Lori is a veteran of the media industry with 18 years of client and agency experience, the past 12 focusing on digital. Most recently, she was a Client Partner overseeing Razorfish's largest client relationships. She was responsible for ensuring brand strategy and vision across multiple large scale clients including Microsoft, Capital One, Monster.com, Polo Ralph Lauren, The Travel Channel and Smith Barney. As a Client Partner, she guided teams of specialists in digital media, search, strategy, ecommerce, creative, website content creation, user experience and technology. Before joining Razorfish, Lori spent six years as a VP, Account & Media Director with Initiative Media/ID Media, where she co-launched FastBridge, their interactive media division. She oversaw the marketing strategy for Nextel, Maybelline, Nikon, E*trade, and Brinks Home Security. She has also worked in the direct mail group for Wunderman Cato Johnson and in-house running the broadcast and newspaper media department at Stern's Department Stores (now Macy’s) overseeing outside agencies.
Bill has over fifteen years of leadership experience in the CFO function at several technology companies in a range of industries. He was most recently a Principal at WDK Consulting where he was working with the Travel Ad Network. Previously, he had served as the company’s CFO. Bill has broad experience managing corporate business, finance and legal affairs across a variety of functional areas. He has assisted in raising over $100 million in capital. Prior CFO roles include Iptivia, Sereniti, Keymark Enterprises and GlobalCommerce.
Bill started his career at KPMG in San Jose where he became a Certified Public Accountant. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1981.
Before TRAFFIQ, Jay was the Vice President of Finance at Global Building Modules, Inc., and held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Connect Marketing & Entertainment Group LLC. Jay has also operated JPH Consulting Group and served as a strategic consultant to a wide array of companies, ranging from start-ups to global enterprises. Prior to developing his consulting business, Jay was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of iRenovate.com, a vertical portal for home improvement do-it-yourselfers; and Zero-G Commerce Corp., a developer of consumer e-commerce businesses. Jay has also been an executive and a consultant for several top-tier media and Internet companies, including Miramax Films, New Line Cinema and News Corporation. Jay graduated from Brown University, magna cum laude, and received his MBA, cum laude, from Columbia University. Jay currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Fromex Corp. (FRMO.PK) and on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) CFO Council.
Over the past 10 years, Ammon traveled a career path that has touched all facets of the search marketing business. He has managed large-scale campaigns in industries as diverse as enterprise technology, healthcare, gaming, pharmaceuticals, and tourism. Ammon has worked within search engines, with marketers, and with agencies, giving him a unique perspective on the search industry from many angles. Ammon currently spearheads the search and analytics department with IQ.
Randy Castleman has two decades of company-building experience at the intersection of digital media, telecom and IT, including founding and senior operating roles in small and large companies, as well as involvement in key developments in intellectual property protection and licensing on the Internet. Prior to Court Square, Mr. Castleman created and managed the New Media and Technology Strategy group at performance rights clearing house ASCAP, advising the CEO and board on intellectual property and new technology issues. His group developed the first license for the performance of copyrighted music via the Internet, establishing ASCAP as a leader in the field. Also during his tenure at ASCAP, he was a technology policy advisor for the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council, a Federal advisory commission that advised the White House on Internet-related policy issues, and which was comprised of 30 CEOs from the telecom, software, and media industries. Mr. Castleman was part of the founding team, with actress Jodie Foster, of Egg Pictures, a PolyGram-financed feature film production company, where he had both business and creative management responsibilities. He had business management responsibilities at Interscope Communications, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, and BellSouth. Mr. Castleman serves or has served as a director of CSV portfolio companies SNOCAP, Labrador Mobile, Grand Central and Optinel Systems. He earned his BA from Princeton University and his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
Steve is a General Partner with Grotech Ventures where he leads investments in the software, wireless, and digital media sectors. His career spans engineering roles, entrepreneurial company building, and early stage investing. Prior to Grotech, Steve was a General Partner with Novak Biddle Venture Partners where he made significant contributions to the success of numerous companies. He began his career in research and development with IBM, and then joined a venture-funded software company in the document imaging space called Vantage Solutions, which was acquired in 1994. Steve subsequently co-founded software development firm MartinScott before making his transition to the venture business in 1997. He has served in interim-operating roles with several portfolio companies upon request. Steve has also been instrumental in the launch of StartUpHire, a much needed online job board listing thousands of opportunities at venture-backed companies. He currently serves as a director of Grotech portfolio companies Omnilink Systems, RollStream, LogiXML, Secure Command, and TRAFFIQ. Steve earned his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, from Virginia Tech and served for several years as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and venture investing.
Brian is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Tribeca Venture Partners, the early stage venture capital firm that invests in Internet, software, and mobile companies targeting or disrupting the largest industries in the NY-metro area. He oversees management of the venture fund and serves as Co-Chairman of the Fund’s Investment Committee. Brian was previously a Managing Partner with SAVP, where he co-managed all of the fund’s activities. Prior to SAVP, Brian was a Principal at Sterling Venture Partners and a Vice President with ABN AMRO Private Equity, the U.S. venture arm of ABN AMRO bank. Brian is currently a board member of BDMetrics, Flat World Knowledge, FTRANS, HomeSphere, Pontiflex, TRAFFIQ and Serious. Brian previously sat on the boards of YellowJacket (acquired by the Intercontinental Exchange, NYSE: ICE) and KnowledgeStorm (acquired by TechTarget, NASDAQ: TTGT).
Chris Holden brings 20 years of early stage investing and company building experience to Court Square, including 11 years with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in a variety of senior executive roles. From 1995 to 2000 he served as Chief Executive Officer of Kesmai Corporation, a wholly owned software and technology subsidiary of News Corp, which he sold to Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and America Online (NYSE: AOL). Prior to becoming CEO of Kesmai, Mr. Holden was EVP for the News Technology Group, which held company-wide responsibility for investing in technology-related businesses, as well as managing the integration and deployment of new technologies across News Corp businesses worldwide. He also served on News Corp's global Interactive Strategy Taskforce, was a member of the executive team that created iGuide, a joint venture between News Corp and MCI which became TV Guide Interactive and merged with Gemstar Corporation (NASDAQ: GMST), and was a senior executive with the News Digital Media Group, which oversaw the online operations of a number of News Corp companies. Previously, he co-founded the Advanced Media Group for HarperCollins Publishers in New York (a News Corp company) and served as corporate vice president. He has served as a director of numerous private companies including CSV portfolio companies: CSTV, Logic Library, TRAFFIQ, and Voxant. He is a graduate of Davidson University.