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Venkat R. Gopalan
Vice President, Information
Technology
DynCorp
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Mr. Gopalan is
currently the corporate vice president of Information Technology
(IT) for DynCorp. In this role, he oversees all of
DynCorp's investments in information technology services,
including e-commerce and web solutions development,
operations centers, voice, data, video and wireless
infrastructure, enterprise application integration and
enterprise resource planning implementation. He also
serves as chief technology officer for DynCorp Information &
Enterprise Technology (I&ET), a $700 million business
with the primary mission of infusing technology into a broad
spectrum of customer solutions.
Previously, Mr. Gopalan was
senior director of DynCorp I&ET's Business Standards Group,
the organization responsible for standardizing business
practices within the business unit. He was also
instrumental in DynCorp's Software Engineering Institute's
Capability Maturity Model (SEI/CMM) and ISO 9000 initiatives.
He began his career with DynCorp managing programs for customers
such as the IRS, the Federal Communications Commission and the
Navy.
Prior to joining DynCorp, Gopalan
was director of the information systems division for Washington
Consulting Group (WCG) and a member of the WCG Management
Council. There he focused on business development and management
of information technology contracts, primarily with the federal
government.
Previous work included senior
positions at PRC, TRW and other information technology firms. He
has also been authorized as a Lead Software Capability Evaluator
for the software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) by
the Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
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W.E.Tige
Savage
Vice President,
AOL Time
Warner Venture Group
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Tige is a Vice
President of AOL Time Warner Ventures, the only venture capital
investment arm of AOL Time Warner, where he and his colleagues
focus on investments in early to mid-stage companies exploiting
opportunities at the intersection of technology and media.
Prior to joining the firm, he was the Executive Vice
President and a founder of Riggs Capital Partners, the manager
of two venture capital funds with commitments of $200 million.
At Riggs Capital he invested in over thirty companies in a
variety of technology and communications-oriented growth
industries. In addition, Tige served as an investment
banker for Dillon, Read & Co. and in a number of capacities
at Riggs Bank, NA including Executive Vice President and aide to
the chairman of the board. Additionally, Tige has served
on the board of Allbritton Communications Company where he
assisted in developing that company's new media investment
strategy and in various capacities on several other boards.
Tige earned his BBA from James Madison University and his
MBA with highest distinction from The University of Michigan.
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Matthew Haley
Executive,
Accenture
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Matt Haley is an executive in
Accenture ‘s Corporate Strategy and Business Architecture organization. Matt was a
founder and vice president of marketing of On-Link Technologies, a business-to-business
eCommerce tools provider from 1997 through 1999. Matt was responsible for taking a
technology team and creating a fundable company. On-Link was acquired by Siebel.
Prior to On-Link, Matt was a founder and marketing executive of Intrinsa Technologies,
a software tools development company that was acquired by Microsoft. Matt has been a
consultant in Silicon Valley helping startups focus their business and build management
teams to prepare them for venture funding. Matt has also worked for Digital Equipment,
Case Technology, Control Data and Eastman Kodak. He has five patents in software
development and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Detroit and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from San Jose State
University.
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John
Backus
Managing Partner,
Draper Atlantic
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John is
a seasoned technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of
experience investing in and managing rapidly growing,
high-technology companies. Prior to founding Draper
Atlantic, John was a founding investor and the President and
Chief Executive Officer of InteliData Technologies , leading
US Order through a successful $65 million IPO in 1995.
During the time John served at InteliData,
sales increased from $0 to $60 million. John also developed
strategic partnerships with eBay, Microsoft, Intuit, IBM,
Verifone, and VISA. During the past 15 years he has
negotiated over 15 merger, acquisition, divestiture, venture
investment, and corporate finance transactions with a
combined value in excess of $500 million. At
InteliData he led the investment of $5MM in Home Financial
Network which returned $50MM in 1999 through its sale to
Sybase.
John began his career at Bain
& Company, where he worked with both the consulting and
venture capital groups. He was the first Bain
Management Consultant to be placed in an operating role, as
CFO, of a Bain Capital portfolio company.
John is actively involved in
the Northern
Virginia Technology Council as the Chairman of its Board
of Directors. He is also on the Wolf Trap Foundation Board
of Directors, and was recently appointed by Virginia
Governor Jim Gilmore to serve on the prestigious Virginia
Research and technology Advisory Board.
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