Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
CEO |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Lydian Academy, LLC |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Netscape Communications Corporation |
Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales & Services |
Former |
| Netscape Network |
Senior Vice President of World, wide Sales |
Former |
| Tandem Inc. |
Vice President of North American Sales |
Former |
| Princeton University |
BA |
Former |
Chief Technical Offcer & Vice President, Product Development, KnowNow, Inc. Ron Rasmussen serves as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Product Development for KnowNow, Inc. He brings over 20 years experience delivering distributed enterprise class infrastructure solutions. Prior to joining KnowNow, Mr. Rasmussen served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Digital Impact Inc., where he was responsible for the development of hosted enterprise applications used for direct marketing by the Fortune 500. He also led the successful development and delivery of the company's first end-user marketing automation application-IMPACT. Before that, Mr. Rasmussen served as Vice President of Product Development -Server Products Group at SCO. While there, he led product development for both new and existing server software, driving the development of the company's top revenue-generating OpenServer product line. Prior to SCO, Mr. Rasmussen spent 8 years as an engineer and architect at Hewlett-Packard, developing compilers and prototyping distributed software development environments. Mr. Rasmussen holds a B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California , Santa Cruz .
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Chief Technical Officer |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Vice President of Product Development |
Current |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
engineer |
Former |
| University of California Santa Cruz |
B.A. in Economics |
Former |
| University of California |
B.A. In Computer Science |
Former |
James Fiorda brings over 10 years of technology sales and marketing experience to KnowNow. As Vice President of Marketing, Mr. Fiorda is responsible for the marketing strategy and corporate positioning of KnowNow's Enterprise 2.0 solutions. Most recently, Mr. Fiorda led marketing strategy for Sigma Dynamics where he was responsible for the marketing strategy and corporate positioning of Sigma Dynamics' customer experience management (CEM) solutions. Prior to joining Sigma Dynamics, Mr. Fiorda led the product marketing strategy for the PeopleSoft CRM Marketing and Analytics suite. Prior to PeopleSoft, Mr. Fiorda led the product marketing strategy behind E.piphany's marketing solutions, notably Interaction Advisor and Campaign Management, which achieved market leadership status during his tenure. Mr. Fiorda holds a masters degree in business administration with a focus on international business, and a B.S. in marketing management from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
| Sigma Dynamics, Inc. |
Manager |
Former |
| PeopleSoft, Inc. |
Manager |
Former |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
B.S. In Marketing Management |
Former |
As Vice President of Technical Services, Sam Weber is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the company's Technical Sales, Professional Services, and Support operations. He brings extensive experience in enterprise software sales, pre-sales, support and professional services to KnowNow. Most recently, Mr. Weber served as Director of Technical Sales at E.piphany where he managed the global Technical Sales team in delivering pre- and post-sales support to strategic global accounts. Prior to direct sales management, Mr. Weber was Director of Channels Sales Consulting, responsible for all channel pre-sales activities at E.piphany. Mr. Weber has also held various technical management roles at Clarify and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Sam received his B.S. from the University of California at Davis.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Vice President of Product Management |
Current |
| PeopleSoft, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Eastern Michigan University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
founder |
Current |
| 4K Associates |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
|
Current |
| McKesson Corporation |
Chief Privacy Executive |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Devine Capital Partners, LLC |
Chief Information Officer |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Read-Rite Corporation |
Chief Information Officer |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Netscape Network |
Senior Vice President of World, wide Sales |
Former |
| Tandem Inc. |
Vice President of North American Sales |
Former |
| Princeton University |
BA |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Knownow, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Access Software |
Vice President of Sales and Business Development |
Former |
| The Kirchman Corporation |
Vice President of Sales |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Bachelor of Science Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Palomar Ventures |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Realops, Inc |
Managing Director, Palomar Ventures |
Current |
| American River Ventures |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Larta Institute |
Technology Investment Committee |
Current |
| Palomar Ventures |
Partner |
Former |
| Intersperse, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Cerebra, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| webMethods, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Composite Software, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Wiquest |
Director |
Current |
| Realops, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Dorado Corporation |
Board Member |
Current |
| Lombardi Software, Ltd |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alterpoint, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lombardi Software, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Enterprisepartners |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Palomar Ventures |
Founder |
Former |
| Enterprisepartners |
General Partner |
Former |
| Enterprise Partners Venture Capital |
General Partner |
Former |
| Computer Sciences Corporation |
Computer Scientist |
Former |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Strix Systems, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Micron Company, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Netscape Communications Corporation |
|
Former |
| Stonefly Networks, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Technicom Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| Borland Software Corporation |
Investor |
Former |
| ISOCOR |
Investor |
Former |
| Efficient Networks, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University |
Ph.D |
Former |
| Seton Hall University |
CPA |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
BA In Mathematics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Partner |
Current |
| Kodiak Networks, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Intersperse, Inc. |
Intersperse Board Member |
Current |
| Xensource, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| VeriSign, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Businessland |
Vice President |
Former |
| Businessland |
General Manager |
Former |
| SkyTel Corp. |
|
Former |
| NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Citrix Systems, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Global Village |
Investor |
Former |
| Audible, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| ONI Systems |
Investor |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Levensohn Venture Partners |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Publicprivatepartnerships.Org |
Managing Director, Levensohn Venture Partners |
Current |
| Levensohn Venture Partners |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Caymas |
Board Member |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Pactel Corporation |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Summit Accelerator Fund |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Network Solutions LLC |
Internet Banker |
Former |
| Netscape Communications Corporation |
Internet Banker |
Former |
| UUNET |
Internet Banker |
Former |
| Oracle Corporation |
Software Development and International Marketing |
Former |
| Summit Partners |
|
Former |
| Rapt, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| Stanford University School of Medicine |
PhD In Psychoacoustics |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Master's Degrees In Computer Music |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Bachelor's |
Former |
Mr. Stastny has been involved in achieving positive liquidity events on 16 portfolio companies including (1) BuyDirect acquired by Beyond.com [BYND], (2) CyberGold [CGLD] completed its initial public offering (IPO) then was acquired by United Airlines Mileage Plus, (3) Panopticon completed a merger with Kana/Broadbase Software [KANA], (4) Hotpaper has completed a merger with GoAmerica [GOAM], (5) Lara Networks has completed a merger with Cypress Semiconductor [CY], (6) Epicentric was acquired by Vignette [VIGN], (7) BlueStar Solutions acquired by Affiliated Computer Systems (ACS), (8) AppShop was acquired by US Internetworking Inc., USinternetworking was acquired by AT&T [T], (9) GlobalSight was acquired by Transware PLC, (10) Netbotz was acquired by APC [APCC] and (11) Market Wire was acquired by CCNMatthews Company.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Osprey Ventures L.P |
Managing Director |
Current |
| GKM Ventures |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Netbotz, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Wine.com, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Knownow, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Netformx, Ltd. |
Investor |
Current |
| Ellie Mae Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Market Wire, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. |
Managing Director |
Former |
| SoundView Technology Group, Inc. |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Robertson, Stephens & Company |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Netwise LLC |
co-founder |
Former |
| Osprey Ventures L.P |
founder |
Former |
| Osprey Ventures L.P |
Manager |
Former |
| ROLM Corporation |
operating manager |
Former |
| Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. |
senior investment banking position |
Former |
| Robertson, Stephens & Company |
senior investment banking position |
Former |
| American Hospital Supply Corporation |
operating executive |
Former |
| ROLM Corporation |
operating executive |
Former |
| Panopticon, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Lara Networks, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Cybergold, Inc. |
Investor |
Former |
| Global Sight Corporation |
Investor |
Former |