Complete Track
Monday, October 23 - Thursday, October 26th
Launch at Digital Hollywood
Tuesday, October 24 - 6:45 PM - The Loews Hotel
6:45 PM – The Consortium Dinner
I. Venture and Private Equity Consortium at Digital Hollywood
Dinner Hosted by:


"Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium Committee
Advisory Committee Members
Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Isaac Palmer, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
Michael J. Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
David Britts, General Partner, ComVentures
Paul Vais, Partner, Apax Partners
John Hull, General Partner, OVP Venture Partners
Fred Wilson, Managing Partner of Union Square Venture
Harold Vogel, President, Vogel Capital Management
Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
David Feinleib, Director, Mohr, Davidow Ventures (MDV)
Jay MacDonald, Partner, Digital Media & Technology, DeSilva & Phillips LLC
Keith Bencher, Vice President, Strategy & Development, CNET Games & Entertainment
Jean-Francois "Jeff" Clavier, founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech Venture Consulting
Arthur C. Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners, LLC
Allison Goldberg, Director, Time Warner Investments
Drew Marcus, Vice Chairman, Media & Telecom Group, Deutsche Bank Securities
Ariel Eckstein, Executive Director, Strategic Transactions and Development, AOL
David O. Higley, Managing Director & Head of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank
Peter Levin, President, Bellrock Media / Co-owner, Chicago Rush / Partner, Palisades Baseball
Michael Aleles, Principal, TerraSur Investments
Allen Z. Sussman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Jerry Panzer, Partner, Transaction Services Group, KPMG
Lori Einheiber, Manager, Transaction Services Group, KPMG
Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital
Roy A. Salter, Principal, The Salter Group
Mike Buckley, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
Deric Emry, General Partner, ABS Capital Partners
David Yuan, Vice President, Technology Crossover Ventures
Mark T. Mondello, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, LLC
Tim Chang, Principal, Gabriel Venture Partners
David Hutkin, 1st Vice President, ICB Entertainment Finance
Janice Roberts, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Peg Jackson, Managing Director, NeoCarta Ventures
Chris Fralic, Director, First Round Capital
Jeff Allen, Managing Director, Rocket Ventures
Gregory Chou, Associate, Norwest Venture Partners
Brian J. Marler, Vice President, Media, Sports & Entertainment Group, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
Ajay Chopra, Partner, Trinity Ventures
Austin Noronha, Strategic Technology Partnerships, Sony Electronics
Greg Foster, Turner New Media Ventures, Turner Broadcasting
Mark S. Chasan, Chairman & Managing Director, Greenbridge Capital Group, Inc.
Gary Little, General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
John Bautista, Partner, Orrick
Larry Marcus, General Partner, Walden VC
Donald Karl, Partner, Perkins Coie
Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc.
Stefan Abbruzzese, Senior Managing Director, Global Media Communications, GE Commercial Finance
Harshul Sanghi, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures
Matthieu Coppet, Global Media Strategist, UBS
Connie Koch, Executive Director, Keiretsu Forum Southern California
Seth R. Page, Partner, Corporate Finance Partners - CFP Americas LLC
Matthew J. Schultz, Managing Director, Head of Internet and Digital Media Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch
Chi-Hua Chien, Associate, Accel Partners

The Goal: The Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium at Digital Hollywood" will take on tremendous importance within our future events. Since the companies participating in this consortium represent the backbone of the future of our entire industry, it will be critical to bring the leadership together on a regular basis. The intent of the "Consortium" is to create an future-looking group of industry executives and creative partners to help shape the future of the technology and strategic thinking and investment behind the PC, Consumer Electronics, entertainment and mobile industries. The Consortium group will meet at Digital Hollywood events, including Building Blocks, Digital Hollywood Europe in London and in Los Angeles. Our next dinner will take place at this event

