Leadership
Pioneers like Echopass are laying the groundwork for the transition to a new business communications model. Trailblazing leadership qualities are required to get traction in this environment, including determination and insight coupled with an unusual breadth of organization, technology, industry, and marketplace expertise.
Management
Vincent Deschamps, CEO, has a proven track record as a sales, marketing, and business executive for communications companies, including VMX, Octel Communications, Lucent, Avaya, and AccessLine. Read more »
Terri Brown, Chief Marketing Officer, has nearly 20 years experience in marketing, strategy, and business development in telecommunications, most recently with NUASIS, Lucent Technologies, and Octel Communications. Read more »
Richard LaBarbera, Chief Operations and Services Officer, is an industry veteran with over 30 years experience in serving executive management positions providing hardware, software and consulting services to the world's largest corporations. Read more »
William Grosso, Vice President, Engineering, is recognized as an industry technologist renowned for his Java expertise and as an architect with significant cross-functional experience. Read more »
Clint Peck, Vice President, Operations, has an extensive technical background in Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Read more »
Larry Deering, VP, Sales, Enterprises, a 35-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, has extensive experience in building customer relationships and addressing new enterprise market opportunities with industry-leading companies, including Aspect Communications. Read more »
Gordon Campbell, Vice President, Professional Services, has over 18 years of professional services and product development experience, including seven years with Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories. Read more »
Jodi Carlson, Vice President, Finance, has deep experience in both public and private accounting, overseeing cash management, budgeting, business plan development, and financing. Read more »
Board of Directors
Vincent Deschamps, CEO, Echopass, and Chairman of the Board, has a proven track record as a sales, marketing, and business executive for communications companies, including VMX, Octel Communications, Lucent, Avaya, and AccessLine. Read more »
Ronald K. Kase, General Partner, NEA, is a venture capitalist who concentrates on early-stage companies in information technology and medical and life sciences. Read more »
John Balen, General Partner, Canaan Partners, manages roughly $2 billion in investment capital and advises companies on tactical operations and strategic positioning. Read more »
Carl Nichols, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Outlook Ventures, offers two decades of experience with high technology industries in executive positions and in support of strategic and financial planning. Read more »
Chris Hadsell, General Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, works
with companies at the advisory and board level in the areas of fundraising,
investment strategy, and financial decision-making.
Bruce Pollock, CEO, Financial Executive Solutions, provides financial and business consulting services for private, venture-funded and small cap public high technology companies. Read more »
Company Advisors
Jim Dvorkin, Technology Advisor, has expertise in building scalable and reliable call center environments, user interface architecture and design, and distributed hosted applications. Read more »
Investors
Canaan Partners, a private investment firm with stakes in more than 100 companies, focuses on firms with intriguing business models, managing $2 billion in investment capital. Read more »
Cardinal Venture Capital focuses on investments in early-stage software companies, providing strategic counsel, financial resources, and recruiting and business development. Read more »
New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a premier venture capital firm with 11 partnerships, manages $5 billion of capital and typically commits to multiple rounds of financing and multi-year relationships. Read more »
Outlook Ventures has delivered returns in the top quartile of all venture funds by actively investing in early-stage, next-generation software companies with whom they share a vision. Read more »