Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Cto and Founder of Terisa Systems |
Current |
| Kudorank |
Executive Director |
Current |
| Precedia Associates LLC |
Consultant |
Current |
| Enterprise Integration Technologies |
Chief Technical Officer |
Former |
| Commercenet Co |
Leader |
Former |
| Stanford University |
M.S. In Computer Science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
Rodin currently serves as Chairman and CEO of RDN Group, a management consulting firm. From 1999 through October 2002, Mr. Rodin served as Chairman and CEO of eConnections, a provider of extended supply chain intelligence solutions. From 1991 through 1999, Mr. Rodin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Marshall Industries. He remained in this position until the Company was acquired by Avnet, Inc. in 1999. Mr. Rodin then became President of Global Supply Chain Management and Electronic Commerce Solutions for Avnet, Inc., and served on the Advisory Board of the Company. Mr. Rodin also serves on the Board of Napster, Inc., where he serves as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Additionally, he serves as Vice Chair and Executive Director of CommerceNet. Mr. Rodin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Beachhead Solutions, Inc. |
Chairman and CEO, Rdn Group |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Executive Director |
Current |
| Kudorank |
Coach |
Current |
| SM&A Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Napster, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Kudorank |
Member of Commercenet's Board of Directors |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Collabrx, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Marshall Industries, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Commercenet Co |
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Econnections, Inc. |
Former |
| Marshall Industries, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Nedaa |
President |
Former |
| USC, LLC |
member |
Former |
| Commercenet Co |
Coach |
Former |
| Rosettanet |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| University of Connecticut |
Bachelor of Arts In Psychology |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Soa Executive Forum |
Research Director, Commercenet |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Director of Commercenet Labs |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| 4K Associates |
Founder |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Manager, Special Projects |
Current |
Prior to founding Perfect Commerce, Sandy Kemper spent more than 10 years at UMB Bank where he most recently served as Chairman and CEO, as well as President and CEO of UMB Financial Corporation, an $8 billion bank holding company. In addition to his responsibilities at Perfect Commerce, Kemper recently served as Chairman of the Open Network for Commerce Exchange (ONCE), which was formerly known as the Global Trading Web Association. Additionally, Kemper serves on the following corporate boards: Commerce Net, The Veterans Corporation, Pioneer Service Company, Kemper Realty Company, Stagecoach Incorporated, UMB Financial Corporation and UMB Bank of Kansas City. Kemper is active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors, serving on several boards including the International Informatics Society, and Students in Free Enterprise. Kemper is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Agriculture Future of America. Kemper is a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in American history.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
|
Current |
| The Stage Coach |
|
Current |
| UMB Financial Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Efficient Finance Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nic, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| UMB Financial Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| UMB Bank NA |
CEO |
Former |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| UMB Financial Corporation |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| UMB Bank NA |
Chairman of The Board |
Former |
| Perfect Commerce, Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Northwestern University |
B.A. Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Principal Investigator |
Current |
| Prediction Markets |
|
Current |
| Agorics, Inc. |
Chief Architect |
Former |
| Agorics, Inc. |
manager |
Former |
| Xerox PARC |
|
Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
|
Current |
| United States Army |
|
Former |
| U.S. Armed Forces |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Executive Assistant |
Current |
| Kudorank |
|
Current |
| Santa Clara University |
Bachelor of Arts In Communication |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Kudorank |
Webmaster |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Webmaster |
Current |
| Kevcom |
|
Current |
| Enterprise Integration Technologies |
Webmaster |
Former |
| Verifone |
|
Former |
| Webify |
|
Former |
Kragen Sitaker was a Member of Technical Staff through January 2006. He worked on a number of projects within CommerceNet Labs, including microformats, tagging, low cost P2P pager devices, grid economics, search performance statistics, and distributed posting list joins, hacked up a Delicious offline poster and performed a cursory feasibility study on Low-cost peer-to-peer pager devices.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Member of Technical Staff |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Fellow |
Current |
| Kudorank |
|
Current |
| Cybercash, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Z-Lab |
Associate |
Current |
| Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc. |