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Launch at Digital Hollywood

Tuesday, October 24th
10:45 AM - Noon
Launch at Digital Hollywood - Part I
Companies will be selected to present company products and business plans. This session is part of the Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium
Presentations by:
I. CODE.TV: Presentation by: Joseph Varet, CEO, CODE.TV
II. Ad Infuse: Presentation by: Ian Johnson, CEO and Founder, Ad Infuse
III. Sonopia: Presentation by: Juha Christensen, CEO, Sonopia
IV. Narrowstep, Inc.: Presentation by: Steve K. Beaumont, President and CEO, Narrowstep, Inc.
V. Cdigix, Presentation by: Larry Jacobson, chairman and CEO, Cdigix, Inc.
VI. Skyrider: Presentation by: Ed Kozel, founder, Skyrider

Co-Hosts:
Hassan Miah, Managing Director, Oris Capital
Jay MacDonald, Partner, Digital Media & Technology, DeSilva & Phillips LLC

Wednesday, October 25th
12:30 AM - 1:45 PM
Launch at Digital Hollywood - Part II
Companies will be selected to present company products and business plans. This session is part of the Venture, Private Equity and M&A Consortium
Co-hosted by:
Arthur C. Chang, President, Tipping Point Partners, LLC
Peter Levin, President, Bellrock Media
Presentations by:
I. Teamdating: Presentation by: Ray Doustdar, President, Teamdating & Kipp Gillian, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Teamdating
II. Fourspots, presenter to be announced
III. Cracked Entertainment: Presentation by: Monty Sarhan, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Cracked Entertainment
IV. MEDIAPASS™ Network: Presentation by: Daniel P. Harris, CEO & Founder, MEDIAPASS™ Network
V. Diversion Media: Presentation by: Nicholas Butterworth, Founder & CEO, Diversion Media LLC
VI. MyWire Media, Inc., speaker to be announced

I. CODE.TV is the first multiplatform television network for affluent 25-49 year-old urbanites, featuring original lifestyle and culture video programming. CODE.TV is available 24/7 on-demand via broadband, on cable network NYCTV, and coming soon to local broadcast stations in NYC and LA. Each weekday, CODE.TV releases a new video episode featuring the latest destinations in the cities and resorts that matter most. All CODE.TV programming is strictly editorial and thoroughly scouted to ensure that CODE.TV represents only the upper echelon of food, nightlife, art, shopping, fashion, wellness, and family living.
Presentation by: Joseph Varet, CEO, was most recently responsible for all aspects of business development and strategic planning for new television and broadband networks at MTV. Among the channels that Joseph developed are MTV World and a forthcoming new broadband entertainment network. Joseph also created and launched the MTV Games videogame studio. Previously, Joseph was CEO of The Groove Alliance, a publisher of branded videogames. He has also worked in strategy and new venture development at Fox Television and digital media agency KPE. A native New Yorker, Joseph received a BA degree from Harvard College and a MBA from Columbia Business School. Joseph serves on the Board of Directors of The Northside Center for Child Development and the Contemporaries Executive Committee of the Whitney Museum.

II. Ad Infuse: Ad Infuse helps advertisers deliver targeted messages to all mobile devices from iPods to cell phones helping brands better connect with consumers. Ad Infuse moves beyond the subscription model of mobile advertising, sending personalized advertising to consumers by dynamically inserting ads to the right people at the right time. For advertisers, agencies and mobile operators, Ad Infuse solves the cost and efficiency problem of large scale mobile advertising, while ensuring a positive consumer experience. With industry veterans from Vodafone, British Telecom, Carat, Verisign, and Apple leading the company, Ad Infuse is best positioned to deliver on the promise of highly personalized mobile advertising.
Presentation by: Ian Johnson, CEO and Founder, Ad Infuse: Ian is a 20 year veteran of the mobile industry, with experience in product design, network engineering and operations, marketing and strategy. He started his career in Philips Electronics before moving to network operators, spending time with British Telecom, Mercury one2one, AirTouch and Vodafone. He was CTO and member of the management board for Vodafone's Portuguese operation, a company with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. Ian has had considerable international experience spanning North America, Europe and Asia. He served as VP of the Liberty Alliance, a consortium representing organizations from around the world addressing the technical, business and policy issues around identity based web services. A native Brit, Ian now lives in California.

