Louis J. Rupnik

Devaraj Southworth

Janet F. Levitt

Paul Foster

David Becker

Mark Hirschey

Mark Berggren

   

Advisors

Rowland Hanson joined the advisory board in April 2000. Mr. Hanson is the founder of C.R.H. & Associates which provides consulting services in strategic planning with emphasis on maximizing the perceived value of a company through effective brand development and corporate communications. Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to new ventures. Recently the organization has focused on e-commerce. Prior to consulting, Mr. Hanson served in a variety of key executive roles in consumer product and technology companies including Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Neutrogena Corporation (a leading skin care brand that was ultimately acquired by J&J) and Vice President of Corporate Communications at Microsoft. In several books documenting the history of Microsoft, he is credited with developing and executing the company's original branding strategy (the foundation for Microsoft's current brand dominance) and the naming and launch of such products as Microsoft Windows.

Currently, Mr. Hanson sits on the board of directors and on the advisory board of several emerging companies, including Webforia and OnVia. He is also on the advisory board and consults to several Internet incubation companies including Internet Capital Group (focus on b2b), PTEK Ventures (focus on Southeastern United States), & IncubASIA (focus on Asia with particular emphasis on China).

Mr. Hanson has a BBA from Loyola University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Louis J. Rupnik has a diversified operating career with imaging and service businesses as both an entrepreneur and a Fortune 100 executive. Until February, 2004, he was Vice President of Strategy and New Business Development for the Commercial Imaging Group of the Eastman Kodak Company. In this role, he was responsible for strategy development for all digital printing, scanning, services, and satellite imaging business units within the Group. .

As a Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer at Xerox, he led the $400 million acquisition of XL Connect, a national systems integration firm, to help Xerox transition from a product company to a document solutions provider. Prior to Xerox, he was President and COO of SHL Systemhouse, a $1.4 billion provider of client-server systems integration and technology outsourcing services. He helped transform the little known Canadian public company into a global market leader and under his tenure, the company was merged with MCI in 1995 to form a technology-outsourcing powerhouse. Today, the company is owned by EDS.

Prior to SHL, Mr. Rupnik held senior operating positions at Moore Corporation, a $2.6 billion Canadian company (today, owned by R.R. Donnelley). As Group President, he led the transformation of the paper forms company into businesses involved in direct mail/marketing, business process outsourcing of statements for banks and brokerage firms, and on-line/print services for national real estate MLS firms. Under his tenure the businesses grew to $500 million per year in revenues and were the most profitable in the Corporation.

As President of Moore's real estate database services division, he transformed a printing business into the largest systems integration and outsourcing business in the North American real estate market with over 300 servers installed in metropolitan cities accessed by more than 250,000 PCs. He began his career at Moore when they acquired his real estate database and print company which was earning an industry record 35% EBT.

Early in his career, Mr. Rupnik was a co-founder of the New York City office of Korn/Ferry International following a brief career at Exxon Chemical Company.

Mr. Rupnik holds a Masters of Science Degree in Industrial Administration ("Techno MBA") from the Krannert School at Purdue and a BS Degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is on the Board of Advisors at IQ Venture Partners and on the Board of Directors at Impact Medical Solutions, Inc.

Devaraj Southworth joined the Company's Board of Advisors in July 2001. Currently a Media Sales Executive for Curtco Media, Mr. Southworth has spent most of his career in sales, management, and venture capital consulting spending several years in the Asia Pacific, including China, India and Japan. Mr. Southworth has held several executive positions with Accenture and Deloitte & Touche and has consulted to companies such as: AXA Financial, Avaya Communications, Bank Boston, Bristol Myers Squibb, GE Capital, Morgan Stanley, Pepsi, Philip Morris as well as several dozen small to mid size companies.

Mr. Southworth's responsibilities have included: advising fortune 500 executives to raise equity and debt financing, build strategic and financial plans, and manage large-scale mergers and acquisitions. In addition Mr. Southworth has been responsible for assembling high performance management teams, streamlining workflow processes, and increasing operational efficiencies.

Mr. Southworth is also a founding partner of IDC Ventures LLC, a privately held, technology investment group specializing in developing and financing voice and data networks in Latin America. In its first year of operation IDC successfully raised over $1 million USD in operational capital for several early stage telecom operating companies.

Mr. Southworth holds dual degrees in Organizational Psychology and Communications from Ohio Wesleyan University and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Entrepreneurship, Business Management and Japanese at Kansai International University in Osaka, Japan. Mr. Southworth currently sits on the boards of several organizations including CDS Consulting, StarNYC, The Sabina Group, and the YMCA of Greater NY. He is also a member of The International Who's Who Association, and The Institute of Management Consultants.

