Board of Directors
John H. N. Fisher
Member of the Board
John H. N. Fisher is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. On behalf of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mr. Fisher serves on the boards of CMI Marketing, ContextWeb, Hands On Mobile (formerly MFORMA), Raydiance, and Visto. He served on the boards of Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC), C2B until its acquisition by Inktomi (INKT), Convoy before its acquisition by Neon/Sybase (SY), Medior until its acquisition by America OnLine (AOL), RightPoint before its acquisition by E.piphany (EPNY), Soundview Technology Group (SNDV) before its acquisition by Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), Safeview until its acquisition by L3 Communications, and Webline until its acquisition by Cisco (CSCO). On behalf of various DFJ funds, Mr. Fisher sourced Baidu (BIDU), Hotmail (acquired by MSFT), United OnLine (UNTD), and Combinet (acquired by CSCO). He was also an investor in Software Quality Automation (SQAX) before its acquisition by Rational Software (RATL). In addition, Mr. Fisher serves on the board of DFJ ePlanet Ventures and on the Investment Committees of DFJ Growth Fund and DFJ New England. Previously, Mr. Fisher worked at ABS Ventures, where he was responsible for much of the firm's investment efforts in computer software and services. In addition to his venture capital experience, Mr. Fisher gained investment industry experience at Alex. Brown & Sons and Bank of America. Mr. Fisher graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.Back to top
Ross. H. Goldstein
Member of the Board
Ross H. Goldstein is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures based in New York City. Ross is DFJ Gotham's representative on the boards of Mimeo.com, Inc., Lumeta Corporation, 422, Inc., ContextWeb, Inc. and Practical Engineering, Inc. Prior to co-founding Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, Ross was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Imaginations, Inc., one of the East Coast's first Internet companies, and the predecessor company to 24/7 Media, Inc. Ross helped manage Interactive Imaginations through the challenges of the early Internet industry and eventually toward its successful merger and IPO as 24/7 Media. Prior to joining Interactive Imaginations, Ross was with Morgan Stanley for 13 years, where he was a senior banker responsible for equity financings for the firm's technology, telecommunications and media clients. He also serves on the Board of Directors of New York Cares, a non-profit volunteer service organization based in New York City. Ross received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics-Economics, magna cum laude, from Brown University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.Back to top
Conor Mullett
Member of the Board
Conor Mullett is a co-founder and General Partner of Updata Partners. Since joining the Updata team in 1999, Conor has been actively involved in building the Updata Partners organization and partnering with entrepreneurially driven, high-growth IT companies. Conor is currently involved as a director and advisor with Updata portfolio companies Management Dynamics, Getpaid, eSecurity, Netkey and Acclaris. Prior to joining Updata, Conor was a Senior Vice President with William E. Simon & Sons, a leading NJ & CA based private equity firm where he focused on developing the IT investment strategy. At Simon and earlier at GE Capital, Conor participated in over 30 initial venture capital and private equity investments and follow-on acquisitions and divestitures. Conor currently serves on the New Jersey Technology Council's Venture Advisory Board and is a founding board member of the Jersey Angel Network. Conor received his MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the College of William and Mary.Back to top
Shanthini Sarkar
SVP of Operations and Product Management
Ms. Sarkar comes to ContextWeb from Gobi, Inc., a provider of accessible home computing and Internet connectivity, where she was the Assistant Director of Client Experience responsible for timely order fulfillment and efficient customer service. At Gobi, she also served as Project Manager, overseeing the design, implementation and rollout of the in-house order management system. Ms Sarkar's earlier positions included Lead Software Developer at Sapient Corporation.Ms Sarkar holds a B.S. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University and a M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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Anand Subramanian
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Subramanian is a technology entrepreneur and innovator who founded ContextWeb, one of the most successful online advertising networks, in 2000. His vision was to develop an easy-to-use ad exchange that brings together advertisers and publishers to enable mutually beneficial advertising transactions. As CEO, Mr. Subramanian directs all aspects of ContextWeb's business and operations. This includes building and managing a team of technology innovators, sales, marketing, operations, product management and new product development. He also has an extensive background in technology sales and delivery and a proven track record of corporate leadership.Before joining ContextWeb, Mr. Subramanian was Vice President of Product Development at Gobi, Inc., a provider of accessible home computing and Internet connectivity. From 1996 through 1999, he managed a team of technology consultants and sales staff at iGate Capital, an IT and finance/accounting staffing resource company, with responsibility for major accounts including AT&T, Bellcore and MCI. In the early 1990s, Subramanian built and ran a successful healthcare software business in Bombay, India. Mr. Subramanian is a frequent speaker and commentator on technology, digital media and the convergence of the two. He has recently spoken at Red Herring's "Always On" Conference and penned an article for MediaPost on the benefits of the Long Tail to advertisers.