III. Sonopia is working on a set of proprietary technologies, online services and marketing tools that enable dramatically increased segmentation of the mobile subscriber market. The company is pioneering a new business model for wireless services that tears away the entry barriers normally associated with offering mobile service. Narrow segments of the market will be able to subscribe to services specifically tailored to their wants and needs allowing lower customer acquisition costs, increased ARPU (revenue per subscriber), higher margin per subscriber and lower churn (fewer customer switching away from the service). Sonopia, which today has 80 full time employees, was created by individuals with solid track records in mobile software, operating systems, multi-media, brand management and online services. Sonopia operates globally and is backed by ComVentures, Sevin Rosen and a number of individuals within the telecom and credit card industries.
Presentation by: Juha Christensen is the CEO of Sonopia. After 6 years at Psion, Juha co-founded Symbian and served on its board. Following that, he spent four years as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, responsible for a range of mobile software and server products. Most recently, before founding Sonopia, Juha served as President of Macromedia.

IV. Narrowstep™ Inc. (OTC BB: NRWS) is a leading global provider of broadband TV services (TV over IP). Narrowstep’s offering empowers content owners, such as national broadcast/cable networks, niche program producers, and small start-up businesses, with a cost-effective platform to manage sophisticated commercial video and audio channels over the Internet. The Narrowstep system, telvOS ™ (Television Operating System™), is the most comprehensive solution that controls all aspects from encoding to playout, all from an easy-to-use, centrally-operated, web-based solution. To learn more, visit www.narrowstep.com.
Presentation by: Steve K. Beaumont, President and CEO, Narrowstep, Inc.: Steve Beaumont is responsible for overseeing all global operations of Narrowstep, the TV on the Internet company. His leadership, as well as his vision for a worldwide Web that is video-dominant positions Narrowstep as one of the most recognized and innovative leaders in the industry. Beaumont brings noteworthy successes across global markets in sales management, marketing, manufacturing, distribution and finance to his current position as President and CEO. Under Beaumont’s leadership and insight, Narrowstep has become the leading enabler of comprehensive delivery and commercialization of video content that produces a TV-like experience, across all platforms such as mobile, wireless, Internet, broadband, STB and broadcast services. He has created vital and proven new business models that help clients develop successful web-based revenue streams, and drive more value from existing content. Today, Narrowstep hosts and powers more than 90 different channels and serves global clients across various categories ranging from tourism, entertainment, sports and more. Prior to joining Narrowstep, Beaumont served as Group Marketing Director for Parker, the original pen company, overseeing Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. At Parker, Beaumont was responsible for the international expansion of the brand through the development of new products and consumer advertising. During Beaumont’s service to the company, Parker was granted a Royal Warrant by the Queen of England, a mark of excellence and quality for supplying goods and services to members of the royal family. Before Parker, he served as Gillette’s managing director of Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India. Beaumont has also served as Senior Vice President for Sanford-Europe, the writing instrument division of Newell Rubbermaid, where he consolidated separate European operations into an efficient and unified team. This successful integration achieved increased levels of sales and customer service. In 2005, Beaumont was Managing Director for ESL Healthcare Limited, Beaumont built and sold this leading equipment manufacturer for the disabled and elderly, exceeding all forecasts.

