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Detailed Bio:
Board of Directors Venture Board Member, Outside Board Director and Chairman Significant experience in corporate governance, SEC reporting, and managing the street Managed Boards as Chairman of the Board for over 10 years Managed Director Searches and appointed Outside Directors for 10 years
CEO/Chairman Chairman and outside board Director of Tickle/eMode Ran NetObjects for 5 years, through multiple venture, IPO, acquisition and sale. Ran Rae Technology, profitable software company from founding to investment sale in 4 years. Managed Venture Capital funds as Chairman and Managing Partner for 5 years
Financing
Raised over $300 million in financial transactions, managing a $1.5 billion public company Sold 70% of NetObjects to IBM for $100 million in equity and financing Raised $72 Million in an IPO on NASDAQ and managed analysts and institutions for 4 years Lead the team for a $50 Million PIPE Proposal and $25 Million Line of Credit Raised $50 Million from Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Partners- delivered over 1,000% IRR
Revenue
Created the 50th largest PC software company in revenue growth in 5 years (As reported by PC Letter)
M&A
Managed 4 Acquisitions from $2 to $60 Million Sold Enterprise Division for $20 Million and Products Division for $ 10 Million Helped manage sale of Corporation with IBM
Operations
Setup and managed multiple international subsidiaries and offices in Europe, Japan and the Asia Directly managed teams from 10 to over 400 Employees. Managed CEO, COO’s, and EVP’s
Legal Managed S-1 Process for IPO, and SEC reporting as a public company Managed a very tight ship legally with no law suits Highly ethical management- did not sell any stock during tenure as public CEO
Technology Started career as Engineer- Ran Technology & Product Teams for over 10 years Architected SOLO, an object-based framework for developing navigational applications Awarded eleven U.S. patents, including nine design and two utility patents.
Design Managed design teams, helped define the term Information Architecture Managed early teams in the development of desktop publishing, magazine, and online publishing
Brands Created powerful brands worldwide: Tickle, NetObjects, Fusion, Collage, Matrix, 4D, & HyperCard
PR & Marketing Lead PR team to generate significant ink worldwide (Business Week, New York Times, LA Times, etc) Drove marketing team for worldwide advertising over 5 years with significant awards Spoke frequently at major industry conferences (PC Forum, Internet World Keynotes, etc)
Sales and Business Development
Closed several $1 to 10 Million deals with IBM, bundling with servers, computers and software Lead $1 to 10 Million deals with AOL, AT&T, Compaq, Concentric, Dell Computer, Deutsche Telekom, One & One, Netscape, Mitsubishi, Softbank, and Sun. Managed sales in organizations delivering 1M$-100M$ in revenue Lead marketing for over 1B$ in revenue
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