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The world's largest companies including Merrill Lynch, Verizon, and Pfizer use SOA Software to quickly and confidently realize the value of SOA. SOA Software's platform-independent Integrated SOA Governance and Mainframe SOA products process over 500 million mission critical transactions per month, ensuring the relevance, security, reliability, and performance of services and applications.

President & CEO
Paul Gigg
Number of Employees 30
Contact Information

# 18 12100 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, California 90025-7120

soa.com

(310) 260-2717

NAICS Code Portfolio Management: 523920

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Paul Gigg President & CEO
Alistair Farquharson Chief Technology Officer
Dena Kendros Chief Administrative Officer
Janine Bushman Cfo
Rasta Mansour CTO
Brad Taylor Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing
David Knight Executive Vice President, Marketing
Frank Martinez Executive Vice President, Product Strategy
Ivan Nikkhoo Executive Vice President, Prof Services
Roberto Medrano Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Alex Lazar Senior Vice President Sales
Brent Carlson Senior Vice President, Technology
Jeff Drake Senior Vice President Corporate Development
Carol Carrubba Vice President
Daryl Plummer Group Vice President and Research General Manager
Ian Goldsmith Vice President of Product Management
Jim Crew Vice President
Kenny Chien Vice President, Engineering
Michael Gibson Vice President, Services
Randy Heffner Vice President
Jeffrey H Anderson Managing Director of Mellon Ventures In Los Angeles
Eric Pulier Founder
David Pawloski Product Director
Colin Bryant Investor
E Kenneth Pentimonti Investor

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Anders Richardson Board of Directors
G. Bradford Jones Board of Directors
Greg Martin Board of Directors
Michael Steed Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
SOA Software President & CEO Current
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
International Business Machines Corporation Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Chief Technology Officer Current
SOA Software Vice President, Technology Former
US Interactive Inc. Former

With more than a decade of experience, Ms. Kendros is responsible for finance and administration, including internal control procedures, forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis and presentation of financial statements. In addition, she oversees administration and manages corporate facilities. Prior to Digital Evolution, she was Vice President of Human Resources at US Interactive where she was responsible for more than 600 employees in nine offices across the United States. Prior to US Interactive, Ms. Kendros was responsible for finance at its predecessor company, and held the position of assistant controller at Imagic, Inc. in Hollywood, California.

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Chief Administrative Officer Current
Interactive Video Technologies, Inc. Vice President Finance & Administration Current
US Interactive Inc. Vice President of Human Resources Former
Imagic Assistant Controller Former

Organization Position Status
Sendia Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Soa Inc Cfo Current
SOA Software Cfo Current
ISOCOR Cfo Former
Sendia Corporation Co-Founder Former
ISOCOR Board of Directors Former
Sendia Corporation Board of Directors Former
Loyola Marymount University Mba Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software CTO Current

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SOA Software Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing Current
Airtight Networks, Inc. Current
University of Illinois Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Executive Vice President, Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Executive Vice President, Product Strategy Current

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Executive Vice President, Prof Services Current
Hostedsupport, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Vertex Systems President Former
SOA Software General Manager Former
Tld Systems Director of European Operations Former
LA Computer Center Former
Southern California University Former
Vertex, Inc. Former
McGill University Bachelor's of Science In Engineering Former

