BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rodney J. Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Lagoon Advisors
 
Rodney Rogers has over 20 years of experience developing corporate strategy and executing business process and technology transformations that drive increased growth and profitability, a stronger competitive position in global IT market and measurable value for shareholders and customers. He began his career at Accenture, moved on to become Vice President and General Manager of the Consumer Products Division of Florida Crystals/Domino Foods, Co-Founder and CEO of Adjoined Consulting, Inc., Chief Operating Officer - Global Practices, for Kanbay, Inc., and Managing Director of Capgemini’s East U.S. business unit.

Rodney is also the Executive Chairman of Teliris, a leading provider of telepresence solutions, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Lagoon Capital 1 Fund, LLC, a private U.S-based executive advisory and private equity firm, and a Venture Partner for Columbia Capital, a premiere venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C.

Kevin Reid
Chief Executive Officer, Virtustream

Kevin Reid has over 20 years of experience helping progressive companies streamline operations through the innovative application of technology, best practices, and organizational management. He possesses a blend of proven enterprise transformation expertise and "real industry" experience which creates a strong base for the viable application of information technology and vitalization solutions that guarantee economic value for clients. He began his career at Accenture, and then went on to become CIO of the Consumer Products Division of Domino Foods, Co-Founder and CTO of Adjoined Consulting, Inc., Global Practice Lead for Kanbay, Inc., and Vice President for the Business Intelligence and Systems Integration Practices within the North American Business Consulting Unit of Capgemini.

In addition, Reid is President of and has operational responsibility for Blue Lagoon Advisors, LLC, and is the Chairman of the Board and has with P&L responsibility for Greensmith Energy Management Systems, LLC.

Matt Newton
Partner, Columbia Capital
 
Matt Newton is a partner at Columbia Capital, a premier venture capital franchise in wireless, broadband, media, and enterprise information technology investing. Matt joined Columbia Capital in 1996 and focuses on investments in the wireless communications and IT services sectors. Matt is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CCTV Wireless, ExteNet Systems, MindSHIFT Technologies, Optasite, Revol Wireless, and TriStar Investors. Previous investments that Matt has led or co-led on behalf of Columbia Capital include Adjoined Technologies (acquired by Kanbay International), Affinity Internet (acquired by Hostway), WCS Wireless (acquired by Nextwave Wireless), and WNP Communications (acquired by XO Communications). Prior to joining Columbia Capital, Matt spent several years in the corporate finance department of Dean Witter Reynolds where he focused on private market financings for industrial manufacturing and services companies. Matt received his B.S. in Business Administration from Washington & Lee University.

Julian Box
Chief Technology Officer, Virtustream

Julian Box has over 23 years of experience helping progressive companies streamline operations through the innovative application of technology including 8 years delivery strategic based virtualization solutions, operational readiness, and dynamic and agile solutions for tomorrow needs.

Julian started his career as a Technical Consultant with Bluebird Software, IBM and Space Computer Systems. In 1995, Julian founded and became Managing Director for VirtualizeIT Limited, a provider of virtualization technology, server virtualization, anywhere computing and green IT solutions. VirtualizeIT has continually been a finalist and winner of several UK & EMEA industry awards in recognition of their quality and ability to deliver specialized consultancy services and complete virtualization projects, including ICT Excellent Awards Ireland 2008 – Green IT Initiative of the Year, Winner of VMware’s EMEA Consultancy Partner of the Year 2008, and Finalist in 2008 Techworld Awards – Green IT Project of the Year.