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Managing Partners
Advisors
Ridgely C. Evers - Managing PartnerA veteran entrepreneur and proven visionary, Ridgely has been CEO of companies in the software, real estate, investment, and consumer products industries. He has also been a passionate supporter of America’s small business community. He currently leads Establishment Capital Partners, where he and his team have developed a breakthrough approach to small business investing – one that stands to attract billions each year in private capital to grow this critical sector of the economy. The firm’s innaugural fund will begin investing in Northern California in 2010. In 1988 he joined Intuit – then a small startup – and led the creation of QuickBooks, today the market-dominant small business bookkeeping program. While there, he also played a central role in creating the world’s first online banking system. Following his time at Intuit he served as CEO of five technology startups, including Exactly Vertical, a pioneer in supply-chain automation for small business; nCircle, one of the leading companies in internet security; and NetBooks (now WorkingPoint), a company bringing the power of SaaS to small business. In 1990 he imported the first olive trees brought into the US in the 20th century. He and his wife Colleen McGlynn then founded DaVero Farms, today one of the most highly-regarded producers of extra virgin olive oils, wines, and other artisan food products. He serves on the board of SCORE, a nationwide organization with over 12,000 volunteer executives who provide counseling services to small business owners, and is active in a number of local organizations in Sonoma County in Northern Califoria, where he lives. In 2009 he was appointed to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, where he focuses on issues related to small business ownership.
He earned a BA in International Relations, with distinction, from Stanford University, and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, and holds several patents. Roy H. Eder - Managing PartnerRoy Eder has over twenty years of experience in sales & marketing in startups as well as publicly traded companies. Most recently, he has been an advisor and interim executive to a number of early-stage as well as Fortune 500 companies. At wireless company @Road, he rapidly expanded the company from a $15mm run rate to $45mm in just 18 months while managing sales, marketing and business development. Prior to @Road, Mr. Eder served as CEO & Founder of Eder Marketing Group, which was named as an Inc. 500 company in 1998. Early in his career, Mr. Eder created and launched various sales and marketing campaigns for Apple, Intuit, Hewlett-Packard, Tandem Computers, Sega, Dell, and Sun Microsystems. He holds a B.A. degree in Communications and Marketing from the University of the Pacific. Alan D. Mutter - Managing PartnerAlan D. Mutter is perhaps the only CEO in Silicon Valley who knows how to set type one letter at a time, just like his hero, Benjamin Franklin. Mutter began his career as a newspaper columnist and editor in Chicago, breaking in at the Chicago Daily News and rising to City Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1984, he became the No. 2 editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He left the newspaper business in 1988 to join InterMedia Partners, a start-up company that within five years became one of the 12 largest cable-TV companies in the US. Mutter was the COO of InterMedia when he moved to Silicon Valley in 1996 to lead the first of the three start-up companies he managed as CEO: a pioneering Internet service provider followed by two enterprise-software companies. Mr. Mutter's companies have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in private equity and leveraged debt. He is an active independent investor who has served as an adviser and director for several early-stage companies. Most recently, he has been involved in web publishing ventures that combine his twin passions, journalism and technology. Mr. Mutter received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Illinois. He is the author of the insightful media blog, Reflections of a Newsosaur. Christian C. Hobbs - Affiliate PartnerChris Hobbs has senior executive management experience in both investment and operating roles. He continues as an advisor to Millennium Hanson, a global merchant banking firm focused on growth companies which he helped found. Previously he led corporate development at nCircle Network Security, and was the CFO of XUMA, a web services company, as well as Tapit portfolio company NetBooks. Mr. Hobbs was also formerly a first vice president in the merchant banking group of Imperial Bank, where he worked on a variety of complex transactions. Mr. Hobbs received his MBA from Oxford University, and his BA in Economics from UC Berkeley. Bruce Dresser - Affiliate PartnerBruce Dresser is the founder and President of Tenth Dot Solutions Marketing Consulting, a firm specializing in strategy, positioning, business development and board recruitment since 1997. Clients include Lucent, Avaya, Peoplesoft, Aristasoft, and Peak XV Networks. Bruce has over 20 years experience in the high-tech industry, and has held various executive positions with Sybase, Pacific Telesis and several start-ups. Bruce holds a BA from UCLA, an MBA from San Diego State University, and has attended the Executive Marketing Program at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Will Daley - Chief Technology AdvisorMr. Daley brings a wealth of experience in Internet technologies to the table. He has been involved in Web technologies since the mid-1990s, and has built substantial, enterprise-grade systems for companies both large and small. His breadth and depth of knowledge drew him to co-found nCircle Network Security, one of the leading Internet security companies serving companies like Visa and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Daley holds a BA from Trinity College. Joseph E. Giansante - Affiliate PartnerMr. Giansante has more than 20 years of technology and investment company experience in business and product development, marketing, public relations, finance, and project management. He founded and managed two early-stage software companies: an Internet-based financial services company sold to American Century; and a consumer software company sold to Intuit. At Intuit, he conceived and helped design Quicken Financial Planner, and developed business plans for on-line securities brokerage and mortgage origination businesses. Mr. Giansante has worked in and consulted to investment banking, venture capital, and leveraged buy-out firms, where he structured and completed private equity financings, and worked on IPO and convertible debenture public offerings. He has consulted in the areas of investment due diligence, market, and financial analysis for clients including El Dorado Ventures, Liquid Audio and 3i Capital Corporation. Mr. Giansante holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from UCLA, an MS in Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Engineering from Lehigh University. | |||
