Lewis Miller
President & CEO
Kadient and The Sant Corporation
Lewis Miller (Lewie) is a 30-year veteran of the software industry. As President and CEO of Kadient and The Sant Corporation, he is responsible for the combined company’s overall development and growth. Prior to Kadient and Sant, Lewie was Chief Executive Officer of Synergistics, Inc. from 1996 to 2001 where revenues grew from $800,000 to $8 million. During that time, he developed segment-leading CRM and Knowledge Management software products. Prior to Synergistics, Lewie held the President/CEO position at The Future Now, Inc. where he grew revenues from $3 million to $800 million and actively participated in the company’s IPO. He has also held sales and sales management positions with IBM. Lewis’s educational background includes an M.B.A. in International Economics and a B.S. in Finance, both received from Bowling Green State University.
Brian Zanghi
Director
With more than 20 years of sales and executive leadership in the high technology industry, Brian successful led Kadient from 2004 to 2010. During his time as CEO, he orchestrated the transformation of Kadient from an RFP automation software company to the leading provider of on-demand sales enablement applications. Brian was a key architect in orchestrating the merger between Sant Corp and Kadient to form the largest sales enablement company in the space. Prior to joining Kadient, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of SPSS, Inc., a $250 million publicly traded software business well known in the predictive analytics and statistical analysis market. In July, 2009 IBM announced its plans to acquire SPSS for $1.2B. He was formerly Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations at eRoom Technology (acquired by Documentum), which was an early leader in web-based collaboration and hosted document management software. He was also President of PC Docs, where he was instrumental in that company’s high-growth phase from $8 million to $80 million and beyond. Earlier in his career, Brian was with Interleaf, a provider of integrated hardware and document creation technology that was, at the time, the leading provider of advanced document generation systems.
Chris Meininger
President
HillStreet Capital
Chris formed HillStreet Capital in 1997. HillStreet Capital serves as the investment advisor for The HillStreet Funds, four private investment partnerships based in Cincinnati. The HillStreet Funds focus on providing junior capital to middle market companies on a nationwide basis. Chris received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his M.B.A. from Columbia’s Graduate School of Business Administration.
Rich D'Amore
General Partner
North Bridge Venture Partners
Mr. D'Amore has been a General Partner of North Bridge Venture Partners since its inception. From 1982 until starting North Bridge, Mr. D'Amore was in the venture business. Prior to 1982, Mr. D'Amore worked as a consultant at Bain and Company and as a certified public accountant with Arthur Young and Company. His venture investing is targeted at the software industry and his investments have been split between early-stage projects and special situations. Virtually all have been active projects, including structuring initial transactions and assuming a board seat. Mr. D'Amore is a graduate of Northeastern University (summa cum laude), 1975, and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (Baker Scholar), 1980.
Justin J. Perreault
General Partner
Commonwealth Capital
Mr. Perreault has 16 years of venture capital and operating experience in information technology industries, with particular interest in and experience with enterprise software and communications infrastructure companies. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Mr. Perreault was CEO of Object Design, a publicly held software company. Earlier, he was a vice president at Harvard Management Company, responsible for information technology venture investments, and a consultant with McKinsey & Co., Inc. Mr. Perreault received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Steve Horwitz
Director
Kodiak Venture Partners
Mr. Horwitz joined Kodiak Venture Partners in 2008 as an Operating Partner with over 20 years of operating experience in a wide range of high technology companies. Over the past eight years, Mr. Horwitz has served in numerous executive consulting and portfolio leadership roles for technology companies at various stages of development and growth. Most recently, Mr. Horwitz served as CEO of Vettro (acquired by Antenna Software), and Chairman of the Board at Vericom Technologies steering the organization in a new strategic direction. He also served as President and CEO of several enterprise software companies including Clareos, RulesPower (Acquired by Fair Isaac) and Q-Link Technologies a pioneer in the Business Process Management market segment (Acquired by Adobe Systems). Prior to Q-Link, he served as Vice President of Business Development at Tech Data Corporation and was part of the founding team at ENTEX Information Services. Mr. Horwitz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance at Hofstra University.