Recognized Executive in the field of Internet security, Mr. Medrano helped to create the firewall, content security, and security policy segments of the security market. Active member on President Bush's National Security Advisory Committee, National Cyber Security Summit, The White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace., and participated in President Clinton's White House Security Summit. Mr. Medrano has extensive experience with start-ups and large companies. Mr. Medrano was CEO of PoliVec, leader in security policy. Prior to PoliVec, Inc. Mr. Medrano was one of the top 100 Sr. Executives at Hewlett Packard . At Hewlett-Packard (HP) he was General Manager of the E-Services and Internet Security Divisions. As Division general manager for Hewlett-Packard, Medrano served a vital role as head of HP's key strategic emerging businesses. Some of these efforts included Internet security, middleware, management, web services, CRM, and E-commerce. Under his leadership, Medrano grew several teams from zero to more than $30 Million in a very short time with a combined total of $200 Million. Prior to joining HP, Medrano was president of Finjan, a leading security software firm. He also served as vice president of Milkyway Networks (IPO 1996), a firewall pioneer, and has held executive positions at Avnet Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. Medrano has been selected as one of "The 100 most influential Hispanics in 2001" and is co-founder and CEO for Hispanic-Net, www.hispanic-net.org, a non-profit organization. Mr. Medrano has started at the beginning of 3 industries: Electronic Design Automation, Open Systems and Computer Security. Mr. Medrano is a member of Technet. He is currently on the board of directors for Hispanic-Net (www.hispanic-net.org), Golden Gate and National Hispanic Universities, National Financiera NAFIN and has served on the boards of www.arcot.com , www.bigfix.com , www.netscaler.com , www.pivx.com , www.encentuate.com , www.Clearpathnet.com , www.panaceasoftware.com , www.commendo.com and www.sandhillsecurity.com. Medrano holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles, a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California.

Organization Position Status
Hispanic-Net CEO Current
SOA Software Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Current
Hispanic-Net Co-Founder Current
Encentuate, Inc. Current
Hispanic-Net Advisory Board Chairman Current
Technet Inc. Board of Directors Current
Shooter's Touch Board of Directors Current
Technet Inc. Member Current
Polivec, Inc. CEO Former
University of California, Los Angeles MBA Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Senior Vice President Sales Current

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Senior Vice President, Technology Current
DEV2DEV Vice President of Technology, Co-Founder, Logiclibrary Current
Compoze Software Vice President of Technology, Co-Founder, Logiclibrary Current
DEV2DEV Board of Directors Current
Compoze Software Board of Directors Current
Logiclibrary, Inc. Cto Former
International Business Machines Corporation Former
Logiclibrary, Inc. Founder Former
Iowa State University Bachelor's Degree In Computer Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Senior Vice President Corporate Development Current
SOA Software Executive Current

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Vice President Current

Daryl Plummer is group vice president and research general manager for software infrastructure in Gartner Research. Mr. Plummer has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Plummer was division director and technology coordinator for the State of Florida's Department of Management Services. Mr. Plummer was also data center director of the Technology Resource Center, one of the largest data centers in Florida. Mr. Plummer holds a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering technology and a master's degree in computer science from Florida State University. He also holds a master's degree in math-computer education.

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Group Vice President and Research General Manager Current
Florida State University Master's Degree In Computer Science Former

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SOA Software Vice President of Product Management Current

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SOA Software Vice President Current

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SOA Software Vice President, Engineering Current

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SOA Software Vice President, Services Current

Randy Heffner is a vice president in Forrester's Application Development & Infrastructure research group, covering software technical architectures for building enterprise applications. Topics he analyzes include application architecture, service orientation, application-level security, enterprise application security integration (EASI), high-end application design, and enterprise application platform strategy based on Java and Microsoft platforms. His primary research goal is to assist clients in building applications that are secure and resilient in the face of continuous business and technology change. Randy has spent 21 years leading the development of technical architectures for building enterprise applications. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. For 10 years prior to joining Giga, Randy was a chief architect at Sprint, where he led the analysis and introduction of application servers, component architectures, object-oriented development, application security architectures, CORBA, distributed transaction management, and other new technologies. His IT experience also includes technology leadership, management, and application development with a Big Five consultancy and in the retail and litigation support industries. Randy earned a bachelor's of business administration degree from Baylor University. He graduated magna cum laude and received honors as the outstanding student in the information systems program.

