Board of Directors

Mark Gorenberg

Mark Gorenberg has been a venture capitalist at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners since 1990, and has served as a board member for start-up and public software companies including AdForce, HomeGrocer, NetDynamics and Scopus Technologies. Currently, he serves as a director of Cenzic, Infopia, Lathian Systems, ontheFRONTIER, Omniture and Tizor Systems. Mark is also a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation's Board of Trustees.

Prior to joining Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Mark managed a number of new media areas and was a member of the original SparcStation I team at Sun Microsystems. Mark received a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MSEE from the University of Minnesota, and an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

Blake Modersitzki

Mr. Modersitzki joined UV Partners in 2002. Prior to joining UV Partners he was Managing Director of Novell Ventures and Vice President Strategic Business Development. He was responsible for managing Novell's venture fund, all relationships with the venture capital community, investment bankers, and the portfolio, as well as Novell's Global Strategic Business development group. He has also held key positions at Novell, a leading networking infrastructure company, in corporate development, product management, and sales and marketing. Mr. Modersitzki has over 15 years of high tech operational experience. He began his business career with WordPerfect Inc. He holds a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University.

Coleman Barney

Coleman Barney leads Infopia with over twenty years of technology and entrepreneurial experience.  He previously served as President and CEO of Cogito, a company focused on business intelligence solutions, and as President and CEO of Optura, an enterprise software company specializing in business process improvement.  Prior to Optura, Mr. Barney co-founded, SBI Razorfish, one of the largest interactive eBusiness professional services organizations in the country before it was sold to aQuantive in 2004, and subsequently purchased by Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) in 2007.  He grew SBI Razorfish from a start-up consulting firm to a company of over $140 million in revenue with 900 employees and 11 offices across North America and Europe.  He has also held executive and management positions at Novell, Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

 Mr. Barney is a tri- athlete and an avid outdoorsman who enjoys skiing and biking.  He was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Communication from Brigham Young University.

Evangelos Simoudis

Evangelos Simoudis joined Trident Capital in 2005 as a Venture Partner and has been a Managing Director since 2007. Evangelos focuses on investments in Internet and Enterprise Software business.

Prior to Trident, Evangelos spent 5 years as a partner at Apax Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm where he invested and served on the boards of early and mid-stage IT companies. At Apax he also chaired the firm's IT advisory board.

Prior to entering venture capital, Evangelos had more than 20 years experience in high-technology industries, in executive roles spanning operations, marketing, sales and engineering. His experience as a technology executive includes serving as President and CEO of Customer Analytics, a Trident-backed, eCRM company acquired by Xchange, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXAP), and as Vice President of Business Intelligence Solutions at IBM.

Evangelos' current directorships include DesiHits, Hip Digital, Host Analytics and PivotLink Software. Prior directorships include Bristol Technology (acquired by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)), Composite Software, Confluent Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL)), Doppelganger (acquired by Hip Digital), Princeton Softech (acquired by IBM) and Vidavee (acquired by Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN).

Evangelos earned a PhD in computer science from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.