| Keith McCall, Chief Technology Officer | | Keith McCall has led the development and delivery of enterprise software products for over 16 years. Prior to co-founding Azaleos, Keith spent four and a half years as the director and product unit manager for Microsoft® Exchange Solutions. He was responsible for ensuring the integrity of the complete solution through technology and business development activities that supported Exchange systems integrators, ISVs, and IT professionals who deliver Microsoft-based messaging solutions. Keith initially joined Microsoft to develop a departmental solution server based on Microsoft's BackOffice technologies, which was delivered as the Team Productivity Update for BackOffice 4.5 in 1999.
Prior to Microsoft, Keith was the senior director for Lotus' line of Domino Applications and was responsible for delivering Lotus' Notes and Web-based collaborative applications on the Domino Platform. Before joining Lotus, Keith invented Net.Commerce and built the team that delivered IBM's flagship Internet Commerce product. He was also the architect and developer of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games ticket server and was instrumental in designing and developing L.L. Bean's first e-commerce site. Keith also invented IBM's Net.Data product,which was the first product to join IBM's DB2 relational database to Web servers, and held a variety of marketing and sales positions related to the release of the first RISC System/6000 line of UNIX computers from IBM.
Keith earned a bachelor's degree inscience from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Top
| | Phil Van Etten, Chief Executive Officer | | Phil Van Etten is the Chief Executive Officer of Azaleos, having served previously as the COO and CFO of the company. He is a 20-year technology industry veteran who has helped early stage companies including Kiva and Sygate become extraordinarily successful. He has also served in senior executive roles in larger organizations such as Baan.
Prior to joining Azaleos, Phil was the CFO for enterprise endpoint security provider Sygate Technologies, acquired by Symantec in October 2005. Before Sygate, Phil was the senior vice president of investor relations and the corporate treasurer for the Baan Company, Europe's second largest software company. Earlier in his career, Phil served as CFO of Kiva Software, prior to and during its sale to Netscape.
Phil is a CPA and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Top
| | Mike Slade, Second Avenue Partners | | Mike Slade began his professional career at Microsoft in 1983 as a product manager. During his more than seven years there he introduced several successful products, including Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Works. He also served as the director of corporate marketing in the Microsoft systems software division. Mike then spent two years as the vice president of marketing for NeXT Computer, working for Steve Jobs. He then went to work for Paul Allen as CEO of Starwave, a multimedia and Internet startup. At Starwave, Mike launched key sites such as ESPN.com, NBA.com, NFL.com, ABCNews.com, Mr. Showbiz, and the Go.com network. Starwave was sold to Disney in late 1998, and Mike served as a consultant on Disney's Internet strategy for one year.
Since 1998, Mike has served as a consultant to Steve Jobs' executive team at Apple Computer, working on marketing and strategy. He is also a co-founder of Seattle-based venture capital firm Second Avenue Partners. In March of 2000, Mike and two other former Microsoft executives purchased and re-launched the Professional Bowlers Association, where he currently sits on the board of directors.
Mike earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado College and a master's degree in business administration from Stanford University. He sits on the board of directors of Aquantive and is a member of the board of trustees of Colorado College.
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| | Charles H. Porter, Insight Ventures | | Charles Porter serves as the CIO-in-Residence for Insight Ventures, which brings together Fortune 1000 IT executives, early stage technology companies, and the venture community, driving mutual benefit and a higher probability of success.
Prior to Insight Ventures, Charles was the managing partner and CTO for Accenture Technology Infrastructure Services (ATIS). In this role, he was responsible for the architecture, technology direction, and product definition for Accenture's infrastructure outsourcing practice. He also served as CIO for technology services,where he was instrumental in reducing Accenture's internal technology operations cost by more than 40% over three years while maintaining employee satisfaction and improving reliability. He was a member of Accenture's Global Situation Management Committee, Technology and Outsourcing Executive Committee, and Outsourcing and Infrastructure Delivery Executive Committee. He founded Accenture's network of telecommunications solutions centers (Teleworks®), which provide application development, delivery, and support to Accenture's communications and high-tech clients.
Charles also currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Seattle University's Entrepreneurship Center. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Gonzaga University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.
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| | Cameron Myhrvold, Ignition Partners | | Cameron Myhrvold is a founding partner of Ignition and invests in software and infrastructure companies. Cameron represents Ignition as director on the boards of Seven, Cloudmark, and Lockdown Networks. He also acts as Ignition observer on the board of RLX Technologies. He previously served on the board of Consera (acquired by Hewlett Packard). Prior to Ignition, Cameron spent 13 years with Microsoft, most recently as vice president of the Internet Customer Unit, where he was responsible for building business relationships with network operators and a broad range of telecommunications providers. Cameron created the Developer Relations Group, which evangelized Windows and Microsoft's other operating system technologies to the independent software vendors and third-party developer community. Cameron co-founded Dynamical Systems Inc. to develop multitasking operating systems for the PC, which he sold to Microsoft in 1986. Cameron earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Top
| | Richard Fade, Ignition Partners | | Richard Fade is an Ignition Venture Partner investing in enterprise data and applications companies. Priorto Ignition, Richard spent 16 years at Microsoft in several leadership roles, including serving on the executive staff as a division-level vice president for the past 10 years. Most recently Richard served as senior vice president of the OEM division, where he was responsible for Microsoft's licensing business with PC OEM and embedded device manufacturers. He served as vice president of desktop and consumer applications overseeing creation and launch of Microsoft® Office 97, Outlook®, and several Microsoft Office product line extensions, including the acquisition of Microsoft FrontPage®. He was also vice president of Advanced Technology Sales, which later became the Internet Business Unit. Prior to that, he served as vice president for the Far East Region. Richard led the teams that produced the first successful double-byte versions of Microsoft Windows followed closely by Microsoft Office applications. Richard served in several management positions in eight years at systems integrator Triad Systems. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Florida State University. Top
| | Richard R. Devenuti | | Prior to retiring from Microsoft in early 2007 after a 19 year career with the company, Rick Devenuti was senior vice president for Microsoft Services and IT. In that role, Devenuti brought IT operational excellence together with Microsoft's service offerings and programs by transferring internal IT knowledge to Services to enhance customer and partner satisfaction with Microsoft products. Devenuti's organization worked very closely with Microsoft product groups in testing, deploying and evaluating products before they shipped to customers. Previously, Devenuti was chief information officer at Microsoft. During his four-year tenure as CIO, Devenuti established metrics to measure IT value at the company and integrated business processes and business acumen into the IT space, resulting in efficiency gains for end users and cost savings for Microsoft. Devenuti joined Microsoft in December 1987 and focused his career on creating and managing operational excellence. He has held numerous positions on the operations side of Microsoft's business including vice president of Worldwide Operations, where he directed all activities related to Microsoft product information and release management, manufacturing, distribution, and transactions, general manager of North American Operations, general manager of Sales Operations, director of Financial Analysis, U.S. controller and retail accounting manager. Devenuti has a bachelor of arts in business administration from the University of Washington. Top
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