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Tom Huseby, Chairman

In 1997 Tom formed SeaPoint Ventures. Prior to forming SeaPoint Ventures, Tom co-founded and was the first CEO of Metawave Communications Corporation, a manufacturer of cellular infrastructure equipment. Before Metawave, he was the first president and CEO of Innova Corporation, a manufacturer of digital millimeter wave radios. Tom spent the first seventeen years of his career at Raychem Corporation where he held a variety of executive positions in Europe, South America and the U.S. His last position at Raychem was Group Vice President of the Industrial Products Group.

Tom is currently Chairman of the Board of Ontela Inc., SNAPin Software and Zumobi, Inc. and is also a board member of Kineto Wireless and Mojix. He is ex-chairman and currently a board member for Airspan Networks, Hubspan, Modiv Media and SinglePoint. He is past chairman of Qpass, Telecom Transport Management and a board member of Tegic and Trumba Corporation. In addition to his duties at SeaPoint Ventures, Tom serves as venture/strategic partner at Oak Investment Partners, Hunt Ventures and Voyager Capital.

Tom has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a BSIE from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Steve Coffey

Steve Coffey joined the Hunt family of companies in 1993.  In August 1999, he established the Austin office of Hunt Ventures. At Hunt Ventures, Coffey has managed investments in software, semiconductors and communications.  Coffey was a director or actively involved in such companies as Airspan (NASDAQ: AIRN), Softricity (acquired by Microsoft) and Metreos (acquired by Cisco).  Currently he is leading the firm’s investments in Alert Logic, Hubspan, iTKO, Integral Wave Technologies, NanoNexus, SiGe Semiconductor, Snap-In and ZenZui.

Prior to joining Hunt Ventures, Coffey was vice president of Hunt Financial Corporation where he evaluated and managed investments in public equities, private equity and venture capital partnerships, and direct investments in both early stage technology companies and buyouts. Earlier in his career, Coffey worked as an associate at Davis Venture Partners, a private venture capital firm where he worked with both early and later-stage portfolio companies.  He previously worked at EDS Corporation and Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Coffey has a BS from Oklahoma State University and an MBA (with honors) from The University of Texas.

Enrique Godreau III

Enrique is managing director of Voyager Capital and focuses on technology-rich investments primarily in digital media and wireless communication businesses. Enrique has been actively involved in the IT industry for 25 years. Before co-founding Voyager in 1997, Enrique held various research, product management, and business development positions at Gartner, Adobe, Aldus, and Xerox PARC. Enrique has participated on the board of 10 companies including, aQuantive (NASDAQ:AQNT), Attenex, and Qsent.

He is a member of the King County Technology Governance Strategic Advisory Council, the University of Washington Technology Gap Innovation Fund Investment Committee, the Technology Transfer Advisory Council and the Information School Founding Board. He also serves as Director for the Pike Pace Market Foundation and is active with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum.

Chase Franklin

Chase Franklin is Chief of Strategy for Content and Media at Amdocs, the leader in providing Intentional Customer Management systems for world's largest telecommunications, cable and satellite companies. Prior to Amdocs, Chase was a co-founder and CEO of Qpass, Inc. Under Chase's leadership the company grew from a startup to more than 200 employees with offices in North America and Europe, before committing to a restructuring that reduced headcount to 50 and committed the company to a new strategy and market. The restructuring ultimately paved the way for five years of rapid growth, culminating in a $275 million liquidity event.

Prior to founding Qpass in 1997, Chase Franklin spent more than a decade at Microsoft Corporation in key product development and strategic management positions. Chase played a key role in Microsoft's transition from individual application to the suite that became Microsoft Office. He was part of the original design team for Word for Windows before transitioning to focus on the integration and interoperation of the elements of Microsoft Office. Subsequently, he spearheaded some of Microsoft's earliest e-commerce strategy and new business development initiatives. In this role he led planning initiatives for key aspects of the original programming on Microsoft's interactive television and MSN initiatives, including interactive advertising, online retailing, and other network commerce service businesses. As Microsoft shifted strategy in the mid-1990s to address the emerging Internet, Chase formed and led the team that partnered with Wal-Mart and created the first release of the Microsoft Merchant Server product. Chase also pioneered Microsoft's initiatives in secure Internet payments, including SET. Chase holds 3 patents relating to the design of various Microsoft and Qpass technologies or applications.

Chase has a double BS in Mathematics and Economics from Western Washington University. Chase also serves on the Board of Directors for New Futures, a non-profit that offers after-school, literacy and other programs for disadvantaged children.

Dan Shapiro

Dan Shapiro is the CEO and cofounder of Ontela, Inc. Prior to founding Ontela, Dan managed development of the RealArcade service at RealNetworks, the leading distributor of casual games. Dan arrived at Real by way of Wildseed, where he managed software development for the Identity cell phone. Dan started his career at Microsoft, where he was responsible for Windows XP user interface components, the critically acclaimed Windows PowerToys, Windows 2000 Storage Management, and consumer storage in Windows 98.

Dan loves unusual cuisines and blogs about his woodworking foibles at www.nothingseveredyet.com.