V. Cracked Entertainment is the parent company and publisher of CRACKED Magazine, the famous 48-year old humor and parody publication that is the only surviving competitor to Time Warner’s MAD Magazine. Acquired in 2005, CRACKED has been completely updated and re-designed. The all- new CRACKED is smart, satirical and savvy— intelligently irreverent and humorous, following in the tradition of The National Lampoon and SPY, but updated for today’s audiences. Distributed by Curtis Circulation, the largest newsstand distributor in North America, the all-new CRACKED Magazine is scheduled to hit newsstands everywhere in August 2006. With a new target demographic of 18 to 34, and departing from its historic comics format, the new CRACKED features articles, short stories and parodies from contributors such as Michael Ian Black (host of VH1’s I Love the... series), national author and satirist Neal Pollack and writers from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and Chappelle’s Show. And in addition to humor content, the magazine will feature an entirely new section called But Seriously... that covers the headlines and headliners of the comedy world through news, reviews and interviews. Quite simply, the new CRACKED is the Rolling Stone of comedy. But more than that, CRACKED is being re-imagined— not just as a print magazine, but as a comedy brand that will be leveraged for the first time across multiple platforms, including film, television, radio and perhaps most significantly, the Internet. In late 2005 and as part of the re-launch of CRACKED as a brand, the company launched CRACKED.com (http://www.CRACKED.com) as an all-new comedy hub and portal. The site is updated daily with humor pieces, videos, comics, user-submitted content, daily blogs and more. CRACKED.com has paved the way for an even more aggressive online expansion by the company. Plans are underway to add new functionality to CRACKED.com, including a MySpace-type community, and to launch several new satellite blog sites on different humorous subjects. In the space of just six short months, CRACKED.com has become a destination site separate from the magazine and one of only a few sites generating original humor content daily. And with an Alexa ranking of 30,000 and over 250,000 unique visitors per month, CRACKED.com is at the forefront of what will surely become the 21st century way of launching new magazines and entertainment companies.
Presentation by: Monty Sarhan, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Cracked Entertainment: A successful attorney and entrepreneur, Monty Sarhan is the creative and business force behind CRACKED Entertainment, the parent company of CRACKED Magazine, the 48-year-old humor and parody publication. Sarhan led the acquisition of CRACKED in early 2005 and has since set forth his own unique and ambitious vision for CRACKED: to turn it into the next great comedy brand- in print, online and in film and television. Since taking over, has Sarhan spearheaded the re-invention of CRACKED, bringing the comedy icon into the modern age by updating its content and focus as well as the creative tools at its disposal. In a radical departure from its previous format, the all-new CRACKED now features articles, short stories and features alongside comics. As a result these changes, CRACKED has been able to attract new, high-caliber talent—including author and satirist Neal Pollack, actor/writer Michael Ian Black of VH1’s I Love the… series, the former Managing Editor of NationalLampoon.com and writers from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and Chapelle’s Show. In less than one year, Sarhan has established CRACKED as America’s only magazine of, for and about comedy. Prior to Cracked, Sarhan was a successful attorney at top-tier law firms in New York and Boston. He began his career at the New York office of White & Case, an international law firm, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity work and transactional intellectual property work. He regularly did work for such clients as Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, About.com, Novartis and the NFL. As an entrepreneur, Sarhan has helped raise millions for various ventures throughout the world. A member of both the American and New York Bar Associations, Sarhan received his Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and his Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law, where he focused on intellectual property and entertainment law.

VI. MEDIAPASS™ Network one of the largest independent content networks in North America. The company’s unique technology allows it to initiate and manage profitable distribution of video content on behalf of Independent Content Creators, as well as through MediaPass’s own destinations sites: HipHopPass.net, DancePass.net and RockPass.net. MediaPass has historically been entrusted with the video assets of each of the four major music labels and has exclusively produced and or distributed live event webcasts including: 2002–2003–2004 American Dance Music Awards, 2001-2002-2003 Ultra Festival, Voodoo Festival, UK’s Mobo Awards, and Farm Aid.
Presentation by: Daniel P. Harris, CEO & Founder, MEDIAPASS™ Network: Mr. Harris has been at the forefront of Digital Lifestyle for nearly 10 years. After the .com bubble burst, Mr. Harris saw a unique opportunity to connect with Gen Y – X audiences through online music. Prior to founding MediaPass Network <http://www.mediapass.net>, Daniel has long been an early adopter and industry trendsetter in the areas of technology, content, and community. Daniel was part of the team that released Madonna’s 1st approved download on the Internet and later secured the rights and exclusively distributed Internet video webcasts for the most coveted independent live events throughout North America and Europe. Daniel has produced and or distributed hundreds of individual live-on-demand webcasts plus numerous marquee live events including: 2002 – 2003 – 2004 American Dance Music Awards, 2001 – 2002 – 2003 Ultra Music Festival, UK’s MOBO Awards, Farm Aid, and Voodoo Festival. This lifestyle credibility resulted in MediaPass Network being selected by Microsoft Corporation to participate in the Beta Launch of Windows Media 9 Series in September 2002, serve as the national press launch partner for the Portable Media Center in 2005, and serve as a Windows Vista beta partner in 2006. Previously, Mr. Harris operated his own production company where he initiated business relationships and earned producing credits for clients including: Promax & BDA, Adidas, ABC Sports, and Fox Sports World. During this time, Mr. Harris was a Tartikoff Award Finalist (top industry new comer) in each of his two years of eligibility. Prior to relocating to Los Angeles in 1996, Daniel was Co-General Manager of the New Orleans A League Professional Soccer Franchise where he tripled revenue and doubled attendance each season. Daniel managed all media partnerships, community outreach programs, and key accounts including: Coca Cola, Cox Cable, Gatorade, Pizza Hut, Snickers Brand, and WWL Radio. A native of Washington DC, Mr. Harris holds a B.S. Degree in Marketing from Loyola University of New Orleans.

