Pervasip Corp (PVSP)

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These guys bought the debt. Notice all of their companies get bought out. hmmm..


John Fanning, Chairman and CTO Netcapital

John, Founding Chairman and CEO of Napster, has been a pioneer in Internet Technologies for over 15 years. In addition to his work with Napster on the distributed aggregation of content, he has introduced such net-related innovations as client-server game play, audio chat, and auto-upgrading/authentication. Since 1994, he has founded numerous successful Internet ventures, including Napster, NetGames, Netwire, and NetCapital. John attended Boston College, and has a background in Finance from his work at Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA.

John Zahner, Senior Vice President, Business Development

John Zahner is a successful start-up entrepreneur with a broad range of experience in information services, online media and software services. In 1999, he joined start-up eLogic, a content management and software developer for publishers, as VP business development and strategy. He increased sales by adding such clients as NewsEdge, Dow Jones, Excite@Home, Red Herring, Business.com, The New York Times, Clear Channel and Artist Direct. John opened discussions with Cahners publishing in May 2000 that resulted in the sale of eLogic to Cahners' parent Reed-Elsevier for $79 million cash in June of 2000.

Prior to eLogic, John co-founded Individual, Inc. in 1989. Individual exploited new advances in text-retrieval technology to build personalized news services sold as an enterprise solution to Global 500 companies, followed by a single-user service, HeadsUp, and online media site, NewsPage. As VP Marketing, VP Sales, and VP Business Development over a period of 8 years, John took the company from start-up to a successful IPO in March of 1996. Individual merged with rival Desktop Data in 1998 to form NewsEdge, now part of Thomson Corporation. Prior to Individual, John owned a special-interest magazine publishing firm he sold to Rodale Press and before that was a publisher for Ziff-Davis in New York.

Yosi Amram, Confidant, Coach, and Counselor for CEOs

Coached several dozen CEOs in a role that evolved from being an outside board member. As confidant and coach, provide a confidential sounding board for supporting CEOs facing a lonely role. Provide input and coaching on practical matters, as well as sensitive matters, related to building and managing a company, a team, investors, and a board. Support the development of greater inspirational leadership in CEOs. Work on enhancing leadership power by tapping and developing ones purpose, passion, authentic presence, and by creating and mobilizing deeper meaning through work. Also work on managing stress and enhancing well being given the inherent challenges of the job. Offer 360-degree feedback based on interviews with executive staff, and board members.
2006-Present
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford, CA
Co-lead and facilitate process training groups (t-groups) designed to help participants develop greater emotional intelligence, interpersonal effectiveness, and authentic leadership among MBA students.
2003-Present
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Palo Alto, CA
Received Master of Arts in Psychology. Currently candidate for a PhD in Clinical and Transpersonal Psychology. Clinical training experience working with diverse populations including people bereaving the loss of a loved one, depression and bi-polar mood disorders, substance abuse, anxiety and stress. Clinical interests in interpersonal mindfulness, and in the healing value of awareness in the here-and-now. Research interests in the development and contribution of emotional and spiritual intelligences to inspirational leadership. For some of my academic papers, see www.yosiamram.net/papers/.
1997-2002
Valicert Inc.
Mt. View, CA
CEO. Joined 2-person technical team as founding CEO. Developed business plan, raised funding, and built the management team and organization to over 250 people spanning multiple countries and locations. Grew annual revenues: 1998: $0.1M; 1999: $1.6M; 2000: $11.8M; 2001: $24.2M and executed successful IPO. Instituted an employee development process that utilized 360-degree feedback for all employee. Successfully integrated the culture of several acquired companies. Implemented corporate restructurings to cut costs as the tech economy softened. Cultivated and developed successor.
1997
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture Funds
Redwood City, CA
Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Developed and analyzed new business opportunities, ultimately leading to several successful investments including Valicert and C2B Tech investments.
1989-1996
Individual Inc.
Burlingame, MA
Founder/Chairman/CEO. Conceived new business concept and founded this pioneer of personalized newspapers and interactive media. Built management team and cultivated unique culture that emphasized self-actualization and personal growth through the development of clear mission and values statement that resulted in high employee commitment and low turnover. Raised funding from premiere VCs and corporate partners, including Kleiner Perkins, Knight-Ridder, and Microsoft. Developed partnerships with AOL, Lotus/IBM, and Microsoft. Successfully completed IPO. Grew annual revenues: from $800 thousand in 1991 to $24 million in 1996.
1988
Aegis Venture Funds
Lexington, MA
Associate. Evaluated various business plans and ideas for this early stage venture capital partnership, ultimately leading to the formation of Individual.
1984-1987
Rational Software
Santa Clara, CA
Manager, Product Marketing. Recruited and led the product management team through various product cycles as revenues grew from zero to over $20M annually for this dominant provider of software development tools.
1982-1984
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
MBA. Received first and second year honors. Graduated in the top 10% of the class.
1978-1982
M.I.T.
Cambridge, MA
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Authored thesis. GPA: 5.0/5.0.
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Authored thesis. GPA: 5.0/5.0.
1975-1978
Israeli Air Force
ISRAEL
Entered as Private and received 5 promotions. With the fastest promotion record in the history of my regiment, ended tour-of-duty as Sergeant Major. Received awards for commanding and leadership abilities, including: Best Cadet in training program for sergeants and Best Soldier in Regiment.

Joe Abrams, Founder Myspace

Mr. Abrams has deep experience in helping early-stage, publicly held technology companies reach the next phase of growth. In 1999, he co-founded Intermix, the parent company of social networking leader MySpace. In 2005, MySpace was sold to News Corp. for $580 million.
In addition, Abrams was a founder of The Software Toolworks, a software company that released several hit titles in the 1980's, which ultimately led to the company's sale in 1994 to Pearson, Plc., for $462 million.

http://meetinnovators.com/2008/05/08/joe-abrams-from-the-software-toolworks/

Peter N. Schmidt, Director Cronus Partners

Pete Schmidt has a broad knowledge of software and other technology with a particular expertise in healthcare information technology. He has provided technology leadership and strategic management to a range of healthcare and technology businesses in the areas of capital raising, healthcare transformation, and internet technology. Prior to joining Cronus, Dr. Schmidt was the President of Doctor Global, Ltd. and a consultant to clients in high-tech private equity advising on product strategy and the marketplace. A patent holder for a total knee replacement, he has a Ph.D. in computer simulation for orthopedics and has published research on statistical modeling and the economics of technology-enabled healthcare delivery.
Cornell University, Ph.D.
Harvard University, B.S.