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Board of Directors & Investors

Matt Weil – President & Chief Executive Officer

Previously, Matt Weil, served as vice president of sales for Teneros. Weil joined Teneros from Neustar, Inc., where, as vice president of sales, he led the company to record revenue growth. Prior to Neustar, he ran the sales efforts for UltraDNS Corporation, a leading provider of advanced infrastructure and network management services, which was acquired by Neustar in 2006. At UltraDNS, Weil built the sales organization and was instrumental in securing numerous major e-commerce and Fortune 1000 customers. . In a sales career spanning more than 15 years, Matt was a key member of the sales team at North Systems, a pioneering software application company. He has also held sales positions in the publishing and travel sectors. Matt holds a BA from Lake Forest College.

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Scott D. Sandell – General Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Scott D. Sandell joined NEA in 1996 as an associate, became a partner in 1999 and a general partner in 2000. Scott D. Sandell focuses on investments in information technology, including software, semiconductors and systems. Present board memberships include Actional, Agami Systems, CenterBeam, Data Domain, Ensim, FineGround Networks, Foveon, Teneros and Spreadtrum Communications. He is also actively involved with BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited, Decru, Motion Computing and Salesforce.com. Scott D. Sandell serves as co-chairman of the board of the Software Development Forum. He was previously on the board of 3ware (acquired by Applied Micro Circuits Corporation), Amplitude Software (acquired by Critical Path), Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks, (NASDAQ: JNPR), NetIQ (NASDAQ: NTIQ) and WebEx (NASDAQ: WEBX). Scott D. Sandell started his career at the Boston Consulting Group and later joined C-ATS Software as the company's first salesman. He founded and ran the European Subsidiary before attending Stanford Business School. During and after business school, Scott D. Sandell was a product manager at Microsoft, where he worked on Windows 95. In addition to an MBA from Stanford, Scott D. Sandell holds an AB in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College.

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Sujay Jaswa – Senior Associate, New Enterprise Associates

Sujay joined NEA in 2008 and focuses on consumer, enterprise software and services. He is a Board Observer at Playdom and is closely involved with NEA's investments in Workday, Huddler and MashLogic. Previously, Sujay served as the CEO of YFly, a social network featuring celebrities, entertainers and athletes. At that time, YFly was the largest website developed on Ruby on Rails. Earlier in his career, Sujay worked as a consultant for McKinsey in their High Tech and Corporate Finance & Strategy practices, and then he evaluated internet and video technology acquisitions and venture investments for Cisco Systems. He also spent a year as an executive at Cisco's portfolio company, CinemaNow, where he recruited Echostar as an investor and signed distribution agreements with partners including Facebook, Sprint and Linksys. Sujay graduated from Princeton University with a degree in economics and a certificate in finance, and from Harvard Business School with an MBA. He is a Kauffman Fellow, a founding member of Gen Next, and a partner of social venture fund SV2.

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Jeanne Bayless – Managing Partner, STAR Ventures

Ms. Bayless joined STAR Ventures in 2002 as Managing Partner of the U.S. office.  Before joining STAR, she served as Director of Strategic Investments for Intel Capital.  Prior to her tenure at Intel Capital, Ms. Bayless was the Founder, CEO and President of AnswerSoft, a startup that developed software for the automation of inbound call center operations.  AnswerSoft was acquired by Davox Corporation in 1998, and she then joined Davox as VP of Marketing.  Preceding Davox, Ms. Bayless was VP of Marketing at NetBoost Corporation, a startup that developed solutions for the acceleration of network applications.  NetBoost was acquired by Intel Corporation in 1999.  Ms. Bayless is currently an active Board member of the following companies:  AppTrigger, CedarPoint Communications, Kabira Technologies, OraMetrix, Sipera Systems, Teneros and UltraCell Corporation.  Former Board positions include Broadbus (acquired by Motorola) and GrooveMobile (acquired by LiveWire). She also holds Board observer roles at Mintera Corporation, Medical Present Value, SensorLogic, Waterfront Media, Xtera Communications, and Wavesplitter Technologies.  She serves on the Board of the Metroplex Technology Business Council, as well as the Advisory Boards of the Entrepreneurs’ Foundation of North Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management.  Ms. Bayless holds an M.S. in Management from The University of Texas at Dallas and a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University.

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Ben Petro – Partner, San Francisco Arts Fund

Ben Petro was former CEO of Teneros. He joined Teneros from NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), where he was appointed SVP for Ultra Services, following NeuStar’s acquisition of UltraDNS Corporation in April 2006. Ben Petro had been President and CEO of UltraDNS since 2001. He is a proven leader who has earned his outstanding reputation by repeatedly creating sustained value in a number of high-growth businesses. He grew UltraDNS into a profitable, high-growth company that provided infrastructure solutions to over 20% of the Internet and thousands of global enterprises. Prior to joining UltraDNS, Ben Petro was Vice President of Marketing at Edge Connections, where he was responsible for creating and implementing its national brand and deploying a strategy for its service offering. He was responsible for forging key strategic alliances necessary for the company's subsequent long-term growth. As Director of Marketing for Logix Communications, Ben Petro successfully launched the Company's CLEC/broadband services in over 20 markets. He has also held highly successful leadership positions in marketing and strategy at MCI Communications and communications consulting firm QSI. Ben Petro serves on the Board of Directors for a range of messaging and service companies including 3jam, Inc. and Peerfluence, Inc. He is also an investment partner with the San Francisco Arts Fund.

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