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Vice President Current
Baylor University Bachelor's of Business Administration Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Mellon Ventures Inc. Managing Director Current
SOA Software Managing Director of Mellon Ventures In Los Angeles Current
Soa Inc Managing Director of Mellon Ventures In Los Angeles Current
Inovis, Inc. Team Member Current
Nomadix, Inc. Team Member Current
Ario Data Networks, Inc. Team Member Current
Cooking.com Team Member Current
Larta Institute Technology Investment Committee Current
Storactive, Inc. Current
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
Accessline Co Director Current
HireRight, Inc. Team Member Former
Ba Venture Partners Team Member Former
Mellon Ventures Inc. Team Member Former
SOA Software Team Member Former
The Charles Schwab Corporation Product Development Former
Mellon.Com Former
BankAmerica Corporation Former
Lexar Media, Inc. Investor Former
Netscaler Investor Former
Multex, Inc. Investor Former
Snap Appliance Investor Former
University of Chicago M.B.A. Former
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business M.B.A. Former
London Business School postgraduate education Former

Organization Position Status
Desktone Inc. Founder and Executive Chairman, Soa Software Current
SOA Software Founder Current
SOA Software Executive Chairman Current
US Doctors for Africa Board of Directors Current
SOA Software President and Vice President Former
National HealthCare Corporation Vice President Former
Harvard University Former

Organization Position Status
SOA Software Product Director Current

Organization Position Status
Polaris Wireless Co-Founder, Managing Director Palisades Ventures Current
Palisades Ventures Managing Director Current
Apacheta Corp Co-Founder and Managing Director of Palisades Ventures Current
Polaris Wireless Board of Directors Current
Palisades Ventures Founder Former
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
Language Weaver, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Avexus Inc. Board of Directors Current
V-Enable, Inc Board of Directors Current
Apacheta Corp Board of Directors Current
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Investment Banker Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A Former
Harvard College B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Brentwood Venture Capital General Partner Current
Redpoint Ventures Partner Current
Stamps.com Inc. Committee Chair for Audit Committee Current
Stamps.com Inc. Board of Directors Current
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
Harvard University M.A. In Physics Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business M.B.A. Former
Harvard University B.A. In Chemistry Former

Organization Position Status
Redpoint Ventures Partner Current
Red Point Partner Current
Redpoint Ventures Principal Current
Webvisible, Inc. Principal, Redpoint Ventures Current
The Board, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Los Angeles Venture Association Board of Directors Current
Webvisible, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Networks In Motion, Inc. Director Current
Telasic Board of Directors Current
Leadpoint, Inc. Board of Directors Current
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
Tech Coast Angels Board of Directors Current
Red Point Board Observer Current
Technology Group Investment Banker Former
Brentwood Venture Capital Associate Former
The Angel Investor Former
The Anderson School M.B.A. With High Honors Former
University of Calgary Bachelors of Commerce Degree Former
University of Calgary Information Systems and Accounting Former

Michael R. Steed is a Founder and Managing Partner of Paladin. He serves as Chairman of the Paladin Homeland Security Fund Investment Committee and will serve as Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Fund; he is also a member of the Paladin Capital Partners Fund Investment Committee. Mr. Steed provides management oversight of the firm's operations and investments, and is responsible for the strategic direction of Paladin's current and future activities. Prior to founding Paladin Capital, Mr. Steed served as the Senior Vice President of Investments at Ullico Inc. a financial services holding company located in Washington, DC where he was responsible for 78 direct investments, co-investments and fund investments from 1992 to 1999, including all investments in a private capital fund where Mr. Steed had primary management responsibility. To date, Mr. Steed has completed over 100 direct, co-investment and fund investments during his career. Michael Steed is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University (LMU) of Los Angeles and received his law degree from Loyola University School of Law. He presently serves as a member of LMU's Board of Trustees; is a member of the Board of Visitors for Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy; and is a founding board member of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI). Mr. Steed represents Paladin on the boards of directors of FPMI Solutions, SOA Software, Accubuilt, and Unlimited Fiber Optic Communications which has oversight of Paladin's investment in Cogent Communications.

