Newmerix Corp.

Ryan has well over a decade of experience developing, designing, selling and marketing enterprise software. Prior to Newmerix, Ryan was Director of Product Marketing for Ping Identity, where he was responsible for bringing new products to market, managing the marketing strategy for existing product lines as well as helping the senior management team grow the company into a major force in the Identity Management software market. Prior to Ping Identity, Ryan was a Group Manager with Adobe Systems, Inc. where he was responsible for leading the business strategy for Adobe's Document Control and Security Products. Ryan contributed significantly to Adobe's product strategy for the enterprise market as a key member of the Enterprise Software Business Unit's product marketing team. Prior to Adobe, Ryan was a part of the Product Strategy team at Commerce One and was Director of Product Strategy at Simplexis, a provider of eProcurement systems designed for the public sector vertical market. Ryan was a founder at Digitella Technologies, a start-up software company that provided Web-based digital asset management software. He also spent four years leading software development teams for Fortune 500 companies as a Senior Consultant and systems architect with Accenture. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Westminster College with an emphasis in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Business Administration.

Gerd is Managing Partner of the Communications Fund, based in San Jose, CA. He specializes in investments in carrier convergence, broadband access and applications, mobile network infrastructure and security solutions.