Joseph Payne, Chief Executive Officer, Eloqua
Joseph Payne brings more than 15 years of leadership and a proven track record with high growth software companies to Eloqua. His focus at Eloqua is to drive the company's strategic direction and to oversee all operations of the company. Joe’s broad experience base in delivering software solutions for marketers gives him a unique perspective of the most pressing concerns of marketers today: visibility, measurement, effectiveness and efficiency.
Joe was most recently President and COO of iDefense, a VeriSign company where he was responsible for the operations of the company. Prior to joining iDefense, he was President and CEO of eSecurity Inc., and President and CEO of eGrail.
Joe’s role as Chief Marketing Officer at MicroStrategy Inc. exemplified his ability to run the global marketing efforts of a fast growing company in the business analytics market. Mr. Payne also held marketing roles at The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, and Royal Crown Company.
Joe was featured on BtoB magazine's Who's Who in B-to-B Marketing 2008.
Joe is a Fuqua Scholar and received his M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University. He is on the adjunct faculty at the Kogod School of Business at American University.
Bradford D. Woloson, General Partner, JMI Equity Fund
Mr. Woloson joined JMI in 1994 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Woloson is currently Director of Apparent Networks, Inc., Aptela, Inc., Axeda Corporation, Click Tactics, Inc., Eloqua Corporation, Empathica, Inc., Harmony Information Systems, Inc., Managed Objects Solutions, Inc., Panorama Software, Ltd. and Unica Corporation. Mr. Woloson’s past JMI investment experience includes Astrum Software Corporation, NEON Systems, Inc., Network Intelligence Corporation, Primax Recoveries, Inc., Qiave Corporation and Transcentive, Inc.
Prior to joining the Firm in 1994, Mr. Woloson was a Financial Analyst in the Technology Group at Alex. Brown. Prior to Alex. Brown, Mr. Woloson was a Fixed Income Analyst at Kidder Peabody International, Inc. in London.
Mr. Woloson graduated from Harvard University.
For more information on JMI Equity, visit www.jmiequity.com.
Neal Dempsey, Managing General Partner, Bay Partners
Neal Dempsey joined Bay Partners in 1989 after a varied business career including five years as Chief Executive Officer of Qubix Graphics Systems, one year as Chief Executive of Envision Technology, and several senior management positions with Zentec and Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS).
Neal received his BA degree from the University of Washington’s School of Business Administration. He remains actively involved with the school as a member of the Business School Advisory Board, and as a director of the University’s Foundation.
Neal also serves as a Trustee at Claremont McKenna College and is Chairman of the Board of Eastfield Ming Quong, a Santa Clara-based non-profit that supports emotionally disturbed children and their families. For more information on Bay Partners, visit www.baypartners.com.
Byron Deeter, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Byron Deeter is a Partner in BVP's Menlo Park office after having previously been a successful entrepreneur, investor, and consultant. For Bessemer he focuses on early stage investments in the software, Internet, and gaming sectors.
Most recently, Byron was an executive at IBM as a result of its 2004 acquisition of Trigo Technologies, the product information management company that he co-founded. At Trigo, Byron served as founding President & CEO, then became Vice President of Business Development as the company grew to profitability, 150 employees, and a $40+ million run-rate. BVP worked closely with Byron and the executive team after Trigo's founding in 1999 and invested in all institutional financing rounds.
Prior to Trigo, Byron worked in private equity with TA Associates where he focused on technology investing with investments in companies such as Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive). He came to TA from McKinsey & Company, where he was involved with Fortune 500 clients in the media and technology markets, and was active in McKinsey's Innovation and Technology Management practice.
Byron holds a degree with honors from UC Berkeley in political economy. For more information on Bessemer Venture Partners, visit www.bvp.com.
John J. McDonnell, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, ExaDigm
John J. McDonnell, Jr. currently serves as CEO of ExaDigm and as member of the company’s board of directors. Prior to joining ExaDigm, Mr. McDonnell was CEO of PayLinx, a highly successful payment software company which was later sold to CyberSource. In 1990 he founded TNS, Inc. (NYSE:TNS), a worldwide provider of data communications services for the financial and telecommunications industries which he took public. He served as Chairman and CEO of the company from 2001 to 2006. In addition, Mr. McDonnell is a director of DealerTrack (NASDAQ:TRAK), a leading provider of sales and finance on-demand software for the automotive retail industry; and CyberSource (NASDAQ:CYBS), a leading provider of electronic payment and risk management solutions. Mr. McDonnell joined the CyberSource board in 2000 following his successful negotiation of the acquisition of PayLinx by CyberSource.
Mr. McDonnell is a founder of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) and recipient of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP's 1997 High Tech Entrepreneur Award and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College.