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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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