VII. Diversion Media: Diversion Media is a New York-based publisher of video destination sites for niche consumer audiences, with an initial focus on the travel, leisure, and recreation categories. Diversion’s first website, Travelistic (slated to launch in October 2006), will offer the most videos of any travel site on the internet, with both professional and user-generated content combined with social media features. Diversion plans to launch several additional sites in 2007, leveraging its proprietary platform and shared infrastructure to rapidly deploy compelling, engaging user experiences in robustly profitable niches. Founded in 2004 by former MTVi CEO Nicholas Butterworth, Diversion's technology team is led by former iFilm executive Tatum Lade.
Presentation by: Nicholas Butterworth, Founder & CEO, Diversion Media LLC: Nicholas founded Diversion Media in 2004. He was President & CEO of The
MTVi Group, a joint venture of Viacom and Liberty Media, from 1999-2001,
with responsibility for MTV Networks’ worldwide network of 18 music
websites, the largest online music network in the world at the time. From
1994 to 1999, he was President & CEO of SonicNet, a pioneering New
York-based digital music startup, with creative accolades including two
Webby Awards, three Yahoo! Internet Life Music awards, and the ASCAP Deems
Taylor award for music journalism, and was chief broadband strategist for
SonicNet's parent company, TCI Music, Inc. Nicholas also served two terms as
President of the Digital Media Association (DiMA), a trade association, and
played an active role in the creation of the webcast licensing provisions of
the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Before starting his digital media
career, he was Executive Director of Rock The Vote, a Santa Monica-based
non-profit group.

VIII. Team Dating LLC, owner of www.teamdating.com, ("TeamDating.com") is the first website in a new trend called "social dating". Social dating is the combination of the current social networking and online dating industries, with a new focus being placed on helping people to take the all to seldom step actually meeting people in real life that they have met online, and thus increasing both their social circles as well as their chances of finding romantic success. TeamDating.com focuses on providing the 90MM single people in the United States a safer, less stressful, and more natural way of meeting people online through a "Team of Friends" approach. This approach mirrors how people meet one another in their real lives, and addresses many current weaknesses in the online dating industry, including safety concerns, profile elaboration, time consumption, and inflated costs. All of these concerns are alleviated by the sheer concept of TeamDating.com, which requires teams of 2-4 friends in order to sign up. Teamdating.com will grow into the industry leader in terms of revenue, membership levels, and customer satisfaction for people socializing through the Internet. Due to the nature of it's team of friends approach, it will grow exponentially in all facets as it will be benefited by natural human social dynamics, as well as friend to friend peer pressure, and the scalability of being applicable to any person that has at least one friend.
Presentation by: Ray Doustdar, President, Teamdating & Kipp Gillian, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Teamdating:
Ray Doustdar serves as President and Co-Founder. As President of his previous firm, The Stronghold Group, he created a premiere Entertainment Branding Agency, and signed high profile clients like Nelly, OutKast, Dave Matthews Band, and Motown Music Label for representation in licensing, sponsorships, and endorsements. Prior to that, he served two years as the Executive Director of Licensing for Universal Studios and was also appointed head of the new Sports Division, and signed high profile athletes like NFL Superstar Deion Sanders, NBA Player Wally Szczerbiak, and the Supercross/Motocross Honda Racing Team for licensing and merchandising. Previous to Universal Studios, Mr. Doustdar was the Director of Special Markets for BMG Entertainment. Before his tenure at BMG, Mr. Doustdar spent five years at consumer products giant Procter & Gamble. This provided a solid foundation of marketing and sales within the traditional packaged goods industry. Mr. Doustdar has a Bachelor of Science in Business degree from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has been an online dater for 5 years.
Kipp Gillian serves as Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder. He comes to Team Dating LLC after three years as President and Owner/Founder of Gillian Executive Search, Inc. Mr.. Gillian's clientele consists of Hilton Hotels, Archstone/Smith, The Related Companies of California, Lennar Partners, Donahue Schriber, The Management Company of Dr. Henry Nicholas, Camden, Shea Properties and Clark Realty Capital. Prior to GES he served 3 years creating and heading up the real estate recruitment division for The Ankenbrandt Group in Newport Beach, California. The Ankenbrandt Group is a well known executive level recruiting firm that has been in existence for over 25 years. Before coming to the Ankenbrandt Group Mr. Gillian served five years as a project manager for Vratsinas Construction Company, a leading design/build construction management firm based out of Little Rock, Ar., Atlanta, Ga/ and Los Angeles, Ca. Mr. Gillian provides strength and knowledge in project management, budgets, timeliness and organizing effective and talented teams to accomplish difficult tasks. Mr. Gillian holds a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He has been an on-line dater for 5 years.

