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Rod Favaron

President and Chief Executive Officer, Lombardi Software

Rod Favaron serves as president and chief executive officer of Lombardi Software. Rod brings more than 18 years of experience with building technology businesses. As CEO, Rod establishes and oversees the company's operations and long-term strategic direction.

Prior to joining Lombardi Software, Rod served as president and CEO of Austin-based Mediaprise, Inc., a brand asset management software company. Before joining Mediaprise, Rod was senior vice president of sales and business development at pcOrder.com, a pioneer in e-commerce software and Internet content services. Prior to pcOrder.com, Rod was a general manager at Mentor Graphics Corporation, responsible for Mentors IC design tools software division. Rod also held various sales and marketing roles with Texas Instruments.

Charles L. “Chip” Davis

Managing Director and Head of Technology Group, Sanders Morris Harris

Charles L. Davis is a General Partner of SMH Private Equity Group. Chip joined Sanders Morris Harris in 1991 and specializes in investing of software companies and networking equipment and service providers. Mr. Davis is currently a board member or board observer of several companies including: Wayport, Syntex Management Systems, RigNet, World Telemetry, CPO Commerce, and Lombardi Software and previously worked with such companies as InfoCure, Tyler Technologies, IndX Software, and Baseball Express.

Mr. Davis is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

John Thornton

General Partner, Austin Ventures

John Thornton joined Austin Ventures in 1991, and focuses on Software investing. Previously, John was with McKinsey & Co., where he served clients in the U.S. and Europe. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his BA summa cum laude from Trinity University, where he graduated first in his class.

John is a founding board member of the Austin Entrepreneur's Foundation and a trustee of Trinity University. John has worked with companies such as Active Power, Active.com Altra Energy, Covasoft, DAZEL, Ignite Sports Media, Lane15 Software, Metasolv, Mission Critical, Motive, Pentasafe, SoloMio, Vignette, Waveset, Zilliant.

Jim Gauer

General Partner, Palomar Ventures

Jim Gauer co-founded Palomar Ventures where he combines a strong technical and management background with a solid record as an investment professional.

Prior to forming Palomar Ventures, Jim led early-stage information technology investments for Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. He has led investments in such market leaders as Active Software (now webMethods), Efficient Networks, Isocor, Rendition (now Micron), and XLNT Designs (now Intel). He currently serves on the board of webMethods (NASDAQ: WEBM)-and 8 private companies. Jim holds a BA in mathematics from UCLA and was a PhD Candidate in Mathematics and Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.

H. Ronald Nash

Partner, InterWest Partners

Mr. Nash is an entrepreneur in the technology industry where he has successfully developed several companies. He is currently a member of InterWest Partners, a technology venture capital partnership with practices in information technology and life sciences. He serves as a Partner in the Dallas office for InterWest and is a member of the Board of Directors for Lombardi Software, NovusEdge, Pivot3, Resolution EBS and Vendavo.

Mr. Nash has led large firms as well as small ones. He had successful tenures at Perot Systems where he was a senior vice-president and at EDS earlier in his career. He has previously served as president of three smaller firms, Advanced Telemarketing, Teleci and Rubicon, all of which became publicly held entities. His career includes in-depth business experience abroad with a two-year assignment leading the European division of Perot Systems while living in London, England.