Janet F. Levitt joined the Company's Board of Advisors in August 2001. Prior to joining iQVP, Ms. Levitt co-authored Public Venture Capital: Sources of Government Funding for Technology Entrepreneurs, 1st & 2nd Editions. From 1989 to 2000, Ms. Levitt was the Foundation Manager for the Anne & Harry J. Reicher Foundation, a private charitable foundation in New York City with major grants to the medical and social services sectors. From 1978 to 1988, Ms. Levitt worked as an independent financial consultant and Venture Capitalist in numerous industries, including medical and telecommunications. From 1973 to 1976, Ms. Levitt was a Second Vice President and Portfolio Manager at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Prior to Chase, Ms. Levitt was with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company where she worked as an Assistant Trust Officer and Securities Analyst specializing in oils, metals and chemicals and was involved in strategic and market planning for the Trust Division.

Ms. Levitt maintains affiliations with The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), Barnard Business and Professional Women, Inc., Financial Women's Association, Barnard Alumnae and the Harvard Club of New York City.

Ms. Levitt holds an AB in Chemistry from Barnard College, an MAT in Chemistry from Harvard University, and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.

Paul Foster joined iQVP in April 2001. Previously, Mr. Foster was with GE Capital for three years where he served as COO for a GE Capital subsidiary, Realworkspace, LLC, and as Marketing Director, Capital Markets for GE Capital Real Estate. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Foster spent four years in Booz, Allen & Hamilton's Financial and Health Services Strategy practice. He began his career in the Corporate Banking division of Westpac Banking Corporation in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Foster holds a BA and MBA from Columbia University.

David Becker joined IQ's Advisory Board in August 2003. Most recently Becker founded Backslap Entertainment, an online syndication company backed by Fremantle Television and Bertelsmann. Prior to starting Backslap, Becker was President and COO of Uproar.com, a highly successful online games site that was ultimately purchased by Vivendi.

Becker, who joined Uproar in 1997, transformed a single-product company into the #1 entertainment destination site on the Internet. During his time at the online game show pioneer, Becker raised the company's revenues from $10,000 in 1997 to $10,300,000 in 1999 and participated in initial public offerings and acquisitions.

In addition to his company-building skills, Becker has significant experience making and engineered business development deals including Uproar's partnership with Fremantle Television, the world's largest owner of game show formats. This deal gave Uproar the online rights to Pearson intellectual properties including Family Feud, as well as television promotion.

Prior to his time at Uproar, David was Brand Development Director for Time Magazine where he was responsible for print and online brand management. His two-year deal with CompuServe netted Time $7.0 million -- the single largest online content deal ever. Becker's experience also includes work for Time Inc.'s Integrated Sales and Marketing group, The National Sports Daily Newspaper, and Newsweek Magazine.

Currently Becker runs Becker & Associates consults with early-stage companies and companies in turnaround on operational and marketing development issues. Becker has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and BA from Vassar College. Becker lives with his wife and daughter in Brooklyn Heights.

Mark Hirschey joined IQ's Advisory Board in August 2003. Mr. Hirschey has spent the last four years helping to build technology companies from startup phase. Mark has held various business development and marketing roles for SupplierMarket.com, a direct material sourcing company purchased by Ariba (ARBA) for $900M, Tilion, a supply chain software company purchased by Viewlocity (VLCY), and ConnecTerra, a developer of software for device-computing. Prior to working with early stage companies, Mr. Hirschey spent over four years as a senior strategy consultant for Mercer Management Consulting, consulting to fortune 500 companies such as Sara Lee, Philips, UPS, AT&T, and AirTouch Cellular. He was also a project manager for a paperboard-packaging manufacturer, Climax Manufacturing, where he developed, implemented, and patented the manufacturing process for inserting tissue paper into gift boxes (currently used at the Gap). He currently sits on the Climax board.

Mr. Hirschey holds both Engineering and Arts degrees from Dartmouth and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Mark Berggren joined the IQVP Advisory Board in April 2004. Mark currently is the Managing Director of Methanol Market Services Asia, a consulting venture he established in Singapore. Mark has worked with a broad array of Asian clients, providing project support throughout the region over a vast number of petrochemicals. Projects worked on include strategic plan development, technical and market support for project finance, M&A support, and customized skill program development.

Mark began his career in 1985 with Shell Development Company in Houston, TX as an Associate Engineer. In 1990, Mark became Market Development Manager for Shell Chemical Company, where he developed new uses for specialty polymers and developed new businesses for Shell Chemical. In 1996 Mark joined an international petrochemical consultancy. Mark was the Managing Director of this company's Asian operations after establishing its office in Singapore in 1998.

Mark received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1985 and attended the Advanced Industrial Marketing Strategies program from Wharton's MBA Short Course in 1991.

 

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