Leverage Your Success through Alliances & Partnering

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Ron Corriveau,
VP of Business and Alliance Development, Legato Systems (www.legato.com)

Ron Corriveau is a seasoned industry veteran with over 20 years experience in the software and communications industries. Prior to joining Legato, Ron was President of My Documents.com, a document and content management software company, as a Vice President in Services Marketing at Computer Associates, the industry's second largest software company, and as a founder and President of Capacity Software Corporation, a desktop management software vendor. In his current position at Legato Systems, Ron develops strategic alliances and new business opportunities. At Legato he developed an OEM sales agreement with a leading service provider in electronic records management that allows companies to archive email and business documents in a digital repository using Legato's industry leading EmailXtender software. At Computer Associates he was responsible for defining Enterprise Management services and marketing programs including the CA eServices web site, generating thousands of sales leads in its first quarter of operations. At CapaCity Software, he founded and operated a sales, marketing and support organization for CapaCity Software A/S in North America, successfully negotiating OEM deals with STAC Electronics and Computer Associates. Currently Ron serves as President of the Boston/Greater New England Chapter of the Association of Strategic Alliances Professionals (ASAP). He holds a degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

George Ferry,
Formerly of Hewlett Packard (Compaq/Digital) � ([email protected])

George has over 25 years of high technology experience. His experience has been with very large and well known computer companies. George's expertise has primarily been associated with the development of new business by partnering with software developers. He has worked closely with both small and large companies to negotiate and implement alliance agreements. George's expertise has been primarily in the telecommunications and financial services markets. He has been responsible for providing technical support to software partners and leading virtual teams of software engineers with goal of making their applications available on HP platforms. Members of those teams have been from all over the world, from several companies, many cultures, and in very different time zones. Despite those challenges, he has been able to successfully lead projects and complete them on time and on budget. Mr. Ferry has an MBA from Babson College and a BA from Boston University.

Robert S. Friedman,
CEO, Open Security Solutions, LLC ([email protected])

Rob Friedman is a co-founder and CEO of Open Security Solutions, a company formed to commercialize patented and patent pending information security technology. Mr. Friedman has served other technology infrastructure and e-commerce clients as a strategic business consultant since 1996, including Actio Corporation, a leading provider of web-based chemical management solutions, where he serves on the Board of Directors, and SoftWatch Ltd., a developer of software to create targeted healthcare Web sites to support global pharmaceutical brand marketing. At SoftWatch he served initially as a member, and then Chairman, of the Board of Directors, as well as its Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration. He is a software industry executive with senior operating management experience as co-founder and CEO of Bitstream (BITS) from 1981-1991, President & COO of Electronics for Imaging (EFII) in 1991 & 1992, and Chairman of Ares Software from 1993 until it was sold to Adobe Systems (ADBE) in 1996. Mr. Friedman�s expertise includes negotiating strategic relationships in the technology industry. He has raised over $60 million in venture capital. Mr. Friedman holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant, having practiced with Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse.

Martin Levetin, Ph.D.,
President, Red Hill Technologies and Venture Partner, Blueprint Ventures ([email protected])

Martin Levetin is President of Red Hill Technologies, Inc. (a management advisory company focused on assisting early stage companies with strategic planning and capital formation) and is a Venture Partner, Blueprint Ventures. Mr. Levetin is an entrepreneur, business executive and strategic advisor with over 30 years of high tech experience. He is a pioneer in the wireless data, packet voice, and broadband access industries and has extensive experience in planning and executing strategic alliances, M&A transactions, and equity financings. Mr. Levetin has been CEO of Sharegate, a residential gateway company and Socket Communications, a PC-Card company. He was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of CopperCom, where he pioneered a new class of integrated voice-data DSL products and established strategic partnerships with Alcatel and Lucent. As an SVP at RAM Mobile Data (Cingular) Mr. Levetin established RAM as the leader in the wireless data industry by spearheading the development and introduction of the first wireless messaging product and service (the precursor to Blackberry). He established joint development and marketing partnerships with Intel, Microsoft, Lotus, Ericsson, and RIM. Earlier, Mr. Levetin held technical and marketing positions at Bell Labs and Lucent, with 10 years in international business. He holds BS and PHD degrees in EE from Northeastern and an MS in Management from Pace University.

Robert Weber,
Managing Director, The Pescadero Group LLC ([email protected])

Robert Weber is a Business Architect working with start-ups and established companies to realize value from intellectual property, business models, products, and services. He is a serial entrepreneur, an inventor and an author who has served as a senior executive in technology-based companies and as a management consultant. He served as Chairman of Array BioScience Corp, a start-up focused on rapid direct assays for the life sciences, and is a co-founder, former interim CEO, and now Chairman of Bricken Technologies Corp., a start-up focused on high-performance FPGAs and software for semiconductor design. Previously Mr. Weber was SVP, Business and Technology Strategy, at InterTrust Technologies, where he made substantial contributions to InterTrust�s intellectual property portfolio. Prior to InterTrust, Mr. Weber was a management consultant with NCRI, prior to its acquisition by NerveWire, where he formed and led the information commerce strategy practice.