Ed Cantwell Habib Kairouz Jeff Bussgang

Don Johnston Andrew Kang Jackie Kimzey

Ed Cantwell, Chairman of the Board
Ed Cantwell is an InnerWireless founder and currently serves as its president, chief executive officer and chairman of the Board. Ed has more than 10 years' experience in the technology industry leading both large and venture-backed companies. While serving as a mentor with STARTech, the Richardson, Texas-based technology incubator, Ed saw the potential for a significant service business in a component manufactured by a small firm that was seeking funding. Read More.

Habib Kairouz
Since 1993, Mr. Kairouz has been a Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners, Inc., an investment and venture capital management company. Prior to joining Rho, Mr. Kairouz worked in investment banking and leveraged buyout in New York with Reich & Co. and Jesup & Lamont. His current and recent board seats include: AnswerSoft, Avolent, Carparts Technologies, Intralinks, iVillage (NASDAQ: IVIL), Lemur Networks, Tripod, Waterfront Media and Yantra. Habib is Managing Partner of Rho Ventures and serves on the investment committees of Rho Fund Investors and Rho Private Equity. Mr. Kairouz received a B.S. in Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

Jeff Bussgang
Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and entrepreneurial experience are in consumer, Internet commerce, marketing services, software and wireless start-ups.

Jeff currently represents the firm on the boards of BzzAgent, Click Tactics, go2 Media, i4cp, InnerWireless, Mall Networks, SimpleTuition, and Transpera and was previously a director at Brontes Technologies (acquired by 3M) and PanGo Networks (merged with InnerWireless)

Jeff's popular blog on helping demystify the venture business for entrepreneurs, "Seeing Both Sides", can be found at www.bostonvcblog.com.  Jeff was named to the Boston Business Journal’s “40 under 40” list in 2006.

Prior to joining the firm in January 2003, Jeff co-founded Upromise (acquired by Sallie Mae), a loyalty marketing and financial services firm that currently manages $20 billion in college savings assets, where he served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Board Director. Prior to Upromise, Jeff was an executive at Open Market, an Internet commerce software leader that went public in 1996 and grew to nearly $100 million in revenues. During his five-year tenure, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development, Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services and head of Product Management. Prior to Open Market, Jeff was with the strategy consulting firm, The Boston Consulting Group, and served on the executive team of Athena Design, an object-oriented software start-up.  

Don Johnston
Don Johnston is president and CEO of Massey Burch Capital Corp., a venture capital firm focusing on investments in the South. He served as president of Massey Burch Investment Group, Inc., a venture capital firm ("Massey Burch"), from 1990 until December 1993, and he has been a principal of that firm since 1982. Read More.

Andrew Kang
Mr. Andrew J.S. Kang is the managing director of TAMC Ltd., a venture capital fund headquartered in Plano, TX. He is also the president of Natural Polymer International Corporation, a privately held high tech startup company based in Richardson, Texas, which focuses on researching biodegradable materials for different industrial and commercial applications. Read More.

Jackie Kimzey
Jackie Kimzey joined Sevin Rosen Funds in 1999 after nearly 20 years as an executive at wireless carrier and service provider companies. He brings a keen understanding of what it takes for a promising venture to evolve into a successful business and company. He has held management positions at the semiconductor manufacturer Mostek and was co-founder and CEO of wireless provider ProNet. He helped develop proprietary products, generated "turn-around" strategies, recruited top executives and played key roles in both mergers and acquisitions. Read More.