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Michael Brown, well known for his interest in evolving the Social Web, became one of the first supporters of TechSoup’s TechSoup NetSquared initiative to bring Web 2.0 tools to nonprofits worldwide. He contributed significantly to the success of the NetSquared conference in May 2006. Mr. Brown has been active in a number of Partech's investments in the software and Internet sectors, including mSnap Interactive, Perenety, InQuira, Meiosys (IBM), PentaSafe Security Technologies (netIQ), and Ingrian Networks. He also served as Client Services Manager at Internet startup Bluefire and as a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company.
Rick Hess is a San Francisco-based high technology executive, advisor, and political activist, and now a nonprofit board member and executive. A former Oracle/PeopleSoft/Arbor/Hyperion VP and CEO of Ellianz, Rick is in awe of the next generation of techies who really want to help improve the human condition using technology.
Rick began his career with Digital Equipment Corporation (now HP), and joined Oracle Corporation in 1986, working in the U.S. division as a strategic accounts director, before moving to Asia/Pacific where he opened and ran operations in New Zealand, then South Korea, and then Taiwan before being named VP, East Asia, based in Hong Kong. Rick was responsible for all marketing, sales, localization, and support for Oracle's operations throughout the region. Returning to California, his adopted state, Rick was named VP International at PeopleSoft (now Oracle), and then VP International at Arbor Software/Hyperion (now Oracle). Rick then took his international operations experience to a startup called Ellianz, which built software to help companies enter international markets, and manage those operations using technology.
Rick sits on the board of a variety of educational, spiritual, minority-oriented, and technology nonprofits, and is working with TechSoup executive team to globalize its operations, and on strategic business development initiatives. When Rick has rare downtime, he can be found riding his bike near his Marin County home, or hiking with his Bernese Mountain Dog, Kodiak.
Reto Jauch is the founder and lead partner of the independent Executive Search boutique Jauch Associate AG in Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to establishing Jauch Associates, Reto lead Executive Search businesses for Robertson Associates and A.T. Kearny Executive Search, coming to head A.T. Kearny Executive Search Europe, a business operating in 10 locations. Clients of Jauch Associates AG include large multinational companies as well as highly competitive international niche players and start up companies.
Charles L. Moore is Managing Director of Acendi Corporation, a provider of expert professional support to business and government organizations. Acendi helps clients execute transactional projects like sales, purchases, partnerships, financings and acquisitions. Mr. Moore is also the founder of OnStation Corporation, a leading provider of web-native software to the automotive service industry. Prior to OnStation, Mr. Moore was an early-stage attorney at Venture Law Group, in Menlo Park, California. At VLG, he represented technology companies and their investors from start-up through venture financings, partnerships, licensing and liquidity transactions. His clients and business partners have included Yahoo!, Cerent/Cisco Systems, AAA, NAPA and WebTV/Microsoft. Mr. Moore is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science. He also holds a Master of Science (with distinction) from San Francisco State University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley.
Julie Pietrantoni is an associate in the Technology Transactions practice group and a member of Cooley Godward Kronish's Business department. She joined the Firm in 2001 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.
Ms. Pietrantoni's practice focuses on technology related transactions, including software licensing, product procurement, hardware and software distribution agreements, development and technology transfer agreements and strategic alliances. Ms. Pietrantoni has also assisted in a number of the Firm's information technology outsourcing transactions. Ms. Pietrantoni represents a variety of clients ranging from start-ups to large public companies.
Ms. Pietrantoni earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 2001, where she served as a senior editor of the California Law Review . During law school, Ms. Pietrantoni clerked for the Office of the General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, California. She completed her undergraduate education at California State University, Hayward, where she received a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in international finance, cum laude , in 1992.
Before her studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ms. Pietrantoni founded and owned her own financial services practice specializing in investment, retirement and tax planning counseling. Ms. Pietrantoni is a Certified Financial Planner, she holds the Enrolled Agent designation from the Internal Revenue Service, and she is a Registered Investment Advisor.
Ms. Pietrantoni is admitted to practice in the State of California, and is a member of the State Bar of California, the San Francisco Bar Association and the Santa Clara Bar Association
Michael Quinn has been involved with the Internet industry for over 13 years. He has experience in sales, engineering and technical support. After working for the Federal Government, GTE and Amdahl Corporation, Michael became one of Cisco Systems earliest employees. As Vice President, he currently leads Customer Advocacy's engineering effort in the deployment of advanced technologies such as Voice over IP, WiFi, IPv6 and Network Security. Michael also leads Customer Assurance Programs that provide business continuity for clients and the corporation. His position also provides him the ability to assist in philanthropic endeavors such as the placement of Cisco Academies at Native American communities, and Net Hope (NetHope.org) a collaborative organization with significant interest in the deployment of technologies to facilitate communications infrastructure in developing countries. Michael is currently a Delegate to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society(WSIS). His education was completed at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MSIE) and George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs (M.I.S.).
Steven B. Sacks, an attorney, is a partner in the San Francisco office of the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP where he handles complex civil litigation and business bankruptcy cases. He has a strong interest in technology and helping others use it.
Michael Saunders was the Executive Officer at HandsNet for 6 years. During that period he oversaw the effort to make the shift from HandsNet Classic, a proprietary online service, to a totally Web-enabled platform, WebClipper, to support more than 3,000 online members. Mr. Saunders has sixteen years of private industry experience, most recently prior to HandsNet as a Principal Consultant in the Organizational Change practice with Price Waterhouse. He has also worked with Reuters Information Service, and in marketing and systems engineering with IBM. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and an AB in Engineering and Applied Science from Harvard University.
Sandra Whisler is Director of Finance and Operations at PolicyLink, where she oversees financial management, human relations, information technology, and facilities. Whisler comes to PolicyLink from TechSoup, founded as CompuMentor, where she was first the launch director for www.techsoup.org; and then vice president and managing director responsible for finance, human resources, IT, and facilities. Previously, she had a long career in academic publishing, including serving as Director of Electronic Publishing and associate director, Journals Division at the University of California Press and assistant director and director of Journals Marketing at the University of Chicago Press. She holds a degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago.
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