Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Osteoporosis Center |
Founder |
Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors, Colorado |
Managing Partner and Founder of Heidrick & Struggles' Colorado Office |
Current |
| Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association |
Office Managing Partner |
Current |
| Heartbright Foundation |
Director, Carolina Healthspan Institute |
Current |
| Child Health/Pediatric Psychology |
|
Current |
| Colorado Microdisplay Inc |
|
Current |
| Carolina Healthspan Institute |
|
Current |
| Heartbright Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Colorado Venture Capital Association |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Colorado Venture Capital Association |
Member |
Current |
| Jim Wilson & Associates, Inc. |
CFO |
Former |
| Medical University of South Carolina |
Associate Dean of Research |
Former |
| National Association of Corporate Directors, Colorado |
Co-Membership Chair |
Former |
| Georgia State University |
Ph.D. |
Former |
| Emory University |
Masters In Business Administration Degree |
Former |
| Washington and Lee University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Management & Accounting |
Former |
| Emory University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Medical University of South Carolina |
Degree |
Former |
Tim is the Chief Integration Officer of MillerCoors. Prior to this position he served in the capacity of Global CFO since the 2005 merger of Molson Inc. and the Adolph Coors Company. Prior to 2005,he served as chief financial officer for the Adolph Coors Company and Coors Brewing Company, where he had served for a decade. Prior to joining Coors, Tim spent 16 years in various senior planning, strategy and control positions at PepsiCo; The Walt Disney Company's global operations in Burbank, California and Paris, France; and with Hyatt Hotels Inc. Tim serves on Xcel Energy's board as a member of the Audit and Finance Committees.
Bill Heck is the managing principal of the Harlon Group, a performance and compensation consultancy headquartered in Denver, and the managing principal of the Board of Directors Development Group, an advisory to board leadership. Bill has experience as a human capital management expert in compensation and performance management from the vice president role with two major national health care providers and with the Hay Group, and international compensation consulting firm, BKD, LLP, a major regional public accounting firm and Arthur Andersen, LLP. Bill serves as an independent director of a privately held R&D and manufacturing firm as well as an independent director of a privately held investment management firm. He serves on the board of directors of the Colorado Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth as well as a founding board member of the Rocky Mountain Human Resource Planning Society.
Fran's practice includes corporate, securities and transactional matters, including public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, corporate governance and securities law disclosure and compliance. He has represented publicly and privately held companies in a broad range of industries, including biotechnology, engineering, manufacturing, multichannel television, retail, software and telecommunications, in securities and transactional matters. Prior to joining Cooley in 2001, he was a partner with Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, where he chaired that firm's Commercial Law and Securities Practice Group. Fran also practiced with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City. He is currently named in The Best Lawyers in America in Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law, in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers in Corporate/M&A, in Who's Who Legal USA in Corporate Governance and as a Colorado Super Lawyer 2008 in Securities and Corporate Finance. Fran received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.S., magna cum laude, from Weber State University in Chemistry. He is admitted to practice in the States of Colorado and New York.
Leeds School of Business Graduate Professor of the Year, Sanjai Bhagat teaches Advanced Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and Entrepreneurial Finance courses at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked previously at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Princeton University, and University of Chicago.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Appian Ventures, Inc. |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Roving Planet, Inc. |
Roving Planet Chairman and Managing Director At Appian Ventures |
Current |
| Evolutionary Technologies International, Inc. |
|
Current |
| Univa Corporation |
|
Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors, Colorado |
Sponsor Chair |
Current |
| Colorado Venture Capital Association |
Chairman |
Current |
| Collective Intellect, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors |
Board Member |
Current |
| National Association of Corporate Directors, Colorado |
Board Member |
Current |
| Appian Ventures, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Oxlo Systems, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lefthand Networks, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Colorado Venture Capital Association |
President |
Former |
| Centennial Ventures |
general partner |
Former |
| Appian Ventures, Inc. |
Founding member |
Former |
| Bell Canada |
|
Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation |
|
Former |
| Centennial, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Ntt, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Vanguard Ventures |
|
Former |
| Exabyte Corporation |
|
Former |
| Appian Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Raindance Communications, Inc. |
Board Member, Investor |
Former |
| HighGround Systems, Inc. |
Board Member, Investor |
Former |
| University of Michigan Business School |
MBA |
Former |
| Northwestern University |
B.S. in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Colorado Venture Capital Association |
Member |
Former |
Peter is a Principal and Senior Executive Compensation Consultant in the New York City Office of Hewitt Associates, LLC. He consults to the boards and compensation committees of several public companies as well as large private equity and family owned firms on the subjects of executive compensation, board governance, and board appraisal and evaluation. Prior to his move to New York in August 2008, Peter was a shareholder and co-founder of Denver Management Advisors, a Denver based executive compensation and health plan consulting firm. He continues to advise many public and private Colorado based companies as a member of Hewitt. Prior to joining Hewitt Associates, he led executive compensation practices at Aon and Ernst & Young, as well as a number of boutique firms. While at Ernst & Young, he served a global partner in charge of the firm's actuarial, benefits and compensation business and he served on the firm's U.S. Operating Committee. He has also worked as a senior associate at Carter Ledyard and Milburn, a Wall Street law firm. He is a graduate of Brown University, the University of Connecticut School of Law, and the New York University School of Law. Peter is a member of the Colorado and Connecticut bars.