Roger and All~~ Interesting folks, these board members....
prio.net
Bio of David C. House and he is on the Prio board as well - also note bio of the CEO
David C. House
President, Establishment Services Worldwide,
American Express
David House is President of Establishment Services Worldwide at American Express Company, a position he assumed in October 1995. In this role, he is responsible for merchant acquisitions and maintaining relationships with existing customers. Mr. House also serves as a member of the American Express Planning and Policy Committee. Prior to joining American Express, Mr. House held sales, marketing and general manager positions with Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, Reebok International, Inc., and the Majers Corporation..
Ed Belsheim
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Seattle -- Law firm Perkins Coie LLP announced that Edmund O. Belsheim, Jr., has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a partner in the Corporate Finance and Securities Department. Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Belsheim was Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary to the Penford Corporation in Bellevue. He was also Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary to Penwest Pharmaceuticals in Bellevue. Formerly, Belsheim was chair of the business department of Bogle & Gates in Seattle and an associate with Dewey Ballantine in New York. He received an A.B. from Carleton College, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the University of Oregon.
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Rufus W. Lumry III was appointed to the board of directors. Mr. Lumry was formerly a director and CFO of McCaw Cellular
From Feb 4, 1999 Report.... Also note that Bernee Strom is no longer with INSP....What a difference a couple of years makes...........>
InfoSpace added to its executive management team by appointing Bernee D.L. Strom as President and Chief Operating Officer and Director in November 1998. Prior to joining InfoSpace, Ms. Strom was a member of the board at Walker Digital, whose first spin-off was Priceline.com, an Internet commerce company. She was also a founder and a principal of Gemstar International, the creator of VCRPlus+® Instant Programmer. In addition, Randy Massengale joined InfoSpace as Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Massengale joined the company from Microsoft Corporation
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From the Harvard Gazette...June 8, 2000
news.harvard.edu
Lumry Gift Sparks New Investments in Information Technology
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alumni.hbs.edu
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
A generous gift from Rufus W. Lumry III (MBA '74) will establish a new chair at HBS and support teaching and learning in the field of information technology as it relates to the Internet and entrepreneurial studies at Harvard University. The joint gift to HBS and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will fund both the Lumry Family Professorship at HBS and the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center in FAS's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Lumry's gift reflects his professional interests and expertise in technology and business, his longtime service to Harvard, and his desire to "share the blessings that my family has been given." A 1969 graduate of Harvard College, Lumry is president of Acorn Ventures, Inc., in Bellevue, Washington, a firm that provides seed capital, financial engineering, strategic planning, and fundraising support for early-stage companies that have the potential to transform or create new industries. Prior to forming Acorn Ventures, Lumry was EVP and CFO of McCaw Cellular Communications. As one of the founders of McCaw Cellular in 1982, he helped Craig McCaw create the nation's largest cellular mobile phone company, which was sold to AT&T in 1994.
The Lumry Family Professorship will support an outstanding academic leader whose research and teaching are in the field of information technology (IT), particularly the Internet and its application to business. The new chair will become an integral part of the School's IT initiative, which will keep HBS at the forefront in the use of technology to teach management skills and will help support cutting-edge research and course development. The gift will also help facilitate collaboration between the FAS and the Business School.
At HBS, the Lumry Chair incumbent will play an important role in the education of the next generation of business leaders, as students prepare to assume key positions at a time when interest in entrepreneurship and the Internet has reached unprecedented heights at the School.
"I made this gift to honor my father, whose long tradition of philanthropy has always been an inspiration," commented Lumry, a devout Christian who said he is eager to "share our blessings from the Lord with Harvard." The family's ties to Harvard extend back to an ancestor, Calvin Ellis, who graduated in 1846 from Harvard College and later became dean of Harvard Medical School.
Lumry's father, Rufus W. Lumry II, noted, "The original impulse for this gift extends back more than a hundred years and is part of a tradition that I hope will continue to thrive for many years. Going to Harvard encouraged me and other members of my family to think differently about the future. It gave us possibilities, and in making this gift, my son is inspiring that spirit of possibility in others."
Commenting on the gift, Dean Kim B. Clark said, "Rufus Lumry's career personifies the mission of the Harvard Business School to provide students with a transforming educational experience that enables them to make a difference in their companies and in the world. In his professional life, Lumry has achieved that by supplying new and emerging enterprises with the vision, inspiration, and financial support they need to chart new waters. With this extraordinary gift he will now help HBS follow that course, as the Internet and other spectacular advances in information technology bring about a host of challenges and opportunities." The Lumry Family Professorship, Clark added, will contribute greatly to the School's efforts to provide students "with the world's best resources for studying the Internet and other technologies that are changing the ways people do business around the globe."
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Peter Currie ---Interesting people on the board of this group.......
tellme.com
Picture and other board members of Tellme.
Peter Currie
Board Member
Peter L.S. Currie is a Partner at The Barksdale Group. Prior to The Barksdale Group, Mr. Currie served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Netscape Communications Corporation, where he held various executive management positions since April 1995.
From April 1989 to April 1995, Mr. Currie held various management positions at McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., including executive vice president and chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate development.
Before joining McCaw Cellular, he was a principal at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. Mr. Currie holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. Mr. Currie serves on a number of additional boards of directors including Infospace.com.
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Very good article on Netscape and Microsoft....
Includes a bit about Peter L. S. Currie....
<<<<<<<<All this has made Netscape the model for how high-tech companies--and other businesses--will run in the hyperfast Internet age. Speed is what Netscape is all about. The pace is relentless: Hack out software code all day and all night. Zap it onto the Web the instant it works. Something missing? Grab new technologies--and the students tinkering with them--right out of university labs. Or sign up a partner--today. Can't hire fast enough? Buy a whole company. Above all, be ready to change tactics before lunch. ''We'll sacrifice almost anything for speed,'' says Chief Financial Officer Peter L.S. Currie.<<<<<<<
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John E. Cunningham - KELLET Investments
digimine.com
digiMine Founded to Offer Next Generation eCommerce
Analytics and Personalization Solutions
Company Creates High Enthusiasm Among
Top Internet Angel Investors
NOTE: This is a part of the article.............>>>>>>
digiMine is moving at record speed to meet aggressive goals for time to market. In its first week, the company acquired the assets and employees of a small eCommerce consulting company in the Seattle area. The acquisition helped jumpstart the company; which now has over 20 employees. Additionally, the company has attracted distinguished industry luminaries to its advisory board. Among the members of the Advisory Board are Pete Higgins, Nick Hanauer, Chairman of Avenue A and Gear.com, Keith Grinstein, vice chairman of Nextel International and director of Madrona Venture Group, Mike Slade, former CEO of StarWave, and Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University database professor and angel investor.
"This was an over-subscribed round that closed quickly with many investors either excluded or having their shares substantially reduced," offers John Cunningham, president of Kellet Investments and one of the directors of InfoSpace.com. "digiMine has an innovative and timely model and the top team of experts and management to make it happen."
About digiMine
Founded in March 2000, digiMine is an Internet company with the mission of providing advanced data warehousing and data mining solutions for the Internet Economy more affordably, more efficiently, and more meaningfully. As an Applications Service Provider (ASP), digiMine provides high-end data warehousing and data mining solutions for eCommerce Intelligence applications while significantly reducing time to market, IT burdens and risks associated with deploying complicated solutions. digiMine is helping to define new standards of practice and brings increased competitive edge to every business engaged in eCommerce.
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Kellett Investment Corporation
Kellett is a major national technology investor very active in the Pacific Northwest. They have a number of high profile investments including Infospace.com.
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