Jeffrey Vogel - Chairman of the Board

Jeffrey Vogel is an entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in operating and financing high-tech software companies.  Jeff was co-founder and president of Velocity Equity Partners, a venture capital firm. Before founding Velocity, Jeff served as chief technology officer and vice president of research and development at eBusiness Technologies, a leader in XML content management systems. In 1989, Jeff co-founded Electronic Book Technologies (EBT), a pioneer in SGML and XML information systems. At EBT, Jeff led R&D until 1996, when he helped sell the company to Inso, a publicly traded company. From 1996 to 1998, Jeff was vice president of engineering at Inso's Electronic Publishing Solutions business unit and was also very active in the company's corporate development activities, where he helped acquire and integrate more than half a dozen acquisitions.  Jeff has served as a board member at a number of technology companies throughout New England including AccuRev, BEZ, WebDialogs, and Nexaweb.

Christian Heidelberger

Chris Heidelberger, CEO of Web 2.0 and IT modernization company Nexaweb, brings more than 20 years of general management experience in enterprise software. As CEO and president of ChannelWave Software, Chris led the company from its inception, guiding it through $63M of venture capital funding and several acquisitions before a sale to Click Commerce in February 2005. Prior to ChannelWave, Chris served as vice president and general manager of Software House, a subsidiary of security company Sensormatic Electronics Corp. (TYCO), where he led the growth of the company from $15 million to $40 million in annual revenue in four years. Most recently, Chris was an executive coach and consultant to several local startup companies. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Chris serves on a number of tech advisory boards. He is a frequent speaker and panelist on subjects ranging from leadership in high-growth companies to building sales and marketing channels for scale.

Jim Popeo

Jim brings over 25 years of experience as a senior executive in multiple industry segments including supply chain management, product life-cycle management, electronics manufacturing, and architectural, engineering, and construction.  Prior to joining Dynadec, Jim served as Executive Vice President at Exa Corporation, a computational fluid dynamics company, for over ten years.  His leadership in the areas of corporate strategy and global sales and marketing contributed to the company's exponential growth and global expansion.  Jim has extensive experience growing early stage technology companies and broad based international experience.  He has held senior management positions at PDA Engineering, Sensitech, Unicam Software and Bricsnet.

Thorne Sparkman

Thorne Sparkman is currently Managing Director with the Slater Technology Fund.  From 1996 to 1998, Thorne Sparkman was founder and CEO of Incubator, Inc., an angel-funded, Internet business incubator in Berkeley, California. The company's business model was to assist early-stage teams, especially those from the University of California at Berkeley, by providing a complete suite of start-up services in exchange for equity.From 1995 through 1999, Mr. Sparkman was CEO of EScribe Corporation, a start-up which created online communities for upscale, outdoor enthusiasts. Mr. Sparkman began his electronic publishing career at Time Warner in 1993, where he developed on-line communities and commerce applications on the CompuServe Information Service, and helped launch Time Warner’s original Pathfinder service.  Mr. Sparkman holds a B.A. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.