He received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 1992.
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Marshall Cohen
Member of the Board
Marshall brings over 25 years of key management experience to ContextWeb. Ranging from the early days of MTV Networks and its meteoric rise to the summit of youth cultural consciousness to extensive consulting and advisory services, Marshall provides unique and valued experience to ContextWeb.Marshall is Member/Partner of the Pilot Group and serves in an advisory capacity to several media companies including The Oxygen Network, Interactive Media Measurement, Inc. and OTX Research, among others. Marshall was most recently Senior Vice President at AOL Time Warner and originally joined America Online, Inc. in 1998 as Senior Vice President of Brand Development. From 1992-1998, Marshall was President of Marshall Cohen Associates, an entertainment and media research and consulting company and prior to that venture, Marshall spent 12 years at MTV Networks where he won a Clio Award in 1984 for the famed "I Want My MTV" advertising campaign. Marshall earned his BA in Speech Communication from the Pennsylvania State University, and taught undergraduate courses in Speech Communication at the University of Florida while working on his Masters and Doctoral degrees at Florida.
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Wenda Harris Millard
Member of the Board
Wenda Harris Millard is President of Media Link, LLC where she works with the CEO and founder to manage the company's divisions, secure new business relationships, and to act as senior advisor to Media Link's various Representation and Advisory clients. Previously, Ms. Millard was Co-CEO and President, Media, of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) where she oversaw MSLO's media businesses, which included Publishing, Internet and Broadcasting. Before that, she was with Yahoo!, where she served as Chief Sales Officer since October 2001. At Yahoo!, she was responsible for driving the North American sales of the company's advertising and marketing services initiatives and leading the North American sales organization. Ms. Millard was formerly Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and president of Ziff Davis Internet, Executive Vice President and one of the founding members of DoubleClick, where she was responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand and overseeing the operations of DoubleClick Media. Before joining DoubleClick, she held senior level positions at SRDS, Family Circle, and Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek magazines, among others. In addition, Ms. Millard is Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ad Council. She is past president of the Advertising Club of New York and former chairman of its foundation. She was named to the American Advertising Federation's Hall of Achievement, the highest honor given to advertising professionals 40 and under.Ms. Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College, where she has received both the Gary McQuaid Award for Excellence in Business Leadership and the Alumni Achievement Award.
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Noah Walley
Member of the Board
Noah Walley leads Investor Growth Capital's Information Technology investing activities in North America. He joined Investor Growth Capital in 2003 as a Managing Director having previously spent five years as a General Partner with Morgan Stanley Venture Partners in New York. Noah has been active in venture capital since 1994 and prior to joining Morgan Stanley worked for the venture capital firms of Bachow & Associates and Desai Capital Management. Over the course of his career he has served on more than 20 private company boards. Currently he is Investor Growth Capital's representative on the boards of EPAC, ForeSee Results, Greenway Medical Technologies, Mindjet, Recellular, Siperian, Tangoe and Venda.From 1990 to 1994 Noah worked at McKinsey & Company in New York. Noah has a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School and earned M.A. and B.A. degrees (first class) from Oxford University.
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