IX. Cdigix, Inc. is the leading provider of secure, legal digital entertainment and educational media on demand to the college market. The Seattle-based company offers a series of distinct services to students: Ctrax for legal music; Clabs for educational media; and Cvillage for user generated content. The high-quality content offered by Cdigix is available through partnerships with premier entertainment and media companies, and is distributed via the universities’ internal IP infrastructures.
Presentation by: LARRY JACOBSON, CHAIRMAN & CEO, CDIGIX, INC.: Mr. Jacobson joined Cdigix in 2005 and is charged with overseeing and managing all operations of the company. Mr. Jacobson brings more than 20 years of Internet and media experience to Cdigix. Among his accomplishments, Mr. Jacobson served as president of RealNetworks, Inc., the Internet digital media services and software company, from 2001-2004. Prior to RealNetworks, Mr. Jacobson served as president and chief operating officer of Ticketmaster Corporation, the world’s largest ticketing company. He also held various executive positions during his nine years at FOX, a unit of News Corporation, including the role of president of the FOX Television Network Mr. Jacobson received his A.B. from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.





Skyrider: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks experience more searches per day than Google™ or Yahoo®, and Skyrider is helping businesses and consumers leverage the opportunity to share information and find new customers within these networks. Skyrider’s unique and sophisticated IT infrastructure, and innovations like its search marketing product, can help businesses promote the commercialization of P2P through cost-effective content distribution and targeted marketing. The strength of the new search marketing product and future services lie in Skyrider’s infrastructure. The company’s systems are based on proprietary high performance network stacks backed by a large-scale distributed architecture for control and transaction processing, which enables Skyrider to embed its systems within the global fabric of P2P networks. Every node shares in the burden of storage and distribution of information, allowing millions of network nodes to interact and handle a huge volume of daily network-level transactions. The company, backed with $20 million in funding from Charles River Venture Partners, ComVentures and Sequoia Capital, will continue to roll out new services and features that will help businesses reach their customers in a highly effective way, and provide consumers with the ability to publish, find, and share relevant information.
Presentation by: Ed Kozel, founder, Skyrider
Prior to joining Skyrider, Mr. Kozel served a Managing Director of Integrated Finance, Ltd., a private advisory services firm and spent five years as Managing Member of Open Range LLC., a private venture firm. Mr. Kozel, an early employee at Cisco Systems, helped to grow the company into a multinational technology leader as its Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Kozel is an industry innovator who previously worked at Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and SRI International, where he participated in the early design and development of the Internetwork Protocol (IP) model and TCP/IP, packet radio networks and highly distributed information systems. Mr. Kozel serves on the boards of Yahoo! Inc., Reuters PLC and Network Appliances. He graduated from the University of California, Davis with a degree in electrical engineering.