Board of Directors

Brandon Chaney
Director
Chief Executive Officer, Telekenex

Anthony Zabit
Director
President & Chief Operating Officer, Telekenex

Larry Marcus
Director
Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital

Jim Davis
Director
President, Chevron Energy Solutions

Matthew Niehaus
Director
Partner, Battery Ventures

Hodong (Ho) Nam
Director
General Partner, Altos Ventures

Brandon Chaney - Director & Chief Executive Officer, Telekenex

Prior to Telekenex, Mr. Chaney was Chief Executive Officer of Enginex Networks, a professional services firm in the telecommunications and networking technology industry. He led Enginex Networks to achieve rapid growth and the firm was ranked third in the 2002 Fast Tech 50.

Prior to Enginex, Mr. Chaney was Chief Executive Officer of Networld Communications. Networld was a leading next generation voice and data equipment providers in the country. Networld made the Inc. 500 list as the 62nd fastest growing private company in the US.

Prior to Networld, Mr. Chaney held positions in financial management with General Electric and spent time in many GE business units including GE Nuclear Energy, GE Aircraft Engines and GE Financial Services.

Mr. Chaney graduated from the Indiana University School of Business in Finance.  

Anthony Zabit - Director & President and Chief Operating Officer, Telekenex

Prior to Telekenex, Mr. Zabit was Chief Financial Officer of Networld Communications. Networld was a leading next generation voice and data equipment providers in the country. Networld made the Inc. 500 list as the 62nd fastest growing private company in the US. Mr. Zabit successfully led Networld's second round of funding that enabled Networld to introduce its Hosted IP Telephony service, which was later spun off into a separate company, CallTower.

Prior to Networld, Mr. Zabit was Chief Financial Officer of Zabit & Associates Inc., a company that was launched in 1993 and sold in 1998 to Xceed (NASDAQ: XCED). Prior to Zabit & Associates, Mr. Zabit was with Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisers.

Mr. Zabit is also a member of the board of directors for the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies, ( www.CALTEL.org). CALTEL is a non-profit trade association working to advance the interests of fair and open competition and customer-focused service in California telecommunications.

Mr. Zabit graduated from the Indiana University School of Business in Finance.  

Larry Marcus - Director & Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital

He serves on the Board of Directors of Pandora (internet radio), Melodis (Sound Search Technology and Applications), Telekenex (IP Voice and Data Services), Comedy.com (purveyor of funny), and Real Girls Media (women's community site - Observer). Non Portfolio: Board of Advisors to Dealmaker Media (early stage focused events) and JazzSchool in Berkeley CA.

Prior to joining Walden, Larry was a leading equity research analyst at Alex. Brown / Deutsche Bank and prior to that Robertson Stephens & company, both in San Francisco. Larry was among the first equity analysts to cover PC and video games, followed by internet media and enhanced TV (e.g. Scientific Atlanta, General Instrument, Gemstar, Wink). Through a hands on, product oriented approach, he developed a successful methodology and track record of backing companies at early stages of adoption that would eventually achieve mass market success, including Pandora, Netflix, CBS Marketwatch, Maxis, Women.com, Terayon, Edmark, Activision and Spectrum HoloByte.  Prior operating experience includes product and marketing consulting for both Digidesign and Maxis, media planning at a major New York ad agency and general management in computer services retail.

Jim Davis - Director & President, Chevron Energy Solutions

As president, Mr. Davis has established Chevron Energy Solutions as one of the nation's leading energy services firms and the first comprehensive energy services company in the oil and gas industry. Before joining Chevron Energy Solutions, Mr. Davis served as senior vice president of Integrated Solutions for PG&E Energy Services, one of the foremost energy services companies in the nation. As sales executive and business strategist, he conceptualized and established PG&E Energy Services' integrated energy solution model for major commercial, industrial, and institutional accounts, then developed and managed the supporting marketing, sales, deal structuring, finance, and operations functions. The success of this business led to its sale to Chevron in 2000.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Davis served as senior vice president of Marketing and Sales at Duke/Louis Dreyfus, where he led the company's expansion into value-added services. He has also managed global, national, and regional account teams for Enron Capital & Trade Resources and for Access Energy Corporation, where he developed and headed a vertical market team providing integrated solutions to industrial accounts.

Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, with a major in marketing, from Ohio State University.  

Matthew Niehaus - Partner, Battery Ventures

His previous work experience combines both private equity and entrepreneurial roles. Prior to Battery, Mr. Niehaus was Director of Strategic Development at VeriSign, a digital infrastructure service company. He joined VeriSign in 2005 when it acquired R4 Global Solutions, Inc, a leading RFID (radio frequency identification) technology firm that Matt co-founded.

Previously, he was an investor at Telegraph Hill Communications Partners, a firm he co-founded, as well as at J.P. Morgan Capital. At both firms, he concentrated on the communications and technology sectors, investing a total of $233 million in nine companies. These investments produced $583 million in gross proceeds and an internal rate of return of 71%.

Mr Niehaus’ investments included Columbia River Cellular, Triton Cellular, Triton PCS, Lightship Communications, New South Communications, NeoWorld and CallVision.

Mr. Niehaus began his career as an Associate at J.P. Morgan & Co., handling investment banking transactions for the Mergers and Acquisitions group. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in History.  

Hodong (Ho) Nam - General Partner, Altos Ventures

Ho Nam is a General Partner of Altos Ventures, focusing on investments in the areas of software, digital media, and infrastructure technologies. He currently serves as a director of Accolo, Billeo, Immunet, JS-Kit, SayNow, Telekenex, Trilibis Mobile, and WhiteHat Security. Ho led the firm's prior investments in Axis Systems, Evolve Software, Listen.com, Nishan Systems, Pixo, Provato and Soundpipe. All were deals in which Altos was the lead investor in the first institutional round of funding and achieved exits via IPO or trade sale to public companies.

Before joining Altos Ventures in 1996, Ho worked at Silicon Graphics and Octel Communications. Ho began his VC career at Trinity Ventures in 1990 and began his professional career at Bain & Company where he advised clients in the Semiconductor industry on product and corporate strategy.

Ho received an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.