Chairman of Stardust for 8 years before the company was successfully sold to Pencom.
Mr. Henry holds a Masters of Business Administration, Finance and Marketing
from the University of Oregon. |
Siamak Farah is the founder and CEO of InfoStreet, a leading provider
of Small Business IT and Groupware Software as a Service (SaaS). Active in its
day-to-day management, Siamak has assembled and leads a seasoned team of industry
professionals at InfoStreet. Widely regarded as a SaaS pioneer, as early as 1994,
InfoStreet began shaping a vision, a team and a technology which is now transforming
the way business gets done. As president of one small publicly listed software
development firm and the chief operating officer of another, Siamak has extensive
small business management knowledge. This, combined with years of experience as
a software developer, places him in the unique position of having hands-on knowledge
of technical, marketing and management issues, the very combination required for
a successful Software as a Service provider. Prior to founding InfoStreet
in 1994, Siamak worked at NeXT Computer, side-by-side with industry visionaries.
During his six years at NeXT, his responsibilities grew from technical sales and
marketing to district sales management. Before joining NeXT, Siamak was the Chief
Operating Officer of Microstat Development Corporation. During that time, he was
responsible for the day-to-day operation of this publicly listed R&D firm. Siamak
began his career at Vertigo Systems International. During his time at Vertigo,
he was instrumental in its growth from a startup with just six people to a full-fledged
business employing over 70 individuals. The positions held by Siamak span
the gamut of those required in the operation and management of a software development
company. Siamak set out to experience these roles by deliberate design. At the
age of 22, he already had a vision to create a software development firm. Leaving
nothing to chance, Siamak systematically chose positions that would provide him
with experience in all facets of a software business: development, customer service
and training, executive management and finance, and sales and marketing. Having
been in the industry for more than 25 years Siamak has striven to include a cutting
edge technological vision in his work. As evidence, Siamak has been and continues
to be active in the envisioning and creation of forefront technology. 3D-animation,
Internet technology, and object-oriented programming, and Software as a Service
are just a few leading edge technologies to which Siamak has actively contributed.
A member of the Society of Industry Leaders, Siamak is a frequent speaker
at conferences that focus on the Internet and SaaS such as ISPCON, INBOX: The
Messaging Industry Event, the Layered Technologies Pact conference, SoftLetter's
SaaSUniveristy and more. | |
 |
 |
Mr. Wertheimer has over 15 years experience in developing new products,
structuring companies, raising money and managing businesses (ranging from start-ups
to divisions within publicly traded companies). David is currently Managing Director
of USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, where he oversees a government-funded
think tank doing advanced research and development in computer game and virtual
reality technologies. Since 2001, David has run GreenCap Investments & Consulting,
which has been instrumental in helping start-up and publicly-traded technology
and entertainment companies grow and expand their businesses into new areas. GreenCap
has helped clients develop new product business plans, strategic marketing, sales
and technology plans, and has overseen execution - including technology development
efforts, bringing the products from concept stage to market. Prior to GreenCap,
Mr. Wertheimer founded and was the CEO of WireBreak Entertainment, an interactive
technology and entertainment production company. Before WireBreak, David was President
of the Digital Entertainment division of Paramount Pictures, where he was recruited
by the 83-year old, multi-national studio to help develop and build a digital
distribution business. Prior to Paramount, Mr. Wertheimer helped Larry Ellison
at Oracle and Steve Jobs at NeXT expand their businesses into new areas - performing
high-level sales and business development, and setting up new sales, marketing
& distribution channels both domestically and abroad. Mr. Wertheimer holds
a degree in Computer Science and Business from Duke University, where he graduated
Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Beverly,
and two little girls (Kenna & Storey). |
|
 |
 |
Dr. Farhad Nafeiy is currently President of Panocean Holdings Ltd.,
a holding company with investments in telecommunications services and information
technology. Prior to this, he was a Vice President at Global Crossing. He joined
that company prior to its successful IPO and led the business development activities
that included building a high capacity fiber optic network in Europe. Dr. Nafeiy
also participated in various stages of the company's M&A activities and managed
partnership and alliance initiatives. His most recent remit involved Global Crossing's
entry into retail services sector and lead the company's negotiations of interconnect
and cost of access with carriers worldwide. Mr. Nafeiy had P&L and management
responsibility for a portfolio of services billing over $2.3Billion annually and
expanding the offer set globally. Prior to Global Crossing he was a Marketing
Director at AT&T charged with full strategic accountability for leadership
of the corporation's international telecommunications services. Mr. Nafeiy began
his career with AT&T at Bell Laboratories after he received his Ph.D. in Engineering-Economic
Systems from Stanford University. He also holds BS degree with Highest Honors
in Mathematics, MS in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve
University and an MS in Mathematic from University of Chicago. |
| | |
|