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| Board Members and Advisory Board
Proven experience for outstanding results. Boingo® is headed by an experienced, technology savvy management team and board of directors. The company's board of directors includes: Sky Dayton (Founder and Chairman of Boingo and EarthLink), Peter Barris (Managing General Partner, NEA), Stewart Alsop (General Partner, NEA), Marc Geller (Co-Founder and Managing Director, Sternhill Partners) and Mark Kawahara (Investment Partners, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners). Advisory Board To remain perpetually competitive, Boingo will leave no stone unturned. The first two members of our advisory board are Mike O'Dell, former chief scientist at UUNET, and Dave Farber, professor of telecommunications at the University of Pennsylvania and the former Chief Technologist for the FCC.
Stewart Alsop Mr. Alsop joined New Enterprise Associates in June 1996 as a venture partner focusing in the information technology area and was named a general partner in 1998. He currently serves on the board of TiVo, a public company financed by NEA, as well as several private companies in earlier stages of development, including FullAudio, HiWire and Zinio Systems. As an investor, Mr. Alsop focuses on companies developing technologies and services for broadband networks and rich media. Mr. Alsop is also a columnist for Fortune magazine. Prior to NEA, Mr. Alsop was Executive Vice President of InfoWorld Publishing Company, Inc. which publishes InfoWorld, a weekly newspaper for information-technology professionals. He also founded Industry Publishing Company, the publisher of a fortnightly newsletter for computer industry insiders and producer of the Agenda and Demo conferences for executives of companies in the computer industry. Before 1985, he served in several executive editorial positions at business and trade magazines, including Inc. Mr. Alsop received a Bachelor of Science in English from Occidental College.
Peter J. Barris Peter joined NEA in 1992, became a general partner in 1993 and managing general partner in 1999. He specializes in information technology companies. His present board memberships include Cidera, DataCore Software, eCommerce Industries, eZiba, Laurel Networks and Megisto Systems. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. Prior board memberships include UUNET Technologies, AMISYS, Broadview Networks, CareerBuilder, Evolutionary Technologies, Mobius Management Systems, SALIX Technologies and Tripod. Peter is a member of the Board of Trustees, Northwestern University; Board of Overseers, Tuck School at Dartmouth College; and Board of Directors, Venture Philanthropy Partners. Before joining NEA, Peter was President and Chief Operating Officer at LEGENT, and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Software Division at UCCEL. He also held various management positions between 1977 and 1985 at General Electric, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.
Mark Gellar Marc Geller is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Sternhill Partners. He has been managing venture capital funds since 1995. Prior to the formation of Sternhill Partners, he invested in 14 information technology and life science start-ups, totaling more than $40 million. Most recently, he was a general partner with GC Technology Fund, L.P., a $25 million venture fund that invests in information technology and life science companies. To date, four portfolio companies have been acquired, with one more in registration to go public. Marc began his career at Coopers & Lybrand. In 1973, he struck out on his own to form a consulting practice representing high net-worth individuals, offering advice on investment strategies, and estate and tax planning. During the growth phase of the consulting business, he moved to Houston, Texas, to take advantage of the burgeoning growth opportunities in the Southwest caused by the energy crisis of the 1970s. Geller grew the consultancy until it spanned 250 individuals in 25 states. After selling the consulting practice in 1980, Marc went on to develop or acquire approximately 1 million square feet of commercial office space, which was successfully divested. He then became COO of a private real estate investment trust. Marc sits on the boards of directors of Boingo Wireless, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA), Zantaz, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA); Sandlot Corp. (Orem, UT); and Navini Networks, Inc. (Richardson, TX). He holds Bachelor of Arts, J.D. and Master of Laws degrees.
Mark Kawahara Mr. Kawahara has over 10 years experience in various IT industries, including his previous work for Mitsui's global internal information, communication systems and enterprise software businesses. His most recent work has been in the Application Service Provider business for e-mail systems. Mr. Kawahara was a key person in establishing the joint venture between Mitsui, Critical Path, NTT Communications and NEC. Within that joint venture he held the positions of VP of Sales Engineering and Deputy CIO. Mr. Kawahara also provides assistance to start-up companies looking to expand their business globally using his previous experiences and relationship with Japanese companies in the IT world. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Nagoya University. |
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