Homestead Technologies Inc.

David joined Homestead in 1997, leading the team which launched the first version of the company's award winning SiteBuilder software. David is responsible for the company's day to day operations, and has managed the development, finance, product, sales, support, and systems teams. His almost two decades of experience in the computer and Internet industries include positions at Synopsys and Scitor Corporation, where he led the team behind InfoWorld's 1996 Product of the Year. He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. degree in Economics from Stanford University.

Starting with customer retention programs and customer acquisition marketing, Alan is now responsible for direct sales and increasing the value of Homestead's customer base. His passion is small businesses and their use of technology; early in his career he spent ten years with Wells Fargo Bank's small business banking division, and was a key member of the team that launched Intuit's Online Payroll service. When not working on innovative ways to help small businesses, Alan can usually be found brewing beer in his home brewery. Alan has a B.A. degree in English from UC Davis.

Paul Matteucci is a General Partner with US Venture Partners. He has over twenty years of experience as a chief executive, entrepreneur, technology investor and marketing professional. Paul focuses on investment opportunities in enterprise storage, business optimization software, high-performance computing and the consumer Internet. Before USVP, Paul served as CEO of HearMe, where he took the company public in 1998. Prior to HearMe, Paul worked for Adaptec as Vice-President and General Manager of the SCSI host adapter division. He also held positions with Texas Instruments, Tandem Computers and McGraw-Hill. Paul has served as a Resident Entrepreneur for Institutional Venture Partners and has been an advisor to Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.

Although born in Indiana, Ijeoma was raised in New Orleans, La. With a B.S. in Information Systems and Decision Sciences and a minor in Internal Audit from Louisiana State University A&M, Ijeoma serves as a design consultant at Homestead Technologies. She has been involved in NSBE since the collegiate level. She enjoys web design, reading, traveling, playing basketball and being a frequent visitor of the movie theaters!

Jaleh previously served as Vice President of Marketing for Amazon.com (AMZN). At Amazon, she oversaw customer acquisition and retention, brand marketing, public relations, market intelligence and the customer experience group. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Jaleh has held senior level marketing roles at Accept.com, an Internet financial services firm that was acquired by Amazon.com, PointCast, Approach Software, and Lotus Development. Jaleh serves on the Board of Directors of Homestead and OpenTable Inc. and is acting as OpenTable's interim Vice President of Marketing. She holds an AB in Government from Harvard-Radcliffe and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Paul Madera was a founder of Meritech in 1999 and currently focuses on the storage, semiconductor and digital consumer sectors. He has been directly involved with Riverbed Technology, Corvis Corporation, 2Wire, PeopleSupport, Salesforce.com, and IntraLase, Inc. Prior to Meritech, Paul was Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Group at Montgomery Securities/Banc of America. He began his career in finance as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he served in the United States Air Force as an F-16 Instructor Pilot and a member of the Air Force Liaison Office and representative to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. Paul holds a B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Tim Haley is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, Tim was a general partner with IVP, a firm he began working with in 1987 and joined in 1998. Tim focuses on investments in enterprise software and software infrastructure. Tim currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Homestead Technologies, Inc., Movaris, M7, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) , and Reflect.com. He also led investments in ChemConnect, Inc., Onebox.com (acquired by OpenWave), Kendara (acquired by @Home) and Responsys, Inc. Prior to joining IVP full-time in 1998, Tim was the principal of Haley Associates, one of the premier executive recruiting firms in the high technology industry. Tim was instrumental in the formation of numerous successful companies, including Alteon Networks, Crescendo Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems), Epigram (acquired by Broadcom), Ipsilon Networks (acquired by Nokia), OnStream Networks (acquired by 3Com), Portera Systems, Primary Access (acquired by 3Com), Virage (IPO 2000), Whistle Communications (acquiredd by IBM), Whitetree (acquired by Ascend Communications) and Zip2 (acquired by Compaq Computer). Tim received his B.A. in Philosophy from Santa Clara University.