Board Members

J. Kim Fennell, President and Chief Executive Officer

Kim joined deCarta as President and Chief Executive Officer in May, 2004, bringing 25 years of experience in high technology. Prior to deCarta, he was President and CEO of Pinnacle Systems (NASDAQ: PCLE) where he led the company through record growth to $330 million in revenue and expanded its market reach through several strategic acquisitions. He previously served as CEO of StorageWay, a VC-financed data storage service provider. Earlier, Kim was a corporate vice president at Lucent Technologies with responsibility for the Communications Applications Group, a $2-billion Business Unit focused on CRM, and Messaging. He then helped spin-off Avaya from Lucent in 2000 as part of the Avaya executive team. He was an early executive at Octel Communications in 1986, which was later acquired by Lucent in 1997. At Octel, he established and ran several key divisions in succession including Canada, Europe/Middle East/Africa and then all International Operations. Prior to Octel he held sales and marketing management positions at ROLM and Burroughs (now Unisys).

Kim is a graduate of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada and the Stanford Executive Program.

Derek Blazensky, General Partner, Cardinal Venture Capital

Derek is a founding partner of Cardinal Venture Capital. He focuses on investment opportunities in software for wireless and mobility as well as the new software paradigm for the enterprise: software-as-a-service. Prior to forming Cardinal Venture Capital, he managed venture investments for Adobe Ventures. His portfolio companies included Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ: TMWD), advanced email solutions for business communications and AvantGo, a mobile Internet company acquired by Sybase.

Derek sits on the boards of Cardinal portfolio companies GuardianEdge Technologies, Nimblefish Technologies and deCarta.

Derek received his B.A. from Fairfield University and his B.S. in Engineering & Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.

Jeffrey M. Crowe, General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Jeff joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2004 and focuses on investments in software, Internet, and consumer arenas. He currently serves on the boards of deCarta, Evincii, Jigsaw, Lending Club, Nano-Tex, Tuvox, and Turn. Jeff is actively involved with Cast Iron Systems.

Prior to Norwest, Jeff served as President, COO and board member of DoveBid, Inc., a privately held business auction firm, which expanded during his tenure via internal growth and acquisition from a $10M revenue run rate to a $120M revenue run rate with 400 employees.

From 1990 to 1999, Jeff was co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Edify Corporation, a venture backed enterprise software company focused on voice and internet e-commerce platforms and applications. Jeff was responsible for all strategic and operational activities at Edify as the company went from start-up in 1990 to $80M in revenue and 400 employees. Edify held its IPO in 1996 and was sold to S1 Corporation in 1999.

Previously, Jeff worked at ROLM Corporation, IBM and Siemens in marketing and general management. Jeff led the marketing for the voice messaging division within ROLM, which grew from startup to $50M in revenue.

Jeff is on the Management Board of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is active in alumni affairs at Dartmouth. He is also chairman of the board of Hand in Hand Parenting, a non-profit organization focused on strengthening families, and is past chairman of the board of Theatreworks.

Jeff holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA in History, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College.

Ralph Eschenbach, President of Sand Hill Angels, Inc.

Ralph serves as the President of Sand Hill Angels, Inc. Sand Hill is a group of about 70 CXO's from Silicon Valley who invest in high-tech startups. He works part time for Trimble Navigation where he was formerly the Vice President and Chief Technology officer. He held this position from 6/94 to 6/07. Before that he was Vice President of Avionics. He joined Trimble in 1983 as Vice President of Engineering. Before joining Trimble he was Department Manager at Hewlett Packard labs, responsible for research in several areas of communication protocols and systems. It was at HP that he developed the first working GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver in 1976 that demonstrated the potential for addressing a low cost market for a positioning sensor.

He is currently on the board of five private companies and worked several years as a Venture Partner at Osprey Ventures, LLC

Ralph received his BSEE from UC Berkeley in 1968 and MSEE from Stanford University in 1970. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

W. Michael West, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Extreme Networks

Michael has served as chairman of the Board of Directors of Extreme Networks since September 2004. From June 2003 to July 2004, he served as a director of Larscom Incorporated, a telecommunications equipment provider. From April 2002 to June 2003, he served as Chief Executive Officer of VINA Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications equipment provider, and served as its chairman of the Board of Directors from June 1999 to June 2003. From September 1997 to January 1998, Michael served as Executive Vice President for Lucent Technologies, a communications company. From February 1995 to July 1997, he was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Octel Communications, a telecommunications equipment provider, after having served as Executive Vice President from September 1986 to February 1995. He held multiple positions with Rolm Corporation from 1979 to September 1986, most recently, as general manager of the National Sales Division.