Organization Position Status
Paladin Capital Group Executive Director Current
Paladin Capital Group Managing Director Current
SOA Software Board of Directors Current
Fpmi Solutions, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Accubuilt Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cogentcommunications.Com Board of Directors Current
Circadence Board of Directors Current
Loyola Marymount University Board of Directors Current
Visitors Board of Directors Current
Civitas Group LLC Board Member Current
Natural Decorations Inc. Member Current
Ullico, Inc. Vice President of Investments Former
Paladin Capital Group Founder & Managing Partner Former
Democratic Party National Director Former
Democratic Party Special Counsel Former
Paladin Capital Group Chairman Former
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Law Degree Former
Loyola University law degree Former
Loyola Marymount University Bachelor of Arts Degree Former
Loyola Marymount University Graduate Former
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Degree Former

Mr. Bryant is a Vice President of Paladin Capital Group. Prior to joining Paladin Capital in 2002, Mr. Bryant was an Associate and founding member of The Vigilant Investors Fund, a hedge fund in Santa Monica, California. While at Vigilant, Mr. Bryant was part of small team that built the fund from start-up, raising initial LP commitments from institutional and high-net worth investors. Mr. Bryant's responsibilities included originating and executing on new investment ideas, monitoring the fund's investments, as well as creating and maintaining the fund's proprietary in-house risk management system or 'black-box'. Prior to Vigilant, Mr. Bryant was a member of the management team of a Los Angeles based start-up. Mr. Bryant is also the co-founder of an international non-profit organization focused on creating literacy programs and building libraries in rural villages in West Africa. Mr. Bryant received his B.A. degree in Philosophy with Honors from Haverford College in Pennsylvania, where he focused on Logic and Analytical Philosophy. Mr. Bryant represents Paladin on the Board of Directors of Greater Ohio Ethanol and Renewable Energy Products, and is also actively involved with Paladin's investments in Accubuilt, Cogent Communications [NASDAQ: CCOI], Crossbow, HelioVolt, Iptivia, OQO, Royalty Pharma, SafeView, and SOA Software. Mr. Bryant is also a member of the Executive Committee of YAVA, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association's Young Atlantic Venture Association. Mr. Bryant is also actively involved in Paladin's investment activities in alternative energy, renewable fuels, and clean technologies.

Organization Position Status
Paladin Capital Group Vice President Current
SOA Software Investor Current
Clearcube Technology, Inc. Investor Current
Oqo Investor Current
Cogentcommunications.Com Investor Current
Paladin Capital Group Senior Associate Former
Haverford College B.A. Degree In Philosophy Former

Mr. Pentimonti is a Principal of Paladin focused on sourcing, negotiating and monitoring investment opportunities for the Paladin Homeland Security Fund and Paladin Capital Partners Fund. Prior to joining Paladin, Mr. Pentimonti spent six years as an investment banker with JPMorgan Chase (and the growth-focused investment bank, Hambrecht & Quist, which was acquired by JPMorgan Chase). While at JPMorgan, Mr. Pentimonti led the execution of over 20 equity offerings, 10 M&A transactions and various other public and private capital raising transactions. Mr. Pentimonti also identified and led four late stage private equity investments made by JPMorgan Partners. From 1991 to 1994, he was a senior consultant and auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. in San Francisco. Mr. Pentimonti received his B.A. degree in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University, and his M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA. Mr. Pentimonti represents Paladin on the board of directors of Orchestria Corporation and Greater Ohio Ethanol, and is actively involved in Paladin's investments in CloudShield, GlassHouse and Oryxe Energy. Mr. Pentimonti is also actively involved in Paladin's investment activities in alternative energy, renewable fuels, and clean technologies.

Organization Position Status
Paladin Capital Group Principal Current
Orchestria Corporation Board Director Current
Clearcube Technology, Inc. Investor Current
Glasshouse Technologies, Inc. Investor Current
SOA Software Investor Current
Arthur Andersen LLP Senior Consultant Former
University of California, Los Angeles MBA Former
The Anderson School M.B.A. Former
Stanford University B.A. Degree In Economics and Political Science Former

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