Principal |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Visiting Associate |
Current |
| Kudorank |
|
Current |
| Sandstorm Enterprises, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| American Petroleum Institute |
Technology Manager |
Former |
| Central Intelligence Agency |
Intelligence Analyst |
Former |
| American Petroleum Institute |
Intelligence Analyst |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Chairman and Founder |
Current |
| Chipin, Inc |
Chairman, Commercenet, Director, Webify Solutions, Inc. & Medstory, Inc. |
Current |
| Medstory |
|
Current |
| Patientslikeme Inc |
Director |
Current |
| Enterprise Integration Technologies |
CEO |
Former |
| Collabrx, Inc. |
Chairman and Chief Scientist |
Former |
| Commerce One, Inc. |
Chief Scientist |
Former |
| Enterprise Integration Technologies |
Founder |
Former |
| Commercenet Co |
Director, Webify Solutions |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Ph.D. |
Former |
| Stanford University |
B.S. |
Former |
Bill is President & CEO of Ironside Technologies Inc., a leading, Silicon Valley, venture backed supply chain software provider. He has spent 25 years in the Information Technology industry, previously General Manager of Bay Networks Canada Inc. He also served as Senior VP, Marketing & Services, for Crowntek, one of Canada's largest systems integrators, and was instrumental in the sale of Crowntek to GE. Prior to that, Mr. Lipsin served in sales and marketing management positions with IBM Canada Ltd. over 16 years. He is a an active member of CommerceNet, the premier global industry consortium for companies using, promoting and building ecommerce solutions on the Internet and the ITAC Board of Governors.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Discovery Capital Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Active Member |
Current |
Dr. Raj Reddy is a member of CommerceNet's Board of Directors. He is also University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. Dr. Raj Reddy is the Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Stanford in 1966. He has been a member of the Carnegie Mellon faculty since 1969. He served as the founding Director of the Robotics Institute from 1979 to 1991 and the Dean of School of Computer Science from 1991 to 1999.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Commercenet Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Kudorank |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Shikhar Ghosh recognized the Internet's business potential early in its commercial life, and understood that it would revolutionize how companies operate and people communicate. He founded Open Market, a leading Internet commerce and information publishing software firm, in 1994. In 1998, he founded iBelong and soon thereafter acquired technology from Redwood Investment Systems, a pioneer in analytical software for the financial services industry, and renamed the company Verilytics. Shikhar, who also served as CEO of Appex Corporation and as a partner with the Boston Consulting Group, regularly shares his views of the Internet's future with national and international audiences. He has appeared in hundreds of media outlets, from "The Wall Street Journal" and "Fast Company" to "Interactive Week" and CNET. "BusinessWeek" called him one of the country's "Best Entrepreneurs" in 1996 and "Forbes" named him one of the "Internet Entrepreneurs and Masters of the New Universe" in 1998. Shikhar is a board member of Open Market and CommerceNet, and serves as chairman of the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay, India.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Verilytics |
CEO & Chairman |
Current |
| Nantucket Conference |
|
Current |
| Skyhook Wireless Inc |
Chairman |
Current |
| Mass Software Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mass Technology Leadership Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| New England Business and Technology Association, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Board Member |
Current |
| Open Market |
Board Member |
Current |
| Open Market |
Founder |
Former |
| University of Bombay |
Undergraduate Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Nanostellar Inc. |
Founder |
Current |
| Computer Science Corporation |
Professor |
Current |
| Fireman's Fund Insurance Company |
|
Current |
| First Interstate Bancorp |
|
Current |
| Sentius Corporation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Nanostellar Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Pumpkin Networks |
Chairman, Borland Software Group |
Current |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business |
Chairman |
Current |
| USA 2017 |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Kudorank |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Zero Stage Capital Co |
Advisory Board Member |
Current |
| Commercenet Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| SRI International |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Sarnoff Corporation |
CEO |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Vice President |
Former |
| Mayfield Fund |
Partner |
Former |
| Purdue University |
Director Applied Mathematics Division |
Former |
| Stanford University |
last faculty member |
Former |
| Sarnoff Corporation |
Chairman |
Former |
| Borland Software Corporation |
Chairman |
Former |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
Director |
Former |
| Borland Software Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Purdue University |
Ph.D. In Physics |
Former |
| Purdue University |
M.S |
Former |
| Purdue University |
B.S. |
Former |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
The Applied Mathematics Division |
Former |